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00:00Hello, it is Monday, June 16th, and that means two things.
00:18I'm just trying to go along to get along, but it's also time for the Lighting Industry
00:26News Brief brought to you by Keystone Technologies and their exit signs and emergency units.
00:34There's a bunch of options on these.
00:36They offer red letters, green letters, white housings, black housings, edgelit illuminations,
00:44round styles, square styles.
00:46But what that really means is that whatever you need for your exit sign options on your
00:55project, they have something.
00:58You can go to the link in the description, or we can continue on with the news because
01:04we are going to talk about Rebel.
01:07They are a small-scale lighting manufacturer in British Columbia, and they will be spinning
01:13down operations over the course of the year because they just don't want to deal with any
01:21of the fiddlier bits of business for the rest of the year.
01:28FOS Capital has bought Aldridge, which is to say a private equity firm, has bought a roadway
01:36lighting manufacturer for $3.1 million Australian dollars.
01:43Intense is moving their office.
01:48They were a design firm set up in Anaheim, California, but they will be shifting to the
01:55overall Leviton HQ in Northbrook.
01:59We have a new Senate bill, Liberating Incandescent Technology Act of 2025, Senate Bill 1568.
02:12This, if passed, would fully repeal Section 325I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act,
02:21which would, in theory, lift all of the restrictions on incandescent bulbs for general service.
02:29If any of those bulbs were actually available for sale.
02:34Quack has partnered with the Light and Health Resource Center with a new member entering into
02:41their lighting education partnership.
02:44If you like tacos, we can go to the tariff tracker, which is to say that U.S. and China
02:52have settled on, in principle, in principle, on tariffs, rare earths, and international students.
03:02Orion has paused their CEO bonus and stock options with Sally Washlow, deferring her compensation
03:11package over liquidity issues.
03:14The National Association of Home Builders has called for a pause on code adoption, which
03:23is to say they would rather keep construction requirements at ASHRAE 90.1 2019, because that's
03:36just easier for them, honestly.
03:39The NEMA Confidence Index is up.
03:43The National Electrical Manufacturers Association Confidence Index shows that recent developments
03:51in stability is shaking off the worst of pessimism.
03:56Rexel USA has expanded their partnership with ParSpec with new digital tools for the construction
04:03market going ahead, going ahead.
04:05The Q2 of Pulsive Lighting Survey is now open.
04:09You can fill that out now.
04:12Tiresh Grover was on Get a Grip on Lighting to talk about artificial intelligence.
04:17The Design Lights Consortium Industry Advisory Committee has finally updated their meeting minutes,
04:26so you can now read Q1 and Q2.
04:31Finally, some industry transparency.
04:36CIB has partnered with Scotiabank to finance retrofits.
04:41That's the Canadian Infrastructure Bank will be offering $100 million in partnerships to their
04:50building retrofits initiative.
04:54New York State will be auctioning off excess bridge lighting.
04:59These were fixtures that were bought 10 years ago, around 2016.
05:04They are now live to auction for anyone.
05:09You can still light bridges with them, but that's how they go.
05:15The U.S. Green Building Council has published a guide on germicidal UV for schools.
05:22This is part of their new air quality guide for ASHRAE.
05:29ABB has cut the ribbon on a new tech engineering center in Mexico.
05:37They've doubled their space for facilities in the Yucatan Peninsula.
05:43Lightbulbsurplus.com has declared themselves to be the nation's largest supplier of replacement globes.
05:54And I don't have anything to say they're wrong, especially not in the face of CEO Mark Hudson.
06:02Appleton has shipped their one millionth luminaire.
06:08This is an Emerson brand celebrating a milestone.
06:12Southwire has celebrated their sustainability week with new presentations and promotions.
06:19Leadvance has published their third sustainability report, which indicates that they are proud of themselves.
06:26BK Lighting is offering a settlement.
06:30This is related to their ESOP lawsuit in terms of compensation and contracts, and that may be coming to a close soon.
06:44Signify is celebrating their 1700th license under the Enabled Patent Program.
06:53In rep agency updates, Leadvance has partnered with Sterling Architectural in Ontario.
07:00Jan Light has partnered with Lightspec.
07:02Interlux has picked two reps for Texas.
