Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

After a strong 2015, there is a growing sense that the construction industry expansion will be more tempered over the next 18 months. However, continued strong demand for hotels, office space, and amusement and recreation spaces will ensure continued growth in the overall construction spending market over this time period. The American Institute of Architects’ [...]

NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, decreased 0.8% quarter-to-quarter while posting a 0.6% increase year-over-year during 2016Q1. Fixtures and emergency lighting gained ground on a year-over-year basis, while ballasts, miniature lamps and large lamps recorded year-over-year declines.

Mark Rea, Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has taken an academic sabbatical for the upcoming fiscal year. During this time, Dr. Rea will focus on developing two new LRC initiatives: the Glenn W. Bailey Memorial Fellowship, which supports activities that integrate the business of lighting into the education of [...]

OSRAM Licht AG recently announced it has approved the sale of Ledvance (formerly OSRAM SYLVANIA), its general lighting lamps business. The buyer is a Chinese consortium consisting of the strategic investor IDG Capital Partners (IDG), the Chinese lighting company MLS Co., Ltd. (MLS) and the financial investor Yiwu State-Owned Assets Operation Center (Yiwu). The purchase [...]

Acclaim Lighting’s AL Cove Eco offers a low-power, economical, dimmable LED cove light for tight spaces. The luminaire emits about 400 lumens per foot with an 80+ CRI. Available in multiple correlated color temperatures in 1- and 4-foot sections, the AL Cove Eco allows for long linear runs of up to 100 feet at 120V [...]

For your listening enjoyment: “We’re All Light” by XTC.

Paris-based Oledcomm has won a contract from Transport Paris (RATP) to install LiFi-capable LED lighting in the Paris Metro, serving more than 2 million daily commuters. Installation has already occurred at La Defense Station following a test application. LiFi is visible light communication that uses rapidly modulated LED light emission to transmit complex communications. LUX [...]

My kids are crazy about Minecraft. If yours are too, this tutorial, courtesy of a budding lighting designer, teaches them various lighting techniques that can be implemented in the game.