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Market Intelligence for Lighting Developers
May 2022
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DS: The long-awaited GSL & GSIL backstop of 45lpw is finalized, including timelines.
DOE Publishes Two Final Rules for GSL Definition & Backstop
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 The DOE published two final rules for the General Service Lamps (GSL) definition and the backstop on April 26, 2022. Before this date, the big unknown was the timing of the effective date and the dates of enforcement.
The definition rule is effective in 60 days, and the GSL rule is effective in 75 days. Manufacturers will get enforcement leniency to allow some time for the transition. Full DOE enforcement of both rules begins January 1, 2023.
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DS: A new category of HID replacement lamps has arrived that are definitely not “corn cobs.”
Product Monday: New Category of LED Filament Lamps for HID Replacement
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 A new category of HID replacement lamps has arrived that are definitely not “corn cobs.” They are high lumen output LED filament lamps in traditional HID lamp form factors. I’ve found wattages as high as 42W (LED) that claim to replace up to 175W Metal Halide or HPS system watts (HID lamp + ballast), providing up to 75% energy savings. All of the models that I’ve found are ballast-bypass, 120-277VAC input voltage, Type B. Some lamps are E26 and some are E39/EX39. Here are three early entrants into this new category.
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Job Search: Product Manager, Decorative Lighting
Source: Lighting Solution Development
 Lighting Solution Development is conducting a search for a Product Manager, Decorative Lighting position. The position is remote, work from anywhere in the U.S. The Los Angeles, CA Metro Area is preferred, but not required.
Compensation:
- $80K - $100K salary, commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid vacation
- 10 paid holidays
Our client is a long-established and successful manufacturer of quality residential and commercial lighting products. They have an 1,800+ SKU product portfolio, and sell through multiple channels (home improvement, e-commerce, showroom, MRO and electrical distributors). Company is headquartered in Rancho Dominguez, California. You can view the full job description here.
If your company would like to use our recruiting service, just reply to this email.
Mergers & Acquisitions
 DS: I interviewed the CEO of Korrus about their acquisition of Circadian ZircLight.
Interview: Korrus's CEO on the Recent Acquisition of Circadian Zirclight
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
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DS: Delta Light acquires LF Illumination, Delray, VLT, and Softform Lighting.
Delta Light Acquires Multiple U.S. Architectural Lighting Brands
Source: inside.lighting
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DS: Ams OSRAM sells Traxon to Prosperity Group, a Hong Kong holding company.
ams OSRAM Agrees to Sell Traxon
Source: inside.lighting
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DS: The DLC publishes a new whitepaper about non-white LED light sources for outdoor lighting. This topic is critically important. Mounting scientific evidence attributes global large scale die-offs of insect and bird populations to white LED lighting.
Whitepaper: Non-White Light Sources for Nighttime Environments
Source: DLC
 The lighting industry needs an integrated approach to solving the unintended negative consequences of light pollution on the natural environment. In response to this need, the DLC has published a whitepaper that seeks to describe the landscape for a small but promising part of the solution: non-white light (NWL) LED light sources.
This whitepaper provides an overview of the state of the science and current recommendations for NWL light sources in outdoor lighting applications, as well as why the DLC is not addressing NWL LED luminaires in LUNA at this time. The paper suggests next steps to address gaps in existing research, standards, and guidelines that would make qualification feasible in the future.
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DS: New research determines the UV dosage that kills COVID.
New Study Proves Correct Dosage for UV Disinfection Against COVID-19
Source: EC&M
 When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, ultraviolet (UV) radiation became one of the go-to methods for preventing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, along with facemasks, hand sanitizer, and social distancing.
The problem: There was little research showing what UV dosage kills the virus. What wavelength? How long? And could UV systems be installed in public places such as airports, bus stations and stores without causing long-term damage to people?
In a newly published study, researchers from Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science answer many of those questions and lay the foundation for health standards about what offers true disinfection.
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DS: ANSI releases four new lighting standards on various topics
Recent ANSI Standards Address Sky Glow, UV-LED Performance, Expanded Digital Lighting Control, and Tunable-White SSL
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 A variety of new and updated ANSI standards address topics as diverse as sky glow, UV-LED Performance, expanded digital lighting control, and tunable-white SSL products. Below are quick summaries of each one, with links to more information.
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DS: 3D printing includes a growing number of technology approaches and materials.
3D Printing Evolves with Many New Technologies
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 As 3D printing begins to influence the lighting industry (beyond prototyping), a dizzying new array of approaches have been commercialized. A recent article in Laser Focus World lays out the many approaches.
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DS: Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-champaign (UIUC) demonstrate that switching to novel, cubic (c)-phase LEDs reduces efficiency droop by over 90% versus conventional h-LED. Efficiency droop is reduced to just a few percent.
Cubic-Phase III-Nitride LEDs Overcome Efficiency Droop
Source: Semiconductor Today
 Annually, lighting accounts for 15% of global electricity consumption and 5% of worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions. In the USA alone, the transition to solid-state lighting has already reduced lighting-related energy needs and greenhouse-gas emissions by about 25% with respect to non-solid-state lighting (SSL). However, the average household energy consumption for lighting is set to triple over the next 50 years due to population growth and an increase in housing size. Accelerating the transition to energy-efficient lighting is one of the most significant initiatives to improve the global economy and climate conditions.
