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Signify Academy: Light that connects [podcasts]
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Light that connects
By bringing lighting together with data and the Iot, you can create spaces that adapt to your needs, making them more efficient, connected, and sustainable.
A series of podcasts & audiobooks about connected lighting and all of its aspects. From the early beginnings till lighting for the internet of things and beyond.
Listen and learn more about the connected lighting world.
Brought to you by the Signify Academy
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Episodes
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Enhance traffic safety in Oulu (Finland)
Mar 2400:25:38Tap to summarizeThe City of Oulu, in collaboration with Signify, partnered on an innovative experiment on Saaristokatu, a busy downtown street in the City of Oulu (Finland). This project aimed to enhance traffic safety by automatically increasing street lighting brightness when emergency vehicles approach an intersection, particularly during dusk. The initiative leverages advanced wireless lighting control system, integrated with Oulu’s traffic light benefit system for emergency vehicles, known as HALI.For the HALI (1st generation) - this idea came from Jukka Talvi. HALI - Interact - Jani Koppelo & Mika Rintelä - this development face is often referred to HALI2
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The connected consumer
Feb 1000:16:01Tap to summarizeWhat are the main reasons that consumers are looking for connected lighting at home, or to put it the other way round, what does connected home lighting offer consumers that conventional lighting does not and how does connected lighting play into the smart home ecosystem? Learn more about the connected consumer.
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Present moment in connected LED lighting and what lies ahead of us.
Jan 1300:22:03Tap to summarizeIn today’s episode, we’ll talk about the present moment in LED and connected LED lighting, and take a little peek into what may be coming in the near future. Joining us is Neil Gamble, Director of Sales at Architainment Lighting, the pioneering architectural and decorative lighting company headquartered in High Wycombe, England.Architainment
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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Dec 900:17:08Tap to summarizeThe EU’s revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), adopted in 2024, is accelerating digital system and energy efficiency upgrades across Europe’s commercial building stock. The EPBD is driving change not just for the largest facilities, but for smaller offices, warehouses, and retail spaces as well. More on EPBD
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Light at Night
Nov 1100:13:45Tap to summarizeLightingEurope very recently published a position paper on artificial light at night. Artificial lighting is a vital part of life and well-designed installations using quality products and control systems are fundamental to providing the right environment be it for transportation, work, play, leisure, sport or other activities. Good lighting facilitates these activities and through it a sense of wellbeing, comfort, safety and security. All of this in turn helps to support and generate the economy. Link to position paper
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Sustainable packaging
Oct 1300:18:35Tap to summarizePackaging made responsiblyEvery year, over 2 billion tonnes of waste are produced, and 8 million tonnes of plastic makes its way into our world’s oceans. We see a different way.That’s why packaging has been one of our sustainable focal areas since the 1990s, and why we’ve had a packaging policy in place since 2013. Our goal is to maximize recyclability while minimizing the environmental impact of our packaging by using recycled materials and/or certified renewable materials from responsible sources. (*This episode was recorded when Valentia was heading the left Signify)More on responsible packaging
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The world of the office in 2025
Sep 200:22:07Tap to summarizeA few questions we will discuss: Why are you still busy with office lighting, will work be done by GEN-AI agents, isn't it they don't need offices!What is the future of digital lighting, a language as an interface between data and compute. What is EPBD all about?More on EPBDInteract office Interact ProPodcast episode
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Can the Clean Industrial Deal drive the EU Green Deal forward?
Aug 1100:24:09Tap to summarizeSince its introduction in 2019, the EU Green Deal has encountered obstacle after obstacle, from a pandemic to armed conflict to the AI boom. Yet it remains the EU's "man on the moon" ambition, and switching to #connectedLEDlighting remains one the of quickest ways to make progress. #Signify expert Mario Giordano explains at #LightThatConnects Green SwitchClimate Transition PlanRenovation Revolution
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The customer perspective and the market point-of-view about connected lighting and its benefits.
Jul 1500:18:33Tap to summarizeIn this podcast series, we’ve been talking about the many different technical aspects of connected lighting, how and where it can be applied, and the benefits to people, businesses and the planet, mostly from a manufacturer’s or provider’s perspective. What is the perspective of a market leader?What are the main challenges and opportunities customers are facing today?What do you tell customers when they don’t understand new technologies and standards, or when they don’t understand how to proceed toward fulfilling their ambitions or mandates?Want to connect? The webinar with Pineapple about Carbon Neutrality and what role partnerships play.
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Interact Custom Dashboard
Jun 1700:17:19Tap to summarizeUniquely yours, for all your lighting needs and beyond The Custom Dashboard lets you tailor your smart lighting solutions – and your dashboard itself – to your unique needs. It gives you precision control over your lighting and energy, whether you’re managing a building, street, highway, or city. An update on the existing dashboard, the Custom Dashboard is integrated with a range of additional benefits. As before, you can view detailed energy, fault, and occupancy data across individual areas or your whole operation, but now you can also combine areas, set up needs-specific targets and notifications, delegate access on an area-by-area basis, create custom light buttons, and export reports. Listen and learn more. More informationGet in touch with us
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