August 2016

Check out the 17 projects that won accolades at the 33rd Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards in a new book (PDF) produced by the IALD. Get it here.

Available in both a suspended linear profile and a square pendant, Focal Point’s Nera provides illumination from a four-sided optical diffuser. The linear model delivers a 60/40 or 70/30 light distribution and can be specified with Right Light output levels of 650-1,000 lumens/foot in 4-, 5-, 6- and 8-foot lengths as well as continuous rows. [...]

Designed by artist Wolfgang Buttress, the “Hive” is a 17-meter-tall, 40-ton steel sculpture built in a meadow. The sculpture houses thousands of honeybees, whose activity triggers LED lights to pulse and sounds such as cello and vocals to emit from speakers. The idea behind the Hive is to raise awareness of the role bees play [...]

Below is a short news piece I wrote for the July issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. On September 26, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) named the ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2013 energy standard as the new national energy reference standard, superseding the 2010 version. What this means: Before October 2016, all states in the [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released a new Snapshot report on linear LED lamps, commonly known as TLEDs. Among the key findings of the new Snapshot, which is based on DOE’s LED Lighting Facts database: TLEDs now comprise more than 50% of all listed lamps, and more than 10% of all listed [...]

Besides covering the lighting industry, I also write fiction. My books have been published by big houses such as Simon & Schuster as well as small presses. You can check out my stuff at CraigDiLouie.com. I wanted to tell you about one of my series that’s a lot of fun to write and, I hope, [...]

SeventhWave is hosting a seminar in Michigan on September 8 on LED lighting technologies. It will be presented by Randall Johnson, LC, President of US Lamp. LED lighting technologies: evaluating performance and financial considerations (on-location course) September 8 │ 8:30 am–4 pm │ Marquette, MI │ $199 LEDs are rapidly changing the landscape for commercial [...]

Columbia Lighting’s (division of Hubbell) CWW is a contemporary wall wash LED luminaire designed for retail and commercial applications. Promising a “commercial-grade product that provides architectural-grade performance,” the CWW offers a slender profile, 3-in. aperture design, and ability to achieve uniformity of 5:1 on vertical surfaces from ceiling to floor. Multiple optical distributions and driver [...]

JB MacKinnon’s article in THE NEW YORKER, “The LED Quandary: Why There’s No Such Thing as Built to Last,” available here, makes an argument for lighting product durability. (Cory Doctorow makes the case in short here.) As an example, he points to the “Light Bulb Conspiracy” of the early Twentieth Century, in which it’s alleged [...]