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Home Advantage: 80% of Sports Fans Prefer the Sofa to the Sporting Stands

William Attardi on June 30, 2026

Signify announced new research from Philips Hue and Philips Smart Lighting showing that sports fans1 are swapping packed pubs and crowded stadiums for something far more personal: their homes. 80% of fans admit they’d rather watch from home. The research also indicates that fans are investing time and effort into the at-home experience. Over a third (38%) say they spend up to an hour preparing for kick-off. Setting up snacks (49%), perfecting lighting (35%) and decorating their space (31%) are all undertaken in a bid to create the ultimate atmosphere. Philips Hue and Philips Smart Lighting (connected by WiZ) are introducing Sports Live, a new software designed to help fans create a true “home stadium” atmosphere and experience. With compatible smart lighting, Sport Live can bring matches to life beyond the screen – from a dramatic kick-off countdown to flashes of color for key moments, including goals, yellow and red cards, set pieces and penalties. The result is a fully immersive experience that allows fans to not just watch the game, but to feel part of it. As a summer of sport kicks off, Philips Smart Lighting is helping fans turn every match into an experience, transforming living rooms into front-row seats, and everyday viewing into something far more powerful. https://www.ledinside.com/news/2026/6/2026_06_30_01

Color Kinetics’ Flex Compact Pro Delivers Large-Scale RGB and Tunable White Lighting

William Attardi on May 19, 2026

Color Kinetics, a Signify brand, introduces Flex Compact Pro—a high-performance lighting solution for demanding applications like media facades and architectural installations. It delivers rich color and high-quality white light, supports flexible and customizable configurations, and simplifies installation with features like auto-addressing and streamlined control. Flex Compact Pro is durable, energy-efficient, and scalable, delivering up to 54 lumens per node in RGB mode and up to 69.8 lumens per node in tunable white while consuming just 0.75 W per node, with a Color Rendering Index (CRI) up to 95.8. The product is IP66 rated and features an ASTM B117 salt-spray resistance of 1,500 hours.

Signify Launches Brighter Lives, Better World 2030

William Attardi on March 11, 2026

Signify launched Brighter Lives, Better World 2030, a new program designed to expand the reach of impactful, energy and resource-efficient lighting to improve lives, save energy, and preserve resources. The program is supported by new initiatives that support customer sustainability ambitions. Focusing on customers’ most pressing challenges, Brighter Lives, Better World 2030 responds to rising demand for efficient, connected and electrified solutions. Addressing increasing demand for electricity1 and volatile pricing, resource scarcity and the need for healthier, safer, more resilient and livable environments – the program transforms the potential of light into meaningful impact. Progress on Signify’s Brighter Lives, Better World 2030 program will be reported on a quarterly basis, in line with the company’s financial results. Signify Launches Brighter Lives, Better World 2030 – tEDmag

Signify Strengthens Professional Lighting Portfolio

William Attardi on September 16, 2025

Signify, the world leader in lighting, introduces four new products – the Signify SunStay Pro gen2 and SunStay Pro gen2 mini, Signify GreenVision Xceed Pro and Signify Actistar – highlighting the company’s advances in solar and modular streetlighting as well as performance lighting for stadiums.

  • The Signify SunStay Pro gen2 and SunStay Pro gen2 mini will provide customers with an integrated, connected solar streetlight that’s suitable for different applications, from bike paths to campuses and pedestrian areas. The compact model, the Signify SunStay Pro gen2 mini, has been designed for circularity.
  • The Signify GreenVision Xceed Pro is a flexible road and street lighting solution that can adapt to different rural and urban applications. Its durable, modular design makes it easy to maintain and upgrade over time, while delivering excellent energy savings.
  • The Signify ActiStar, an advanced LED floodlight designed for outdoor areas and sports facilities, combines powerful performance with precise light projection control technology.

