Cooper Lighting Solutions: How Technology is Reshaping Lighting Design – Augmented Reality, Sustainability, Smart Lighting, & 3D Printing
Technology is rapidly reshaping the lighting design industry, offering new ways to streamline workflows, enhance aesthetics, and optimize energy efficiency. In 2025, lighting professionals will have more tools than ever to balance creativity, functionality, budgets, and project timelines. Among the most exciting advancements are augmented reality (AR) applications, which address common design challenges by bringing visualization and precision to the forefront. Alongside AR, other transformative trends – including sustainable lighting solutions, smart lighting systems, and 3D printing – are redefining the possibilities for lighting design.
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Webinar On: Standard Tape and Streamline Tape Series
The lighting market demands more efficiency, better performance, and fewer product variations. Magic Lite’s Streamline and Standard Tape Series deliver on all fronts, offering high lumen output, pixel-free illumination, and reduced SKU complexity. These upgrades meet industry needs for cost-effective, high-quality lighting solutions. Check out the video to explore the SL and ST Tape Series.
Changing Scene
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LightForm Welcomes Rini Ngai as Business Development A&D Specialist
LightForm is excited to welcome Rini Ngai as their new Business Development A&D Specialist. With over 15 years of experience in architectural lighting design, specification sales, and project management, Rini brings a strong understanding of the intersection between design, functionality, and energy efficiency. Rini’s background includes roles as a Lighting Designer at Arcadis, HH Angus,… Read More…
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RENO Lighting Announces New Vice President of Sales
It is with great excitement that RENO Lighting introduces Jean-Claude Lespérance as Vice President of Sales at RENO Lighting. With over 35 years of experience in the Canadian electrical industry, Jean-Claude brings extensive knowledge of the market and strong relationships with key industry stakeholders, suppliers, and customers. Holding a college diploma in Electrodynamics and a… Read More…
LEDVANCE Welcomes Back Martina Mercurio as SR Sales Representative in Central Region
LEDVANCE is thrilled to welcome back Martina as Senior Sales Representative in the Central Region. “With over 20 years of sales experience, Martina is an invaluable resource to her customers and her colleagues and is known for her exceptional sales acumen, customer service skills, and dedication to excellence,” said Linda Conejo, Regional Sales Manager, LEDVANCE Canada.
Design
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Artika: Spring Kitchen Lighting Tips
After a long winter, spring is finally here to make our world feel bright and full of life, and some well-thought-out tweaks to your kitchen lighting can do the same for your home! These relatively simple changes can not only make your kitchen more functional but can also bring together the overall look and feel… Read More…
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Light ARchitect Is Revolutionizing Lighting Design for Architects & Designers
Traditionally, lighting design could be a tedious process, often involving physical mockups, time-consuming calculations, and static renderings using multiple software tools. With advancing technology, these traditional methods are giving way to more sophisticated tools that enhance precision, speed, and visualization. On the downside, many of the new tools are not particularly intuitive and the learning… Read More…
New Products
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Intermatic: ALC4-R 4-Channel 0-10 V Lighting Controller
The ALC4-R lighting controller is a four-channel 0-10 V dimming controller designed to work with ARISTA Lighting Control System by Intermatic. These units can work with either 0-10 V or 1-10 V lighting fixtures, including LED’s. Once installed, the ALC4-R unit(s) can be configured to work off of either scheduling, sensing, or a combination of… Read More…
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Amico: Lunar Night Light – Behavioral Series
Behavioral Health Lunar Series Night Lights bring a soft, low-level illumination to the patient room allowing clinical staff and patients to navigate safely in the dark, evening hours. The unique faceplate has minimal protrusion from the wall and provides even light distribution for optimal sight. For ultimate convenience, the Lunar Night Light is available with… Read More…
Lighting Design & Specification
This special bi-monthly digest has the broadest reach of those that are involved in all aspects of the electrical lighting design and specification industry across Canada. LDS is designed to provide lighting professionals insight and intelligence on those developments in the industry that effect design and specification. From corporate news to new technologies, products and insightful opinions, LDS will become your first read in the lighting industry in Canada. Published bi-monthly on Thursdays.
