Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently announced the establishment a new committee: Resilient Lighting. The purpose of the Committee is to actively research, develop consensus of best practices, write standards documents and educate the profession on lighting equipment and recommended practices for lighting that must survive and perform during and after adverse [...]

Selux Corporation’s Kju is a dimmable, efficacious decorative pendant with multiple mounting options and specially designed layer of lenses that promotes uniform distribution across the entire luminaire. Click here to learn more.

Demand for lighting equipment, as measured by NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, increased by 1.4% year-over-year (y/y) during 2015Q1. However, the quarter-to-quarter change was in negative territory, with a decline of 3.6%. Emergency lighting and luminaires gained ground on a year-over-year basis while the ballast and lamp–large and miniature–components tempered these gains with (y/y) declines.

Lighting Services Inc (LSI), a manufacturer of specification-grade track lighting systems, has announced a 12-year limited warranty on its products. Within 12 years of date of purchase, Lighting Services Inc will repair or replace any luminaire, track or busway product with same or equivalent product if it breaks or ceases to function properly due to [...]

From auditing to installation to financing, Cree now offers a comprehensive package of lighting upgrade services as a delivery mechanism for their LED products into the existing buildings market. Click here to learn more. It’s an interesting move, a step toward manufacturers selling Light as a Service.

Leviton recently announced the acquisition of Intense Lighting, LLC, a manufacturer of LED luminaires. Intense Lighting, based in Anaheim, Calif., enhances Leviton’s current product offerings with a wide variety of specification-grade LED lighting solutions for the commercial, hospitality, supermarket, retail and residential markets. Intense Lighting will operate as a new, standalone business unit and maintain [...]

In what is a very innovative year in the lighting industry, I’d like to show you another interesting new product, this one from Kim Lighting. Kim’s ArcheType X series, available in a flood, wall or site/area luminaires, offers independently adjustable LED emitters, providing limitless lighting distributions and possibilities from one product family. This allows the [...]

The SOURCE Awards competition is an annual lighting competition, open to all design professionals, that recognizes excellence in designs that use Eaton’s luminaires in an interior or exterior project. A coincident student competition recognizes excellence in conceptual designs using the company’s products. Projects are judged on aesthetics, creative achievement, technical performance and the degree to [...]