Craig DiLouie

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Integrated Ceiling and Lighting System by GE and USG

GE Lighting has teamed up with USG Corporation to bring architects and designers a new monolithic, integrated ceiling and lighting system using cutting-edge products from two leading brands. USG’s Logix Ceiling System and GE’s Lumination LED Linear Recessed Luminaires are designed and tested together, making it simple to construct stylish new office, retail, hotel and [...]

LED + SSL

Final ENERGY STAR Luminaires Spec V.1.2 Posted

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted the final ENERGY STAR Luminaires Specification Version 1.2 criteria. You can view the specification at the Light Fixtures web page here.

Events, LED + SSL

LEDucation 7 Returns to New York March 20, 2013

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has announced an expanded show floor for its seventh annual LEDucation program on LED technology. LEDucation 7 will take place on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in New York City with an expansion in exhibit space and educational sessions at the Hotel Pennsylvania – Penn Plaza Pavilion. Over [...]

Products + Technology

Wake Forest Researchers Develop New EL Lamp

Researchers at Wake Forest University have produced what they say is a new light bulb–shatterproof, flicker-free, highly efficient, long lasting, and with a color quality that matches daylight. The technology is field-induced polymer electroluminescent. This technology has been around a while but has never produced enough light to be competitive as a lamp. The researchers [...]

Awards

IES Illumination Awards Open to Submissions Through February 7

The IES today announced that submissions for the 2013 Illumination Awards program are now being accepted online. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, February 7, 2013. The IES Illumination Awards provide a unique opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against [...]

Lighting Industry

Lighting Services Inc and Lumenpulse Sign Licensing Agreement

Lighting Services Inc and Lumenpulse recently announced signing a licensing agreement for “Lumentalk” technology. Lumentalk technology enables digital control of LED lighting over existing power infrastructure to maximize cost and energy savings. By turning electrical wiring into a stable, noise-free high-speed communications link for data, Lumentalk enables LED fixtures to be reliably controlled without additional [...]

Construction + Economy

Architecture Billings Index Signaling Gains for Fourth Straight Month

Billings at architecture firms across the country continue to increase. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the November ABI score was 53.2, up from the mark of [...]

Daylighting, Products + Technology

Product Monday: LightFlex Prismatic Daylighting System by Sunoptics

Sunoptics’ LightFlex system is a high performance prismatic daylighting solution for suspended-ceiling applications. The LightFlex toplighting system uses the Sunoptics Signature Series prismatic skylight, which allows the system to efficiently capture low-angle sunlight and optimize light distribution. A patent-pending optic sphere drives light down through the skylight’s light well, maximizing the system’s light penetration. The [...]

LED + SSL, Research

DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report on LED PAR38 Lamps

The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 20 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program, available here. Report 20 evaluates the independently tested photometric performance of 38 LED PAR38 lamps, with results showing significant improvement versus earlier CALiPER testing of similar products. All of the LED PAR38 lamps tested offer substantial energy [...]

Lighting Industry

T12 Fluorescent Lamp Index Tumbles During Third Quarter of 2012

NEMA’s T12 lamp shipment index tumbled to 37.5, a decline of nearly 40% on a year-over-year (y/y) basis during Q3 – the first quarter following the implementation of the new efficiency standards for general service fluorescent lamps (GSFL). T8s and T12s also posted double digit declines of 26.9% and 19.9%, respectively. Overall shipments during the [...]

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