Podcasts about lightfair

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Amerlux. Discover the innovative Hornet 2.5 Monolithic Downlight Family by Amerlux—where cutting-edge design meets exceptional performance. Learn more. Highlights today include: Acuity Layoffs Shake Up LightFair 2025, DALI Alliance and IES Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Lighting Industry Standardization and Education, Inside LightFair with Andrea Hartranft, Sonepar Celebrates New LC Professionals at LightFair 2025.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Amerlux. Discover the innovative Hornet 2.5 Monolithic Downlight Family by Amerlux—where cutting-edge design meets exceptional performance. Learn more. Highlights today include: Amerlux Unveils Industry-First Grid-to-Grid Cove Lighting System, LightPitch at LightFair 2025, LightFair Innovation Awards Spotlight the Best in Lighting for 2025, New Keystone Downlight Features Improve Customization and Convenience.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Amerlux. Discover the innovative Hornet 2.5 Monolithic Downlight Family by Amerlux—where cutting-edge design meets exceptional performance. Learn more. Highlights today include: LIRC Meeting Focuses on Future Priorities, Messe CEO Looks to LightFair's Future with Optimism, Skira's Polesano Bollard Wins Red Dot Award, WAC Group Receives Best Visual Presentation Award from Dallas Market Center.

Highlights today include: LightFair 2025 Move-In Kicks Off Smoothly, EdisonReport Top 10 MUST SEE Products at LightFair 2025, Signify Lawsuit Targets ETI, Regional Sales Manager with Alphalite, Inc.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Halco Lighting, where they strive to be your 1st choice as a lighting technology partner! Learn more. Highlights today include: Signify Names CFO Željko Kosanović as Interim CEO Amid Leadership Transition, Signify Reports Solid Q1 2025 Earnings, LytePod with David Seok: Breaking Bias, Building Belonging, The LightFair 2025 Mobile App Is Now Live, Leviton's Certolux® Launches New Patient Room Lighting Solution.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Halco Lighting, where they strive to be your 1st choice as a lighting technology partner! Learn more. Highlights today include: Show Daily Euroluce 2025 Day Three, U.S.-China Tariffs Hit 145%, Adversity is More Fun with Friends, Kichler & Progress Lighting Announce Price Increase, LightFair 2025 Opening Night Reception.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Amerlux, producers of the new Grid Cove series. Learn more. Highlights today include: C-Suite Series with USAI's Sean Gaydos, C-Suite Series with DALI Alliance's Paul Drosihn, Winners of DALI Lighting Awards 2024/2025 Announced, Last Chance for Early Bird Rates to LightFair 2025!, NLB Presents the 6th Annual Tesla Award Winners, Lighting Controls Podcast with Sam Updike.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by Current. Minimize energy in your data center with Current's advanced lighting and controls. Learn more. Highlights today include: LightFair 2025 Registration Open, 2024 IECC and Lighting Controls, 2025 CE Pro State of the Industry Report: Key Trends in Custom Integration, A Symphony of Light.

Today in Lighting is brought to you by ETC, lighting controls solutions for every project. Learn more. Highlights today include: Urgent Appeal from CIE-USNC, Eurofase Appoints Anthony Interlandi as Director of Sales, DOE Gives $11.5 Million for LED Lighting Projects Nationwide, LightFair 2025 Hotel Reservations Now Open for Exhibitors, WAC Lighting Continues to Sponsor the WAC Lighting Invitational Science Fair.

Who owns Lightfair? What new things are coming along? How are exhibitors being vetted? What is the vision for Lightfair? What's hot right now in the lighting design world? Christopher answers these queries and more in this episode. Get to Lightfair, May 4 - 8, 2025 in Las Vegas. https://lightfair.us.messefrankfurt.com/us/en.html. Christopher Knowlton is the CEO of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), leading strategic initiatives to support and grow the global architectural lighting design profession. With over 18 years of experience across the built environment industry, his career has spanned theatre, events, and architecture. Christopher holds a BA(Hons) in Lighting Design, an MSc in Light and Lighting and an MBA. His creative and entrepreneurial background, combined with expertise in business strategy and leadership, positions him to drive innovation and collaboration within the IALD, enhancing the profession's global impact. 