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Watch the video: Sunstay Pro – Discover the all-in-one connected solar streetlight

 

Signify Small Track Lighting

William Attardi on November 26, 2024

Lightolier 3D Crown Series Small Track, from Signify’s Genlyte Solutions business was developed for retail, gallery and restaurant applications. The luminaire offers spec-grade performance, with interchangeable optics and accessory compatibility; a sleek, compact design (2-in. aperture) that’s easy to specify; excellent lumen maintenance for more consistency over time; sustainable 3D printing production; and eight different color options (with the possibility to mix and match the rim colors, too) to suit the interior design. The fixtures are made from 55% recyclable polycarbonate and are designed to support circularity at end of life. The Lightolier 3D Crown Series Small Track is scheduled for commercial release on Sept. 27. 3D printed lighting products| Lightolier | Signify

Pepper Production Trials Entering a Fourth Year

William Attardi on November 21, 2024

Signify and the University of British Columbia has announced that their pepper production trial is now entering its fourth year. This trial, which focuses on optimizing dynamic lighting conditions, has delivered insights into how pepper plants respond to artificial lighting throughout the year. 2025 will mark the culmination of this extensive research project. The final results will be presented in a comprehensive whitepaper, which will detail the outcomes of this trial and combine insights from all other pepper trials conducted around the world. By synthesizing this knowledge, Signify aims to provide growers with a definitive guide to optimizing pepper production using LED lighting, ensuring that they can continue to improve yields and quality well into the future. Pepper production trials entering a fourth year – LEDinside

It’s Back to School – How Some of Our Most Acknowledged Universities Got Their Name – Who were the true visionaries who would donate half of their estate to sculpting the minds of the future. These stories are monuments to history and culture. Let’s take a stroll through academia’s memory lane and uncover the origins of these storied university names!

  1. Ah, Harvard! The Ivy League giant was once a small college in the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlement called New Towne. But where did “Harvard” come from? Enter John Harvard, a clergyman who, in 1638, decided to bequeath half his estate and his library (a whopping 400 books!) to the fledgling college. Grateful for this generous gift, they promptly named the institution after him.
  2. A gem of New Haven, Connecticut, Yale is another Ivy League powerhouse known for its prestigious law and drama schools. It owes its name to Elihu Yale, a wealthy merchant who, in 1718, donated a modest shipment of goods (including portraits, books, and textiles) to a struggling collegiate school. Those goods were auctioned off, raising a much-needed £562 –a small fortune at the time.
  3. Dartmouth is renowned for its beautiful rural setting, nestled in the picturesque town of Hanover, New Hampshire. It was named after the Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, a British nobleman who supported the college’s founding –despite never actually setting foot in America!
  4. Brown, this Rhode Island Ivy University, known for its open curriculum and emphasis on student choice, was founded with a mouthful of a name – the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It was renamed in 1704 for Nicholas Brown, Jr., a prominent merchant whose family donated generously to the school.
  5. Perched atop a hill overlooking Ithaca, New York, Cornell is celebrated for its diverse academic programs and its stunning natural surroundings. Founded by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, this university was unique for its commitment to practical education, allowing students the freedom to choose their own course of study. It was a revolutionary notion at the time, which would guide a curricular reform across the country.
  6. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford is renowned for its entrepreneurial spirit and its close ties to the tech industry. But this California powerhouse has a touching origin story. Leland Stanford, Jr., the founder’s son, tragically died young from typhoid fever. His father Leland Sr., railroad magnate and former state governor, and his mother Jane, founded the university in his memory, ensuring his legacy lived on through the pursuit of knowledge.
  7. This North Carolina research giant, known for its strong medical and law schools, underwent a bit of a name change in its history. Originally called Trinity College, it was renamed Duke University in 1924 after James Buchanan Duke, a tobacco and electric power industrialist who founded the American Tobacco Company. He established The Duke Endowment, to which he donated throughout his life and left half his estate after his death.
  8. Nestled in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt is a renowned research university with a vibrant campus life. It owes its name to “The Commodore,” Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and railroad magnate, who provided the initial gift to establish the university.
  9. Texas businessman William Marsh Rice provided the initial funding for this Houston university, but did not live to see its opening. He was murdered by his valet as he slept, in a plot to forge the man’s will. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, Rice University flourished through the years, becoming an institution known for its strong engineering and science programs.
  10. Who was Harvard named after? Origin of university names