Craig DiLouie

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has announced the return of LEDucation VI March 21, 2012, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City. More than 1,800 lighting design community members are expected to attended seminars led by LED experts to help attendees recognize the ever-changing, constantly evolving LED [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) is presenting a symposium on the role and effects of lighting on older adults to be held in Washington, DC, March 6-7, 2012. The two-day symposium is designed to disseminate the latest research about the special lighting needs of older adults with aging eyes. The researchers delivering [...]

WAC Lighting has received an ISO–14001 Certification for its effective environmental management system of designing and producing luminaires and components. The company operates a clean, wholly owned manufacturing campus with zero landfill status, recycling capabilities and in-house UL authorized labs. The ISO–14001 environmental management standards help organizations minimize their operations and manufacturing impact on the [...]

NEMA’s indexes for linear fluorescent lamp shipments increased during Q3 2011 compared to the previous quarter. T8 lamp shipments led the way with a 6.1% gain. Shipments of T5 and T12 lamps followed posting increases of 5.7% and 0.9%, respectively. Year-over-year performance showed double digit growth in T5s of 18.8% and 20.8% for T8s. The [...]

The International Association of Lighting Designers recently announced the results of the 2012 IALD Elections. IALD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gustavo Avilés, IALD Lighteam Gustavo Avilés Mexico City, Mexico Kaoru Mende, IALD Lighting Planners Associates Inc Tokyo, Japan Suzan Tillotson, IALD Tillotson Design Associates New York, NY USA IALD MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR James Youngston, IALD Gabler-Youngston [...]

Edge Lighting’s Soft Line uncoils like a tape measure, creating a 1-in.-wide line between opposing wall or ceiling surfaces using provided mounting turnbuckles. When suspended 1 to 2 ft. away from a surface, it provides indirect illumination at 2.3W/linear ft. and 80 CRI. Available in lengths up to 40 ft., the Soft Line can be [...]

Just announced for 2012 the public offered courses at the GE Lighting & Electrical Institute at Nela Park in Cleveland, Ohio … Fundamentals of Lighting – 1.5 CEU Industrial Solutions 101 Industrial Solutions 102 LED Indoor Workshop – 1.0 CEU Lighting Retrofits – 1.0 CEU Industrial Solutions 101 Fundamental of Lighting – 1.5 CEU Industrial [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy Although you do not often hear about growth in domestic manufacturing here in the United States, the solid-state lighting industry is steadily growing and establishing a manufacturing presence here at home. Solid-state lighting was not only born of U.S. ingenuity and R&D, but is riding the [...]

GE Lighting Solutions, LLC recently announced the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit filed in May 2010 against Dongbu Lightec, formerly Fawoo Technology. The settlement terminates a pending action before the court regarding allegations of Dongbu Lightec’s infringements of US Patents 6,799,864 and 6,787,999 that cover, among other things, LED lamp heat sink designs and [...]