Sponsored by Halco Lighting Technologies, where they strive to be your 1st choice as a lighting technology partner.   Highlights today include: Saylite Assets for Sale, Leviton Promotes Randy Mortensen in Strategic Move to Support Enhanced Business Strategy, LightFair 2025 Extended Speaker Deadline, Event Horizon 14-18 October, Schonbek Signature Excites with New Intros.

Highlights today include: Time to Sign Up for the IES LC Study Group, Graybar Second Quarter Exceeds $3 Billion in Net Sales, LMPG Takes Large Space at LightFair, Introducing the Advance Xitanium 320W SimpleSet LED drive, Late-Night Fire at the Administrative Offices of Winnetka School District 36 Caused Significant Damage.

Highlights today include: Hello Bankruptcy: Applied UV Files for Chapter 11, IES Light and Human Health Education Tour, Key Exhibitors Sign Up for LightFair 2025 Booth Space, AIA Conference on Architecture & Design Will Bring Thousands, WILD & IES Atlanta Community Outreach Event, DLFNY Announces Inaugural Beacon Awards, AMBI: Top 5 Lighting Industry Trends of 2024.

Just one away from his 5 times guest jacket, Steve Mesh joins us to discuss… education, semantics, UL924, emergency controls, security, and in-rush. You already know Steve knows his stuff and he'll always open your eyes to something. Listen to his interesting perspective on emergency vs life saving controls. Steve has been a lighting designer and educator for 43 years. He was the Senior Lighting Program Coordinator at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco from 2008-2011. Steve is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society and was the IES/Northeast Regional Vice President. He was also part of the development team for the California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program. Steve has taught lighting for 38 years. He won an IALD award for the Palm House at Dowling College and an EPRI award for Brower Commons at Rutgers University. Since 1992, he has given several workshops at LightFair and has spoken at Lux Pacifica in New Delhi, India. He is also a private pilot. Connect with Steve: www.linkedin.com/in/steven-mesh-lc-iesna-b156b83 lightingcontrolsassociation.org/?s=%22Steve+Mesh%22 Sponsor: mwConnect www.mwconnect.com

Michael and Greg continue their conversation in Frankfurt Germany. This time Michael is the “guest.” Greg asks Michael what he thinks about the organizers of Light + Building taking over LightFair. Is this a trojan horse? Is this a way for European companies to worm their way into the North American market?

Entschuldigung! Greg is Michael's "guest" on this one, reporting from Light + Building in Germany. But mostly they talk about LightFair in America. It seems Light + Building will be organizing the next LightFair. Greg is a little more ambivalent than Michael about it. But they both agree LightFair needs to be shaken up. Maybe some Europeans can do that. 

Highlights today include: Achtung! Messe Frankfurt Buys 33% of LightFair, Luminii Acquires Glint Lighting, Diversified to Acquire O'Blaney Rinker, pureLiFi Unveils Next-Gen Connectivity That Breaks Through Barriers, Meteor Launches DLC Listed – Bolt Nova Series Indirect Luminaire for Natatorium Environments.

Emergency Lighting Controls primary purpose is to provide sufficient illumination during emergencies for building evacuation and maneuvering. So just transfer the circuitry from utility power to emergency power. But wait, it's not that simple. As Steve reveals in this episode, there are many considerations, like what kind of emergency is it? Power failure? Fire? Security? Steve points out the irony of the “bug-eye” security light at an emergency exit that blinds anyone who is approaching that exit. As more designers/engineers use general luminaires with controls for their emergency lighting, it further expands how these systems are wired and interact with each other. It might be complicated, but it's not rocket science. Get educated and have that detailed conversation at the beginning of the project to avoid last-minute changes. Steve has been a lighting designer and educator for 42 years. He was the Senior Lighting Program Coordinator at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco from 2008-2011. Steve is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society and was the IES/Northeast Regional Vice President. He was also part of the development team for the California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program. Steve has taught lighting for 38 years. He won an IALD award for the Palm House at Dowling College and an EPRI award for Brower Commons at Rutgers University. Since 1992, he has given several workshops at LightFair and has spoken at Lux Pacifica in New Delhi, India. He is also a private pilot. Connect with Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-mesh-lc-iesna-b156b83/ lightingcontrolsassociation.org https://lightingcontrolsassociation.org/2023/05/24/egress-and-emergency-lighting-in-a-controls-world/ Catch Webster's presentation at NYControlled (nycontrolled.com) on November 14, 2023. 

