The Final Frontier -- The Lighting Industry News Brief Aug 18

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00:00good morning it is Monday August 18th and that means two things yes daytime light is good for

00:21you but you should still wear sunscreen and put on your sunglasses if you're going to be out for

00:26more than 20 minutes take care of yourselves out there it's also time for the lighting industry

00:31news brief brought to you by keystone tech.com and their exit signs and emergency units they have a

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00:44green letters white housings black housings if you need edge lit they've got that too on the emergency

00:50side they've got round styles square styles multiple lumen outputs they will sell these to

00:56you in combo kits so you can mix and match and get what your client needs and all of these are backed

01:02by keystone's warranty for their power supplies which is great because they're emergency units

01:08and their power supplies need to work that's light made easy that's keystone tech.com that's the link

01:15in the description let's get into the news the u.s department of energy has announced new funds for

01:21critical minerals with 1 billion dollars to advance extraction production refinement and recycling of

01:29uh key materials in securing rare earths uh vulcan has secured 65 million dollars in venture funding with a

01:39new rundown with this new round going to the rare earths extractor energy star still might actually

01:47end uh while it survived the last budget bill there is still the possibility of cutting the program

01:53entirely or shifting it to a private uh private ngo uh this again uh energy star only certifies

02:01downlights as far as nailed is concerned signify is opening a new plant in egypt with 50 million to

02:08open a new factory there abb is expanding their canadian facility uh they're going to combine the

02:14iberville and saint jean so richelieu into a new space just outside montreal quebec that's going to

02:20cost them 100 million u.s dollars on the tariff tracker the u.s china trade truce has been extended

02:28by another 90 days the chinese economy did lag last month the wholesale price index is up 0.9 percent

02:37sales of cardboard boxes is down which is often an indicator of economic downturns to follow and

02:45the province of ontario is planning on offering mostly steel workers aluminum millers and auto

02:50manufacturers but anyone hit by tariffs might qualify for 1 billion in relief loans um we have q2 at lst

03:00with a negative net margin of 5 uh q3 at simons shows revenue is up five percent signifies share buyback

03:08continues this week 63 000 shares came back to the board at a average of 21.12 euros apiece q3 at emerson

03:19shows 53 cents per share uh as a dividend planned coming soon if you've already got shares you're already

03:26going to enjoy that we have new financing found by jll they have secured 352.7 million in new funding

03:35lumi ad is celebrating a their first ever 3d unleashed design competition for three winners winning this

03:44first ever event for designing 3d printed luminaires i was on the get a grip on lighting last week as was

03:51webster marsh ron kuzmar and chris o'shea catch up on that show is pretty good pretty good couple of

03:58weeks um present x is a new canadian company entering the uv disinfection market they have a

04:06portfolio of options and they are targeting health care spaces for now we have new changes in u.s float

04:14glass regulations that has have led to increased prices specifically illuminated mirrors now cost 400

04:21more warshower has earned the bronze eagle this is a wholesaler prize from simon's uh toronto lighting

04:29supply is celebrating their 10th year in business in rep agency updates lutron has picked ela and synergy

04:37in new york cantex has picked bell and mccoy in four different states noark has picked ccs in dc

04:44maryland and virginia and looks illuminaire has partnered with moxie in new york and new jersey

04:50in legal briefs we have a settlement in principle in uh signify versus lighton the patent case has been

04:58paused while their counsels finished paperwork that would actually close it the patent and trademark

05:05appeals board has limited the complaints in signify v luminex which means that the menards case

05:12is now more limited it's down to the number of patents in question are reduced apple has resolved

05:18a patent issue for their led sensors which means that your apple watch can now continue to monitor

05:25your blood oxygen we have a ruling in the melasgar case which shows that focal point is liable under

05:32some of the complaints alleged so that'll go forward again smaller scale and a airbnb managing couple

05:40has sued a special lighting district in conway california uh specifically the kirsedge special

05:47lighting precinct has somehow earned authority over short-term rent rentals and they don't think that

05:53should be the case okay in events and webinars uh registration is now open for light and health

06:03research center courses these are online courses in lighting design and light and human health

06:08and you can apply for them right now uh the the un will be hosting a dark and quiet skies workshop

06:15in vienna in december the call for speakers is open right now you can register later if you plan on

