NEW YORK – Control This! – a daylong event expo and seminar series that exhibits lighting control and energy management systems – is hosting the first Lighting PlugFest. The event takes place Nov. 7, 11 am-7:30 pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Lighting PlugFest at Control This! allows lighting practitioners and OEM vendors of LED lamps, fixtures, transformers and dimmers to test the interoperability between products from different manufacturers.
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NEW YORK – Control This!, a daylong event expo and seminar series that exhibits state-of-the-art lighting control systems and energy management systems, is hosting the first ever Lighting PlugFest sponsored by Soraa.
PlugFests are the mainstay of high tech industries and Lighting PlugFest at Control This! is designed to revolutionize the way lighting practitioners and OEM vendors of LED lamps, fixtures, transformers and dimmers test the interoperability between products from different manufacturers and accelerate the growth of the entire industry.
“We are excited to host the first ever Lighting PlugFest, which is a ‘must attend’ industry event,” says Control This! Co-Chair Meg Smith, LC, IES, LEED AP, co-chair of the IESNYC education committee, and senior project manager, Philips Lighting Solutions and Services. “Manufacturers benefit because Lighting PlugFest addresses compatibility—an obstacle to widespread LED lamp adoption; designers benefit because they can specify with confidence; and end users benefit because they will know that it works.”
One of the greatest hurdles to the adoption of LED lighting today is the incompatibility between LED lamps or fixtures and the installed base of legacy control gear and dimmers, which are largely designed for incandescent, halogen, or fluorescent lamps. Lighting PlugFest affords participants the opportunity to test their products and identify underlying compatibility issues.
Soraa will manage and run the testing using a custom-built testing panel that contains an array of commonly used transformers and dimmers and Soraa’s 12VAC LED MR16 lamps and also accommodates participating companies’ transformers, dimmers, and 12VAC LED lamps or fixtures.
“The Lighting PlugFest will benefit all stakeholders in the lighting industry – specifiers, end users, manufacturers, contractors and installers – and help to accelerate the growth of new lighting technologies and compatibility standards,” said Eric Kim, CEO of Soraa.
