Randy discusses a video from Fisher Marantz Stone, Graybar acquires Steven Engineering, WIL will celebrate International Men's Day, Greg Campbell is the new Chief Commercial Officer at JLC-Tech, ILP has an event regarding sustainability, Lighting Design International overhauls Harrods Dining Hall, and designing lighting (dl) features the article Experience the Magic.

Randy discusses a study involving light and its role in learning, ports are now issuing an emergency fee, IES closes ethics complaint, NAILD has a letter in support of dark skies, Legrand has solutions for workplace efficiency, and Lights on the Spectrum's online auction has begun.

Randy discusses Signify's 4.8% drop in sales, Kichler is making a permanent change to a flexible workforce, GE Current, a Daintree company gives $10,000 to the IALD Education Trust, the ALA Virtual Symposium starts today, and Zumtobel Group has a career opportunity.

Randy discusses GE Current's acquisition of Hubbell's lighting business, the winners of the LFI Innovation Awards 2021 have been announced, Signify completed a job using 9000 3D printed downlights, H.E. Williams has a profile of their recent projects, WIL is holding a networking event during the ALA Virtual Symposium, and Lumileds boosts the performance of their LUXEON HL2X.

Randy is at LightFair and learned that FLOS is the latest new exhibitor, congrats to Energy Focus as their robot was chosen to disinfect LightFair, and stay tuned for interviews set up with key exhibitors at LightFair including GE Current, PureEdge Lighting, LEDvance, Energy Focus, and FLOS

Randy discusses the upcoming LightFair week, Prolume and Blue Iris Labs team up on characterizing circadian lighting, Well Building posted a video on the impact of infectious respiratory diseases on the future of design, SESCO Lighting and The Schneider Company join forces, and MetroSpec Technology’s custom FlexRad LED light sources are compatible with Khatod optics.

Randy discusses Bulbs.com Q3 results, NEMA offers recommendations on temporal light artifacts, Get a Grip released a new episode, Magnitude Lighting announces three new agency partners, Tivoli introduces Litesphere 2.0, and PureEdge Lighting has a career opportunity.

Randy discusses the NLB’s Tesla Awards which will be presented at LightFair, Deborah Burnett’s LightFair topic is "Designed for Sex: Lighting to enhance dermal features for reproductive behavioral response", Fotografiska will have an open house event, and WAC Lighting has an opening for a Product Manager. 

Randy discusses the AIA Next to Lead Program, Darrell Starkey is named VP of Operations at Stones River Electric, the NYC Energy Code Meeting is on 20 OCT, and Keystone Technologies and DesignPlan Lighting have career openings.

Randy discusses the OCT issue of designing lighting (dl), Seoul Semiconductor sues Ace Hardware, Jane Slade received a Dark Sky Defender award from IDA, Dr. Micah Brodsky is the guest on Starving for Darkness, LEDucation has their 2022 Call for Speakers, and Zumtobel has a career opening.