February 2016

Light doesn’t only serve as the basis of vision. It can influence behavior and how people feel. Further, light plays an important role in human health. As researchers gain insight into the relationship between light and health, the lighting industry is beginning to consider health effects in product and lighting design best practices. Click here [...]

LED A-line lamps posted another strong showing in 2015Q3, surging 237.2% during the quarter on a year-over-year basis. Halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 33%. In contrast, incandescent A-line lamps decreased by 31.5% while compact fluorescents lamps dropped 28%. Compared to 2015Q2, LED shipments rose 17.2%, while halogen A-lines increased 4.6%. CFL shipments [...]

Lighting for Tomorrow has launched its fourteenth consecutive annual competition recognizing high-quality energy-efficient residential lighting products on the market. Winners are heavily promoted by Lighting for Tomorrow for a full calendar year. Award recipients will also be eligible to be promoted by energy efficiency programs across the US and Canada. Lighting for Tomorrow is sponsored [...]

I contributed this short article to the February 2016 issue of tED Magazine, published by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED). Reprinted with permission. Manufacturer Zumtobel recently concluded a field study with Gerry Weber that showed an increase in sales based on a lighting solution optimized based on the personality type of the fashion [...]

Cree, Inc. has added the XLamp XQ-A LED to the XQ LED family. The compact, ceramic-based XQ-A enables lighting manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively expand their product portfolios by leveraging an LED design that is similar to that of the XQ-E. The new LEDs leverage the XQ platform to provide optical symmetry, consistency across all [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Brad Garrett, Director of Marketing, Architectural Products Group, Eaton. The topic: LED suspended luminaires. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the February 2016 issue of tED. DiLouie: How would you characterize the market for suspended general lighting [...]

California has adopted new regulations for small-diameter directional lamps (often used in track lighting) and general-purpose LED lamps. The new regulations establish a baseline for performance quality while promoting energy efficiency. Compliant lamps are already available. California predicts consumers will reduces operating costs by $4 billion over the first 13 years after implementation, saving enough [...]

OSRAM continues to positioning the carve-out of its general lighting lamps business with rebranding to the name LEDVANCE. Jes Munk Hansen, who has already been at the helm of the lamps business for one year after previously heading OSRAM’s Americas business, is leading the company. The product portfolio of LEDVANCE covers traditional lighting, modern LED [...]

GE has announced it will discontinue manufacturing compact fluorescent lamps for the U.S. market and focus its consumer lighting efforts on LED replacement lamps by the end of 2016. According to GE, about 15% of consumers have tried LED. By 2020, with steadily declining costs and superior performance compared to CFLs, more than 50% of [...]