In this episode, we had a conversation with ANDMORE Chairman & CEO Bob Maricich, who was recently named as the 2023 Industry Icon Honoree by TSNN. He shared insight into the company he founded in 2011, built over the last 13 years and rebranded with a new name in 2023. Maricich talked about the transition of ownership from Bain Capital and Oaktree Capital Management to Blackstone, which has supported the company's expansion and acquisitions since 2017. Find out how and where the company is investing to transform ANDMORE into an omnichannel wholesale marketmaker for the gift, home furnishings and apparel industries. Podcast host Danica Tormohlen also shared the top five new stories from Trade Show News Network, Exhibit News Now and Corporate Event News that were published in the second half of July 2023. Our guest Bob Maricich is the Chairman and CEO of ANDMORE – formerly International Market Centers (IMC) – the premier omnichannel wholesale marketmaker for the gift, home furnishings and apparel industries.  Maricich was instrumental in envisioning and developing the strategy for the creation of International Market Centers, L.P. In 2011, he founded IMC with sponsors Bain Capital and Oaktree Capital Management raising more than $1B to fund the purchase of the International Home Furnishings Center, the ShowPlace properties, and the Market Square properties in High Point, NC, and merging them with the World Market Center in Las Vegas to form the world's largest operator of premier permanent showroom and tradeshow space for the furnishings, home décor, and gift industries. During the next five years IMC built or purchased five additional buildings in High Point, NC, bringing their total to 17 buildings.  In 2017, Maricich led IMC's transition to new ownership by Blackstone, one of the world's leading investment firms, and Fireside Investments. In 2018 he directed IMC's acquisitions of AmericasMart in Atlanta, GA, and the subsequent acquisition of the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC), creating a compelling portfolio spanning the east and west coasts of the United States that now encompasses more than 22 million square feet of world-class B2B exhibition space.  With the AmericasMart aquisition, IMC also became the managing partner of LightFair, North America's largest architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference as well as owner and operator of the Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart which hosts dozens of outside events, meetings and conferences each year. In 2020, despite the Covid shutdown, IMC constructed the 315,000 sf Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas, addressing the lack of downtown Las Vegas exhibit space. In 2022, IMC acquired luxury tradeshow Shoppe Object and has since expanded it dramatically. In 2023, IMC rebranded to ANDMORE repositioning the company as a fully omnichannel marketmaker utilizing digital tools to extend the value of physical markets and fuel year-round opportunities for buyers and sellers to connect and grow. Under Maricich's leadership, ANDMORE serves more than 350,000 global wholesale buyers through its physical markets, design centers and digital channels. It presents some 34 apparel, furniture, gift, home décor and lifestyle markets and buying events – in permanent showroom space and trade show exhibits – in Atlanta; High Point, NC; Las Vegas; and New York. Some 2,200+ exhibitors showcase their products in permanent showroom spaces. It brings in an additional 7,000+ temporary exhibitors in 2 million sf of trade show exhibit space each year. It serves the design trade year-round through showroom offerings and programming at ADAC, AmericasMart and the Las Vegas Design Center. Additionally, it offers digital innovations that optimize the physical market experience.  Maricich joined World Market Center as CEO in January 2008. Prior to that, he spent 11 years as CEO of Century Furniture Industries, a leading luxury furniture manufacturer. From 1989-1996 Maricich was President and CEO of American Drew Furniture and American of Martinsville, at the time the largest manufacturer of furniture for the hospitality industry. Additionally, he was an executive with Flexsteel Industries, R.S Bacon Veneer Company and Texaco.  In 2015, the Anti Defamation League honored Maricich with the American Heritage Award. In 2016 he was honored as Man of the Year by the Tri-State Home Furnishings Association. In 2017, Maricich received the American Heritage Distinguished Service Award from the American Home Furnishings Alliance. In 2019, he was named a Furniture Industry Icon by the International Home Furnishings Representatives Association. Marcich was listed among The Atlantan Magazine's 25 Most Influential People in Atlanta, and also was included in Atlanta Magazine's 500 Most Powerful Leaders in Georgia. In 2021, Maricich was inducted into the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame, the industry's highest honor.  Maricich has been an active board member for numerous charitable organizations including City of Hope, Opportunity Village, and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Maricich is a graduate of Montana State University with a degree in Civil Engineering. He and his wife, Ande, have been married for 50 years and have three grown sons. He especially enjoys his lifelong passion for fly-fishing.  The Maricich's reside in Key Largo, FL, and Kennebunkport, ME. Connect with Bob on LinkedIn here.  

