Coaticook Suspended Footbridge: An Ever-Changing Luminous Canvas, Painted by Nature
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Coaticook Suspended Footbridge: An Ever-Changing Luminous Canvas, Painted by Nature

December 5, 2023 At 170 m (554 ft) long and 50 m (160 ft) high, the Coaticook Canyon Bridge at Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook is one of the longest suspension footbridges in North America and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Eastern Townships. For several years, the Parc de la…

Networked Lighting Controls (NLC): Offering a Deep Well of Energy Savings
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Networked Lighting Controls (NLC): Offering a Deep Well of Energy Savings

Craig Delouie December 4, 2023 As first-generation LED lighting systems begin to be replaced, a significant opportunity to maximize energy savings by incorporating networked lighting controls is emerging, particularly when HVAC integration is included. NLC’s have been demonstrated in research to reduce LED energy consumption by 50+ percent. Integrating HVAC control via lighting system-based occupancy…

Why Mesh Network Is More Sustainable Than Cellular Network for Managing Your Smart Lighting System?
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Why Mesh Network Is More Sustainable Than Cellular Network for Managing Your Smart Lighting System?

Jostran Lamontagne December 4, 2023 Faced with an increasingly aging and energy-consuming street lighting network, cities must convert their street lighting network to light-emitting diode (LED) technology. They have also realized that by opting for a smart lighting management and control system, not only can they optimize their public lighting management but also reduce their…

Signify Announces New Customer-Centric Organization and Structural Cost Reductions

Signify Announces New Customer-Centric Organization and Structural Cost Reductions

December 4, 2023 Signify recently announced it is adapting its organization to enhance customer-centricity, speed of execution and reduce its structural costs. “After the major transformation we achieved through the past decade, we are taking the next step by organizing our company around four vertically integrated businesses. Three of these will focus on customers: Professional, OEM…

Vancouver International Airport Deploys Quanergy 3D LiDAR Solution to Improve Passenger Journey

Vancouver International Airport Deploys Quanergy 3D LiDAR Solution to Improve Passenger Journey

November 30, 2023 Leading LiDAR Solution Overcomes Legacy Challenges to Deliver Significant Cost Savings and Enhanced Operational Efficiency Quanergy Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of 3D LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) security solutions, was chosen by Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to analyze footfall and passenger journey and ultimately improve passenger happiness. Quanergy’s solution surpassed the…

Beluce Canada Welcomes Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Justin Arghittu

Beluce Canada Welcomes Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Justin Arghittu

November 30, 2023 Beluce is pleased to welcome back a familiar name, Justin Arghittu. Justin joined the BeLuce team on Monday, November 27, as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. Justin undoubtedly brings his extensive 30-year electrical lighting industry knowledge, including his passionate sales leadership mindset. Beluce is excited to welcome Justin back, who will be…

Case Study from Cooper Lighting: Aerospace Manufacturer

Case Study from Cooper Lighting: Aerospace Manufacturer

November 29, 2023 Background Cooper Lighting’s customer is a leading aerospace manufacturer that produces the fuselage and other major components for airliners. The company’s headquarters is in Wichita, Kansas, known as the “Air Capital of the World” due to the predominance of aerospace manufacturers in the area. Challenge This aerospace manufacturer was looking to retrofit…

5 Specifying Tips from Cooper Lighting: Designing Parking Lot Lighting for Healthcare Facilities

5 Specifying Tips from Cooper Lighting: Designing Parking Lot Lighting for Healthcare Facilities

November 29, 2023 Hospital and other healthcare facility parking lots have their own special challenges when it comes to lighting. You have emergency vehicles racing in and out. Cars frequently pulling in and out of parking spaces. A good number of pedestrians during evening hours, many of whom are older or infirm. If a healthcare…

Acuity Brands Reaches Agreements with Current Lighting Solutions, Hort Americas’ Arize Series of Horticultural Lights

Acuity Brands Reaches Agreements with Current Lighting Solutions, Hort Americas’ Arize Series of Horticultural Lights

November 29, 2023 Acuity Brands Reaches Agreements with Current Lighting Solutions, Hort Americas to Expand Acuity’s Horticulture Lighting Offering Acuity Brands, Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Arize® family of horticulture lighting products from Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (”Current Lighting”). The Company has also reached an agreement with Hort Americas,…

Vantage Creates Keypad Alliance for Greater Freedom and Unity in Lighting Design and Control
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Vantage Creates Keypad Alliance for Greater Freedom and Unity in Lighting Design and Control

November 21, 2023 Growing Vantage Keypad Alliance Provides Lighting Designers and Integrators With Greater Interface Flexibility, Includes Luxury Partner Keypad Vendors Meljac, Forbes & Lomax, and Basalte Legrand’s lighting control brand Vantage announced its new Keypad Alliance. In addition to Vantage’s wide portfolio of keypads, specifiers and installers using a Vantage system can select the keypad options available within…

Official COP5 Position of The Clean Lighting Coalition on Decisions Regarding Mercury-Containing Fluorescent Lighting
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Official COP5 Position of The Clean Lighting Coalition on Decisions Regarding Mercury-Containing Fluorescent Lighting

November 20, 2023 The prompt global phase out of fluorescent lamps is technologically feasible and economically justified due to the rapid development of LED lighting over the last five years. Energy-efficient retrofit LED lamps can replace fluorescents in virtually all applications. If adopted, the cumulative (2025-2050) global benefits of phasing-out all fluorescents would: According to…

Acuity Brands’ EarthLIGHT Initiative Inspires Local Businesses to Give Back to Their Communities
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Acuity Brands’ EarthLIGHT Initiative Inspires Local Businesses to Give Back to Their Communities

November 16, 2023 Acuity Brands Lighting – a North American lighting provider with Canada-wide offices and agencies – has developed a program called EarthLIGHT Initiative, aimed at encouraging customers to make a positive impact in their communities. As part of the EarthLIGHT initiative, they are delighted to recognize Electrozad Supply Company – with locations in…

Optique Lighting Announces Eight New Sales Agency Representation

Optique Lighting Announces Eight New Sales Agency Representation

November 15, 2023 Optique Lighting, a leading designer and manufacturer of premium quality Nano Linear LED lighting luminaires, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with eight impressive new sales agencies to represent and sell its Nano Linear LED architectural product lines in the U.S. and Canada.  Effective immediately, the appointed sales representatives include: …

How to Detect Problems In Your Warehouse Using Artificial Intelligence
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How to Detect Problems In Your Warehouse Using Artificial Intelligence

November 15, 2023 David Gordon Warehousing is core to a distributor’s value proposition. Customers expect distributors to carry inventory. The 2023 NAED PAR report (2022 data) stated that, on average, 72% of distributor sales emanate from their warehouse. Given the importance of a warehouse to distributors, managing costs and reducing errors is critical to profitability….