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Events | Zhaga Consortium | Smart City Expo
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Oct 28, 2024
Zhaga to Showcase Smart Lighting Solutions at Smart City Expo World Congress 2024
Zhaga, the global consortium driving the standardization of LED luminaire component interfaces, is excited to exhibit at the Smart City Expo World Congress, 5-7 November in Barcelona. Visit the Zhaga booth in Hall 2, Stand F92, to explore the latest advancements in smart street lighting and sustainable urban development powered by the Zhaga-D4i ecosystem.
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CIE | Research Strategy | Events
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Oct 15, 2024
Webinar on CIE Research Strategy 2023-2027
CIE is pleased to inform you that the recording of the recent CIE webinar, presented by Dr. Jennifer Veitch, President of the CIE, on the "CIE Research Strategy 2023-2027," is now available.
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NEMA | IES | Business
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Oct 01, 2024
NEMA and IES Announce New Partnership to Enhance Lighting Industry Standards
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)—recognized leaders in development of lighting industry standards—announced a new partnership to foster innovation, collaboration and consistency in lighting technical standards.
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CIE | Events | Webinar
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Sep 30, 2024
CIE Research Webinar on "CIE Research Strategy 2023-2027"
LightingEurope | Business
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Sep 30, 2024
LightingEurope Launches Essential Compendium for EU Green Deal Legislation to Support Members in Compliance
LightingEurope is providing a compendium of key EU Green Deal legislation for the lighting industry, aimed at helping members, particularly smaller companies, comply with new sustainability regulations.
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LightingEurope | Business | Online Marketplaces
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Sep 20, 2024
Joint Statement – European Stakeholders United for a Level Playing Field for Online Marketplaces and Effective Enforcement
The undersigned NGO’s, consumer organisations and business and trade associations are severely impacted by the role of online marketplaces in e-commerce. We are united to request a level playing field for online marketplaces and effective enforcement.
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LIA | Emergency Lighting | Education | Events
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Sep 10, 2024
Promoting Competency in Emergency Lighting: A Critical Step for Safety and Industry Advancement
The Industry Committee for Emergency Lighting (ICEL), a part of The Lighting Industry Association (The LIA), enters a new phase in their mission to enhance competency and safety standards in the sector.
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Messe Frankfurt | Building Technologies | Events
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Aug 30, 2024
Building Technologies Trade Fairs with a New Forward-looking Focus
The building sector is facing many major challenges: rising construction costs and a shortage of skilled workers are colliding with an urgent need for new housing. Simultaneously, the energy and heating transition, not to mention the rapid pace of digitalisation, are creating new opportunities for a sustainable future. Messe Frankfurt has responded to the dynamic challenges in the market with a newly formed management team for its Building Technologies division.
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Business | LINX
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Aug 09, 2024
Prominent Southern California Lighting Reps Merge to Form LINX LIGHTING & CONTROLS
Western Lighting & Energy Controls and Forman & Associates have announced the merger of both companies to form one of the largest lighting rep agencies in the Southern California Region.
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Lumileds | Acquisition | Business
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Aug 05, 2024
Lumileds Completes Sale of Lamps and Accessories Business to First Brands Group
Lumileds, LLC, one of the world’s leading LED manufacturers and solution providers for the global automotive, illumination, display, and flash markets announces that last month, it completed the sale of its Lamps and Accessories business to First Brands Group, LLC (“First Brands”), a global automotive parts manufacturer.
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Gewiss | Performance iN Lighting | LightingEurope | Business
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Jul 25, 2024
Gewiss Becomes a Member of LightingEurope
Gewiss, a leading company manufacturing solutions for home & building automation, energy protection and distribution systems, smart lighting and e-mobility has joined LightingEurope together with its brand focused on Lighting: Performance iN Lighting | powered by Gewiss.
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Business | Unilumin
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Jul 15, 2024
Unilumin Opened New Showroom in India
Unilumin, the LED Application Pioneer, providing professional LED application services, proudly announced the grand opening of its first state-of-the-art Experience Center in India on 1st July, located in Noida. This landmark event represents a significant milestone in Unilumin’s development strategy, showcasing its unwavering commitment to the Indian market with ambitious plans to establish additional centers across the country.
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ESPR | LightingEurope | Business | Ecodesign
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Jul 01, 2024
LightingEurope Welcomes ESPR Publication, Marking a Milestone in EU’s Circular Economy Agenda
June 28th marked the beginning of a new era in ecodesign as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) was published in the Official Journal of the EU.
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CIE | Midterm Meeting 2025 | Business
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Jun 30, 2024
CIE Midterm Meeting 2025: Call for Contributions and First Conference Announcement
The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) is pleased to announce the CIE Midterm Meeting 2025, set to take place in Vienna, Austria. This significant event will gather experts and researchers from around the globe to discuss the latest advancements in the fields of light and lighting, colour and vision, photobiology, and image technology.
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EPBD | LightingEurope | Business
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Jun 30, 2024
No EPBD implementation without Lighting
Events | Lux Futurum
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Jun 13, 2024
Lux Futurum – Crafting a Legacy for a Future, Where the East meets West
The Virtual Lighting Design (VLD) Community has yet again stepped into unchartered territories, this time by teaming with Zhu Rong Awards for curating a unique global recognition program called Lux Futurum (LuFu).
