LINB042825The Small Stuff - The Lighting Industry News Brief April 28 - video Dailymotion

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00:00good morning it's monday april 28th and that means two things every attempt to automate this has

00:20failed and it's time for the lighting industry news reef brought to you by kstone tech and the

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00:51that link to that product in the description anyway let's move on to the news because visionaire

00:59claims that their buyout from nature's miracle a press release i repeated for sure among others

01:06but it's not happening or at least not happening as nature's miracles press release says more details

01:14as we have more details on the tariff side of things uh the white house has indicated that

01:20there is a possibility of reductions on tariffs on chinese goods um whether that's just coming down

01:28on percentage wise or again new categories unclear stay tuned till next week when i explain all this

01:37again star tech has announced that there will not be any price changes related to tariffs

01:42and fanimation is calling on the united states government to offer them new tax credits to compensate them

01:51for the tariffs that they have recently occurred acuity is reporting or staffers at acuity farmer staffers

01:59at acuity are reporting uh layoffs on on site rexel has sold off their finished business with all cell

02:07buying local operations for 291 million u.s dollars q1 at abb shows revenues up one percent q3 at lsi shows

02:19sales up 22 percent with revenues being flat but they will maintain a dividend of a nickel per share

02:27we have sales down at signify only 1.64 billion dollars per quarter that's the lowest they've been

02:35since covid uh we have q1 at gray bar showing 2.94 billion dollars in sales uh we have a new uh report

02:45from the department of the interior that shows that uh their accelerator program for infrastructure

02:51projects projects products and projects uh that uh wind and solar projects are being left out of that

03:00permit reform we have a new federal executive order on apprenticeships this order from the executive

03:07branch show is saying that the departments of labor education and commerce will be working to

03:14modernize workforce programming encouraging people to enter the trades uh mcnaughton mckay has unified

03:24their branding with five companies operating under different logos and labels and names now just being

03:32under the mcnaughton mckay group brand brismian has released their sustainability report with a check-in on

03:412024 projects and new goals through to 2028 lutron has a new website it's nice walmart is set to

03:51renovate 650 stores which means that there will be new lighting in stores spread across 47 states

04:01gray bar is now a top place to work per uh flexibility and values per the energy gauge workplace study

04:09southwire has been named a great place to work for women this is based on a uh consulting group called

04:18the blantay insight group abb and eton have scored a a rating on climate change transparency this is from

04:27the carbon disclosure project in legal news the u.s lighting group's owner uh paul spivik will now serve 17

04:38years in prison for securities fraud pending appeal uh he was manipulating stock price previously

04:45and we'll see how that appeal goes signify has launched a new lawsuit against nano leaf concerning

04:53five patents nano leaf makes uh cool rgb panels for nerds like me i've got some over there

05:02i like them but that lawsuit is uh pending in rep agency updates uh lights back has bought gormley

05:12in events news uh may 16th is the international day of light with unesco events planned in iot news

05:21leviton has completed their fiber optics plant expansion with their north carolina facility doubling in size

05:29site logic has bought path uh the energy service and solutions company has bought the school and

05:36municipals uh contract specialists uh intermatic has bought has been bought by mpe partners no details

05:45on the private equity acquisition erickson has partnered with ztna this is a new security deal uh osu ohio

05:57state university has built a smart shoe this is a new fitness tracker built into an insole

06:04on the research and development side of things we have a better flexible perovskite led this is

06:13coming from a team of chinese research researchers and they have a better bendable electrode structure

06:21link kopug has built a cheaper more sustainable perovskite led this might be brighter might be more

06:30vivid it might be cheaper to make and we'll probably end up in displays first the uk has launched a new

06:36study to plot out of the sun um yeah this is this is a geoengineering thing uh hopefully it doesn't come

06:46to fruition because geoengineering is very fraught and uh the federal government is specifically out of

06:53the executive branch has canceled new funds for an existing study from the uh government services uh

07:02administration uh they were going to affirm reaffirm uh a study about circadian lighting

07:10but now that that second study is not going to happen that that's how it went down

07:15on the dark side of things nailed and the soft lights foundation have partnered on uh the restoring

07:24darkness podcast going forward we have a new study calling for the reduction in brightness in icus

07:30we have a norwegian study calling for the limitations on blue wavelengths in psych wards we have a new

07:38study linking sleep quality linked with recovery call quality in coronary care uh child

07:45light pollution has been linked with uh thyroid cancer later in life circadian disruption has been

07:53linked with binge eating in mice circadian alignment has been linked with muscle growth in atlantic salmon

08:01german researchers have found a link between metasbolism sleep and uh quality of life in fruit

