2024 Integrated Home Competition Seeks Entries
Why Lighting Controls Matter to Your Bottom Line
ALA Engineering Committee Meeting Covers Key Association Work
New ALA White Paper Provides Guidance on Selling LED Solutions
Consumers have a lot of questions regarding LED technology, and thanks to ALA’s newly released guidance document created by members of the ALA Engineering Committee, showrooms now have expert advice at the ready for answering those questions and helping their customers determine whether an integrated LED product or a socketed one is right for them.
2023 Integrated Home Competition Now Accepting Entries
The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) Integrated Home Competition is now accepting entries.
Socketed vs Integrated LED Luminaires
The purpose of this guidance document is to provide helpful information that will assist manufacturers of residential and hospitality luminaires make the choice between socketed and integrated design approaches.
ALA Tech Forum
Join us and invite others interested in the technical aspects of residential lighting for this unique chance to discuss technical information with others in the industry and to get your questions answered.
Send an email to Liz@ALALighting.com for the invite.
Program to Develop New Fixtures to Improve Sleep, Health and Well-Being.
Work one-on-one with the Light & Health Research Center (LHRC) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City to develop new fixtures for your product line as well as lighting design recommendations to improve sleep, health and well-being.
Integrated Home Competition - 2022 Entries and 2021 Winners
he Integrated Home Competition identifies and supports newly available products that will help achieve this vision of a comfortable, convenient, connected home.
Learn more about the competition in this video, presented by Alice Rosenberg. Principal Program Manager at CEE, and Terry McGowan, Director of Engineering and Technology at ALA.
Calling All Connected Products: 2022 Integrated Home Competition Launches
CSA Group Opens Lighting Center of Excellence
This December CSA Group opened its new Lighting Center of Excellence in Irvine, Calif.
2021 ALA Engineering Meeting
Consumer Guide: Lighting Your Way to Better Vision
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is pleased to announce the publication of the Consumer Guide Lighting Your Way to Better Vision (IES CG-1-20). This groundbreaking, non-technical document addresses vision issues from extreme low vision to aging in place and how lighting can help improve quality of life.
Lighting Product Safety Certification – What does it mean & why is it important?
Lighting products may present hazards if not properly designed and constructed. These hazards include fire, electrical shock, and physical injury. To reduce these risks, nationally accredited safety standards specify testing and construction requirements for lighting equipment. These safety standards are developed in a consensus process by technical panels composed of diverse stakeholders including safety experts, product experts, product users, and regulators. Lighting product safety standards are primarily developed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) in the United States, and The CSA Group (CSA) in Canada.
In both countries, wiring regulations are enforced to help ensure safe installation and use of electrical equipment. In the United States the National Electrical Code (NFPA-70)[i] applies, while the Canadian Electrical Code Part I, Safety Standards for Electrical Installations (CSA C22.1)[ii], applies in Canada. Both specify that luminaires (lighting fixtures) must be certified compliant with the appropriate safety standards.
It is apparent that there is a robust system in place to help ensure lighting safety. This system depends on products being certified. Without this certification, the product you buy may be hazardous.
Socketed vs. Integrated LED Luminaires
Selecting the proper light source for a luminaire has become a complex and confusing choice for many luminaire manufacturers. In particular, when developing LED luminaires the designer is faced with the choice of whether to create a luminaire with integrated LEDs, or utilize sockets that can accept a standard lamp.