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Market Intelligence for Lighting Developers
May 2021
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DS: As the entire economy tries to bounce back, supply chain and shipping limits are exceeded.
Supply Chain Might Be the Big Lighting Story of 2021
Source: inside.lighting
 The impact of COVID was clearly the most prevalent theme that affected lighting industry businesses last year. The same may be true in 2021, but the related impact of supply chain on the lighting industry continues to make headlines.
Citing increased costs associated with components and shipping, multiple large, prominent lighting manufacturers announced a price increase in the first quarter of 2021. Some manufacturers even announced a second price increase this year.
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DS: Trans-Pacific freight volume is 50% above pre-pandemic levels and beyond capacity. Problems are predicted into 2022.
Flexport: Trans-Pacific Deteriorating, Brace for Shipping ‘Tsunami’
Source: Freight Waves/ Greg Miller
 The number of container ships stuck at anchor off Los Angeles and Long Beach is down to around 20 per day, from 30 a few months ago. Does this mean the capacity crunch in the trans-Pacific market is finally easing? Absolutely not, warned Nerijus Poskus, vice president of global ocean at freight forwarder Flexport. “It’s not getting better. It’s getting worse,” he told American Shipper in an interview on Monday.
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Recent Mergers and Acquisitions
 DS: Glamox acquires Luminell.
Glamox Acquires Luminell
Source: Luminell
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DS: Acuity acquires AI company.
Please Welcome AI to the Lighting Industry; Acuity Acquires Rockpile Ventures
Source: EdisonReport/ Randy Reid
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DS: Renesas acquires Dialog Semi for $6 Billion USD.
Dialog Shareholders Approve Resolutions Related to the Acquisition by Renesas Electronics Corporation of Dialog Semiconductor Plc
Source: Design & Reuse
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DS: Commercial construction takes off with 16% growth in April. The boom is expected to continue for some time, given the very high Architectural Billings Index (ABI).
Non-Residential Construction Rises 16% in April
Source: inside.lighting
 Total construction starts fell 2% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $853.5 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Single family construction posted a sizeable decline following months of strong activity, while nonresidential building and nonbuilding starts both gained.
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CA Updates to Title 24 2022
Source: ALA
 The California Energy Commission (CEC) released the Express Terms (45-day language) for the Title 24 2022 code revision. Title 24 is updated every three years. The 2022 version will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023. Residential lighting provisions were inserted at the 11th hour. Read more about the 2022 version of Title 24.
DS: More states are addressing climate change through increasing utility energy-efficiency mandates.
States Step Up Climate Efforts By Requiring Utilities To Increase Energy Efficiency
Source: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)/ Rachel Gold
 Before the COVID-19 pandemic adjourned state legislative sessions, several states took significant climate action this year by leaning on local utilities to ramp up programs that help customers save energy. Their tool of choice? The energy efficiency resource standard (EERS), a policy that requires utilities or statewide administrators to hit long-term energy savings targets by ramping up energy efficiency programs for homes and businesses.
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DS: Copper prices are expected to hit an all-time high and 10% of contractors report LED lighting shortages.
Copper and Lighting Product Shortages Hitting Electrical Contractors
Source: Electrical Contractor/ William Atkinson
 Much information has been written about the supply shortages that general contractors are experiencing for their projects. For example, according to the Q4 2020 “Commercial Construction Index,” published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 71% of contractors are facing at least one material shortage. In first place is wood/lumber (31%), followed by steel (11%). However, also tied for second place are electrical products (excluding copper wire) at 11%, closely followed by lighting products at 10%.
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DS: PureLiFi strikes LiFi deal with U.S. Army.
Light Technology Firm Strikes Deal with US Army
Source: BBC
 Scottish high-tech firm pureLiFi has announced a multi-million dollar deal to supply the US military with an optical wireless communication system. The Kitefin li-fi system harnesses the light spectrum rather than radio frequencies to transmit data securely. The deal with the United States Army Europe and Africa is the world's first large-scale deployment of li-fi technology, according to the company.
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DS: DiLouie, on commercial smart lighting rebates.
Incentives to Light Smart: Commercial lighting rebate programs
Source: Electrical Contractor Magazine / Craig DiLouie
 The outlook in 2021 for commercial lighting rebates is strong, with three-fourths of the United States covered by a rebate program incentivizing energy-efficient lighting and controls.
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DS: UL releases 2nd edition of GUV Outline of Investigation.
UL Releases New Edition for UVC Germicidal Equipment
Source: EdisonReport
 The use of UVC sources to sanitize surfaces and air received renewed interest in 2020 as engineers and scientists sought mitigation approaches to stem COVID-19 transmission.
UVC exposure disrupts DNA structure. At the correct dosage, it can kill bacteria and deactivate viruses rendering them unable to reproduce. Many industries have used for UVC technology for decades to help reduce the spread of diseases such as tuberculosis, which is caused by bacteria spread from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air.
It appears, however, that UVC radiation is also effective against coronavirus according to an article published by Ohio State University (OSU) on March 10, 2021. OSU Professors Natalie Hull and Richard Robinson said that their research showed that a specific wavelength of UVC radiation killed more than 99.99% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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DS: RPI forms a new energy and smart building institute.
Rensselaer Forms Energy-Focused Institute Focused on a Smart Building Future
Source: LEDs Magazine / Maury Wright
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) president Shirley Ann Jackson announced last week, at US President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, a new RPI engineering and architectural institute that will be focused on architectural design and engineering practices for a sustainable future. The Rensselaer Institute for Energy, the Built Environment, and Smart Systems (EBESS) will pursue net-zero buildings and climate resilience delivered by a combination of renewable energy, new materials, and smart building systems that react in real time to changing conditions.
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DS: Mini and micro LEDs are battling for automotive market share. Display and automotive are the typical paths before a lighting technology is adopted in general lighting.
Automotive Market is the New Battleground for Mini and Micro LED Technologies
Source: LEDinside / Betty Wu
 Huawei released a demo video on its autonomous driving technologies on April 15th. Two days later on April 17th, Chinese EV brand Arcfox held a launch event for its luxury crossover sedan Alpha S (α-S). Among the four variants of the Alpha S, the Arcfox Alpha S HBT is equipped with the HI (Huawei Inside) platform developed by Huawei for autonomous driving applications. This is the same model that was shown in the demo video.
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DS: LEDs Magazine interviews Dr. Siminovich about the Million LED Challenge [for linear LED lamps].
California Draws a Line on Quality for LED Linear Lighting
Source: LEDs Magazine/ Carrie Meadows
 As LEDs Magazine reported back in 2017, a group consisting of the University of California system, the University of California–Davis California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), and the California State Department of General Services announced its “Million Lamp Challenge,” in which the collaborative first sought bids to supply 1 million high-quality LED retrofit lamps.
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DS: CEE launches the 2021 Integrated Home Competition for smart products. Lighting, lighting controls, and ceiling fans are eligible to compete.
2021 Integrated Home Competition Launches!
Source: CEE
 The Integrated Home Competition presents an opportunity for manufacturers of connected home solutions to gain recognition for their automated and interactive products that not only provide energy savings and load management capability, but also deliver upon consumer expectations for interoperability, reliability, and simplicity. Innovative industry leaders are rewarded through endorsement and promotion from competition sponsors and others.
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