Craig DiLouie

Cree has extended its OSQ Series Area and Flood LED luminaires with a new OSQ 28L Outdoor Area and Flood LED luminaire. This high-output option delivers up to 28,285 lumens, which enables the replacement of HID luminaires up to 1000W. The OSQ Series blends optical control, advanced thermal management and clean aesthetics to reduce maintenance [...]

Based on a belief solar cells should be integrated with everyday products and surfaces, Ubiquitous Energy has developed the first transparent solar cell. The film can be applied to any surface to generate power. Imagine phones and tablets that can be recharged from light and skyscrapers that can use windows as solar energy sources.

Irish researchers have discovered a new form of light. Light travels in a straight line but also rotates around its axis. It was believed the angular momentum of these photos was a multiple of Planck’s constant, which sets the scale for quantum effects. The researchers theorized certain quantum effects slowed the angular momentum of these [...]

Now in its 16th year, the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Student Lighting Competition (SLC) awarded “12:04:24 – 12:04:50 AM,” a collaboration between Leela Shanker and Samuel Powers, the Grand Prize. Both students are enrolled in a dual-degree program combining the Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design and a Master of [...]

Philips Lighting has expanded its Hue connected lighting offering with Hue white ambiance. These lamps can emit every shade of white light, from cool daylight (6500K) to warm white light (2200K). With the new “Routines” feature in the Philips Hue app, Philips Hue white ambiance can gradually brighten to help users wake up naturally in [...]

David Shiller, President of Lighting Solution Development, LLC, recently blogged his top 11 takeaways from the 2016 Strategies in Light Conference. Socket saturation, OLEVs, price erosion, mini luminaires, R9 and more interesting observations here.

Below is my lighting column published in the June issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The large majority of commercial building luminaires feature some type of optical system that controls the light emission. The type of optics employed ultimately determines where light is directed, how much light reaches that point, and with how much [...]

After beginning the year with a decline, the Architecture Billings Index has posted three consecutive months of increasing demand for design activity at architecture firms. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) [...]

GE shows us how it’s done. This video shows off the company’s R&D capabilities. Scientists generated 2 million volts of electricity using a Marx generator. Super capacitors, capable of emitting and absorbing large surges of energy, captured that “lightning” in a bottle. The scientists use the bottle to power an electric car and drive off.