In case you missed the live stream from Lightfair 2023 in New York, here is an encore presentation of the segment featuring Szymon Slupik. Simon talks with Webster and Ron about the latest in Bluetooth controls. 

Highlights today include: 2023 IESNYC Lumen Awards, designing lighting June 2023 issue, New Global Workplace Study Shows Gap Between Employee Needs and Workplace Utilization, IMC, Manager of LightFair, Rebrands to ANDMORE, New Leaders Elected to AIA Board of Directors, Think like an Owner: Business Tools for Designers, Acuity Brands' ldSETTM Field-Programmable LED Drivers from eldoLED®.

If you missed Lightfair this year, you can watch this and feel like you're there. Webster and Ron visited the ETC, SGM, and Pharos booths. Also, check out the live broadcast with McWong at the end. Both Webster and Ron presented this year, but sorry, you had to be there to catch those. Make sure to attend Lightfair in 2 year. 

Highlights today include: We filmed  over 40 videos during LightFair, AIA Deltek Architecture Billings Index, City of London signs up to light pollution pledge, 2023 Greenbuild International Conference + Expo, VEROZZA Lighting Adds Charles-Antoine Poirier To Its Product Management Team.

LightFair 2025: setting the rumors straight, Exhibitors' and attendees' comments on LightFair 2023, Thank you to our Lifetime Achievement Awards sponsors: Intra Lighting, Lamar and Signify. Shout out to Synergy NYC for hosting the event, 2023 EdisonReport Lifetime Achievement Awards videos, C-Suite Beats at LightFair 2023, LightPitch™ at LightFair 2023.

Highlights today include: Lightfair 2023 Sales Stars Contest, LightFair 2023 Impressive Attendance Figure, Edison Price Honored Joel Siegel, LightPitch™ 2023, Applied UV Reports Strong Surge in First Quarter Sales, CDI announced a strategic partnership with McWong International, Windows 11 will try to fix the fragmented mess of RGB lighting.

Highlights today include: LightFair 2023, Printer Issues are Overcome, Attendees Welcomed with Blank Name Tags, IALD Immersive Lighting Installations, the Tesla Awards, Lightfair 2023 Sales Stars Contest, Settlement of KSF Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Trading Company Selling US Bridgelux LED Products, Lumileds introduces LUXEON CS CoB.

IES Board Meeting, LightFair 2023 Registration Results, Interview with Dan Darby, EdisonReport's Show Daily, EdisonReport 2023 Lifetime Achievement Awards, Component Distributors, Inc. Partners with Magtech Industries, Regional Sales Manager – Alphalite, Inc.

Highlight's include: Show Daily, Pre-Show Edition, 2023 EdisonReport's Top 10 MUST SEE Products and Services at LightFair, 2023 Edison Report Lifetime Achievement Awards, LightFair Sales Stars, Mark Lien, Shelly Prew, Stephen Squillace Honored at IES Detroit Section's 100thAnniversary, Seoul Semiconductor Obtains Permanent Injunction for Patent Infringement, Terrence Walsh, Rest in Peace, Crescent Electric Endorses NEMRA.

