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00:00hello it is monday may 13th and that means two things i want to thank everyone that made a point
00:19of saying hi to me uh or swinging by the booth at while we were at light fair this episode is
00:24sponsored by keystone technologies that's light made easy in particular i want to emphasize their
00:31new emergency tube line this is a ul certified under their category 924 and what it does is it
00:39allows you to install a fluorescent tube inside of an existing fixture the batteries inside the tube
00:46the testing equipment is wired in all the wires are there to keep it from being removed by accident
00:53and it still has the color select option that you expect from keystone technologies that's
01:00keystone tech.com or the link in the description if you please thank you but otherwise it is time for
01:07the lighting industry news brief let's catch up with a little bit of extra news from monday
01:13but here we go there were layoffs at acuity with 30 senior personnel being axed the dali alliance has
01:21formed an alliance with the ies with this new deal should help standardize education energy star
01:28may just end this is part of a proposed dissolution of the environmental protection agency's office of
01:36atmospheric protection and the office of air quality planning
01:40energy star actually only covers two lighting categories at this point downlights and decorative
01:47strings but there we go all right so on the tariff tracker uh the u.s and china have agreed to pause
01:53tariffs for 90 days uh which is just in time for last week when the last boat from china hit the ports of
02:01la uh they there hasn't been a boat since it will take an entire supply chain's amount of time for that
02:09boat to start again but there you have it also just a side note the proposed foreign movie tariff
02:17is so broadly worded as that it would affect the podcast video and live stream version of this
02:24newsletter more details on that as they emerge the u.s department of energy has defended proposed
02:34research cuts which would cut the entire doe by 14 and that would largely come out of the laboratories
02:42that have developed many renewable energy and efficient products over the past all of the time really all
02:50of the time invent has bought avail this was not quite a billion dollars for the infrastructure group
02:58wind supply has bought industrial sales company no details on price or personnel changes there we have
03:05a dividend at emerson with 52 cents per share at the end of the month uh q1 at signify shows that
03:121.4 billion euros came in in sales q1 at ams rosram shows 820 million euros uh we have layoffs at
03:22panasonic uh four percent of the entire global works for us go in there seaboro has partnered
03:28with luminous this is a new deal for nano engineered leds city electric has opened their first rhode
03:35island location uh it'll operate as a under their concord brand and it's up in in portsmouth uh the
03:43dallas market center has a new website it's nice uh the nlb has named the winners of the lighting
03:49transformation awards those projects were recognized on the second uh the usdoe has
03:55recognized schneider electrical for their efficiency practices both on uh the project side and just
04:02their overall work side uh light justice now awards were presented on the seventh the iald has named
04:09their award winners at the 42nd annual lighting design awards that was also on the seventh we
04:15appliance lutron uh we appliance and lutron relit a frank lloyd wright house specifically his house
04:22uh tellison west in scottsdale arizona with new lights and controls dsg is opening a new space in
04:30fargo uh this is a north dakota facility running 120 000 square feet silicon labs director christy wyatt
04:39has sold off a number of her shares 546 shares sold at 104 dollars each
04:45uh redaptive has secured 650 million dollars in credits uh this is an energy as service company
04:54looking to expand with the power of venture capital redaptive has secured 650 million dollars
05:02in new credit this is a energy as a service company looking to expand signify has continued
05:09their share buyback program with uh 350 000 shares back in the company coffers bought at roughly 18.6
05:18euros each on the legal side of things signify has launched a two-pronged two lawsuits against eti
05:26and lighton uh both filed on the same day both concern about six patents each bridge com has sued
05:33this case concerns two patents related to variable effect lighting systems in rep agency updates
05:41magnitude lighting has picked core for socal representation and dsi has partnered with
05:47american lumber in the northeast in events and webinars you can now get your registration in for
05:52the ala conference that's going to be running in september in louisville we have tickets on sale for
06:00the aluminum awards gala that's june 18th in nyc we have a new webinar from plan b this is about
06:08lighting policies around the world that'll take place on may 21st and you can save the date for
06:14the grand opening of a new nakelick chapter uh the first meeting at the first party of that meeting
06:19will happen on may 20th at moxie lighting in nyc in iot news lays pico has partnered with oustar
06:28this is part of a new deal to offer lidar for smart city needs matter has added tap-to-pair options with
06:35qr codes and nfc support rolling out in version 1.4 togled has partnered with loran with new options for
06:43their entire product range onomondo has partnered with maersk this will be the largest private lte network
06:51to bring us the internet of boats the grant has partnered with code uh with new features and
06:57functions on watt stopper i3 platform in research and development we have what we can really do with
07:04dosimetry and what that means for lighting off office lighting and occupancy evaluation promethium
07:11the rare earth element glows purple under certain conditions and we might be able to do something with
