EPISODES

EPISODES

Check out all of our episodes below, or listen to them wherever you get your podcasts.

44 / Demystifying DALI
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44 / Demystifying DALI

Paul has been nicknamed “The DALI Lama” for good reason. He’s a big proponent of the DALI

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39 / The Right Person Has To Be Involved
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39 / The Right Person Has To Be Involved

“Spec Rep” Anthony Guerriero started out as a sales rep then transitioned into controls which now puts him in the unique position of being able to talk to engineers, architects, interior designers, and lighting designers.

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38 / VHS vs. Beta
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38 / VHS vs. Beta

Mary Beth admittedly is not an expert on lighting controls, but when someone with her experience and knowledge of the lighting industry is in on the conversation, you should listen

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37 / How The Sausage Is Made
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37 / How The Sausage Is Made

Kaleb is a Field Service Coordinator with ETC. What is a Field Project Coordinator you ask? Well, you’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out

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36 / The Beeps and The Boops
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36 / The Beeps and The Boops

Can’t we all just get along? Specifiers, integrators, engineers, manufacturers, contractors, end-users… Bryan, with Webster and Ron, decries the lack of communication between entities

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35 / Value Add
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35 / Value Add

Who’s responsible for the lighting controls on a project? Who’s qualified? Who’s certified? We can tell you this - Darren is qualified!

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34 / Sell The Art, Not The Part
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34 / Sell The Art, Not The Part

Are you a landscape designer? A Contractor? Do you want to add “landscape lighting” to the services you provide? Then contact Justin and Zach at AMP.

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33 / It’s Not Just Shades
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33 / It’s Not Just Shades

David Robinson from Mecho uses the sun for light in buildings by applying just the right degree of window shading along with artificial lighting for the optimal comfort of building occupants

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32 / Driving the Bus with No Steering Wheel
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32 / Driving the Bus with No Steering Wheel

Ruth tells Webster and Ron how PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratories) has focused for years on solid state lighting research, but has now seen the value of controls and is now focusing on that.

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31 / Taking the Cadillac to go Grocery Shopping
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31 / Taking the Cadillac to go Grocery Shopping

Listen to this week's episode where Michal chats with Webster and Ron about the challenges of attaching lights to suits then controlling them while dancers bounce around in those suits.

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30 / Silvair at LightFair
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30 / Silvair at LightFair

In case you missed the live stream from Lightfair 2023 in New York, here is an encore presentation of the segment featuring Szymon Slupik

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29 / The Stick is Coming
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29 / The Stick is Coming

The stick is coming. Will HVAC controls become the dominant system, or will Lighting Controls pull ahead?

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28 / The Show Must Go On
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28 / The Show Must Go On

Nathan tells Webster and Ron about his experiences with a “touring house,” working with “dimmer beach,” and getting off the road to be home in the evenings.

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27 / LightFair 2023
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27 / LightFair 2023

If you missed Lightfair this year, you can watch this and feel like you're there. Webster and Ron visited the ETC, SGM, and Pharos booths. Also, check out the live broadcast with McWong at the end.

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26 / Get the Money on the Table
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26 / Get the Money on the Table

Caleb Thompson is an Electrical Design Engineer at DFW Consulting Group with 4 years experience in helping clients determine their vision for the space and then realizing it through lighting controls.

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25 / Working Smarter, Not Harder
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25 / Working Smarter, Not Harder

Zach Mix and Parspec will make you feel like someone added hours to your day. They will take away the tedious work of looking up data sheets and part numbers with their machine learning and AI.

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