Craig DiLouie

Cooper Lighting’s io Tile Gen II LED luminaire, which recently won a Best of NeoCon Award, is a luminous, clean, geometric form that can be surface-mounted, pendant-mounted or recessed into walls and ceilings. An anodized aluminum frame, less than ¾-inches deep, houses LED linear strips that serve to edge-light the optical waveguide acrylic, which directs [...]

Energy efficiency programs have been helping electric utility customers reduce and manage their energy costs for 30 years or more in many states. Born out of the energy crises of the 1970s, these customer programs have grown and matured to become a low-cost, high-value energy resource for electric utilities and their customers. Three Decades and [...]

The United Kingdom comes in first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world’s major economies, followed closely by Germany, Japan, and Italy, according to the first-ever International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published today by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The report finds that in the last decade the U.S. has [...]

The Department of Energy has published the first evaluation report from a GATEWAY demonstration on NE Cully Boulevard, a residential collector road in Portland, OR. Six different types of roadway luminaires were installed in side-by-side groupings and evaluated for initial performance: three LED, one induction, one ceramic metal halide, and one baseline high-pressure sodium. In [...]

Acuity Brands, Inc. has developed a financial tool that allows users to determine the true economic value of a lighting system, greatly exceeding the simple data output found on many industry “payback” calculators. The Visual Economic Tool is a free tool that uses recommended industry practices (IESNA RP-31-1996, Recommended Practice for the Economic Analysis of [...]

Lighting Analysts, Inc. has announced the availability of ElumTools 2013, an enhanced and updated software add-in to Autodesk Revit 2013 MEP or Architecture. ElumTools 2013 contains several user-driven enhancements such as dedicated emergency calculation mode, support for luminaire dimming and switching, and a more accurate treatment for transmission of electric light through glass.

Brownlee Lighting recently announced the completion of a 16,000-sq.ft. building expansion. The new addition, located at 4600 Dardanelle Drive, has doubled inventory storage capacity and is home to an additional wet spray and a new powder coating system. Office space was also increased with multiple new offices, including a larger conference room and two R&D [...]

NEMA’s shipment index for halogen A-line lamps showed a continued acceleration in growth during Q1 2012, improving by 110% on a year-over year basis. Halogen A-line lamps garnered a share of 2.8%, double their share during the same period last year. This increase was preceded by gains of 90% and 98% during Q3 and Q4 [...]

The 31st annual Illuminating Engineering Society Street and Area Lighting Conference will be held in Miami September 9-12, 2012. This event was created for industry professionals to openly exchange information on outdoor lighting issues, learn about outdoor lighting technology and applications, and view the latest products and services. Click here for more information and to [...]