Craig DiLouie

Results from NEMA’s latest business conditions survey showed the economic environment facing the North American electroindustry improved for a second straight month in November. Though the Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions slipped to 56 from 57.4 in the previous month, it nonetheless cleared the 50 mark above which more panelists [...]

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels were 5,638 million metric tons carbon dioxide (MMTCO2) in 2010, an increase of 3.9% from the 2009 level, according to Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions 2010, an online analysis released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This is the largest percentage increase in U.S. [...]

Following the first positive score in four months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reversed direction again in September. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the September ABI score was [...]

Litecontrol recently unveiled its new Vertex luminaire, a high-performance indirect/direct pendant fixture sized for T8 lamps and optically designed to provide efficiencies as high as 90%. The Vertex provides a distribution of 65% uplight and 35% downlight. Optional optical components can be added to alter the distribution for 35% uplight with 65% downlight, 20% uplight [...]

Cree, Inc. recently announced the commercial availability of high-voltage XLamp XT-E and XM-L LEDs. These new LEDs enable the use of more efficient, smaller drivers to reduce cost for compact lighting applications such as candelabras and retrofit lamps. The XLamp XM-L LED delivers up to 600 lm in Cool White (6000K) and up to 462 [...]

Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLLC, the hazardous waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America Corp. (VESNA), and OSRAM SYLVANIA recently announced the expansion of their joint online program to offer RecyclePak recycling kits into Canada. This collaboration began in 2006 when OSRAM SYLVANIA sought a lamp recycling solution for customers’ small quantities of mercury-containing [...]

The Lighting Quotient and the Illuminating Engineers Society have announced the third annual Sylvan R. Shemitz Memorial Scholarship, created in honor of Lighting Quotient founder Sylvan R. Shemitz, which aims to support the future generation of lighting designers, engineers and architects. The $2,500 prize will be awarded to a student who demonstrates creativity, vision and [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy has published the final evaluation report from a retrofit of 32 track lights used to illuminate artwork in the lobby of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) headquarters building. During the demonstration, 12W LED PAR38 lamps replaced 15W and 23W reflector compact fluorescent lamps that were installed in 2001, and comparisons [...]

Lighting Science Group recently announced that it has received more than $100 million of LED lighting product orders this year—an increase of more than 100% as compared to the same time last year.