Welcome to LEDs Magazine’s Lighting for Health & Wellbeing newsletter for June 19, 2023. As I’ve mentioned in other missives, our health and wellbeing coverage isn’t solely focused on the ability to provide circadian entrainment with properly designed illumination. We also cover manufacturing, materials, and design initiatives that aim to address climate concerns, environmental stewardship, occupant productivity, equity, and energy resource management — as demonstrated by the items included in this edition:

• In a detailed discussion, Finelite R&D leader Aaron Smith noted that the lighting industry can learn much about solution engineering and design for disassembly from other sectors.

• Stoane Lighting’s Ruairidh McGlynn summarized the business potential for serviceable light fixtures, which Mark Halper explored with a look at takeaways from the Remanufacturing Lighting Conference.

• Still, Halper grabbed onto a story in which he noted that ams Osram champions less-efficient halogen light sources in specialty applications. I’ve included that here because I’m curious as to specifiers’ feedback on this. Some lamps have been excluded from halogen phase-outs. Do you continue to specify halogen lighting for stage and entertainment applications, or are you considering only LED offerings? Let us know!

Carrie Meadows, [email protected]