Illuminating Engineering Society manager of government affairs and public policy Alex Baker talks about lack of germicidal ultraviolet standards

Carrie Meadows at LEDs Magazine shares her summary of the proceedings from a Feb. 1‒4, 2021, event where the US Department of Energy, in collaboration with the Illuminating Engineering Society, launched its virtual Lighting R&D Workshop to outline the state of research & development across the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) sectors. A previously-published report outlined the march of LED and SSL technology through DOE programs and covered future innovation prospects on the DOE roadmap. We also recently published a blog that centered on workshop-presented data, analytics, and software and automation capabilities that can assist with meeting energy and design objectives.…