Highlight's include: Just published: May/June issue of LM&M, TCP's latest products showcased at LightFair, EdisonReport's LightFair plans, Up Close with Duncan Meerding, Declare label for Beta-Calco, Frank Reder, Buro Happold's new U.S. acoustics discipline lead, An opportunity at Keystone.

Highlights today include: MaxLite Settles Lawsuit with Jiaxing Super Lighting, The LIRC will conduct its next in-person member meeting in New York City, HLB Illuminates Orlando International Airport Terminal C, LightFair plans, The former Kaspar's dining location in the Savoy Hotel in London has been reinvented as the River Restaurant, Effective Sales Presentation Skills.

Highlights today include: Light + Building 2024 on Course for Success, Join FMS at LightFair in New York, designing lighting (dl) Celebrates International Day of Light 2023, The Business of Lighting Design with Grace Rote, Makenna Karhoff, HLB Lighting Design, Espen Technology Announces Type C 5-CCT Lamps & Feature-Rich Drivers, 3rd Annual Global LiFi Conference to be Held 27 JUN, Luminis Launches Inline Family of Exterior Luminaires.

Highlights today include: LightFair Sales Stars, Cooledge Lighting to Demo Immersive Illumination at LightFair, Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Clean Lighting Bill.

Highlights today include: designing lighting magazine's LightFair issue is now out, Effective Sales Presentation Skills Zoom Learning Sessions By Bill Attardi, Analysis of Signify Q1 FY2023 Results, WESCO Reports 12% YOY Sales Growth, Legrand Reports Solid First Quarter, Equity in Lighting An Inclusive Approach to Design, The Lighting Practice 7 Corporate Space Types and How to Light Them.

Highlights today include: Acuity Brands Commits to Sustainability, EdisonReport's Top 10 MUST-SEE at LightFair 2023, Electrical Trends Performance Dichotomy, 2023 Casambi Summit Registration, Buro Happold D.C. Office Leader Roger Chang Named to Key Federal Sustainability Committee, Early Bird Discount for Intelligent Building Middle East Ends in 3 Days.

Highlights today include: Incandescent lamp could save energy by recycling infrared light, Join the National Luminaire Competition on April 27th, DISC 2023 Q1 Update, MTA Testing New Safety Measures, Participate in the Global Survey on Gender Equity in Lighting, Pharos Set to Showcase Expert at LightFair, Regional Sales Manager.

Highlights today include: Unpacking LightFair 2023, Howard Brandston to be Honored at Lifetime Achievement Awards, Force Partners Announces Wind-Down Plan for Smooth Transition, EdisonReport's Top 10 MUST-SEE at LightFair 2023, Adura Unveils E-Series Linear LED Modules.

Highlights today include: WIL Global Gathering Data Collection Form 2023, Bright Light in the Day Improves a Hospital Stay, Applied UV Reports Financial Results for Full Year 2022, Legrand to Make Strong Showing at LightFair, 2023 TESLA AWARDS, ams OSRAM Names CEO, Analysis of Energy Focus, Inc. Full Year 2022 Report, Outside Sales Representative/C&I Sales Representative – SCI.

Dan Darby is the LIGHTFAIR Show Director, Brianne Musselman is the IES Director of Education and Standards, and Lea Tranakos is the Executive Director of Public Relations of LIGHTFAIR.

Highlights today include: LightFair 2023, LEDucation 2023 – A Record Year, LEDucation 2023 Ruskin Hartley, IESNYC's Student Lighting Competition Gallery, The Nuckolls Fund Distributes $140,000 in Grants and Awards for 2023, Mark Rorrison Named Director of Sales at Tivoli Lighting.

Highlights today include: LEDucation 2023 Signify's Keith Eagle, Newsletter The Spec, LIT Lighting Design Awards 2023, LIGHTFAIR 2023 Early Bird Registration Ends March 31, The Museum of Broadway Lights Up NYC in More Ways Than One! Western Announced Representation of Espen EV Chargers.

Highlights today include: Schaedler Yesco Finalizes Purchase of YESCO Electrical Supply, Event Registration is Live for the NYCxDESIGN Festival, Registration Is Now Open for LightFair, University of Colorado Boulder - Professional Lighting Education June 1-4, MetroSpec Technology has introduced the integration of Nichia's 1800K technology, ILC has an upcoming webinar on 23 February.

