The Lighting Controls Academy is pleased to announce it has updated its popular Education Express course, EE301: Wireless Lighting Controls, now available at NEMA Academy.

The Lighting Controls Academy is pleased to announce that Gary Meshberg has been re-elected the organization’s Chair for the 2026-2027 term.

The Lighting Controls Academy is pleased to announce that Casambi, Inc. has joined its membership.

The Lighting Controls Academy (LCA) is pleased to announce that ETC has joined its membership.

The lighting community gathered this week at the Metropolitan Pavilion for NYControlled 2025, the trade show dedicated exclusively to lighting controls. The Lighting Controls Academy was proud to play a big part in this year’s event.

As lighting control systems become more sophisticated to satisfy increasingly stringent energy codes and evolving project demands, clear documentation has become even more essential. To address this need, the Lighting Controls Academy developed Design Express.

NYControlled, New York’s trade show dedicated exclusively to lighting controls, will offer a powerful educational program for attendees, including a seminar produced by the Lighting Controls Academy. The event takes place Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, presented by the IESNYC and DLFNY and with a special pre-show workshop on October 14 co-developed with the LCA.

NYControlled, New York’s trade show dedicated exclusively to lighting controls, has officially opened attendee registration for its 2025 edition. The event takes place Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, presented by the IESNYC and DLFNY and with a special pre-show workshop on October 14 sponsored by the Lighting Controls Academy.

In this episode of The Lighting Controls Podcast sponsored by MaxLite, hosts C. Webster Marsh and Ron Kuzmar interview Gary Meshberg, Chair of the Lighting Controls Academy, and Legrand’s Harold Jepsen, Vice Chair of the NEMA Lighting Controls Technical Section about the evolving world of lighting controls and a groundbreaking new Control Intent Narrative/Sequence of Operations Tool offered by the Lighting Controls Academy.

The Lighting Controls Academy is pleased to announce that Flashnet LLC, a global provider of advanced street lighting control and smart city solutions, has joined its membership.

Welcome to the Lighting Controls Academy! The LCA has a new name, a refreshed website, and some terrific new features to support lighting controls education.

NYControlled, New York’s trade show focused exclusively on lighting controls, returns for its third year in the fall of 2025 with exciting updates–including the launch of NYControlled Hands-On: An Interactive Lighting Controls Workshop, a new educational feature designed to give lighting professionals direct, practical experience with lighting control systems.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published C137 TR 1-2024, Lighting Control User Interface Technical Report. The 15-page technical report recommends user interface elements for lighting controls utilized by end-users and occupants. It is applicable to hardware controls, software applications, personal control apps, displays, and documentation. The report provides recommendations for designing user interfaces [...]

For 25 years, the Lighting Controls Association, a council of NEMA, has educated the building industry about lighting control technology and application, notably through its Education Express courses. We are proud to announce that starting May 1, 2025, the Education Express curriculum will be incorporated into a new learning management system, NEMA Academy.

The Lighting Controls Association has announced that LEDVANCE has joined its membership.

Big news! The Lighting Controls Association’s Education Express is moving to NEMA’s new learning platform: NEMA Academy. Here’s what it means for you.

The Lighting Controls Association is proud to announce the latest offerings in lighting controls from industry-leading manufacturers in this year’s annual product guide. Check them out!

The Lighting Controls Association has published a new offering in its popular Education Express system, EE203: Lighting and Commercial Building Energy Codes, Part 6: 2024 IECC.

The Lighting Controls Association has published a new offering in its popular Education Express system, EE306: Introduction to Home Automation.

The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to announce that Avi-On has joined its membership.

The Lighting Controls Association, the industry organization dedicated to supporting adoption of advanced lighting controls in commercial buildings through education, has announced that Barron Lighting Group has joined its membership.

The Lighting Controls Association, the industry organization dedicated to supporting adoption of advanced lighting controls in commercial buildings through education, has announced that SATCO® has joined its membership.

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently announced the organization is accepting submissions for the 2025 IES Illumination Awards (IA) program, which recognizes projects for design excellence, including the Lighting Control Innovation Award sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association.

Craig DiLouie recently talked to Stephen Zhou, Executive Vice President, mwConnect about the company, its history and products, and its vision for the lighting controls industry.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)—recognized leaders in development of lighting industry standards—recently announced a new partnership to foster innovation, collaboration, and consistency in lighting technical standards.

In the second-annual National Lighting Bureau Lighting Transformation Awards, submitted projects will be eligible to receive a Special Citation Award for “exemplary controls design and implementation,” sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association. The new extended early-bird deadline for submitting projects is February 15, 2025 and the final deadline is March 15, 2025.

The Lighting Controls Association has published a comprehensive update to its popular Education Express course EE105: Lighting Control System Design.

This year, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 2024 Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC) recognized two organizations for exhibiting exemplary support for market adoption of integrated lighting upgrade solutions that generate significant energy savings and create more comfortable, productive, and environmentally responsible spaces. Along with 16 organizations recognized for projects, the LCA was recognized on August 16, 2024 at the IES annual conference.

The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to announce that EE105: Lighting Control System Design, which covers all aspects of how to design a lighting control solution, has been updated and will soon be published on the organization’s popular Education Express platform.

The early-bird deadline for submitting projects for the second-annual National Lighting Bureau Lighting Transformation Awards is approaching August 15, 2024 and the final deadline August 29. This year, submitted projects will be eligible to receive the Special Citation award for “exemplary controls design and implementation,” co-sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association.

The National Lighting Bureau has announced the return of the Lighting Transformation Awards for a second year. This year, the event promises to be even more exciting thanks to sponsorship by the Lighting Control Association.

We’ve completed a major upgrade to the code base of the Education Express site.

The Lighting Controls Association, a council of NEMA, has updated EE107B: Lighting Controls and Commercial Lighting Rebates, a course in the organization’s Education Express program.

Sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Integrated Lighting Campaign is designed to recognize organizations and projects that are leading the way with innovative lighting solutions that create energy savings, energy justice, and healthier, more comfortable buildings. The deadline for project submissions is March 31, 2024.

The Lighting Controls Association is proud to announce the latest offerings in lighting controls from industry-leading manufacturers in this year’s annual product guide. Check them out!

The Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC), an initiative by the Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association, has begun its fourth year and is now accepting submissions for recognition.

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced that the 2024 IES Illumination Awards is now accepting project submissions, including the Lighting Control Innovation Award sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association.

In 2023, the Lighting Controls Association (LCA) welcomed 180,000 visitors who viewed 600,000 pages on our website and Education Express. In the fall, the LCA invited subscribers of lightingCONTROL, our monthly newsletter, to participate in a satisfaction survey. Respondents were highly satisfied with all major site features, with Education Express topping the list.

Following on the 2022 inaugural event, LightSPEC West 2024, the west coast’s lighting & design experience, returns April 17-18, 2024 in Anaheim, California. The Lighting Controls Association is proud to be a sponsor of this event.