Craig DiLouie

A Swedish scientist has created a treatment for wood that renders it nearly transparent, which will allow architects a potential new way to bring daylight into buildings. Check it out here.

Workstation task lighting provider Humanscale recently entered the architectural lighting market with its acquisition of Vessel, an architectural lighting solution from designer Todd Bracher that has won eight awards, including Best of NeoCon Gold. Available to ship in May, this clear cylindrical light is made of quartz crystal, providing glare-free illumination in a simple, refined [...]

A proposal that would set lighting requirements for high-rise dwellings in the energy standard published by ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is open for industry comment. Fourteen addenda to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013,Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, are open for public comment from March 25 until April 24, 2016. Among the [...]

The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lead time between architecture billings [...]

NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, decreased 2.6% quarter-to-quarter while posting a 0.1% increase year-over-year during 2015Q4. Fixtures, emergency lighting, and miniature lamps, components of the index, gained ground on a year-over-year basis, while ballasts and large lamps abd components recorded year-over-year declines.

National Architecture Week is a public awareness campaign dedicated to elevating the public’s appreciation of design and to bring attention to the role architects play as a force for positive change in communities. This year’s National Architecture Week will bring special focus on architects’ ability to impact communities through design and collaboration. Click here to [...]

Lighting Services Inc has added a Product Builder feature to the LSI website. This feature allows users to configure an LED luminaire to their specifications then export the order details into a PDF document for professional use or to forward to a representative or supplier. You can also “Create Project” in the Product Builder. Once [...]

“Where the Light Is: Home Lighting Trends” is a major feature article I wrote for the March issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. The 2008 housing-market crash ended the home construction boom. A steady recovery began in 2012, and it continues today, bolstering the U.S. economy. Historically, residential construction averages 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic [...]

Lumenpulse Inc., a manufacturer of specification-grade LED lighting solutions, recently announced it has acquired Fluxwerx Illumination Inc., a privately owned pure-play specification-grade LED lighting solutions provider based in British Columbia, Canada, for a total initial consideration of $60 million. Founded in 2011, Fluxwerx is a manufacturer of LED luminaires, with several innovations including the company’s [...]