08:09flies we have light pollution being linked with blooms in toxic algae and we have a not

08:15sponsored link but cree has rolled out a uh 1900 k led with only two percent blue

08:25spectra it was dark sky week last week and that means we have a number of locations that affirmed that

08:32position including the united arab emirates the state of michigan the state of wisconsin the state of

08:39oregon kurdel lane in louisiana washoe county in nevada port angeles in washington the tahoe basin in

08:48california and maricopa county in arizona that's not all of them those are just the ones i found uh we

08:55have the grand canyon conservancy presenting on conservation we have jasper national park in

09:02alberta studying ways to improve their fall festival for astrotourism stockholm sweden has formed a nature

09:09preserve specifically for bats it's still migration season which means we have lights out in louisiana

09:17and lights out in the state of new york as well the marco islands in florida hosted a turtle safety open

09:23house as did anna maria island in florida in las vegas nevada they are the municipalities taking

09:32a proposed latter-day saints temple to the state supreme court to manage their uplight in

09:40in texas uh the town of fairview has reached a compromise with their proposed lds temple

09:48in palo alto california they are moving ahead with a lighting ordinance exterior wise in big bend texas

09:56their new lighting ordinances are already working uh tayton county wyoming has been recognized as a

10:04dark sky community uh diamond mountain arizona has been certified under the dark sky international

10:10logging program as has kestrel nest eco hut in australia in uh on the campus

10:18of university saint and uh their track and track and field and soccer field uh their lighting has

10:25been certified under the dark sky international sport lighting project that's the first for a non-us

10:33group horticulturally the u of t scarborough has tested new harvestable walls canatrol is opening a

10:42new office in denver colorado and we have a quarterly dividend declared at scots

10:48miracle grow in recommended reading border states has updated their supply chain update

10:55uh we have the history of iot-based access control we have what you shouldn't do with landscape lighting

11:03what you should do in terms of maintenance for your architectural lighting the answer as to whether

11:10or not yellow bulbs still work on bugs whether or not your all-night porch and yard lighting is helping

11:17your security we have what breaks down barriers in health care projects we have the question of how rare

11:25are rare earths why are restaurants so dim why do led bulbs glow after i hit switch them off and a uh

11:35question of a case study of the all saints church in earl sparton in local news uh hidro quebec has

11:44announced 10 billion canadian dollars in projects over the next 10 years uh nevada has announced new

11:51funds for safety halifax nova scotia needs uv lamps for their water treatment plant so they need to dump

11:59wastewater directly into the harbor halton ontario police department is seeking uh information about

12:07lighting store robbers we have federal cuts to grants programs hurting iowa museums libraries and cultural

12:14non-profits uh the new mexico state university has begun new lighting projects uh new orleans louisiana

12:23has relit the french quarter the utah department of transportation is working on intersection visibility

12:30riverton wyoming has relit downtown mercer county west virginia schools are budgeting for facility

12:37update upgrades we have rebates pending for grand rapids michigan schools for syth california is swapping

12:45their ceiling fans for just plain old light fixtures at city hall we have renovations planned for the

12:52enlisted housing at fort three different names in the past four years i can't keep track no more

13:00the feds have cut funds for rgb decorative lighting at a new jersey dock bridge and j new york has earned

13:09an energy distinction internationally signify has affirmed their commitment to the chinese domestic

13:16market market and cologne cathedral has switched to led in sports news uh nissan stadium has picked

13:25their uh partner in terms of energy management that is schneider electric that is home to the tennessee titans

13:33uh the bank of america stadium in charlotte north carolina has secured rezoning which means their lighting

13:39will go ahead in people news uh signify has appointed zelenko koznovak as their interim ceo tony davidson is

13:50been has tony davidson has uh announced his retirement as prez and ceo of uh europhase joe bokeman has been

14:00named regional salesman at sgm lighting pete lana has been named ceo at eti lighting the dali alliance has

14:09expanded their board and in projects you we we can learn about a six-legged robot that will help

14:15you find your way to the bathroom in dark hallways it'll follow you how to hack an e-bike light how

14:22to build a lidar scanner a uh 24 gigahertz radar module for sensing how to build um how to build a

14:31sensor with a rep active index how to build a wireless telephone per the rules of the 1880s

14:39how to make your own ai home assistant or just make any home assistant out of a potato i've been

14:46scott wachter i want to thank you for your time for your attention enjoy your week enjoy the music see ya

14:53i've been waiting for this and it couldn't have come soon enough

15:01not soon enough

15:05i've been losing sleep for days you could say that it's been kind of rough

15:15yeah

15:17yeah

15:21god my hope's up

15:23my hope's up

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