Craig DiLouie

Wireless Environment’s SwitchSense Bulb Adapter is designed to enable LED and CFL lamps to operate for up to three hours during a power outage. When power is available, the product constantly stores power in an embedded battery using a trickle charge. Onboard intelligence detects a failure of power and switches to backup power, during which [...]

AT LIGHTFAIR, DOE experts presented on a wide range of solid-state lighting topics. These presentations, plus other materials, are now available for free download here.

There are many LED solutions available to upgrade from fluorescent T8 or T12, from new luminaires to retrofit kits and replacement lamps. Utility rebates for these LED solutions are growing but still not widespread. Here’s a BriteSwitch graphic showing what’s available now, based on their database. Learn more here.

The rapid development of lighting technologies, particularly solid-state systems using LEDs, has opened a universe of new possibilities as well as new questions about roadway lighting in the United States, which for decades has been dominated by the use of HPS lamps. Other light source technologies have also been angling for roadway market share. There [...]

Effective June 13, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy suspended the L Prize PAR38 Competition. No entries will be accepted. The L Prize Competition launched in 2008 as the first government-sponsored technology competition designed to spur development of highly efficient, high-performance LED replacement products. A winning entry in the 60W replacement lamp category was awarded [...]

Hubbell Lighting and TOTUS Solutions, Inc., a provider of outdoor lighting-based security platforms, recently announced a strategic partnership to develop outdoor luminaires with state-of-the-art surveillance technology. Under the new partnership, select Hubbell Lighting outdoor luminaires will be available with TOTUS Solutions’ surveillance technology. TOTUS Solutions has combined into a single integrated solution superior megapixel IP [...]

LightNOW recently reported on an Application Summary Report published by the Department of Energy’s CALiPER program, which evaluated bare-lamp performance for 31 linear LED lamps and found that while the lamps provided similar efficacy, tested average light output was half as much as the benchmark 32W fluorescent T8 lamp, and there was significant variation in [...]

LIGHTFAIR was extraordinary this year, with many new products deserving attention. Dynamic control, color tuning, new forms and approaches, improving LED performance, extended control capabilities and more–get it all at the LIGHTFAIR Innovation Award entries here. The winners are included.

Sixteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from 10 countries comprise the winners of the 31st Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, recognized at a presentation held June 4 at LIGHTFAIR. Of the 16 projects recognized, four entries earned a Special Citation, five earned Awards of Merit and seven [...]