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This is my personal opinion, based on my years working in the lighting industry. I am writing solely in my own capacity, not on behalf of Lucidus, lightful or any other company I am associated with. In the political spotlight. Last Saturday, 3 October, Latvia held its parliamentary election. I voted for Progresīvie (the Progressives). Because, you know, they are supposed to be progressive. Their election programme describes a party committed to social-democratic, green politi

Recently, together with Justinas from LUCIDUS TECHNO UAB, Gilles and Jurie from AAA-LUX, I visited the National Stadium construction site on Ozo Street in Vilnius, Lithuania. We met the main contractor, Naresta, to discuss the pitch-lighting solution included in the technical project. The conversation was practical: roof loads, luminaire positions, aiming, access, electrical architecture, controls and what happens after the stadium has been operating for five, ten or fifteen

Looking for a silver lining I waited a couple of days after Light + Building, almost hoping to find a silver lining in what I saw. I didn’t find one. What I found instead was a wave of polished PR posts from exhibitors talking about how great, big and important the event supposedly was. And I don’t blame them — the reality of the fair simply wasn’t that glamorous to put on social media. In reality, it reminded me of that meme my colleague has tattooed on his arm — a dog sitti

Lessons from the Bad Ideas Fundraising School — what I learned about fundability, pitching, timing, and why being “too early” with Lightful is actually OK.

Some of you already know, and some will definitely know from now on. In parallel to leading the lighting team at Lucidus SIA (Latvia) and managing Lucidus Techno UAB (Lithuania) and Lucidus Techno OU (Estonia) , I’m also working on my own project in the lighting field – lightful . lightful is an HR Tech startup – a marketplace that connects businesses in need of lighting engineers with experienced professionals across the EU. Personal Experience After more than 18 years i

Recently I had a chance—or better said, a challenge—to take over a complicated project. It was a challenge for several reasons. First,...