Craig DiLouie

Cooper Lighting has introduced the Lumark Crosstour LED Wall Pack Series, a wall-mount luminaire featuring an “all-in-one” product design to satisfy a myriad of application needs by mounting in virtually any location. The product offers good optical performance, low-profile aesthetic design and easy installation while providing solutions for wall, surface, post (bollard), low-level and inverted [...]

More good economic news … On the heels of consecutive months of strengthening business conditions, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI), a leading economic indicator of construction activity produced by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), has now reached positive territory three months in a row. The ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time [...]

Lumenpulse Inc., a manufacturer of architectural LED-based lighting solutions, recently unveiled its completed Corporate Headquarters located in Montreal, Canada. Located near the city’s Lachine canal, the facility combines a 20,000 sq.ft. office space and an adjoining 45,000 sq.ft. manufacturing facility where Lumenpulse fixtures or products are created. The office space is custom designed to reflect [...]

Halco has announced that Kim Cook has assumed the position as President of Halco Lighting Technologies. She also retained her current title as Chief Operating Officer, which she has held since 2005. Since joining Halco in 1992, she has held positions as Account Representative, Regional Sales Manager, National Sales Manager and V.P. of Sales and [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) has announced a $150 million funding opportunity for transformational energy technologies. ARPA-E’s mission is to identify and fund research to translate science into breakthrough energy technologies that are too risky for the private sector and that, if successfully developed, will create the foundation for [...]

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 [...]