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 LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025

 LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025

From poetic acts of remembrance in Brazil to ethereal light installations in Seoul and visionary student projects in Venice, the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025 once again celebrated the extraordinary creativity and conscience of the global lighting community. With...

Your Fee Is Only HOW MUCH?

Your Fee Is Only HOW MUCH?

Rethinking Lighting Fees: Lessons in Value from the Business of Light Workshop On the crisp afternoon of November 13, 2025, a select group of lighting designers and consultants gathered at the Lutron Global Experience Center in Manhattan. For five hours, they immersed...

What’s in a Name? Everything!

What’s in a Name? Everything!

Why Light+ Replaces LightFair as the Industry’s New Rallying Cry I’m genuinely thrilled that Messe Frankfurt has launched Light + Intelligent Building North America. This bold biennial has all the makings of the next great lighting-industry gathering. While I strongly...

Industry Reacts to Light + Intelligent Building North America

Industry Reacts to Light + Intelligent Building North America

Industry Leaders Share Their Thoughts on the Newly Announced Show We reached out to a few industry leaders to get their response to the new Light + Intelligent Building North America. Manufacturers: “This is exciting. Lighting now intersects with energy performance,...

Ledra Brands Names Jade Turney President

Ledra Brands Names Jade Turney President

Ledra Brands Names Jade Turney President, Ushering in a New Chapter of Leadership The story of Ledra Brands began in 1993, when founder Alex Ladjevardi established what was then known as Bruck Lighting in the United States. With a simple but powerful dream—to bring...

LED-to-LED Upgrades: An Emerging Opportunity

LED-to-LED Upgrades: An Emerging Opportunity

As the replacement of traditional light sources with LEDs slows with market saturation, a new market is emerging— upgrading early-generation LED installations. This shift offers opportunities to achieve higher energy savings, improve lighting quality, and add advanced...

LED-to-LED Upgrades: An Emerging Opportunity

An Approach to Lighting-HVAC Integration

Lighting-HVAC integration is considered a major building block in smart, efficient, and responsive buildings—and the next frontier for networked lighting control (NLC) systems. To support the adoption of this advanced control approach,...

LED-to-LED Upgrades: An Emerging Opportunity

Simplifying Sequence of Operations

A good lighting design requires a good lighting controls design. As lighting control systems become more sophisticated to meet energy codes and offer significantly greater value in today’s lighting solutions, best practices become increasingly essential. Sequence of...

2025 DarkSky Award Winners

2025 DarkSky Award Winners

Each year, DarkSky International recognizes and celebrates the incredible achievements of individuals, groups, and communities who are committed to our mission of preserving nighttime environments around the world. Their hard work and dedication informs global...

LED-to-LED Upgrades: An Emerging Opportunity

The Bright Future of Lighting Controls

The LED revolution that swept the lighting industry coincided with another, quieter revolution in lighting controls. Future of Lighting Controls: How LEDs and Smart Integration Are Transforming Buildings. While LEDs dominate new construction and have gained a majority...