Craig DiLouie

Hubbell Lighting’s all-in-one LED commercial downlight, Prescolite’s LBSLEDA, is designed to fit a standard 4×4 J-Box, providing an alternative to recessed products in settings where plenum height is challenging or where fire codes restrict the use of recessed luminaires. Available in a 7-inch round and square (LBSQLEDA) version, the LBSLEDA features an intuitive snap-in system [...]

I enjoy receiving Ted Konnerth’s newsletter from Egret Consulting Group. Ted has an excellent big picture view of the lighting industry. Like everybody else, he doesn’t have all the answers about where things are ultimately headed, but he’s asking the right questions. The below article is republished from an issue I received the week after [...]

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 The winners in the Indoor and Outdoor categories of the seventh annual Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition (NGL) were announced today at LIGHTFAIR® International in New York. Sponsored by DOE, the Illuminating [...]

If you live in Canada, Happy Canada Day! From my lighting column for the May issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, on the topic of 2015 IECC: Last year, the International Code Council published the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), a model energy code that states and other jurisdictions can use in whole or part as [...]

NEMA’s linear fluorescent lamp shipment indexes for 2015Q1 continued the downward trend exhibited during calendar year 2014. As expected, due to energy efficiency regulations the index for T12 lamps declined for the fifth consecutive quarter on a year-over-year (y/y) basis, dropping by 39.5%. T8 shipments also posted a double digit decline, decreasing by 21.7%. Shipments [...]

Eaton’s Halo ALLSLOPE LED Downlight System features interchangeable beam-forming optics, full range dimming and numerous color temperatures and trim options, and are specifically designed for slope ceiling applications to fulfill residential, hospitality, retail and institutional needs. The three-piece system consists of a choice of a 6-inch aperture housing, available in 1200 lumens or 1800 lumens; [...]

My contribution to the Lighting Controls Association website in May is an article about visible light communication. Visible light communication (VLC) is a particularly exciting technology in an industry that is already going through exciting technological change. This technology, popularly used in applications such as fiber-optics, now shows promise for general lighting due to the [...]

I was pleased to contribute a special editorial section on LED lighting to the April issue of BUILDING DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION. It includes an article about the state of the art in LED luminaires, new products plus a tour of several design projects exemplifying the effective use of LED lighting. Click here to check it [...]

Riding a stretch of increasing levels of demand for 13 out of the last 15 months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dropped in April for the second month this year. 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 [...]