The group that oversees Bluetooth wireless standards has named a Philips manager to its board, underscoring the melding of lighting and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Airports, convention centers, malls, and other public gathering spots rely on people-moving systems, but users often fear germs on the handrails touched by thousands. Ultraviolet LEDs may solve the sterilization issue.

Upscale brand, Movenpick Hotel & Resorts, goes well beyond everyday guest service. Movenpick’s mission is to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way to make memories that last a lifetime for its guests.

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—Expanding its portfolio of LED products designed to save installers time and money, MaxLite introduces the J-Box Downlight as the easy and economical way to add high quality recessed lighting to residential and commercial spaces.

Nearly everyone has seen commercials for Amazon’s Echo. And most will admit they’re impressive. With the use of a simple “wake word”—“Alexa”—the voice-activated digital assistant can order pizza, turn on your lights, and play music, and many other conveniences.

The Osram Oslux S2.1 multi-chip packaged LED mixes color temperature to match ambient lighting and optimize photos and video, while new Lumileds COB LEDs extend flux output to 30,000 lm for street-light and high-bay lighting.

Feilo Sylvania is upping its smart lighting game, launching a technology integration program designed to mix and match different luminaires, sensors, chipsets, and other components from information technology partners, from smart lighting startups, and from its own lighting portfolio, LEDs Magazine has learned.

South Korea-based Seoul Semiconductor and Japan-based Toshiba Materials held a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany announcing a new packaged LED technology call SunLike due from Seoul this summer that is based in part on a Toshiba phosphor technology called TRI-R.

It’s no secret that the economic downturn prompted builders to cut costs whenever possible. But it’s been less noted that when many of those builders examined which materials to trim, they refused to drop engineered wood products (EWPs) despite their higher cost.

ROCK HILL, S.C.—HyLite LED Lighting, a division of ARVA, LLC, announced the expansion of its retrofit lamp product lines with new 347V & 480V options. These new high voltage models are available in the HyLite LED Omni-Cob, Arc-Cob, & Lotus series sizes 20W and up. The new models replace metal halide and high pressure sodium lights up to 1000W.

BEAVERTON, ORE.—Urban Solar announced that all of its solar powered LED systems are now UL Listed. This listing covers all transit-related lighting products as well as all commercial solar LED lighting systems for applications including pathways, roadways, parking lots, and general illumination.

Smart lighting, virtual assistant connectors, and built-in access points will now come standard in all new Quadrant residences.

HP-WS High Performance Perimeter Slot, Finelite Designed for ambient or vertical illumination, the fixture is offered in 2'-, 3-', 4'-, and 8'-long sections.An update to the fixture features a threaded-rod installation option.

The ZipWall product helps building pros comply with the EPA's lead rule.

The company's third lamp (bulb) design can now be purchased in the United States through MoMA and the Plumen website.

Concrete block manufacturer Genest Concrete has developed an insulated block combining concrete and expanded polystyrene, reports Green Building Advisor's Scott Gibson. The blocks are designed to be assembled with a thin layer of adhesive rather than conventional mortar.

Fagerhult Group, the Swedish lighting company that recently acquired key Internet of Things (IoT) assets from Australia's struggling Organic Response, has decided to keep the technology in house and will not provide it to competitors such as Feilo Sylvania and General Electric, LEDs Magazine has learned.

As with many digital innovations, beacons started as a little-known technology that quickly gained popularity. Connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), beacons offer the capability to send geolocation-based personalized recommendations and notifications.

Masons beware—the Hadrian X robot can do six to eight weeks’ worth of work by a human in less than three days.

Human-centric lighting will speed ahead at a grueling 24-hour race in Germany this week, where drivers will don special Osram eyeglasses.