06:21going in iot news we have new matter updates coming version 14.2 is mostly about stability

06:29singled smart light sources are experiencing outages also that means they've cut alexa support

06:36skyx has reported on q2 with revenue up eight percent pittsburgh has picked dim on off for their

06:42new smart city partner iot healthcare devices have leaked one million users data this is uh based on

06:50connected scanning devices so mris and x-rays but they were all hacked by uh or determined to be hacked

06:58by a white hat group called mondat comcast is added comcast is adding video and wi-fi on a georgia

07:06trail uh so if you're in tucker georgia uh you have smart smart park pathways to look forward to

07:13we have a rumor that shows that the next hue bridge update will effectively turn lamps into motion center

07:21sensors using a zigbee trick we've been talking about this the entire run of the show there is the

07:27capacity for ssls to use signal strength to determine occupancy apple home might be building

07:36a robot uh this their next version of their hub might look a lot like an imac g4 in research and

07:44development circadian lighting reduces falls in hospitals this is a five-month study of a rehab ward

07:50in an icu that found that timed tuning and dimming does help older patients in particular pedestrian

07:58lighting is good actually so lighting and shade placement does boost walkers and health in cities

08:06uh flexhab has built a new lighting space for space travelers uh this is an esa project that aims to

08:13build lighting for lunar habitats uh the work the walker living lab builds lighting for aging homeowners

08:21uh this is a new smart home project that may help people navigate that other final frontier

08:29we have new a new wavelength study in chicken centric lighting the university of arkansas has determined a

08:37new lighting formula to benefit the poultry industry and interior lighting might fix tesla six sickness

08:45tesla slick sickness is not what i feel when i see a cybertruck is uh a new form of nausea and

08:54notion sickness related to the much more sudden acceleration and braking rates in electric vehicles

09:01and so uh lighting cues might be able to fix that might uh we have a review of van date phosphor

09:09materials showing that uh this might be a viable option in solid state lighting tech on the dark side of

09:17things we have a survey survey that says yeah it's hard to sleep in icus and we can fix that blind cave

09:23fish i.e fish that have never seen the light of day have circadian rhythms too alan

09:31does harm the mating habits of glowworms we have bird vocalizations changing under alan the audubon

09:37society has begun their fall migration awareness campaign with a pledge to dedicate yourself to

09:44maintaining your lighting and encouraging others to do the same dark sky international has named the

09:49winners of their capture the dark photo contest uh low orbit objects from ast do create radio pollution

09:58and in something that is not sponsored sponsored that is pretty cool hydral path and step lighting

10:04has been recognized by dark sky through their fixture certification program uh jefferson city

10:11missouri wants to go dark sky but they don't know actually how to shop for fixtures nyc chinatown

10:19residents are pushing back on a jail expansion specifically related to lighting in their neighborhood

10:24spacex has pledged to pay to rehabilitate a texas beach which would include environmentally safe

10:31lighting madison new jersey hosted a darkness workshop banks peninsula new zealand is seeking dark sky

10:38reserve status a fourth myers beach project includes turtle safe lighting advocacy hatching season has

10:46begun in naples florida people are watching out for what nests there in hinsdale illinois they have

10:52approved an eight foot sign after assurances that there won't be any lighting trespass clarksville city

10:59tennessee has begun to start enforcing bylaws related to digital signage uh nobody likes lighting at this

11:07gloucestershire shire gloucester county cricket club and in northern arizona their university sports team

11:15will be returning to their seasonal name change the lumberjacks will be playing under the name astrojacks

11:22to celebrate the flagstaff arizona dark sky status and sell some jerseys that are limited edition

11:28heck i might buy one not gonna lie um on the horticultural side of things tea plants need

11:35lighting controls force has partnered with inexo canadesis is planning on building grow boxes for

11:42space travelers uh a french team has found that mustard greens go grow just fine in reduced gravity

11:48conditions area two farms have opened their second farm in fairfax city virginia and light has opened

11:55their new hq in the netherlands in recommended reading all these links and more so many links

12:01on nail.org check it out uh you can find out about light and decor leds in schools what incentives

12:09survived the last budget bill esco businesses might be worth 27 billion dollars next year am i overreacting

12:19my girlfriend turns on too many lamps and doesn't turn them off smart home amenities are good for

