Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Focal Point has expanded its ID+ family of downlights with a new 3.5″ aperture luminaire specifically designed for shallow, restricted plenums. The luminaire features a 2.64″ tall housing, round or square aperture, and several reflector trim options including a new square die-cast trim. Brightness is controlled via a 50-degree cutoff trim or a 60-degree cutoff [...]

The most eye-catching building on the Denver skyline, the Wells Fargo Center, has become even more distinct, thanks to a stunning makeover by the Manhattan-based experiential design firm ESI Design. The three-year project, featuring an eight-story digital LED installation in the building’s glass atrium, opens this month. The Wells Fargo Center, designed by Philip Johnson [...]