Craig DiLouie

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released an exploratory CALiPER study on the problems and benefits likely to be encountered as LED products intended to replace linear fluorescent lamps become increasingly popular. Eighteen lighting designers and facility engineers compared 24 identical pairs of troffers in a simulated office space. Three of those pairs involved [...]

The Telelumen Light Replicator enables any light to be recorded either in an instant or over time, matched by software, and reproduced.

Mark Rea, Director of the Lighting Research Center, and Zia Eftekhar, former Chairman of Philips Lighting North America, recently sat down to discuss promoting the value of light to end-users. The resulting 30-minute conversation, focusing on how to measure the actual value of light using new value metrics and how to communicate this value to [...]

Out of 125 submissions from New York City lighting design students, “Atherisch,” designed by Peter Ossi, a BID industrial design major at Pratt Institute, was awarded the grand prize at the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) 13th annual student lighting design competition. Ossi receives a $2,000 cash prize and an all-expense paid [...]

NEMA’s shipment indexes for T5 and T8 liner fluorescent lamps increased 2.1 and 15.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to reach 156.8 and 103.1, respectively. However, the quarterly gains were not able to offset decreases earlier in 2012. The index for T5 lamps posted an annual reading of 159, a decline of 10.7 [...]

NEMA’s March Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American business conditions continues to indicate improvement in the business environment despite slipping from 69.6 in February to 65.9 in March 2013. Meanwhile, confidence in future business conditions continues to build, as the EBCI for North American conditions six months hence climbed by nearly 10 [...]

Peerless’s Staple suite of value suspended and wall-mount luminaires feature subtle contours around the perimeter of their rectangular bodies, creating a contemporary aesthetic, while illuminating spaces via a soft-glowing acrylic baffle or diffused lens extending edge to edge and end to end to provide seamless continuity. Gloss white paint finishes this understated yet modern lighting [...]

The Bay Lights, the new LED lighting system for the Bay Bridge that was developed by Philips Color Kinetics, recently went live. Fulfilling the brainchild of Ben Davis, chairman of Illuminate the Arts (ITA) and the vision of acclaimed artist Leo Villareal, the bridge will glow as a one-of-a-kind lighted sculpture for the next two [...]

FMI reports after the first quarter it is continuing to forecast an increase of 8% in total put-in-place construction in 2013 over 2012 levels, or $919 billion. The biggest improvement is expected in the residential market with a 23% increase in single-family buildings. Click here to download the report.