Craig DiLouie

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium has released an economic cost-benefit analysis tool to help cities, utilities, and other organizations estimate the costs and impacts of switching to street lighting that uses LED lamping. The Excel-based Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool was developed in collaboration with the Clinton Climate Initiative. Users input [...]

Columbia Lighting has unveiled e•poc LED, its first LED light fixture featuring solid-state electronics from Universal Lighting Technologies. The product is carefully tuned using precise standards to maintain superior color consistency within each fixture, from fixture to fixture, and throughout its lifetime. The product passed through Columbia’s custom test booth where each unit receives a [...]

Finelite has announced a new 10-year warranty for its High Performance Recessed LED (HPR-LED) luminaire collection. At twice the industry standard for lifetime operating hours, this warranty also doubles the standard coverage terms for optimal performance over the extended lifetime of the luminaire. The HPR-LED collection, introduced last fall, is a distinct new ambient fixture [...]

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) convened a credentialing task force to assess prospective domains of practice and qualifications for an international architectural lighting design certification. This assessment will be conducted via online survey, and is a key component of the task force’s efforts. The survey launched March 1, 2012 and is testing the [...]

LEDucation 6 will be closing online registration on Monday, March 19, 2012. With the exhibitor show floor once again completely sold out with more than 90 manufacturers, expectation of more than 1,200 attendees, and a strong lineup of educational programming, LEDucation 6 has positioned itself for another informative event on March 21. Exhibit hours are [...]

I’m happy to be writing again for Architectural Lighting Magazine, for which I served as editor and publisher in the late 1990s. Editor Elizabeth Donoff is doing a terrific job providing the industry with great editorial, and brought me back to contribute a technology column in each issue. My contribution to the Jan/Feb issue deals [...]

BEGA-US has announced new LED light fixtures from LIMBURG available with standard 3000K LED sources with a 4000K option, combining old world craftsmanship with state-of-the-art lamping. The ceiling and pendant fixtures are offered with new finishes, including “Brilliant Whtie” (similar to RAL 9003) and “Polished Aluminum.”

The Advanced Lighting Guidelines Online Application Directory provides comprehensive designs of lighting and controls based on specific building types or space types. Check out this office design module, Open-Plan Office Application – Wallwash 1 (PDF), detailing the design approach, criteria and controls for effective wallwashing. Explore the Application Directory for more design modules.

The energy service company (ESCO) market for energy efficiency project installations and services exceeded $5.1 billion in 2011, according to a new report by Pike Research. This market is expected to continue to grow faster than the domestic economy and reach $16 billion in sales by 2020. This Pike Research report describes the continuing evolution [...]