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Lumileds | First Brands Group | Business
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May 17, 2024
Lumileds to Sell its Lamps and Accessories Business to First Brands Group
Lumileds, LLC, one of the world’s leading LED manufacturers and solution providers for the global automotive, illumination, display, and flash markets and First Brands Group, LLC (“First Brands”), a global automotive parts manufacturer that serves the worldwide automotive aftermarket, have entered into an agreement for First Brands to acquire the Lamps and Accessories business of Lumileds for $238M. Under First Brands, the Lamps and Accessories business will continue to expand its global offerings and position its products and leading brands in the automotive accessories sector.
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ams OSRAM | Business
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May 10, 2024
ams OSRAM Sells Passive Optical Components Assets to Focuslight Technologies
ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS) sells relevant Passive Optical Components assets to Focuslight Technologies Inc. for EUR 45 million in cash.
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Signify | Net Zero Emission | Business
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Apr 23, 2024
Signify Introduces Ambitious Net Zero Emissions Reduction Targets, Validated by SBTi
Signify announced that it is expanding its climate action with ambitious new Net Zero emissions reduction targets. The company has introduced a 2040 net-zero target and a commitment to reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% without the use of carbon credits. These targets have been reviewed and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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DOE | L-Prize | Business
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Apr 11, 2024
DOE Launches Final Phase of Its L-Prize Lighting Competition on Manufacturing & Installation
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the third and final phase of its Lighting Prize (L-Prize®) competition, a DOE American-Made Challenge designed to spur groundbreaking innovation, local manufacturing, and the benefits of an inclusive, clean-energy economy for next-generation lighting in commercial buildings. Phase 3, called Manufacturing & Installation (M&I), will unfold over 16 months and reward production and installation of products that meet L-Prize technical requirements in real-world buildings. Up to four competitors earning the most points based on technical and design innovation, U.S. content, production, and installation will share an award of $10 million.
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Events
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Mar 28, 2024
Launch of the European Lighting Forum
Join the launch of the new European Lighting Forum. A new Space where members of the lighting value chan are invited to share views, experience and work together on the delivery of better lighting in Europe.
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Delighted Talks | Events
Time Matters – Shining Light on Metabolic Health
The Good Light Group, together with the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), the Daylight Academy (DLA), and Luger Research (LR), are organizing and presenting the “deLIGHTed Talks” lectures (7th Edition).
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Events | Light + Building
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Mar 15, 2024
Light + Building 2024: Fulminant Innovation Show Provides a Stage for Sustainability and Efficiency in Buildings
The modern building is intelligent, connected and as a result saves energy. In combination with alternative energy sources and efficient lighting solutions, emissions in the building sector can be drastically reduced. This makes a significant contribution to achieving climate targets. 2,169 exhibitors presented the latest developments in building technology and trends in innovative lighting design at Light + Building in Frankfurt am Main from 3 to 8 March 2024. Over 151,000 visitors travelled to the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology.
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Events | LightingEurope
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Mar 15, 2024
Cracking Down on Non-Compliance: LightingEurope's Bold Strategy 2030 Unveiled
The event 'From the EU Green Deal to the LightingEurope Strategy 2030' took place at the Light + Building fair in Frankfurt. 100 people attended and there was an intense discussion on the enforcement of sustainability rules specifically applicable to lighting products.
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IEEE Smart Lighting Conference | Events
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Mar 15, 2024
IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting World Conference (LS24)
LiFi Conference | ISA | Events
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Feb 29, 2024
3rd ISA Global Annual LiFi Conference on March 11-12, 2024
In the past two years, the research and development of visible light communication (VLC) has continued to make significant progress. New fields and scene applications have achieved breakthroughs, commercialization prospects are becoming increasingly clear, and the ecosystem of visible light communication is taking shape. Visible light communication represents a tremendous opportunity for the photoelectric and communication industries, and is poised to become an integral component of 6G communication.
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Events | Light + Building | Lightfair
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Feb 28, 2024
Messe Frankfurt Expands Portfolio in USA and Acquires Stake in LightFair
Messe Frankfurt is expanding its portfolio in the USA. From now on, LightFair in Las Vegas and New York will be part of the Light + Building brands international network. In future, Messe Frankfurt will be organising the five-day trade fair together with an accompanying conference for the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). The next edition of the architectural and commercial lighting trade fair is scheduled to take place at Las Vegas Convention Center between 4 and 8 May 2025.
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Nichia | Business
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Feb 20, 2024
Nichia Unveils Innovative LED Solutions
At Light + Building 2024, Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and pioneer of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, is showcasing several groundbreaking products, including the Nichia Light Cluster™ Type L and a new Cube Direct Mountable Chip which introduces a novel feature of efficient horizontal light distribution. Both solutions provide an unrivalled soft, low-glare quality of light and enable luminaire manufacturers to significantly reduce the thickness and weight of lighting fixture designs.
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Seaborough | Current | Business
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Feb 06, 2024
Current Chemicals and Seaborough Partner up to Industrialize Efficient Nano Engineered Phosphor Materials for LEDs
Current Chemicals and LED technology company Seaborough B.V. are pleased to announce that they have engaged in a partnership project to bring Seaborough’s “EuroLED®”, a new, red phosphor technology for highly efficient warm white LEDs, to the market on an industrial scale.
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Events
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Feb 01, 2024
The Variety of Topics at Light + Building 2024 at a Glance
Whether A for Architecture Day or Z for ZVEI Technology Forum - the range of events, specialist presentations and guided tours at Light + Building in Frankfurt am Main is huge. At the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology from March 3 to 8, 2024, the abundance of events will ensure a plus in knowledge transfer and inspiration.
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