LEDs Magazine News & Insights - Jul 5th, 2023
 
 
Industry news, commentary, research, and applications in LED and solid-state lighting technology and markets
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July 5, 2023

Welcome to LEDs Magazine’s News & Insights for July 5, 2023. I hope that everyone who had a holiday this past week has returned refreshed and “ready to rock” as I have. 😊 It’s strange to lead off a newsletter by touting my own promotion to editor-in-chief, but here we are. I appreciate the support from all of my colleagues at Endeavor Business Media who have encouraged me, mentored me and challenged me! over the years, including those former PennWell friends who have since moved on. I’m fortunate to work with a fantastic team and I look forward to growing this brand as the premier resource for professionals involved in LED and lighting technology, business, and applications. I really enjoy hearing from our readers, so please don’t hesitate to reach out with comments, questions, and suggestions for coverage topics, sources, and organizations we should know about.

In this issue:

  • British trade groups LIA and CIBSE go circular with a new program for eco-certified products.
  • If you have questions about wireless outdoor networks for lighting and campus management, register for our July 18 webinar. I’m looking forward to understanding more about the role of Bluetooth Low Energy technology, and I hope you are, too.

Carrie Meadows, [email protected]

HEADLINE NEWS
Managing editor Carrie Meadows began her role as editor-in-chief effective July 1. Wanda Lau remains with the Lighting Group as editorial director, overseeing content strategy and synergies between publications and events.
Customers haven’t started ordering anew yet, but they are designing new products that will soon need new LEDs, says the boss of Cree owner Smart Global Holdings.
Two British trade groups join forces to certify that lighting products live up to vendors’ eco claims.
ARTICLES & RESOURCES
Casambi’s Travis Laib will explain the capabilities of a BLE Mesh communications architecture; how a mesh topology supports self-healing networks; and how the new longer-range BLE Mesh devices present a new option for outdoor scenarios.
Owner SHANT MADJARIAN explains how Juniper continues to deliver on principles of customizable product design enabled by agile in-house manufacturing.
Learn more from LEDs Magazine partner, the Lighting Controls Association, on troubleshooting NLC issues in the field, now available as a free beta download from the LCA website.
INDUSTRY NEWS & PRODUCTS
While the top five manufacturers in the global LED market have been large in scale since their predecessors, Seoul Semiconductor started as a venture company by Founder Lee Chung-hoon.
Learn more about Pharos' Expert features, designed to simplify and make creating lighting schemes more intuitive for end users at many types of facilities.
Media company BIG OUTDOOR serves up more than 3,000 square feet of digital canvas with two stacked EMPIRE Exterior LED displays from SNA.
FROM OUR PARTNERS
The system is anticipated to generate over 760,000 kWh of energy per year, which will cover more than 75 percent of the company’s annual electric needs for production and is enough to serve 105 homes with electricity
The DEED grant from APPA aids Stowe in designing frameworks for small rural utilities considering the integration of microgrids and distributed energy resources into their grids.
State funding will help pay for building 4 elementary schools and other facility upgrades.