Jan 31, 2017

Forces of Change with Mark LienThe Forces of Change podcast series is hosted by Mark Lien, author of the Progressions column in Lighting Design + Application magazine. Lien’s focus on trends and new technologies positions him to explore diverse topics with informed guests, in their own voice, describing the forces of change impacting our lighting community. The accelerating pace of change we are experiencing demands continuous education and exposure to new ideas to stay relevant. Join Mark and other thought leaders driving our market transformation for these brief but informative dialogues on the issues that we must understand to evaluate effectively.
 

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast series are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of the IES and its staff.

            


REVISITING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS: EIGHT MONTHS LATER | GUESTS: DIANE BORYS, MEGAN CARROLL, ERIK ENNEN, BOB PRESTON, RANDY REID

We recorded a special Forces of Change video interview in March 2020 to provide a report on the impact of COVID-19 on lighting professionals from the vantage point of some prominent individuals representing various roles within our industry. Moderator Mark Lien talked with Diane Borys (Noctiluca Lighting Design and Consulting), Megan Carroll (New York Digital), Erik Ennen (MNCEE), Bob Preston (Capital Electric Supply), and Randy Reid (Edison Report). Now in November 2020, eight months after the initital discussion, we’re revisiting the impact of COVID-19 on Lighting Professionals.


THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS | GUESTS: DIANE BORYS, MEGAN CARROLL, ERIK ENNEN, BOB PRESTON, RANDY REID, MARK LIEN

We have recorded a special Forces of Change video interview to provide a report on the impact of COVID-19 on lighting professionals, during these difficult times, from the vantage point of some prominent individuals representing various roles within our industry. Hear from Diane Borys (Noctiluca Lighting Design and Consulting), Megan Carroll (New York Digital), Erik Ennen (MNCEE), Bob Preston (Capital Electric Supply), Randy Reid (Edison Report), and moderator Mark Lien (Illuminating Engineering Society).


HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING | GUEST: HAL WALLACE

Harold (Hal) Wallace, the Curator of the Electricity Collection at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History sits down with host Mark Lien for a fascinating conversation about the history of electric lighting on another edition of Forces of Change.


INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SYSTEMS | GUEST: DR. ROBERT KARLICEK

Mark sits down with Dr. Robert Karlicek of LESA at RPI to discuss how Intelligent Lighting Systems can transform how people live and work.


DOE 2020 AND BEYOND | GUEST: DR. KARMA SAWYER

Dr. Karma Sawyer of the DOE is Mark’s guest and they discuss where the DOE is heading in 2020 and beyond specifically with regards to lighting.


DISCUSSION WITH GUEST RANDY REID

Mark chats with IES Past President and editor of the Edison Report Randy Reid about the 20th Anniversary of the Edison Report, the importance of integrity in reporting, the invasion of the IT conglomerates into the lighting industry as well as some of the new lighting technologies that he finds fascinating.


PLANT SCIENCE POSSIBILITIES WITH LIGHT | GUEST: DR. TESSA POCOCK

As our population continues to grow, farm land disappearing and an increased awareness of what goes into our produce, the need to increase yield without chemicals is a critical topic. Host Mark Lien and Dr. Pocock discuss using LEDs (irradiance, spectral composition, timing, duration) to program photochemical, photosynthetic, development and biochemical processes in plants and the development of a physiological biofeedback system to maintain or change LED physiological programs. In layman’s term growing to produce better, stronger, faster. This fascinating, ground-breaking, and often warm interchange should not be missed.


3D PRINTED LIGHTING | GUEST: NADARAJAH NARENDRAN

As if our lighting community needs more disruption, we are poised for a radical change in how we make, distribute and sell our products. We have experienced two digital revolutions already in communication and computation. We can communicate instantly across the globe at no charge and computers are integrated into our lives. Digital fabrication is the third digital revolution. When we can make our own lighting sources, heat sinks, optics and luminaires in our garage or locally at a store with a larger 3D printer (3D Kinkos?) then business as usual is over. Container loads from Asia, our sales and distribution network and other peripheral support processes cease when costs equalize though local 3D printing. This will happen incrementally at first then accelerate to exponential growth as we experienced with communication and computation. The revolution has already begun with choices of 3D printers available on Amazon Prime for under $200. The Lighting Research Center has expanded their LED Lighting Institute to include content on 3D printing.