Is skipping a tradeshow treason? Probably not, but large presences backing out of a LightFair is a capitulation to foreign players in the industry. The industry as a whole needs to admit that there's more to learn every year by going to the biggest show, and the manufacturers and vendors need to be visible there.

Randy discusses EdisonReport naming Dan Darby of LightFair its 2022 Person of the Year, New Survey Reveals that Employees Want the Office To Be a Place To Get Work Done, Not Just Connect, 1THING New Builds with Disk Lights, US Government to Reduce Energy in 30% of its Buildings, Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards Helps Identify Excellence in Sensors, The Effect of Dysregulated Light on People with Dark Pigment Skin. 

It's always inspiring to see someone speak with authority and passion – two traits Catherine Leskowat, Senior Lighting Designer at Hartranft Lighting Design, has in spades! As anyone who's been to Enlighten Americas or Lightfair recently knows, Catherine is an advocate through and through. Whether it's advocating for designing more holistically for a wider cross-section of body types, abilities, and preferences (what her talk at Lightfair focused on), or for finding the right kind of support to grow and develop to the next level as a professional (the topic of her co-hosted session at Enlighten), Catherine applies her skill at thinking deeply about problems and analyzing solutions. She sat with us during this year's IALD Enlighten Americas and shared her thoughts on how we can continue to do better by prioritizing community.

With a guy like Steve Mesh, it's hard to keep the discussion to an hour. In this episode, Webster taps into Steve's vast knowledge of lighting controls to find out how he became a lighting controls specialist and what can be done now to formalize the education of lighting controls specialists. Steve knows so much that he is a much sought-after lecturer and teacher. Oh - and he can fly planes! Steve has been a lighting designer and educator for 42 years. He was the Senior Lighting Program Coordinator at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco from 2008-2011. Steve is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society and was the IES/Northeast Regional Vice President. He was also part of the development team for the California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program. Steve has taught lighting for 38 years. He won an IALD award for the Palm House at Dowling College and an EPRI award for Brower Commons at Rutgers University. Since 1992, he has given several workshops at LightFair and has spoken at Lux Pacifica in New Delhi, India. He is also a private pilot. 

Randy discusses LightSPEC West's move to a biennial schedule, designing lighting (dl) has an article on how the IES and IALD will manage education at LightFair, WILD announces its 2023 Board of Directors, AIA released 2022 AIA Firm Survey: The Business of Architecture, Lumileds releases the LUXEON XR-HL2X and LUXEON XR-5050 HE, and Get a Grip on Lighting released a new episode.

Randy discusses today's installment of Let's Talk About Light and Health, register today for the Connecting the Global Lighting Community event, results of the LightFair poll are in, Signify reports its Q3 earnings, James Regan retires from Syska Hennessy Group, and LEDCONN receives a BUILD Magazine Award.

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers chat about everything from Names that Critics Call Us, to Desperate Sponsors.   Join Zak, Steve, and David, as they pontificate about: Ming's Memorial; News from LightFair; Motivated lighting, Non-Motivated lighting; and Expressionistic Naturalism; Using LED screens instead of front projecting; What to put on your resume' for graduate school recruiting; "The Pathetic Scout"; Using LED walls; The secret of Voil; "Aerlos"... Stinking up the theatre; Should faculty get credit, and get paid, for mentoring students in the theatre; and Lighting your first runway show.   Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

Randy discusses AIA's revamping of the Conference on Architecture Tradeshow, take EdisonReport's poll on LightFair's change today, Rexel reports record earnings in Q3, Wesco announces Q3'22 earnings call, pre-registration is open for Lightovation 2023, Luminii announces the availability of its Plexineon Gen 2, and Bill Attardi releases his latest newsletter.

Randy discusses LightFair's move to a biennial event schedule, R.I.P. Libby Morley, WILD issues statement in support of the women of Iran, Graybar reports record net sales in Q3, Rexel responds to judicial investigation, and Sonepar will acquire Rockingham Electrical.