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2015
A CONFERENCE
lessons from ALA
HUNTINGTON BEACH

NEW FACES, NEW COMPANIES
new to the U.S. market, but have been on the Euro-
pean market for some time. When McGowan asked

whether “global labeling” might be something in our
future, Bloom eld answered, “Standardization and

harmonization will always be a goal, but there will

also be di erences, such as with insulation require-
ments and building codes.”

Mike O’Boyle, Senior Manager/R&D at Philips
Lighting, agreed that lighting is becoming more of

a “system-based approach” rather than an isolated

device or product. “A lot of consumers have adopted
control functions from their personal devices such

as smart phones,” he noted. One of the di culties
in the industry today involves bridging two apps

and ge ing them to co-exist. When it comes to co-

existence, lighting specialists have begun adopting
the healthcare creed of “Do No Harm.” “You don’t Glenda Milam of Lighting Emporium Founded in 2002, Aurio Lighting
was the winner of the inaugural
started out in seasonal Christmas
want to turn on your lights and open your neighbor’s Larry Sayah Innovation Forum, which lighting and has since expanded into
garage door,” O’Brien quipped. This is just one area rewarded ingenuity among lighting its own line of CFLs and now LED

of concern as we move toward what O’Brien called industry members. This long-time lighting. This was the rst time that the
lighting showroom owner developed the company has displayed its line to ALA
“the digitalization of lighting.”
Your Décor app that helps consumers members.
“If you had asked me 10 years ago, I wouldn’t have envision lighting products in their

guessed that [the residential lighting industry] would homes using their cell phones or tablets.
have moved this quickly and been at this point al-

ready,” O’Brien said. “I think there will be a trend Sco Zimmer and Tom
Dears of Z-Lite were happy to
to evaluate how reliable the so ware is in regard announce the opening of a new
to safety. If so ware is what controls the thermal
distribution center in the U.S.
that will o er faster shipping to
their American customers.

MIKE O’BOYLE’S TOP 5

TECHNICAL ISSUES

1. The shi from device-based lighting

regulations toward a systems-based
approach, ANSI C-137

2.
Safety & performance systems that
rely upon so ware functions

3. Cyber security for lighting systems

connected to the Internet

4. Globalization of lighting standards &

regulations

5. Retro ing bene ts & challenges
DMF Lighting may be familiar to many hospitality and light commercial

distributors, but it was the rst time the company exhibited at the ALA
Conference.

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