Light in Focus

Product Show Open House / Classes / Food and Drink / Raffle Prizes

Please plan on joining The MH Companies on Thursday, April 30, 2026 for Light in Focus!

This open house event runs from 11:30–7:00, so plan on stopping by at a time that's convenient for you.

Manufacturers

We'll have 21 factories in attendance, showing off their latest and greatest products.

• Apure Lighting
• Autani
• Barron Lighting
• Beulux
• Current Lighting
• DMF Lighting
• Fluxwerx
• GROUPE RAGNI North America
• H.E. Williams
• HK Lighting
• Inter-lux
• Intra-lighting
• JLC-Tech
• Lumenwerx
• Mindset Lighting
• MOJO Illumination
• NX Lighting Controls
• Secto Design
• TMS Lighting
• U.S. Outdoor Lighting
• Wattstopper

CEU Courses

In additional to the product show, we'll be offering four CEU courses.

11:30–12:30

Control Intent Narrative (CIN) and Sequence of Operations (COO)

Presented by Amy Stacy from Autani.

AIA | Credit: 1 LU/HSW

Overview

This course offers a 60-minute deep dive into this industry-standard framework, covering:

• Control Intent Narratives (CIN) versus Sequences of Operation (SOO) and their distinct purposes.
• Documentation evolution through project phases: SD, DD, CD, and CA.
• Advanced control strategies including occupancy sensing, daylight harvesting, and system integration.
• The Control Matrix method for streamlined project communication.
• Implementation best practices and commissioning verification.

Who Should Attend?

This session is designed for lighting designers, electrical engineers, architects, controls contractors, building owners, facility managers, and commissioning providers seeking to improve control system documentation and delivery.

1:30–2:30

Light + Education

Presented by Melissa Ernest from Fluxwerx.

AIA | Credit: 1 LU/HSW

Overview

Today’s classrooms are multifunctional learning spaces designed to inspire. Flexible, comfortable, high performance lighting is critical to complement and support the variety of collaborative and individual-led teaching and learning activities and functions these environments demand. This presentation is a guide for understanding the considerations when designing for education and establishing the connection between lighting and human wellness in education-oriented environments. It gives an overview of key lighting factors in various spaces in both K-12 and higher educational establishments, and offers practical recommendations and strategies for designing and specifying lighting in educational spaces.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify four key considerations when designing for education.
2. Develop an understanding of how luminaire selection and lighting desgn strategies in various educational environments improve the quality of teaching spaces, increase facility functionality and deliver cost and energy savings.
3. Determine appropriate lighting control strategies for different types of educational spaces; distinguish different types of light spectrum control, and discuss the ability of tunable white fixtures to improve comfort and student/instructor well-being in the noted environments.
4. Identify application best practices for minimal energy usage in educational settings using specific examples that focus on energy efficiency and sustainable design values.

3:30–4:30

Built to Last

The Value of American Manufacturing

Presented by McKade Crockett from H.E. Williams.

AIA | Credit: 1 LU/HSW

Overview

This course examines the practical and performance-based advantages of specifying domestically manufactured lighting products to ensure resilient, sustainable design. Participants will explore how American manufacturing supports quality assurance, supply chain transparency, and compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain how domestic manufacturing promotes product consistency, durability, and quality control in the built environment.
2. Identify how sourcing from American manufacturers enhances supply chain transparency, improves material composition safety, and supports responsible specification practices.
3. Discuss how local manufacturing can reduce delivery risks and support timely project completion.
4. Evaluate how specifying U.S.-made products aligns with broader goals of resilience, lifecycle value, and environmentally responsible design.

5:30–6:30

Lighting That Attracts

Lighting Design Factors Impacting Preference and Presence

Presented by Mark Rorrison from TMS Lighting.

AIA | Credit: 1 LU/HSW

Overview

This 1-hour HSW learning unit explores the visual and psychological connections between architectural lighting and human preference. Although most occupants of a space don’t understand why they prefer one space over another with differing lighting designs, this program outlines specific factors to consider for improving the emotional connection within an interior space. Proper application of lighting placement, distribution, brightness ratios, acoustic materials, and LED color spectrum can result in aesthetics and physical comfort that exceed occupant expectations. Applying best practices with these design factors can enable gains in retail and hospitality patronage as well as improve employee wellness and retention in working environments.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand how lighting elements impact occupant preference by satisfying their psychological and emotional expectations.
2. Describe how lighting placement and distribution impact psychological and emotional response.
3. Identify lighting factors to consider for designing comfortable visual and hearing environments.
4. List LED system considerations that improve space aesthetics, occupant well-being, and space functionality.

Prizes

Raffle drawings will be held throughout the day, in between the classes listed above.
(Must be present to win a raffle prize.)

All attendees will be entered to win the $1,500 Best Buy Gift Card grand prize!

Food and Drink

We'll have plenty of food and drink on hand, so come hungry!

Eat. Drink. Learn. Win.