Craig DiLouie

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has announced the recipients of the IES Illumination Awards for 2014. The IES granted two Awards of Distinction, 11 Awards of Excellence, and five Special Citations. The Awards program recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design based on the individual merit of each entry. [...]

This educational video by Philips Lighting describes how a luminaire delivers its light at what angles and at what intensity, and how this information is recorded on a photometric report and analyzed.

Equipped with a standard GU5.3 two-pin base, Soraa’s constant current MR16 LED lamp fits into any MR16 luminaire and fully conforms to the ANSI/ IECE compatible form factor. Unlike other MR16 LED lamps, the constant-current LED lamp is designed to accept an external driver which supplies the lamp with low-voltage DC input current, eliminating the [...]

Chris Brown, CEO of Wiedenbach-Brown, recently penned an interesting perspective on how change in the lighting industry may impact lighting distributors. The article begins: Five years ago, we were in the light bulb business. Today we’re in the semiconductor business. Five years ago, we were dealing with three lamp companies. Today we’re dealing with a [...]

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America improved to 58.3 in October as the share of panelists reporting improved conditions rose by a larger amount than the share reporting they worsened. Meanwhile, the EBCI for future North American conditions fell for a second consecutive month in October, dropping to 55.6.

The Calgary Tower, an iconic symbol in my adopted city of Calgary, recently got new LED lighting that is impressing people across the city with impressive colorful light shows occurring each day from 5AM to sunrise and nightly from dusk to midnight. There are three luminaires on the roof, 12 on the crown, and 24 [...]

Even as the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes LEDs as the single most significant and disruptive energy-efficient lighting solution of today, scientists around the world continue to search for a better light bulb. Enter carbon electronics. Scientists from Tohoku University in Japan have developed a new type of energy-efficient flat light source based on [...]

Prudential’s Stream provides a slot lighting option with a “barely there” presence that radiates light seemingly from nowhere. Luminaires can be joined, without seams, for an uninterrupted line of light. No lens. Trimless mud-over flange for a sleek and minimalist fit. Click here to learn more.

The Designers Lighting Forum of New England (DLFNE) recently hosted the 2014 Boston Lights Exposition presented by Platinum Sponsor ESS Lighting. The New England lighting trade show welcomed over 1,100 guests from as far away as Ghana and featured the latest in architectural lighting products and accredited seminars by renowned lighting specialists. With more than [...]