72 / Do It Right The First Time
Anthony has done a lot of installs in houses of worship. With their limited budgets, you want to get all your wiring right while the conduit is open and the drywall has yet to be done.
71 / Is DC the Future?
Bill Ellis is back with his wealth of knowledge. Bill gives us his perspective on what’s trending and shifting in the Lighting Controls industry
70 / Plug In at ESTA Plugfest
Want to be a part of ESTA’s Control Protocols Working Group, at least temporarily? Then get you, your ideas, and your lighting controls down to the Dallas Fort Worth Marriott Solana from October 24-27 and “plug in.”
69 / Not All Superheroes Wear Capes
“Faster than a speeding bullet! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound…!” Yes the people at Control Force are like Supermen or Wonder Women.
68 / Educating The Owner
When Jose is not filming documentaries, he’s a “Solutions Engineer.” If you’re in the northeast, Jose can go into a space and audit ASHRAE levels 1, 2 and 3.
67 - The ABC’s of Lighting Controls
In this episode, our hosts break down the inconsistencies in industry jargon, share their own takes, and explore how communication can go haywire when jumping between niches
66 / Choosing Your Brush
Bruce “The Lighting Sherpa” Clark talks with Webster and Ron about CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association), dealers, buying groups, reps, and lighting designers
LCP Shorts - Organizing DMX512 Universes
In this LCP Short, Webster and Ron talk about handling simple DMX512 and sACN presets that you don’t need to actively control and don’t want to buy a whole architectural processor for
65 / Let’s Get Connected
Getting connected is what mwConnect (formerly McWong) specializes in with their award winning Bluetooth Mesh.
64 / Fools In-Rush
Just one away from his 5 times guest jacket, Steve Mesh joins us to discuss… education, semantics, UL924, emergency controls, security, and in-rush.
LCP Shorts - Listener Response to Episode 53
The listeners give feedback to hosts Ron and Webster to clarify some things that were unclear or confusing in Episode 53 “It’s Not a Protocol”
63 / We Haven’t Tried Anything and We’re Out of Ideas
The LED revolution has done its part in the energy saving space. Now it’s going to fall on the Controls industry to take it to the next level.
62 / Point Zero Zero Zero One
Avi Mor, Founder and CEO of Morlights, a design firm in Chicago, speaks his mind on interoperability, protocols, dimming, CAT5, Dali, specifications, and… elevators.
61 / The Grandma Test
Daniel works for one of the big guys. As Global Hardware Product Manager at Philips Dynalite, he has the resources to really make a difference
60 / Nobody Wins
How do we maintain our lighting control systems? We’ve said it before and Kelly says it again. Education!
LCP Shorts - The 3 L’s
Lightovation. Lightapalooza. LEDucation. These conferences have different perspectives and roles within the lighting industry, but they all contribute to shaping the future of lighting and controls.
59 / Market Transformation
A market transformation for lighting controls is coming whether we are ready or not.
58 / Up In The Clouds
Thomas works at Color Kinetics. With a name like that, they obviously deal with color changing lighting, which also means they have to deal with lighting controls, and that has led to the cloud
57 / 5.5 Million Small Buildings
Jason joins us from the DLC. What is the DLC? In Jason’s words, the Design Lights Consortium is “a bridge between the lighting world and the energy efficiency world.”
56 / All Aboard The Education Express
Want to learn about lighting controls technology and applications? The Lighting Controls Association is offering that FOR FREE!