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    LEDs Magazine January/February 2022 Issue
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    LEDs & SSL Design

    LED innovations transform SSL market prospects over two decades (MAGAZINE)

    Jan. 28, 2022
    LED market consultant BOB STEELE tracks the evolution of LED technology, applications, and markets over 22 years with Strategies in Light.
    Photo credit: Image courtesy of Igor, Inc.
    Connected SSL & Controls

    Connectivity specialist Dwight Stewart turns attention to smart UV system (MAGAZINE)

    Jan. 28, 2022
    After bringing home the 2021 Sapphire Awards Illumineer of the Year award, Igor’s DWIGHT STEWART shared the Nexos system development process and next steps with MAURY WRIGHT.
    FIG. 1. A high school in Washington State achieves cost, experience, and flexibility benefits of LED lighting with luminaire-level lighting controls (LLLC). Image credit: Photo by Benjamin Benschneider, all images provided courtesy of BetterBricks program and used with permission.
    Connected SSL & Controls

    Retrofitting schools with LLLC achieves significant savings (MAGAZINE)

    Jan. 28, 2022
    School districts looking to update, customize, and futureproof their lighting can take charge with luminaire level lighting control systems, says consultant ANGELA PILANT.
    FIG. 1. Hospital- or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) have prompted awareness of stricter cleaning protocols and antimicrobial prevention measures across the globe, as antibiotic-resistant pathogens have been identified. Image credit: Original graphic developed by Vyv; data from WHO, CDC, and HAI Hospital Prevalence Society. Illustration credit: ID 179160960, 53736331 | Dreamstime.com.
    Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

    Confusion about disinfection light can be dangerous for people and detrimental to the SSL industry (MAGAZINE)(UPDATED)

    Jan. 28, 2022
    COLLEEN COSTELLO exposes mixed messages regarding UV and antimicrobial light for disinfection, and recommends safety guidance, best practices, and proper implementation to meet...
    FIG 1. Supplemental LED lighting played a significant role in North Carolina State University cannabis crop studies designed to determine how photoperiod and light intensity fluctuations might impact the growth cycle of cannabis plants. Photo credit: Image courtesy of GE Lighting, a Daintree company.
    Horticultural Lighting

    HortiCann program brings practical CEA approaches to the table (MAGAZINE)

    Jan. 28, 2022
    HortiCann 2021 speakers expanded the controlled environment agriculture knowledge base for both cannabis and food cultivars, including synergies between lighting strategies, sustainabil...

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    LEDs & SSL Design

    LEDs Magazine hails retiring editor, welcomes new editorial director

    Jan. 10, 2022
    Longtime LED and electronics industry journalist and editor Maury Wright has retired. On behalf of the team, Carrie Meadows honors his tenure with the brand and introduces editorial...
    California Lightworks CEO George Mekhtarian puts environmental and economic aspects of the cannabis ‘greenrush’ into perspective. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of California Lightworks/George Mekhtarian.)
    Horticultural Lighting

    LEDs, the climate disaster, and how banking regs fuel cannabis carbon problem

    Nov. 29, 2021
    GEORGE MEKHTARIAN explores connections between cannabis-related finance policies and carbon footprint, which can be mitigated with more economic support for LED-based grow lighting...