Craig DiLouie

Leviton Manufacturing Company recently announced the acquisition of Obvius, a recognized leader of cost-effective hardware solutions to collect energy information. Obvius products offer data acquisition, wireless communications, energy dashboard software and plug and play hardware solutions. The Obvius acquisition will enable Leviton to offer its customers the most complete line of lighting & energy management [...]

Cooper Lighting recently upgraded its outdoor LED LightBAR technology to deliver improved lumen output and efficiency while continuing to offer up to 75% in energy savings over traditional HID outdoor sources, according to the company. The system’s application-specific design allows lumen and energy output to be customized to fulfill the exact needs of the outdoor [...]

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) recently announced the winners of the 2011 Lighting Control Innovation Award created in 2011 as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program, which recognizes professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. LCA sponsors this award, which recognizes projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential [...]

The LED Lamp Locator is a new web-based tool enabling lighting decision makers to search, evaluate, compare and specify LED replacement lamps from a comprehensive database spanning the LED industry. Developed by Lighting Internet Technology Enterprises, LLC (LITE), the LED Lamp Locator provides technical information in a straight-forward format with custom comparisons.

Earlier this year, LightNOW reported that in July, the Department of Energy recognized the ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2007 standard as the new national energy standard, superseding the 2004 version. In a bold move, on October 19, 2011, DOE recognized the 2010 version of 90.1 as the new national energy standard. By October 18, 2013, all states in [...]

IndustryWeek.com has reported that Baotou, the world’s largest rare earth producer in China, said it has halted shipping for a month from October 20 as China seeks to boost prices, which have been stabilizing. What this means: an increase in prices of rare earths used in lamps and LEDs. Get the story here.

NEMA’s sodium vapor high intensity discharge (HID) lamps shipment index declined for the fourth consecutive quarter on a year-over-year basis, retreating 15.8% during Q2 2011. The index value of 77.7 is the lowest reading on record for the series. Mercury vapor and metal halide HID lamp indexes performed better during the quarter, increasing 2.5% and [...]

The Wall/Slot 2100 from Litecontrol offers a small-scale alternative for perimeter lighting. With this system, the lamps are completely hidden from view and the 6-in. height of the luminaire works well in spaces with restricted plenum depths.

Lighting Analysts, Inc. recently announced ElumTools add-in software for Autodesk Revit 2012. This product was recognized in the IES 2011 Progress Report and won best of category for Research, Publications and Software at the LIGHTFAIR 2011 Innovation Awards. ElumTools is the first fully integrated Revit add-in for calculation and visualization of electric lighting results directly [...]