Craig DiLouie

DOE has released a new report on a tunable lighting system installed at the Swedish Medical Behavior Unit in Seattle that sought to leverage biophilic design principles.

Outdoor stationary lighting presents a substantial market and a distinctive subset of lighting design. This article, which I wrote for the November issue of tED Magazine, describes considerations for evaluating and designing outdoor lighting systems.

Submissions open January 2, 2018 for the IES Illumination Awards program, which recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design.

Designed to enable higher ceilings and architectural flexibility, Apure’s MINUS product series offers an ultra-thin profile for minimal recess and an almost imperceptible aperture. The MINUS, designed by Porsche Design Studio, features proprietary precision optics engineered to distribute light very evenly without glare. The luminaire itself is invisible to the eye and is available in [...]

In the most recent issue of Architectural Lighting, LRC Director Dr. Mariana Figueiro explains how red and blue light can be a means of increasing daytime alertness and nighttime sleep. While tunable lighting systems provide a dynamic lighting solution that create an aesthetically pleasing environment for users, when it comes to circadian-effective lighting, layers of [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has issued a call for posters for the 2018 IES Research Symposium, which will explore how light affects human health. The deadline for abstract submissions is December 15, 2017.

LEDs have further differentiated themselves from traditional light sources by offering dramatically expanded color capabilities. These capabilities enable distributors to better serve existing customers and build new markets. Accomplishing this requires understanding LED technology, metrics used to evaluate color, and knowing what the customer wants and needs.

The NEMA Linear Fluorescent Lamp Index showed respective market share of 57.3% for T8, 8.6% for T5 and 12.4% for T12 in the first quarter of 2017. Remarkably, TLED lamps, which accounted for 15.3% of shipments in the first quarter, increased to 21.7% in the second quarter.

A collaboration with Curbell Medical Products, Focal Point’s Apollo 8 LED is an 8” x 4’ linear recessed LED luminaire available in three configurations to support common considerations for healthcare design: comfort, function, safety, sustainability, and health and wellness.