We’re beginning our countdown to the Strategies in Light conference and co-located events — The LED Show, Lightspace California, and the LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards — with a nice round number of things to get excited about.

The city ties in the electrical cabinets, too, for better management. Smart city functions could follow.

The German giant banks on global “digitization” that it says will require optical diodes serving as sensors and light sources in everything from humans to cars to general illumination. Massive factory starts on time and on budget.

UK lighting association continues to expand the services afforded its members through a test lab, and also used LuxLive to emphasize its service offerings in recycling and lighting-centric training.

The carmaker begins to open up about its Munich showroom test, but stops short of endorsing lights for data analytics.

There is no better way to illustrate the themes of the three 2018 Strategies in Light conference tracks than to begin with the words of conference advisory board members.

Will use cloud analytics to better manage buildings in “lighting as a host” scheme.

UV-C LEDs eclipsing the 100-mW level in terms of radiometric power will enable more affordable sterilization systems that can handle flowing water and air.

The fourth annual LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards program closes out the year by announcing the finalists across 20 technology and application categories.

Government-funded group targets 2020 for prototypes using aluminum gallium nitride.