About Signify Academy Interact podcast & audiobooks
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.
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Discover how Signify is leading the way in sustainable lighting!
In our latest "Light That Connects" podcast, Jonathan Weinert talks with Thomas Marinelli about the new Signify Circle program and its role in driving circularity, resource efficiency, and a brighter, better world by 2030. Learn how "use less, use longer, use again" is shaping the future of lighting. Listen now and get inspired to join the circular economy movement!
More (https://www.signify.com/global/sustainability/signify-circle) information about Signify Circle
Brighter Lives, Better World 2030 podcast episode (https://share.transistor.fm/s/18395f60) and webpage (https://www.signify.com/global/sustainability)
Ellen MacArthur Foundation [more (https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org)]
#Sustainability #CircularEconomy #LightingInnovation #SignifyCircle #BrighterLivesBetterWorld
27 Aug 2026
The value of light
A Signify Academy webinar recording, presented by Joshua Welch (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-welch-b1a817113/) Senior Lighting Designer, Hoare Lea (https://hoarelea.com)
Associate, Lighting Design International.
Light is undervalued not because it lacks impact, but because we’ve failed to explain it. This webinar shows you how to change that — and turn insight into opportunity.
1. Why “light is light” is a costly misconception
When light gets reduced to numbers, specs, and minimum standards, its value disappears before the conversation even starts. This session breaks down why that happens and why it matters.
2. Value isn’t fixed, it’s framed
Light doesn’t just have functional value. It has financial and emotional value too but only if it’s framed in a way people can understand and care about.
3. Why lighting feels like a ‘niche’ (and why it isn’t)
Lighting isn’t niche, it touches almost everything. It only feels niche because we’ve done a poor job of explaining what it actually does and why it matters.
4. How better framing creates real opportunity
By changing how we talk about light, we change how it’s perceived. That shift opens the door to better projects, stronger differentiation, and a much bigger share of the pie.
26 Aug 2026
People First, Lighting Second
A Signify Academy webinar recording, presented by Arianna Ghezzi Associate, Lighting Design International.
A YouTube version can be found in the description of this episode.
Learn to understand and apply a human-centred approach to lighting design that prioritises human wellbeing over architecture-driven solutions and how to develop holistic lighting strategies that enhance user experience, support healthy environments, and positively influence behaviour and spatial outcomes.
Learn:
How to design a well calibrated lighting scheme to allow human beings to thrive in an environment
Practical example of how artificial light shapes human experience and influences the nervous system
Understanding of lighting control and how layering the light can allow multiple lighting scenes
Provide tools to design a human centric lighting scheme
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