You may have heard that our sister publication Smart Buildings Technology has launched. The website has been up and running with a newsletter for weeks, but the premiere publication was just released. In flipping through a new magazine, I always read the editor’s column first. You typically get a sense of the mission, the intended audience, the planned areas of focus.
Chief editor Patrick McLaughlin explained in his column that the publication tagline is “Integrating the ecosystem” — not only the various functional systems in a building but the “ecosystem of people,” the professionals whose trades and skillsets will need to cross over in collaboration and provide an environment in which information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are deployed for successful smart buildings.
In LEDs Magazine content and at our events, you will find connected lighting and lighting controls coverage, and we will continue to explore the integration of systems in a building network…But that framework will rely on advanced solid-state lighting (SSL) and associated components as a ubiquitous enabling technology. SBT will cover technologies, building design, and applications in smart buildings from an IT/OT perspective. At LEDs, we look to the LED and SSL product developers, lighting and energy standards organizations, and lighting design and specification community to inform our coverage on smart systems that combine quality light with thoughtful design in the built environment.
If you’re working on design, implementation, or management of smart building systems in any fashion, I encourage you to check out the debut issue of Smart Buildings Technology and subscribe.
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Carrie Meadows | Editor-in-Chief, LEDs Magazine
Carrie Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry. She worked with the PennWell Technology Group for more than 17 years, having been part of the editorial staff at Solid State Technology, Microlithography World, Lightwave, Portable Design, CleanRooms, Laser Focus World, and Vision Systems Design before the group was acquired by current parent company Endeavor Business Media.
Meadows has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards, and has volunteered as a judge on several B2B editorial awards committees. She received a BA in English literature from Saint Anselm College, and earned thesis honors in the college's Geisel Library. Without the patience to sit down and write a book of her own, she has gladly undertaken the role of editor for the writings of friends and family.
Meadows enjoys living in the beautiful but sometimes unpredictable four seasons of the New England region, volunteering with an animal shelter, reading (of course), and walking with friends and extended "dog family" in her spare time.
