Craig DiLouie

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.

Google has introduced a new way to create and engage with immersive artworks. The solution uses a digital brush and connected HTC Vive headset. The user can then paint strokes in air to create just about anything.

Amerlux’s LED Cynch is a small, simply styled accent luminaire that operates as a pendant, surface mount, and semi-recessed or recessed on its own or in a recessed multiple. It can also be used as an accent installed within a linear trough or pendant. Engineered with an integral 12V LED driver for 120/277V systems, the [...]

For the 2016 Spiral Independent Creators Festival, Akinori Goto created a wire wheel that creates dancing figures when illuminated. The project won Runner-up Grand Prix and the Audience Award.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released summary tables providing energy consumption estimates from the 2012 CBECS. The data show that despite a 14% increase in total buildings and a 22% increase in total floorspace since 2003, energy use in the estimated 5.6 million U.S. commercial buildings was up just 7% during [...]

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published NEMA LSD 74-2016 Considerations of Field LED Driver Replacement. This whitepaper discusses issues related to the field replacement of drivers in LED luminaires and how several aspects must be considered to ensure that the replacement driver will function the same as the original driver. Developed by the [...]