LIGHT AND HEALTH BEYOND CIRCADIAN RESPONSE | GUEST: DOUGLAS STEEL

Douglas Steel, Ph.D. is a Translational Scientist with NeuroSense, a medical technology consultancy developing novel phototherapies for treating a number of nervous system conditions including PTSD, sensory processing disorders, migraine headache, depression, and emotional and stress-related conditions. Dr. Steel received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Columbia University. Doug is a member of the IES Science Advisory Panel For the past several years he has been working on the development of spectrally-tunable LED lighting arrays, which can be used as an alternative to prescription drugs for the treatment of a number of neurological and psychiatric conditions. He has a broad view of light and health that extends beyond just circadian response. Please enjoy this conversation between Doug and Mark on timely issues in our lighting community.


GET A GRIP | GUEST: GREG EHRICH

With his co-founder and co-host Michael Colligan, Greg Ehrich started the Get a Grip Podcast in February 2017. Recognizing that there is a need in the lighting industry for a forum for people to get together and discuss many interesting subjects and issues, Get A Grip was born. At the time of this post Get a Grip is posed to pass 30 podcasts. Greg talks with our own Podcast host Mark Lien on the success of “Get a Grip” and discusses the need for lighting knowledge, discourse, and conversation to be available for all segments of our industry. You can experience their podcast series here. http://getagriponlighting.com/.


UNDERSTANDING LED ILLUMINATION | GUEST: NISA KHAN

Nisa Khan is a passionate proponent that the industry as a whole doesn’t understand the manner which LEDs generate light and a strong advocate that we need to view LEDs in a different manner. Nisa took some time to be interviewed by our podcast series host Mark Lien to discuss her book “Understanding LED Illumination” and to explain what she purports the industry is missing. Join us for an energizing discussion.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:
The IES supports the open discussion of ideas and opinions. When new theories challenge accepted science and practice, they are either confirmed with greater validity or found out to be false. This open discussion pushes science and by extension society forward for the better.

In the following podcast, author Nisa Khan makes many claims that are not supported by the IES, nor can they be scientifically substantiated. While the IES supports free expression of ideas and opinions, we also have an obligation to inform our listeners of factual inaccuracies when they occur. These inaccuracies consist of, but are not limited to the following;

  1. LEDs don’t follow 1/r2 intensity
  2. Only high power LEDs are used in lighting
  3. The industry only cares about efficacy (not cost per lumen, which helps you to make a decent profit)
  4. Optics don’t change the distribution of an LED, although you can change the distribution of a discharge lamp or incandescent with optics
  5. Complex 3D analytical geometry is required to understand light distributions
  6. LEDs are not point light sources (regardless of distance)
  7. A point source emits light equally in all directions over 4pi steradians
  8. Putting a few hundred mA into an LED designed for a few μA turns it into a laser

We therefore, caution the listeners of this podcast to take into consideration the numerous errors noted above as you assess the new theories being advocated. These are not matters of opinion, but of scientific accuracy.


90.1 MODELING | GUESTS: MICHAEL MYER, MARTY SALZBERG, AND KELLY SEEGER

This podcast features two key members of the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1 Lighting Subcommittee that establishes lighting power density levels for this foundational standard. The discussion reveals and explains to our lighting community a new project that is funded by ASHRAE, IALD, BC Hydro and the IES. Project tasks will support the work of the 90.1 standard by providing AGI32 modeling runs by application. These models will improve the accuracy of and strengthen the effectiveness of this and the other standards affected by 90.1. It is a concern especially because LED luminaires are now being used as the primary baseline to establish LPD’s instead of traditional sources. This has resulted in significant energy savings but there is an end game. The partners want to verify that the quality of lighting is not impacted in future versions of 90.1 and the other standards that reference it.


LIGHTING AS A SERVICE | GUEST: VIRGINIA HEWITT

Discussions about Lighting as a Service (LaaS) are no longer focused on whether it will evolve into an essential aspect of future lighting projects, but rather on how many billions of dollars will be involved and how soon it will become a common offering. Until recently “As a Service” companies did not focus on or understand the lighting community. This podcast demonstrates how this has changed. Virginia Hewitt, from Sparkfund, understands our lighting market and is a knowledgeable evangelist for LaaS. In this podcast, Hewitt identifies which lighting skill sets will benefit most from LaaS.