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DS: Home Depot launches a $150 Million VC fund. The retailer will invest in companies with innovative products that simplify home ownership/improvement or improve retail operations.
An Orange-Aproned Venture Capital Fund
Source: HBS Dealer
 The Home Depot has established Home Depot Ventures, a $150 million venture capital fund created to identify, fund and partner with early-stage companies to accelerate emerging technologies that aim to improve the customer experience and shape the future of home improvement.
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DS: Research indicates that the global hospital lighting market will grow significantly.
Market for Hospital Lighting Projected to Surge
Source: IES
 Research and Markets unveiled in their Hospital Lighting-Global Market Trajectory and Analytics report that the global market is expected to reach $8.5 billion by 2027, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5%—a revised number from the previously projected $6 billion in 2020. Fluorescent lighting is now projected to reach $3.7 billion at a CAGR of 4.4%, while LED lighting has been readjusted to a growth rate of 5.5% for the next seven-year period. Highlights from the report include:
The U.S. Hospital Lighting market is estimated at $1.6 billion and China is forecast to reach $1.7 billion, with a CAGR of 7.6% over the 2020-2027 period.
Other notable geographic markets include Canada, Germany and Japan; each are forecast to grow at 4.5%, 3.1% and 2.8% CAGR respectively.
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DS: Introducing an EV charger in a light pole...
Product Monday: EV Charger in a Light Pole
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 The fast growing EV charging market and the lighting world are starting to collide. StressCrete Group, manufacturers of spun concrete poles and light fixtures operating across North America, announced today the launch of their new product, the VoltLock. The VoltLock is a concealed Level II Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station built into StressCrete’s popular Alexander pole. It provides a discrete and convenient way for EV owners to charge their cars. As the charging station is encased in the concrete pole, it has even more protection against tampering, helping consumers access a consistent and reliable EV charging source for their cars, while saving cities and communities on maintenance costs each year. The VoltLock is designed with communities in mind and is compatible with various EVSE suppliers to meet consumers’ specific needs. FLO, a leading North American EV charging network operator and supplier of smart charging solutions, has been chosen by StressCrete Group as the inaugural charging equipment supplier for the VoltLock.
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DS: Lighting supply-chain problems evolve and worsen overall.
Lighting Industry Supply Chain Continues to Evolve
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 A recent LEDs Magazine article laid out ways that the lighting industry supply chain problems are not only changing constantly, but likely getting worse:
- Shanghai lockdowns for roughly 6 weeks are significantly impacting both factories and the port there, adding delays. Shanghai is the world’s largest shipping port.
- The war in Ukraine is impacting steel, aluminum, and some other commodity prices.
- The microchip shortage continues to impact drivers and smart lighting components.
- Commodity prices in general continue to rise.
- Long-term container backlogs at US ports have eased, however, providing one bright spot.
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DS: DLC releases new logos that will impact your marketing materials.
DLC Releases New Logos for Each QPL Impacting Product Marketing Materials
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released four new logos, allowing manufacturers and distributors to indicate which products are listed on each of the four DLC Qualified Product Lists (QPLs). The four updated logos are designed for use with products approved for the DLC’s Solid-State Lighting (SSL) and Networked Lighting Controls (NLC), Horticultural Lighting, and LUNA qualified products lists (QPL). Effective April 21, 2022, these logos are valid to indicate qualification on the DLC QPLs.
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DS: Bioluminescence manufacturer Glowee lights up a French town.
The French Town Where the Lighting is Alive
Source: bbc.com / Peter Yeung
 In a tranquil side room of the Covid-19 vaccination centre in Rambouillet, a small French town around 30 miles (50km) south-west of Paris, a soft blue light emanated from a row of cylindrical tubes. Members of the public who received a vaccine last year were invited to bathe in the glow for a few minutes while they waited in the recovery area.
Soon, the same azure glow will illuminate the nearby, tree-lined Place André Thomé et Jacqueline Thomé-Patenôtre, located just across from the aptly named La Lanterne performance hall, at night. These ethereal experiments are also underway across France, including at the capital's Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
But unlike standard streetlamps, which often emit a harsh glare and need to be hooked up to the electricity grid, these otherworldly lights are powered by living organisms through a process known as bioluminescence.
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DS: It’s not a window, but it sure looks like one.
Product Monday: It's Not a Window, It's LIGHTGLASS
Source: LightNow / David Shiller
 LIGHTGLASS is a windowlight, an architectural element that brings the experience of a daylit window into any space. Through the integration of the latest LED lighting technology into the form and materials of a window, LIGHTGLASS is nearly indiscernible from a real window.
LIGHTGLASS is a patented, prefabricated UL-listed lighting system with the appearance of a window, with integrated aluminum extrusion, glass, gasketing, and LED light panel delivering 94+ CRI, UGR below 12, no perceptible flicker, greater than 89% uniformity, and an L70 rating of over 100,000 hours. LED drivers included, and a system warranty of a minimum of 5 years.
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