By Eric Pollack, President, ESP Prosearch & David Shiller, Executive Recruiter, ESP Prosearch From our vantage point as executive recruiters in the lighting industry, 2025 saw a pronounced contraction in hiring activity. Organizations adopted a defensive posture, with recruitment slowing steadily and reaching its lowest point in the fourth quarter. In contrast, the first quarter…
According to the results of the newly released 2026 Q1 Pulse of Lighting Report, available from Channel Marketing Group, new construction of large architectural projects has been struggling to get underway compared to small to mid-sized projects that involve retrofit work. While the outlook may have been tempered by the start of air strikes on…
Every retrofit, service call, and new‑construction install carries risk for lighting contractors that can turn a profitable job into a margin killer. Contractors who build risk‑aware habits into their workflow see fewer callbacks, safer crews and smoother inspections.
San Diego-based LED lighting solutions provider Environmental Lights has acquired St. Cloud, Minnesota-based lighting manufacturer Nova Flex, which provides customizable, flexible lighting solutions to commercial, architectural, and high-end residential markets. The acquisition brings together two linear lighting companies serving different markets, enabling Nova Flex to leverage the power of a larger, more diversified supply chain…
James Beard Award–winning chef Michelle Bernstein brought her Cuban-Caribbean concept La Cañita to the heart of South Beach, Miami, opening a lively new outpost at 1200 Ocean Drive in the Art Deco District. Prior to the grand opening, the project involved a full interior refurbishment of an existing building, transforming the space into a Caribbean-inspired…
More than 100 rep agencies and 2,400+ reps already rely on Parspec to automate submittals and O&Ms, but with the introduction of its Sales Management tool, agencies will be able to run their entire project operations on the same platform. Parspec Sales Management is an AI-native quoting and project management platform built specifically for lighting…
Miami-based ESP Prosearch – an executive search firm specializing in the lighting, controls, and cleantech industries – will continue its support of the lighting industry at LEDucation 2026 next month. As the demand for highly skilled industry leaders continues to rise, recruiting proven performers for sales, engineering, product management, and C-suite positions has become a…
San Francisco-based commercial and industrial lighting solutions provider LANTANA LED has announced that it is the first lighting manufacturer to receive certification from the International Data Center Authority (IDCA) for its Edge Linear Series, Illucent Troffer, Neoteric Twin Linear, and Remote Driver Unit (RDU). The certification validates that these solutions meet rigorous mission-critical expectations for…
With more natural disasters happening worldwide at an increasing rate, resilient lighting and maintaining the power grid during electrical failures is becoming a critical concern for many municipalities. Residents of the Barrio Limones neighborhood in Yubacoa, Puerto Rico are enjoying a new renewable energy system from Savant that was recently installed to boost the…
Prince would have appreciated the irony. Starting in early 2021, streetlights across America started turning purple. Not a few of them, not in one city, but thousands of fixtures in more than 30 states, glowing violet like something out of a music video. The internet went wild with explanations. In Minnesota, people figured it was…
With LEDucation 2026 coming up next month – where more and more exhibitors will be promoting their environmental mindfulness through DECLARE signage, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and compatibility with the WELL v2 Building Standard – Signify unveiled the latest chapter in its Brighter Lives, Better World 2030 initiative during the Light + Building show in…
Rhode Island-based Butler Hospital, a member of Care New England, is the only private, nonprofit psychiatric and substance abuse hospital serving adults, seniors, and adolescents in Rhode Island and southeastern New England. Founded in 1844, it was the first hospital in Rhode Island and has earned a reputation as the leading provider of innovative psychiatric…
Illinois-based lighting manufacturer A.L.P. Lighting has appointed Adam Westmoreland as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this role, he is responsible for the revenue performance and strategic growth of A.L.P.’s complete portfolio of OEM components, including both its proprietary catalog products and custom-engineered solutions. Westmoreland brings nearly 20 years of experience in the lighting…
Take the Pulse of Lighting Survey and receive that exclusive Q1 analysis in your inbox next month. By David Gordon, Electrical Trends For many we entered 2026 feeling as if we moved to the frozen tundra and, throughout the first couple of months the weather was “challenging” (and understatement) and a brake on the business….
There is a lot of data floating around and it’s hard to figure out which numbers are the most important to the lighting industry. There was good news – during the last week in February, Freddie Mac announced the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped below 6% – which many experts predicted would mean home buying…
Ari Isaak, founder of Photometrics.ai, details what the technology can bring to the street lighting category. By David Gordon, Channel Marketing Group The Photometrics.ai system takes street lighting design to a new level that is faster, easier, and more effective than traditional methods. And, most importantly, the end result delivers a better lighting experience for…