November 10, 2021
5 Big Questions: Lighting Design & Material Transparency
We catch up with Melissa Mattes of Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting to discuss the importance of material transparency for lighting products and the steps that some leading manufacturers are taking to support the initiative.
Topics we explore:
-
What is material transparency in a lighting context and why is it important? (0:46)
-
Which project stakeholder (end user, architectural designers, others) seem to be driving the sustainability discussion the most? (2:25)
-
One of the important pieces of this movement is the Declare Label. What are some of the major aspects of the Declare Label? (4:12)
-
What would you say to manufacturers that don’t have the bandwidth to evaluate their entire product lines and provide Declare Labels? (6:38)
-
What are some of the most supportive manufacturers citing as their reasons for supporting the initiative? (9:42)
Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting »
Declare Label image sourced from International Living Sources Institute
5 Big Questions and other Lighting Interviews |
5 Big Questions: LMPG Acquires Pa-Co Lighting
We catch up with CEO F.X. Souvay to discuss the company's latest acquisition.
5 Big Questions: Signify at LightFair 2022
We catch up with Signify execs to discuss LED adoption, sustainability and product strategy
5 Big Questions: Current™ at LightFair 2022
Top execs discuss branding, markets and strategy.
5 Big Questions: Cooper Lighting Solutions at LightFair 2022
Top execs share their insights into the markets, technology and strategy
HLB Lighting Design at LightFair 2022
CEO Carrie Hawley shares inights into design, demand and supporting the industry.
5 Big Questions: Illuminating Engineering Society
We catch up with new Executive Director, Colleen Harper, to discuss the IES' present and future
5 Big Questions: GE Lighting
We catch up with Kathy Sterio, President of GE Lighting, to discuss the uber-competitive world of LED lamps
5 Big Questions: Lightfair's Dan Darby
How is the 2022 event tracking? And what does the future of LightFair look like?
5 Big Questions: The NYC Lighting Market
Are lighting meetings happening? Specifiers returning to the city? And what about the Mets?
Don’t miss the next big lighting story…Click here to subscribe to the inside.lighting InfoLetter |