07:06And Light Alarms has picked reps for Arizona and the U.S. South.
07:12In events and webinars, the IES has announced their full schedule of workshops at their lighting conference.
07:19So if you're going on Thursday, you can now see that full schedule.
07:24Rexo Canada has bought Jackmar with no details per se on the Quebec-based automation supplier.
07:35Hey, the Lawrence Livermore Lab has measured earthquakes using fiber optic networks,
07:42which is to say that as bad things happen, the level of connectivity on the actual wires reflects that.
07:52And this would be really cool.
07:54This would be really exciting if, I don't know, say the United States federal government was still interested in expanding fiber optic networks for rural connectivity.
08:09BitSight has found that 40,000 cameras are undergoing security flaws,
08:19which is to say that unprotected networks are making video feeds available to anyone that feels like it.
08:28And that's an issue.
08:30The Lighting Controls podcast spoke with David Fox about what makes a network work.
08:36Uh, Weedmuller has opened a new facility, 24,000 square feet in Richmond, Virginia.
08:45Quest Dell is adding Wiisun modules to their smart city projects.
08:51Gov is moving outside using, um, technology that was already ready, but now it's ready for outside.
09:01This is the U.S. launch of smart garden lighting, uh, with Wi-Fi-ready RGB tech.
09:09In R&D news, uh, Sony semi-conductors are releasing a new automotive LiDAR center, sensor, center, center for sensors.
09:21Uh, the important thing is that this is new tech for depth detection.
09:26We have a new study that shows that blue-rich light is bad for cut flowers, actually.
09:35Uh, that, that carnations will wilt faster on dirt, solid-state lighting.
09:42Uh, Milu Brunel has designed a lamp that runs on dirt.
09:47Literally, soil uses natural microorganisms to generate chemical energy to be a battery.
09:59On the dark side of things, we are learning that cuts to the United States National Park Service
10:05are threatening the Natural, Sounds, and Night Skies division thereof,
10:11which is to say that they'll probably stop working and that the parks will probably start protecting, uh, darkness overall.
10:20Uh, we have determined that blue light is bad for your self-esteem.
10:24We have found that constant light or constant dark is bad for the neogland in rats.
10:31Uh, circadian disruption has been linked with Alzheimer's-like pathology in mice.
10:38Uh, circadian disruption does indeed stress out zebra finches.
10:45Starlink satellites continue to leak radio signals outside of their required brands
10:53or their contracted bans.
10:55Uh, Allen alters activity levels in slugs.
11:00Michigan is debating a bill to actually improve the state of, uh, dark skies in the Upper Peninsula.
11:08We have a new not-sponsored device, but I do think is interesting,
11:14is Wipro launching a dark-sky-ready product line.
11:18We have 70 lighting violations found in Fort Myers, Florida.
11:24Uh, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is levying, levying new fines for light and noise violations.
11:33Huntsville, Ontario, is passing a new lighting bylaw.
11:37Natchee Coaches, Louisiana, is debating sign brightness in its historic district.
11:44We have an opinion about paint for satellites using Vantablack.
11:50And, uh, just, just, uh, uh, a pictographic moment about how bright Cleveland really is at 3 a.m.
12:01Horticulturally, we have genetic markers, genetic markers for flowering locusts, depending on circadian rhythm.
12:12Uh, Bowery Farming Gear goes bankrupt, and that auction is coming up soon.
12:19Dürer is going vertical in Germany.
12:22And a Moldovan indoor farm is succeeding in feeding Ukrainian refugees.
12:29In recommended reading, all these links are at nailed.org and more.
12:34We have a discussion of the ergonomics of electrical work, how to choose between ENERGY STAR and LEED.
12:44We have, do you really need to install a smart shower?
12:49How to pick a better bulb?
12:52Current Trends in Bankruptcies.
12:54Uh, Las Vegas' Business Press on Lightfare.
12:59Their perspective.
13:00They're not lighting people.
13:01They're just conference people.
13:02We have LED to LED for contractors.
13:08Smart Lighting for Elevated Design.
13:10What is Startup?
13:13The AOLP's Guide to Outdoor Trends.
13:17We have Supply Chains as the newest battlefield.
13:23Amber LEDs for Clean Rooms.
