Craig DiLouie

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy (Originally published December 2011) As this will be the last Posting of 2011, it’s a good opportunity to look back and review the year’s highlights. High on the list has to be the awarding in August of the first L Prize, which went to Philips Lighting North [...]

SEATTLE CITY LIGHT Job Title – Lighting Design Lab Manager (Mgr I – Utils) Location – Various – Seattle area Salary – $32.45 – $48.67 POSITION DESCRIPTION: Seattle City Light (SCL), a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. [...]

Philips Lumileds has announced the appointment of Pierre Yves Lesaicherre as CEO of Philips Lumileds. Lesaicherre succeeds Michael C. Holt and will report directly to Philips Lighting’s acting Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten. He joins Lumileds with more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor and component industry. He lives in Silicon Valley [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has published the 2011 IES Progress Report. Each year, the IES Progress Committee offers manufacturers the opportunity to submit significant product developments and improvements to the lighting industry through the IES Progress Report. The mission of the Progress Committee is to keep in touch with developments in [...]

On January 18, 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host a 60-minute live webinar presenting an update on the status of LED A19 lamp options for commercial businesses, with an overview of DOE’s L Prize competition and the rigorous lab, lifetime, and field testing that went into selection of the winning lamp. In [...]

On December 8, 2011, ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING magazine celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a special PechaKucha event. Held at Jack’s Studios in NYC, this event brought together a cross section of the lighting industry, including leading designers, manufacturers, researchers, educators and students, to celebrate innovations in lighting design and emerging lighting technologies. Check out the 25 [...]

From Philips Lightolier comes the 59W Opalescent LED 2×2 deep regressed luminaire producing 3,549 lumens at 61.5 lumens/W, 80 CRI and 4000K. The low-brightness, fully luminous opening illuminates both vertical and horizontal surfaces in the space. The product features a field-replaceable LED array accessible from below.

Michael W. Pessina has been appointed President of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. In his 35-year career with Lutron, Pessina has acquired broad experience in the engineering, quality assurance and manufacturing areas. After being promoted through several management positions, he was appointed to senior vice president in 2000, to executive vice president and chief operating officer [...]

Continuing the positive momentum of a nearly three point bump in October, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reached its first positive mark since August. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported [...]