Craig DiLouie

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) recently published a report, 2015 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, an excellent resource for lighting market analysis and business planning. One thing is clear: The lighting market has undergone significant transformation since the last DOE characterization in 2010.

LEDVANCE GmbH, formerly OSRAM SYLVANIA, is now fully owned by MLS, a Chinese LED lighting company.

The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy (RMLA) recently announced its 2018 lighting courses. The RMLA Technical Course and the RMLA Design Course are offered now concurrently from June 21 – 24.

Prudential Lighting’s Stream Dots, an expansion of the company’s Stream Series, are luminaires featuring hidden LEDs, creating a soft, clean light.

One of the key events at the Strategies in Light conference is the gala for the Sapphire Awards produced by LEDs Magazine, which recognizes excellence in LED lighting products, projects, and industry service. Click to check out this year’s winners.

To help the lighting industry develop and implement new color-rendering methods and metrics that address the shortcomings of the commonly used CRI metric, the U.S. Department of Energy conducts research to enhance understanding of color rendition. An article based on this research, “Chroma Shift and Gamut Shape: Going Beyond Average Color Fidelity and Gamut Area,” was recently published in the journal LEUKOS.

LIT Design Awards has announced the winners of its first annual International Competition for Lighting Product Design and Implementation.

Created by ESI Design, a New York City-based studio, a novel light art installation creates a wide range of lighting animations on the building front of 1 North Dearborn. Click to watch the video.

Lunera’s Smart T8 delivers energy savings through its integration of LED technology, embedded microprocessors and an ambient light sensor; external occupancy sensors; and commissioning/energy/lighting management software. Together these create an open and cloud-connected solution, enabling Lunera and third-party applications to use the infrastructure beyond networked lighting controls for energy management optimization including occupancy-based HVAC control and peak power usage management.