Craig DiLouie

Cooledge’s flexible LED light sheets are engineered to provide high-quality lighting utilizing a highly dense pattern of LEDs on a thin plastic substrate. Their unique form factor allows large panels, long lengths and the ability to conform to a wide variety of shapes—eliminating many of the constraints and challenges imposed by traditional LED lighting options. [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced the Award of Merit Recipients for the 2013 IES Illumination Awards. The Illumination Awards committee received 471 projects for consideration. From the submittals, 355 were scored sufficiently to receive an Award of Merit. The Merit Award projects receiving acceptable score levels were judged further for the highest award levels [...]

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America rose in June, up from 55.9 in May to 56.7, and continued to show signs of improvement in the business environment by remaining above the 50-point mark for the eighth consecutive month. Confidence in future business conditions also rose in June as the [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released a new study addressing the potential environmental impacts from landfill disposal of three light-source technologies used in residential homes: incandescent, CFL and LED. All three lamp types contained some hazardous elements which, while generally below Federal landfill limits, in some instances exceeded the more restrictive California limits. The [...]

The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) recently released its 2012 Annual Industry Report, painting the most complete picture of energy efficiency and demand response program activity available in one place. Based on a survey collecting budget, expenditure, and impact data, the report covers both gas and electric demand side management in the United States and [...]

Pixi FlatLights utilize an internal driver and other patent-pending technology to enable an ultra-thin 0.55 in. flat-surface mountable light panel. According to Pixi Lighting, these edge-lit LED luminaires produce smooth and evenly distributed light with no glare, flicker or hot spots. Bevel edged steel frames complete the clean seamless look.

The Lighting Controls Association recently published an article I wrote about advanced lighting control options that can be used to achieve Energy + Atmosphere points for LEED v.4. Version 4 of the popular Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system is expected to be released at Greenbuild in November 2013. Final [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a technical feasibility assessment of replacing existing high-pressure sodium and low-pressure sodium roadway lighting on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, conducted through the agency’s GATEWAY demonstration program. The goal was to identify solutions which would reduce maintenance and energy use without compromising the quantity or quality of [...]

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy One of the panel discussions generating buzz at DOE’s tenth annual SSL R&D Workshop, held a few weeks ago in Long Beach, CA, was the one that focused on light spectrum and color perception. As [...]