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Get A Grip On Lighting Podcast

Get A Grip On Lighting

Recognizing a need in the lighting industry to forum together and discuss subjects & issues in our industry, the Get A Grip On Lighting Podcast was born. Get A Grip brings on industry experts to talk about real issues and focused on that subject matter. If there’s something to be said on the subject, Get A Grip will go there. Get A Grip On Lighting Podcasts are hosted by Michael Colligan and Greg Ehrich, who have over 30 years of combined experience in the lighting industry. Michael

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Episode 288: #230 - 13 Lighting Predictions For 2022

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2022/01/03

Al Uszynski is an experienced executive with over 25 years of experience in the lighting industry. He is Principal of inside.lighting, an online media company that provides valuable insights and information to lighting industry professionals. Just like the title says, Al, Michael and Greg review 13 lighting predictions made by industry professionals you’ll know, like Trevor Palmer, the President of Acuity and Daniel Salinas, the interim Executive Director of the IES. Keep this episode

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Episode 287: #229 - Light As A Stimulation

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2021/12/30

Founder of Equilume Ltd, Dr. Barbara Anne Murphy is Head of Equine Science and Programme Director of the BAgrSc Animal Science-Equine degree at University College Dublin. Her research has led to a revolution in the Thoroughbred industry. By administering blue light with the Equilume Light Mask, you can cue certain circadian and biological rhythm’s in your thoroughbred champion in order to breed at the optimal time, all while keeping your horse happy and healthy. In fact, many of the

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Episode 286: #228 - The Culture of Neon with Len...

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2021/12/27

Following teaching at the University of Florida, opening a roadside restaurant with a neon theme, apprenticing at a neon shop, opening his own custom neon sign business, and collecting old neon signs, he finally opened the Neon Museum of Philadelphia. Len tells us about the fascinating culture of neon, the dwindling supply of glass and artisans and how neon is quickly being superseded by LED.

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Episode 285: #227 - Measuring the Negative and the...

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2021/12/20

Ruth is a lighting consultant with a background in engineering, lighting design and academia. She’s passionate about the role of daylight and sunlight in bringing buildings to life, and the impact of daylight exposure on the health and wellbeing of building occupants. Ruth, Michael and Greg discuss the challenges of measuring negatives and positives. That is, you can measure the effects of taking away flicker or blue light, but how do you measure the effects of improving people’s health

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Episode 284: #226 - The Promises of Light, Not...

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2021/12/16

David Warfel is Midwestern farm boy turned lighting designer, author, and educator who passionately shares the gift of light. David has extensive experience in lighting design, from theater to Las Vegas to cruise ships to pizza joints. In his own words, “there’s nothing magical about design.” His ideas are reasonable and sensible and aimed at making lives better. You want nice interior lighting, this is your guy.

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Episode 283: Starving for Darkness #35 - The...

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2021/12/15

Hannah Moon is a PhD Candidate at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in Dr. Megan Porter’s vision lab. Her work focuses on understanding the physiological and molecular aspects of light perception in birds and has won multiple awards at scientific conferences. In other words, she’s trying to understand what birds are seeing. As you’ll hear, it goes beyond just the molecular structure of the bird's eyes. And yes, it’s but another species that can’t make it to the sea because of our

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Episode 282: #225 - Marketing Claims Verification

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2021/12/09

Todd Straka currently serves as global industry director for UL’s Lighting and Electrical Products Retail business. Michael and Greg grill Todd on product safety, the verification processes, labeling, surveillance and enforcement, and counterfeit labels. This stuff will make your head spin but this episode will give you a better understanding of the topic.

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Episode 281: Starving for Darkness #34 - Does Light...

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2021/12/08

Dr. Meredith Kernbach is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg in the lab of Dr. Mya Breitbart. For her doctoral dissertation, she studied how light pollution may affect zoonotic disease dynamics, specifically West Nile virus in House sparrows. Dr. Kernbach has found that even low light levels have allowed sparrows to hold the disease longer which means more mosquitos acquire it. And you can guess what that means for us. Turn off your lights!

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Episode 280: Starving for Darkness #33 - Finding the...

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2021/12/01

Dr. Andreas Jechow is an interdisciplinary physicist with a broad expertise in photonics, the science of light. Earlier in his career Andreas worked in laser physics and quantum optics, for example on imaging the "shadow of a single atom" with lasers. In 2015, Andreas transitioned to environmental sciences where he applies his knowledge of light in research on light pollution. Some of the fascinating studies Andreas is involved in include the impact of light on bats and insects and also on

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Episode 279: #224 - Up and Down the River

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2021/11/30

Active in the lighting business since 1982, Clay is the Owner & Managing Member of Starbeam Lighting and he served on the NAILD Board from 1997 to 2005 and as President from 2002 to 2003. In this podcast, Clay gives a brief history of Starbeam Lighting. We discuss loyalty and pricing, how training evolved, from reading the old catalogues to LS Evolve. Clay gives us some insight into where he thinks horticultural and human centric light will be going. And of course, he recommends you

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Episode 278: Starving for Darkness #32 - Extinction...

