Meet an LCA Member: Flashnet, LLC

The Lighting Controls Academy’s Craig DiLouie recently interviewed executives at Flashnet, LLC about the company, its lighting control offering, and its distinct value proposition. Check out this interview to learn more about the LCA’s newest member.

LCA TV: EmerLite™ by LiteTrace

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2025 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces LiteTrace’s EmerLite™, a wireless platform revolutionizing emergency lighting compliance for commercial facilities.

Lutron Electronics recently launched its new Bath Control Line—a portfolio of easy-to-install lighting and fan control solutions designed specifically for the bathroom and built with pros in mind.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2025 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces Legrand’s Wattstopper i3 Platform, a next-generation lighting and building intelligence solution powered by KODE Labs.

Intermatic LLC recently announced the launch of its new ELC Series Fixed Mount Electronic Photocontrols, a budget-friendly, LED-compatible alternative to thermal photocontrols. The expanded product line features five new SKUs, offering unique mounting styles for various outdoor applications.

In this educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2025 LEDucation event in New York City, Ray Dableh, CEO of JDRF Electromag, demonstrates the company’s Autonomy Lighting System, a self-configuring luminaire-level lighting control (LLLC) system.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2025 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces new products in Current’s NX Lighting Controls line–including NX Site Manager, an intuitive and easy-to-use GUI providing real-time programming and management.

This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2025 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces Barron Lighting’s LiteLogic Lighting Controls.

Athena by Lutron Electronics

The Athena system is Lutron’s all-in-one control system that seamlessly integrates lighting, shades, controls, and cloud-connected software to deliver exceptional experiences and streamlined building management. Designed for flexibility, Athena’s latest system enhancements elevate the system’s scalability, sustainability, and intuitive operation.

The National Lighting Bureau recently announced the winners in the 2025 Lighting Transformation Awards, co-sponsored by the National Association of Lighting Maintenance Companies (NALMCO). These projects recognize outstanding achievements in lighting retrofit projects that feature innovative solutions with minimal alteration to the existing building structure. This is the first year that a project is also being recognized with a Special Citation for Exemplary Design and Implementation of Lighting Controls, sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association. The winning project receiving the Special Citation is Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver, WA, which also won an Award of Excellence.

LEDVANCE offers on-demand online training modules on various aspects of lighting controls via the company’s Lightpoint Training Center. Topics include strategies, sensors, dimming, wiring basics, networked controls, and more.

From switches and dimmers to motion sensors, outlets, plug-in switches/dimmers, and more, Leviton offers products that can transform both new and existing homes into smart homes.

In this educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2025 LEDucation event in New York City, Eric Miller, CEO of Avi-on Labs, provides the building industry a brief booth tour of the company’s line of Bluetooth Lighting Controls.

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. has announced its acquisition of Orluna LED Technologies Limited, a premier United Kingdom-based manufacturer specializing in high-quality architectural lighting fixtures. The acquisition marks Lutron’s first outside North America.

In this special 100th episode of The Lighting Controls Podcast produced by NAILD and the Lighting Controls Association and sponsored by MaxLite, hosts C. Webster Marsh and Ron Kuzmar interview Alexa Burr, Vice President of Strategic Growth & Market Development at NEMA and Craig DiLouie, Education Director for the Lighting Controls Association about Education Express being incorporated into NEMA Academy.

The Autonomy Touch Screen by JDRF Electromag provides a robust control hub for a self-commissioning smart lighting system. Designed for effortless operation, it automatically discovers all compatible luminaires in a room, intelligently organizing them into lighting zones without the need for complex setup or programming.

Legrand’s LMRC-111-20M is the new and improved single-relay room controller with both Class 1 and Class 2 0-10-volt outputs. With an additional port, built-in metering, increased IRB power, and a 20-amp load switching capacity, design and control dimmable loads with ease.

Contractors can save time and ensure lasting performance with an Electronic Contractor Box from Intermatic. The expanded family of all-in-one solutions removes the need for in-field assembly and serves as a code-compliant alternative to a la carte lighting control boxes and stackable contactors.

The 2025 winning project is The New Valley Hospital in Paramus, NJ. Lighting and control design by HDR. Lighting control solution by nLight.

Lutron Electronics has officially launched the first phase of the new Lutron.com website, marking the company’s most significant web overhaul in over a decade. The new Lutron website debuts with fresh, crisp visuals, intuitive navigation, and dynamic video that help users better envision how Lutron products enhance our homes, businesses, and lives.

Plug Load Control: Good, Better, Best

Controlling automatic power receptacles is a natural extension of lighting control systems, as the same strategies and devices used for automatic switching of general lighting can be deployed for plug load control at the receptacle or circuit level. This article by the Lighting Controls Academy’s Craig DiLouie explains the why and how, based on NEMA guidance.

2026 Nonresidential Construction Forecast: Modest Outlook

This article by the Lighting Controls Academy’s Craig DiLouie reviews 2025 construction spending and key industry economic indicators, with a detailed 2026 forecast by the AIA Consensus Forecast Panel.

Hybrid Lighting Controls: A Symphony of Wired and Wireless Technologies

This guest post by Cooper Lighting Solutions’ Martin Mercier applauds a new era in “hybrid” lighting control solutions that blend the best strengths of wired and wireless control.

Lutron’s Brent Protzman Talks Lighting as Infrastructure

In a recent article contributed to LightNOW, Brent Protzman, Director of Product Management at Lutron Electronics, describes lighting’s evolution from utility to infrastructure, with insight in how to design for what’s next in lighting.

Controllability Takes Front Seat in New DLC Technical Requirements

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently released Version 6.0 of its Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Technical Requirements, the first major update in over five years, as well as Version 2.0 of Light Usage for Night Applications (LUNA), the DLC program designed to promote responsible outdoor lighting. The updates recognize advances in LED technology while promoting controllability as a strong path to energy savings.

Cut the Cord, Keep the Code: Wireless Paths to Code-Compliant Emergency Egress

In this extraordinary guest post, Cooper Lighting Solutions’ Martin Mercier describes the codes and options that make up emergency lighting and the role for lighting control systems, including wireless.

A Deep Dive Into Daylight-Responsive Lighting Control

Based on an updated version of EE201: Daylight-responsive Lighting Control, a course in NEMA Academy, this article describes a process for designing and applying lighting control solutions that utilize daylight-responsive lighting controls.

Wireless Controls As The Backbone Of Commercial Upgrades

LightNOW recently published a guest post by Tom Shearer, Commercial Business Development Manager, Lutron Electronics, that makes the case for including lighting controls in upgrade projects, powered by wireless communication.

Streamlining Lighting Controls Design: Introducing Design Express

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.

Back to School—with Lighting Controls

The primary legacy source for general lighting in most school spaces is fluorescent. These can be replaced by LED products for 20 to 60 percent energy savings, greater longevity, controllability, and improved quality of light. A lighting upgrade is the ideal time to install advanced lighting controls to enhance energy savings and flexibility in light levels and color.