Craig DiLouie

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently appointed Brian Liebel as the new Technical Director of Standards, effective February 16, 2016. Liebel succeeds Rita Harrold, who retired June 30, 2015. While Liebel will primarily be responsible for overseeing the development and production of IES Standards, he will also play a key role in [...]

NSpec, a division of Nora Lighting, has introduced Iolite, a series of modular LED downlights. Iolite is available with 1-, 2- and 4-in. apertures for a minimal architectural appearance and offers more than 100 design and trim possibilities. The LED downlight features one LED core module, which is compatible with a dedicated downlight housing with [...]

On December 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a decision that mandatory energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are not technically feasible or economically justified. Furthermore, the DOE determined that higher energy conservation standards for HID lamps would not yield significant energy savings for the nation. Click here to read the [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section recently announced the establishment of the IESNYC Scholarship, which will be awarded annually. The first Section Scholarship will be available for the Spring of 2016. The scholarship is an unprecedented $25,000. Applicants must be first-year students currently enrolled in a full-time graduate program as a degree candidate [...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for ceiling fan light kits. The effective date of this rule is March 7, 2016. Compliance with the amended standards is required on and after January 7, 2019. The amended energy standards are: DOE estimates average life-cycle cost [...]

The ZigBee Alliance, a non-profit association of organizations creating open, global standards that define the Internet of Things (IoT) for use in consumer, commercial and industrial applications, recently announced with the EnOcean Alliance, a leading consortium for battery-less, wireless smart buildings and smart homes, that the two organizations will cooperate on combining the benefits of [...]

LightRules Mobile by Digital Lumens provides users a simple and convenient way to control and manage lighting settings from their mobile device or tablet. It works with the iPhone, iPad and iTouch running iOS8 or later. Support for Android devices will follow. Click here to learn more.

Acuity Brands, Inc. has acquired for cash certain assets, including all proprietary technology and other intellectual property, of GeoMetri, LLC, a provider of a software and services platform for mapping, navigation and analytics. “GeoMetri technology brings a key component into our digital lighting platform, augmenting our positioning services which now include over 10 million square [...]

NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, increased by 4.8% year-over-year and by 4.4% quarter-to-quarter during 2015Q3. The increase was driven by the fixtures component of the index, which gained ground on a year-over-year basis, while the emergency lighting, ballast and lamp – large and miniature – components recorded offsetting [...]