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2021/11/24

Dr. Sam Illingworth is an Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He is a leading expert in using poetry to develop a dialogue between scientists and non-scientists. Sam write’s books, tweets, blogs, composes poetry, podcasts, creates games and still finds time for running. If you want to engage your left AND right brain, give this episode a listen.

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Episode 277: #223 - The Lighting Professor

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2021/11/24

Mary Beth was the Manager of the GE Lighting Institute in Cleveland, Ohio for 18 years. She was responsible for the overall operation and curriculum development for this training and education center that hosted over 4000 visitors a year. Mary Beth and Michael and Greg take a little trip down nostalgia lane recalling the days of the Edison Awards and training at the institute. She might be retired from GE, but Mary Beth hasn’t stopped. You can still learn a thing or two from the

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Episode 276: #222 - Lighting is Dirty

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2021/11/18

B.D. is a proven leader and team builder, successfully navigating an ever changing high-tech business climate. He is currently running SaticShield, the country’s leading clean power manufacturing facility and Montana’s most proficient solar company. You might not have heard about dirty electricity and you probably haven’t thought about the impact of dirty electricity on lighting and electronics and human health. No one really knows what electricity is but B.D. sure does understand how to

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Episode 275: Starving for Darkness #31 - Preserving...

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2021/11/17

Gail Walker is the founder of Nantucket Lights, an all-volunteer citizen advocacy group recently formed to combat the growing light pollution on Nantucket, the island off the coast of Massachusetts that is a popular summer destination for many. A former litigator for the U.S. Department of Justice, she began working on light pollution issues there after retiring a few years ago. Gail discusses with Jane how she uses her litigation skills to convince people on Nantucket Island to take steps

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Episode 274: #221 - Adventures in Lighting

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2021/11/11

Brian Huff is President of Adventure Lighting in Des Moines, Iowa. Brian is your new NAILD Board Member, although this isn’t his first time serving. From the perspective of a family owned lighting distribution business, he gives us his point of view on sales, distribution, sustainable lighting, the future of the replacement process and, of course, his plans while serving on the NAILD board. Welcome Brian.

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Episode 273: Starving for Darkness #30 - Light...

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2021/11/10

Hilding Neilson is an interdisciplinary scientist currently working with the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and is Mi’kmaw from the Qalipu First Nation band. Hilding is working at the intersection of science, astronomy and Indigenous knowledge. He tells us some fascinating Indigenous stories about the constellations, and how many more have been lost and overshadowed over time by what he refers to as “Astro-colonialism.” Hilding also

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Episode 272: #220 - Lead with the Lens

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2021/11/05

Meet your new NAILD board member. Devin Wall is the President of Louvers International where they manufacture commercial and industrial light fixtures, light fixture components, and do complete plastic fabrication. In this episode, the guys discuss Louvers history in manufacturing lenses, solutions to headaches from poor lighting, and growth in the UV disinfection play including “disinfection theatre.” Listen to this episode and we think you’ll agree that Devin is an excellent addition to

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Episode 271: Starving for Darkness #29 - Half the...

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2021/10/28

Dr. Tyler Nordgren is an artist, author, astronomer, and night sky ambassador. He holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Cornell University where he did work on dark matter as well as a B.A. in Physics from Reed College. In this episode, we discuss the role of his artwork in public education about the night skies, how inhabiting Mars is a longshot with questionable benefits, and you won't want to miss Tyler's description of solar eclipses and why they are so important for humanity.

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Episode 270: #219 - On The Threshold Of Augmented...

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2021/10/28

Nam has over 20+ years of experience in technology product development across various industries: Military, Automotive, Medical Devices, and now Lighting. Nam joined Cooper Lighting in 2013. Nam has been working on augmented reality. This is like Pokemon Go for the lighting industry. It’s going to make sales easier than ever. https://www.cooperlighting.com/s/lightarchitect/index.html.

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Episode 269: Starving for Darkness #28 - The Weird...

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2021/10/27

Megan Porter PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research program is focused on understanding the evolution of animal eye diversity, particularly from a molecular perspective. In this episode, Megan tells us about the vastly different vision perceptions that animals have from humans and the massive impact light pollution has on their vision. Wait till you hear about the Mantis Shrimp.

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