13:25That's Amber LED Inside.
13:28Uh, we have An Opinion on the Politics of Lighting and the Case for Social Justice in Lighting Education and Practice.
13:38In Case Studies, we can talk about MACS, two agencies in Vancouver, BC, Street Leafs Project in the Babcock Ranch, the Babcock Ranch, Ferros Controls at Cardiff K Facades.
13:56We have LED lighting for the new Wells Fargo Center and we have a new smart project at, uh, a Omaha, Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska High School.
14:10We have, uh, a new efficiency program going ahead in New Mexico.
14:15We have new rebates on the island of Prince Edward Island.
14:19We have Pasadena, California endorsing the California state-level copper theft bill.
14:27Dunkirk, Alabama may be suing their utility over faulty streetlights.
14:34In British Columbia, the town of Mission will be offering, um, will be switching to LED on streets.
14:44Natoma Station, California can actually fund their new special lighting district.
14:50Coldwater, Michigan has won an award for environmental leadership.
14:55Catlitz County, Washington is planning a, uh, lighting and seismic upgrade on their Hall of Justice.
15:04Meanwhile, Thunder Bay, Ontario is planning library revamps across the board, including lighting.
15:11We have new taller lighting poles going up in Chattanooga baseball fields.
15:18Medina, Ohio is shooing off new baseball lighting.
15:22In Timmins, Ontario has closed a pool and recreation center all summer in favor of lighting upgrades.
15:30We have new trail lighting going ahead in Fort St. John, British Columbia.
15:34We have new solar path lighting going ahead in Highland Park in Wayne County, Michigan.
15:40Domains, Iowa is planning new boardwalk lighting.
15:44And the PAPT's sign over Milwaukee will be switching from neon to LED.
15:52Internationally, Cooper is expanding their operations into the United Arab Emirates.
15:59We have DEA, SPA, Italy unveiling their first sustainability report.
16:05Signify has partnered with Dixon as their OEM partner for India.
16:09Also in India, Signify is adding lighting to remote regions of Andhra Prajesh.
16:18In sports news, we have new lighting going up in the 1-OK field in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
16:28Alan Caron has won the Rick Weidmer Guiding Light Award.
16:33David Orr has been named CFO at ABM.
16:37John Russler has been named Senior VP at Eaton.
16:42Hunter Crawford has been named Pricing Specialist at Rob Roy.
16:47And in things you can make or things I think are cool, you can sew your own lampshade.
16:53You can set your smart lights to signal in Morse code.
16:57You can just make an LED mushroom, you can build your own real, real neon display case,
17:06or you can power a flashlight with a candle and an ice cube.
17:11Otherwise, I've been Scott Wachter.
17:13I want to thank you for your time, for your attention, for all the awkward cuts in this episode.
17:20But otherwise, I will see you next week.
17:27Take care of yourself.
17:28Enjoy the music.
17:30Earth scooped out the devil's punch bowl
17:34All for a promise of soul
17:36This just one of three he molded
17:41All for a promise of soul
17:42Now a place where Arthur sleeps
17:46Until he is needed by England
17:50England
17:53Murdered contour, shape, recombin' blue
18:13Perturing stone
18:16Offering us the palace
18:20God is worshipped through the sentience
18:25He's a diamond round
18:28Feeding a thousand hungry mouths
18:35Choose your name now
18:41For the next one
18:46Mother's mountains and eyes
18:50Reconnect the soul
18:54Moving fast and alive
18:57Mids and metaphors
19:04Reconnect the soul
19:06Mids and metaphors
19:10We forget all the miscarried plans
19:32Scattered remains
19:34A landfill of words left unserved
19:39And we forget how much our midwives
19:44Toiled freezing their knees
19:47Tempting the wounds when they did bleed
19:54Fischers open wide
20:02Floor baring
20:02Fiszers open wide
20:03过
20:03Mids that slowly die
20:05L accept the soul
20:06Mother's mountains and eyes
20:09Make a knifer
20:10連 Sociche
20:11Blue in faster lies
20:12Blue in faster lies
20:13Blue in faster lies
20:14Blue in faster lies
20:16West and forehead of hope
20:16Thwearily
20:18Red abreür
20:19Mid Aunque Rail
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