Craig DiLouie

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America fell 10 points in September, dropping to 42.5. Fifteen percent of panelists reported the business environment facing electrical equipment manufacturers improved in September, while 30% claimed it worsened. Meanwhile, the EBCI for future North American conditions declined modestly to 52.5 in September after [...]

Impact Lighting’s Tiki pendant combines a parabolic downlight component with an inverted bell uplight component. The LED module is available in 3000K, 3500K or 4000K CCT and 80 CRI. Projected life of 71,000 hours at L70. Variety of finishes. Click here to learn more.

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York has announced that due to strong response by exhibitors and attendees, the 10th anniversary of the organization’s annual LEDucation event will be held at a new location. LEDucation will take place March 29-30, 2016 at the NY Hilton in Midtown in New York City. Click here to learn [...]

The International Commission on Illumination (CIE), which created and maintains the color rendering index (CRI) standard, recently published a position statement on CRI, its limitations, and whether and how to replace it. The complete statement is available here. Notable excerpts: On the limitations of CIE: “With the rapid uptake of LED lighting, which has greater [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy reached a significant milestone in bringing the building community together by releasing a common definition of a zero energy building, or what is also referred to as a “net zero energy” or “zero net energy” building. After leading an extensive stakeholder engagement process over the past year and a half, [...]

In late 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) published the results of a survey of entities across the United States that operate public street and area lighting.
 The survey was conducted in the latter half of 2013 to gain a better understanding of national energy consumption related to [...]

MayaLED by Luminis presents a family of site and area luminaires ranging from 1,000 to 13,000 lumens, with a new bollard complementing the existing line of wall-mounted and post-top luminaires. MayaLED offers a choice of precision optics, with IES Type II, IV and V distribution available. 4000K CCT and 80 CRI standard, with other CCTs [...]

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Central to any LED lighting product is the LED package, because that’s where the light is generated. Initially, the goal was to develop one type of LED package that would be suitable [...]

Construction growth is not only predicted to rise this year to 6%, but is also expected to climb to 7% in 2016, reaching $1.09 billion, the highest total since 2008, unadjusted for inflation, according to the Q315 FMI Construction Outlook. The Q3 FMI Construction Outlook forecasts growth for 17 sectors, across residential, non-residential and non-building [...]