October 2016

Products + Technology

Product Monday: LumeLEX Pendant Downlight by Lighting Services Inc

Lighting Services Inc’s LumeLEX 2048 Series is an elegant fixed pendant downlight designed with Dim to Warm and Xicato XTM LED technology up to 23W. Developed specifically for hospitality and transitional space lighting, the LumeLEX 2048 with Dim to Warm differentiates itself by providing up to 1,300 delivered lumens with a system efficiency of 59 [...]

Products + Technology

Five Major Trends in Indoor LED Luminaires

Below is my lighting column published in the October issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Strategies Unlimited has forecasted that by 2022, LED luminaires will achieve a 60 percent share of global luminaire shipments. In the U.S., three major manufacturers of indoor LED luminaires say LED already constitutes a majority of their indoor luminaire [...]

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on Optimizing Human, Animal and Plant Responses to Light

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Among the many possibilities enabled by the advent of SSL is the use of light to trigger or suppress certain physiological responses of living things — from humans, to animals, to plants. [...]

Interviews + Opinion, Products + Technology

Interview with Hubbell’s Chris Bailey on LED Optics

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Bailey LC, LEED AP BD+C, DDI, MIES, Director, Business Development and Product Innovation, Hubbell Lighting, Inc. The topic: trends in LED optics. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the June 2016 issue of tED. DiLouie: What [...]

Lighting Industry, Products + Technology

LED A-Line Lamp Shipments Decrease in Second Quarter of 2016 While Still Maintaining Year-Over-Year Growth

LED A-line lamp shipments posted a 21.2% quarter-over-quarter decrease in the second quarter of 2016 compared to last quarter, but enjoyed year-over-year growth of 40.6%. Meanwhile, halogen A-line lamps shipments show virtually no year-over-year growth at 0.2%, but after a decrease in the first quarter, saw a 14.5% increase in Q216. Compact fluorescents lamp (CFL) [...]

Products + Technology

Product Monday: New LED Lamps by Cree

Cree’s new portfolio of LED lamps includes 25 new products, designed to offer better light quality, dimming, life (most up to 22+ years), warranty and pricing. Color rendition is improved, with smoother, quieter dimming to levels as low as 1 percent. The new lamps meet or surpass the requirements for ENERGY STAR product certification and [...]

Products + Technology

Evaluating New Technologies

New technology and change can sometimes be baffling. The Northwest Lighting Network’s Andy Gerde offers four simple questions that can be used to evaluate anything that’s new: Is it right for the job? As always, compare any lighting solution against the needs of the customer. Can it deliver the lighting performance required? It may be [...]

Controls

Lighting Controls Association Updates Energy Codes Online Course

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has published a new course to enhance its popular Education Express program: EE203: Lighting and Commercial Energy Codes, Part 2: ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2013 and IECC 2015. I was happy to have the opportunity to produce this content for LCA. Complying with a Department of Energy mandate, a growing number of states [...]

Construction + Economy

Architecture Billings Index Slips

On the heels of six out of seven months of increasing levels of demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell just below the positive mark. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American [...]

Education + Resources, People

Dawn De Grazio Appointed Technical Editor at IES

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently appointed Dawn De Grazio as Technical Editor, effective October 3. This newly created staff position will assist technical committees and IES Staff with editing IES standards, documents, and articles for accuracy and consistency. The position requires a high level of lighting technical knowledge and the ability [...]

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