Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP recently had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Palmer, President, Acuity Brands Lighting and Controls, about indoor lighting trends for an upcoming article in tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Here’s the transcript.

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.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, offers the building industry a brief booth tour of Lutron’s new Athena Wireless Node for light fixtures.

Wireless smart lighting control company Casambi is now taking orders for its new Salvador Series. Initially unveiled in March 2024, the Salvador Series marked Casambi’s strategic entry into the wired lighting control market with a cutting-edge line of DALI controllers. The firm is now ready to take orders for this product series.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, offers the building industry a brief booth tour of SENSORWORX’s wireless lighting controls line.

Penumbra Controls recently announced upcoming lighting controls classes offered online and hosted by Southern California Edison.

Hosted by Steve Roe, Vice President of Controls at Acuity Brands, Roe with Controls is a monthly series of videos in which Steve discusses a new topic that impacts the lighting and lighting controls industry and then shares insights and thoughts based on his experience.

In March 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) determined that the 2022 version of ASHRAE/ANSI/IES 90.1, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, saves energy over the 2019 version. As such, this standard became recognized as the new national energy reference standard.

IR-TEC America’s MRD-124S is a miniature SmartDALI sensor packed with multiple occupancy and vacancy sensing control capabilities for commercial lighting control.

Leviton’s new Smart Ceiling Mount Room Controllers (SRC) and Sensors (CMS) deliver an all-in-one lighting control solution for code compliance.

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

The nLight® rPOD Micro by Acuity Brands is a wireless, battery-powered wall switch that is available either as a WallPod or Remote switch.

Keilton+Autani Long-Range luminaire controllers and sensors offer increased communication distances between devices of up to 600 meters. They improve exterior and interior applications by extending wireless coverage and improving integration of network sensors in areas with environmental or obstructions between devices.

mwConnect’s sleek Wireless Fixture Controllers combine qualified Bluetooth mesh communication with a long-range integral antenna, an industry-standard quick connector, and DALI D4i connectivity for versatile and effective wireless lighting control outdoors. The integral long-range antenna offers Bluetooth range of up to 900 feet to ensure robust communication in applications like parking lots, sports fields and auto dealerships.

The Keilton+Autani system is a scalable control platform spanning simple Bluetooth room-based lighting to complete building automation.

Leviton recently expanded its popular Smart Wallbox Sensor line with multi-technology models that combine PIR and microphonics sensing technology with switching and dimming for easy energy savings and code compliance.

The nLight® AIR System Input Device (rSI) by Acuity Brands is a wireless system interface device that enables third-party integration with fire alarms, pillow switches, specialized switches for harsh environments, and many other interfaces to an nLight networked lighting control system.

LiteTrace’s PPA102S Series Bluetooth Fixture Controllers are designed for seamless lighting control integration with the Keilton+Autani system.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, offers the building industry a brief booth tour of Cooper Lighting’s WaveLinx lighting control system.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to SENSORWORX’s wireless dual-technology occupancy sensors for lighting control systems.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to Legrand Wattstopper’s commercial lighting control solutions.

Simplify lighting and load schedules with an ETW Series 365-Day Programmable Wi-Fi Timer from Intermatic.

The TALQ Consortium recently released a new version 2.6.0 of its Smart City Protocol, a global interface standard for smart city device networks.

While prescriptive lighting rebates have significantly promoted adoption of energy-efficient lighting and controls, the custom rebate option offers a potentially highly lucrative path, particularly in projects with advanced lighting controls.

In the ever-evolving landscape of lighting control systems, the key to their successful maintenance lies not just in technological interoperability but also in continuous education. In this episode of The Lighting Controls Podcast presented by the Lighting Controls Association and supported by NAILD, Chesapeake Lighting’s Kelly Gallagher emphasizes this crucial point, stressing that without adequate knowledge, even the most advanced systems can falter.

LiteTrace recently announced a partnership with Streamer and Helpower to integrate the latest Bluetooth 5.0 technology into their emergency battery backup drivers. The new drivers will enable luminaires to connect to the Keilton+Autani mesh network for wireless control of emergency lighting.

The DALI Alliance recently unveiled much-anticipated certification details for its wireless specification: DALI+ over Thread.

IR-TEC America’s PPU-109DA is a power pack and controller designed to provide standalone or network based smart lighting control with the connection of IR TEC’s SmartDALI sensor.

“Being in the lighting and controls industry for the past 27 years, I’ve internalized to a high degree that there are few constants,” writes mwConnect’s Blane Goettle in this guest post. “One is change, and the other, that the more things change, the greater the need for connection.”

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to Leviton’s new family of smart room controllers and sensors.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to Casambi’s DALI controller product series, Salvador.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2024 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to mwConnect’s Bluetooth NLC Solution, which now includes a new wireless dual-technology occupancy sensor.

Enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 15, 2021, The Build America Buy America Act, or BABA, established a domestic content procurement preference for all infrastructure projects receiving Federal financial assistance after May 14, 2022.

The DesignLights Consortium recently released a draft update to its Networked Lighting Controls Technical Requirements (NLC5.1), continuing efforts to increase market adoption of energy saving and smart building-enabling NLC technology.

Registration is now open for the DesignLights Consortium’s (DLC) two-day Controls Summit in October. Convening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, “Integration for the Future” will provide opportunities for utility executives, energy efficiency specialists, lighting controls manufacturers and installers, decarbonization advocates and other industry stakeholders to discuss the latest trends in networked lighting controls (NLC) and collaborate on ways to eliminate barriers to wider market adoption.

Legrand’s Wired DLM Standard Switches are designed to be flexible, reliable, and easy to use. They offer customizable buttons and LED status indicators for manual on/off, dimming, and scene control of one or more loads from one or more locations.

LiteTrace recently announced the launch of the company’s upgradeable tiers for scalable and futureproof IoT solutions.

The sleek Wireless Fixture Controllers recently introduced by mwConnect (formerly McWong International) combine qualified Bluetooth mesh communication with a long-range integral antenna, an industry-standard quick connector, and DALI D4i connectivity for versatile and effective wireless lighting control outdoors.

In the latest episode of the Lighting Controls Podcast co-sponsored by NAILD and the Lighting Controls Association, Jason Jeunnette talks about his work at the Design Lights Consortium (DLC) as a Technical Manager.