07:19that chinese brand exc has broken the 250 lumens per watt barrier this is a record for exterior lighting
07:30products related in dark sky and light pollution news light pollution may be a compounding factor in
07:39brain health risks light pollution and other issues related to urbanization are a health risk factor
07:45for both poor and middle income populations around the world cognitive behavioral behavioral therapy
07:52fails to aid insomniac shift workers meditation does improve teen sleep quality we have circadian
08:01disruption being linked to symptoms remarkably like irritable bowel syndrome in mice blue light has
08:08also been linked with kidney stones in rats may 10th was migratory bird day which means that dark sky
08:14international once again partnered with the audubon society to improve lighting use during this period
08:20uh unpredictable light exposure does disrupt gene expression in birds specifically gender related
08:28gene expression uh you windsor has managed to entrain the photo period and feeding times of salmon
08:35and not sponsored but in newsworthy is glamox debuting a wildlife friendly led for marine use
08:44glamox gets tens of millions of dollars a year to add lighting to offshore facilities including oil
08:52derricks and wind farms and it's probably a good thing if birds don't hit those uh residents of
09:01tyrol italy are dealing with reduced sleep quality overall colorado residents are being encouraged to cut
09:08lighting for lighting for lighting for migration season uh this is also going on in long island and oregon
09:13rappahannock county virginia is seeking lighting restrictions similar to similar to light other counties in the
09:21neighborhood uh fountain hills arizona is mating making dark sky lighting compliance part of approving 5g towers
09:28and milwaukee wisconsin the good land is rejecting a four story tall led billboard outside a condo
09:37sounds pretty good in horticultural news crocus labs has improved energy use for growing strawberries by 22 percent
09:46and sioux valley manitoba is going to be hosting a new vertical farm in recommended reading these links are on
09:53nail.org a lot of things are on nail.org actually but these links are there too uh you can recap light
10:00fair we have more pros opting for certified lighting designer as a credential we have a better understanding
10:07of what data centers need data centers need in terms of lighting as we build more data centers we also have
10:13a recap of dark sky week and we have a case study of led neon uh facades at the link in douglas
10:21in local news vermont is ending incentives for led conversions for businesses the u.s department of
10:30energy has pulled energy funds from puerto rico and the u.s department of agriculture has pulled
10:36funding from reap projects those are rural energy projects uh tucson arizona is dealing with copper
10:43thefts and uh as is charlottetown pei they're actually adding more lighting and more cameras
10:49to their substations to help curb that in houston they will be adding four hundred thousand dollars
10:55worth of lighting to underpasses middletown rhode island is approving a new led streetlight project
11:02those are new poles we have infrastructure revamps pending for paris ontario we have state funds for
11:08upgrades going ahead in west haven virginia bloomington indiana is expanding their solar and lighting grants
11:15to non-profits east palestine ohio is getting state grants for school lighting south bend indiana is
11:23seeking applications for their lamp post program whitfield wisconsin is getting new lighting punta
11:30gorda florida is renovating their historic city hall mesa arizona is opening a neon sign garden similar to
11:37the boneyard in las vegas dripping springs texas is planning parks revamps davie north carolina has
11:44approved led and hvac projects in their schools gilroy california is expanding infrastructure funding to
11:51low-income neighborhoods youngstown ohio has begun a new safety lighting program those lights are real
11:58bright by the way boone city iowa street maintenance programs include led lighting switches infrastructure
12:05revamps planned in paris ontario 1.6 million in parks projects going ahead in hymns ontario detroit is
12:13putting up their lighting substations up for sale which is to say they're decommissioning the substation
12:19part and you can just buy the the real estate or the station depending on what you want to do we have
12:26new lighting going ahead at the payette city water treatment plant we have fountain hill arizona getting
12:32lighting upgrades for their community center and a charitable foundation called win has donated
12:3825 000 to relight a baseball field in carol elwa internationally brighton and hove in the uk have
12:46restored their classic vintage lampposts and russia has invested one billion dollars over the next five
12:53years into infrastructure in cuba in sports news lsi has renewed their partnership with major league
13:01pickleball which is to say they will remain the official lighting sponsor of the national
13:06pickleball association which is good because ben and colin johns have forfeited the mlp the major league
13:14pickleball tournament in columbus over poor lighting conditions because it turns out ben can really only see
13:21out of the one eye in people news nick miller has been named the hr manager at atlantic coast
13:28electric supply we have two new vice presidents at cn robinson and louis lucas beggart has joined
13:35the quotations department at wow lighting and controls out of edmonton and uh i know star wars
13:42day was a week ago but you can make a space hollow chess table you know like the one from a new hope
13:48let the wookie win you remember that scene you can make one of those now if you feel like it links in
13:53the description otherwise i have been scott walker i want to thank you for your time thank you for
13:58your attention enjoy your week and enjoy the music see ya
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