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LINDA LONGO
W
hether it was my recent experience as a judge for the
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annual Lighting for Tomorrow Awards or by serving as a
panelist for an educational session on the Connected
MARK OKUN
Business Contributor
Home during last month’s ALA Conference, it’s become clear to
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me that the industry is comprised of people at all phases of the
KELLY PEROTTI
learning process when it comes to LED xtures and “smart” con-
Sta Editor
trol systems.
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At the Lighting for Tomorrow competition, there were manufac-
Contributing Writers
turers who pushed the LED envelope when it came to brightness and control. Part of the
Cindy Foster Warthen, Mike Brannon,
Marilyn Nason, Stef Schwalb
competition’s criteria was for the products to be market-ready in consumer acceptance.
Perhaps that is why there weren’t as many aesthetically ground-breaking submissions for
SIMONE TIEBER
the North American audience as I know there are in the international marketplace. It is my
Creative Director
observation that European consumers in particular are more comfortable with, let’s call it
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“avant-garde Contemporary” looks, followed by Scandinavia, Australia, and the U.K. The
JASON LOWSY
reason I bring this up is because the very nature of LEDs – their small size and very di er-
Production Manager
ent capabilities from incandescent – allow designers to truly break new ground by creating
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lighting xtures and lamps that may look nothing like what they’ve looked like for the past
ANDREA CARROZ
100+ years. We – as consumers worldwide – have to get comfortable with lighting xtures
Designer
and portable lamps that may look “strange” to us and become accustomed to seeing the
LILLIAN ANDERSON
Publication Coordinator
e ects of light in our surroundings coming from almost invisible xtures.
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At the ALA Conference last month, I spoke with members who were rapidly converting
their showrooms into LED experience centers as well as many who were just sticking a
toe in the LED lighting waters beyond o ering replacement bulbs for retro t. The learning
ED KOEHLER
Advertising Sales Director
curve for LED lighting and smart controls is populated with industry professionals who
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are at various stages of acceptance and practice. The mantra at the ALA Conference was:
JEFF DOCTOROW
“Get on board or get le behind.”
Advertising Sales
Naturally changing out all of your xtures in your showroom to LED-powered ones is too
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drastic of a change to do overnight; however, the time is right to begin a gradual conversion
DEBBIE SCHWARTZ
and to start educating and preparing your customers for what is coming in the immedi-
Advertising Sales
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ate future. Even if you have a highly traditional and conservative base, it is important to
introduce these technologies – albeit slowly – to your customers. If you don’t, they will go
MARY VALLE
Advertising Sales
elsewhere to learn about them. I do not want to see the residential lighting industry lose
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this potential for a lion’s share of the market to electronics stores and other tech busi-
ALLISON SANKA
nesses. Trust me, there is no stopping progress, and no turning back.
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