Message From The Editor
Don't take lighting for granted
Since the arrival of lighting controls, it is increasingly true that we take lighting for granted at our own peril. After all, some of us now plan our vacations around lighting trade shows, festivals and installations. In this issue we look at the ability to talk to our lighting. In a context where we often focus on the savings realized with LED lighting, we ignore the benefits of upgrading our lighting control systems. In this issue, we begin a 3-part series on selecting industrial lighting. Good reading!
Line Goyette, Managing Editor
linegoyette@kerrwil.com

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Changing Scene
- Standard Appointments Strengthen Western Operations
Zane Yakiwchuk is now Standard's Regional Sales Manager for Western Canada, and Greg Chapman has taken…
- AES Engineering Selected for Lighting Computer Modelling Project
The project, funded jointly by ASHRAE, BC Hydro, IALD, and IES, supports the development of lighting power density…
- Beghelli Canada Appoints New GTA Specification Sales Rep
Craig T. Martin, LC is Beghelli Canada's new GTA Specification Sales Representative, and will concentrate on engineers, architects and designers…
- GE Begins Selling Lighting Business
General Electric has reached a deal to sell parts of its overseas lighting business for an undisclosed amount to a company controlled by former executive Joerg Bauer…
- VLNComm Launches World's First Li-Fi Lighting Panel
A U.S. firm focusing on the development of bi-directional LiFi has successfully demonstrated a lighting panel capable of 108Mbps…
- BJ Take Partners With Nedap For State-of-the-Art Lighting Controls
With an eye to the future, BJ Take has joined forces with Nedap to provide its clients with a cost-effective and easy to implement…
- IES Toronto: LightWalk at the Aga Khan Park
IES Toronto invites members to take an evening lightwalk at the Aga Khan Museum and the Ismaili Centre in Toronto on March 1…
- Singapore, London and Barcelona Named Top Global Smart Cities
A new report highlighting drivers of and hurdles to implementing a smart city program identifies Singapore, London and Barcelona as the world's best smart cities…
- Philips Earns BGIS Supplier Innovation Award
Connected lighting solutions have earned Philips Lighting the BGIS 2017 Supplier Innovation Award…
- Standard Signs Vendor Management Inventory Agreement
Standard has entered into an agreement with TrueCommerce - Datalliance, and will use its platform to provide vendor…
- Audacy Wireless Lighting Control Joins Lighting Controls Association
A division of Ideal Industries Inc., Audacy Wireless Lighting Control offers a wireless solution that can reduce lighting energy costs by up to 50%...
- IES Annual Conference Call for Speakers, Papers and Posters
IES invites authors of papers related to the art, science and practice of illumination to submit abstracts for papers and posters to be considered for presentation...
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LED Technology
Voice Control for Lighting
By Craig DiLouie

Virtual personal assistants provide many services to consumers, such as Internet lookup, playing music and video, and buying products. The most popular platforms are Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Microsoft Cortana.
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LED Technology
Selecting the Right Industrial Lighting, Part 1
By Graham White

The rapid rise of LED lighting as a viable option for commercial and industrial applications has flooded the market with a wide array of products and information. This can create confusion among specifiers. In response, this white paper was produced by Eaton to raise awareness around LED luminaire capabilities for industrial environments and the considerations required for each application.
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Smart Lighting
Making Sense of the Rapidly Changing IoT Lighting Market
By David Gordon

The earliest smart lighting was little more than sophisticated on/off and dimming controls. Since then, if a facility upgrades its lighting to LED, adding sophisticated controls after the installation generates only marginal incremental energy savings and can pose technical challenges based on quality of installation and user knowledge.
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New Products and Solutions
Legrand Human Centric Lighting with Wattstopper Blanco 3 and Araya 5 Lighting Solutions
Wattstopper provides a turnkey Human Centric Lighting (HCL) suite of products for tunable fixtures.
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Standard Tri-Level Programmable Strip Light — Series LSS
This Standard tri-level, programmable strip light prevents energy loss in applications or spaces that require continuous lighting.
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Audacy Gateway
Audacy Wireless Lighting Control's Gateway coordinates fixtures and sensor components, in the manner that they were grouped together, and provides 24/7 communication with the Audacy Interface.
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Eiko LED-DK6-12W840-DIM
Eiko's 6-inch 12W dimmable recessed downlight is a great option for residential and commercial applications.
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Philips Luminous Textile
Luminous Textile is a revolutionary way to enhance interiors with light, texture and dynamic content — a combination of multi-coloured LEDs within textile panels that give you the ultimate creative freedom.
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