12:27landlords ending energy star might be bad for landlords we have how to turn nfc tags into smart home

12:35tech especially if you host a lot of guests we have standalone 5g rollouts on the rise bmw will

12:43no longer be off will no longer offer laser headlights warehouses are currently hiding the price increases

12:49of tariffs for now uh we have three smart outdoor lights that don't suck we have well standards and

12:57ergonomics we have purple street lights still a thing on the case study side of things we have

13:03the u of guelph landscape architecture grads that renovated the canadian canoe museum case study of

13:11greg prenzo's career we have keystones relighting project of the wisconsin dells dome and we have a

13:18case study of the interior lighting of a senior community in local news massachusetts homeowners might

13:26get free energy assessments efficiency vermont is doubling incentives for businesses oklahoma

13:33the legislators are spending their campaign funds on security including lighting for their homes and

13:39offices uh the georgia dot is awarding not quite a hundred million dollars in new contracts we have

13:46the kansas department of transportation also awarding considerable numbers in new contracts florida

13:52cities are demanding a return of planning powers from the state elliott energy is offering new grants

13:58and we have new energy grants in alabama's black belt uh that's um a historically black community

14:07region they don't they may or may not be good at martial arts i don't know and metal theft is a

14:14community advocacy group and they have partnered with both glendale and tempe arizona in attempts to

14:21reduce copper thefts in the area hendersonville city council is planning a street light switch project

14:27seattle washington is offering new grants to small businesses uh kelso washington is planning

14:33renovations at their hall of justice louisville kentucky metro is raising court fees so that they

14:39can pay for renos at all of their judicial buildings pulaski kentucky schools are beginning are getting

14:46three million dollars in tax credits to renovate well and ontario is re-redesigning their lighting plan

14:53at civic square fort st john bc is changing park lighting projects to suit new budgets west hartford

15:01connecticut is planning changes to night visibility superior wisconsin is adding lighting to all of their

15:07bus shelters dunkirk new york is awarding capital project money to schools richfield minnesota has

15:14completed a smart lighting project at one of their schools alba oklahoma is paying for lighting at their

15:20sports fields santa maria california uh their high school football teams have to play during the day

15:27until a lighting issue can be fixed lansing uh kansas uh is debating title nine issues related to their

15:35sports field lighting i didn't know we still had title nine right that's good actually title nine

15:42rock on uh portland oregon parents are demanding more lighting ahead of the grandma bowl uh medicine hat

15:49alberta is litifying a dozen sports facilities inside and out toledo ohio is investigating their

15:56rusted poles saint mary's ontario will now be hosting to a illuminated costume kayak event

16:03it's goofy but i like it foster city california is planning lighting interventions in hopes of

16:12countering canada gooses this should actually go on the dark side thing i should i should have flipped

16:17that if you've got a problem with canada gooses you've got a problem with me and i suggest you let

16:23that marinate internationally tourism funds in albania are turning into lighting projects at least in

16:29the south we have new solar lighting going up in yemen we have new solar projects going ahead in

16:34uganda and castle point essex is returning to all night street lighting after nine years

16:43the blue ridge bobcats have secured a virginia tourism award for their new lighting and st petersburg

16:51florida will be paying for repairs to tropicana field in papal news uh elemental led has picked

16:59kent bokenhauer as their regional sales manager we have new knuckles fund recipients named rick leeds

17:06has been named the head of b2b at lewis paulson uh michael nielsen has been named uh som at rod roy

17:12we have chris breadburn being named the president of viking electric and we have a series of new

17:19appointments to new positions at prismian and things that are weird or i guess it's been a weird week

17:26uh utah and california have begun beef over stargazer and astrotourism designations who will win

17:35i i don't know what may the better one win actually that's better we have five cheap smart

17:43home devices that are actually good we have mood lighting based on network data visualization

17:48we have red bull planning a giant led game of tetris using drones the the drones will light up and they'll

17:57form the blocks and they'll drop and turn someone will be playing giant tetris in the sky

18:02it's not me though because i'd beat them and you can also make your own ufo shrubbery

18:09again i've been scott wachter i want to thank all our sponsors i want to thank you for your time i

18:14want to thank you for your attention i will be back next week until then take care of yourself see ya

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