Craig DiLouie

Acuity Brands, Inc. has expanded its LED indoor ambient lighting portfolio with the launch of the Lithonia Lighting RTLED RELIGHT assembly kit, which joins the RTLED, ACLED, TLED and VTLED as part of Lithonia Lighting’s recessed LED indoor ambient lighting product family. Available in 2×2 and 2×4 configurations for parabolic and lensed troffer upgrades, the [...]

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) indicated that conditions facing the North American electroindustry improved on balance in October, climbing to 57.4 from 50 in September. The latest month was the first since May in which the index exceeded the 50-point “growth threshold.” Meanwhile, October’s EBCI for future North American conditions moved higher for a [...]

The New Buildings Institute recently launched the Daylight Pattern Guide, a free interactive tool that features 19 prime examples in common space configurations, developed by Christopher Meek, AIA, with the University of Washington Integrated Design Lab and Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg of the University of Idaho Integrated Design Lab. Check it out here. On December [...]

NEMA’s shipment index for incandescent lamps increased for the second consecutive quarter in Q2 2011, showing an improvement of 5.6% over the same period last year. Conversely, the index for compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) declined for the fifth consecutive quarter. Moreover, the rate of decline in the shipments index accelerated to 18.5% on a year-over-year [...]

As demand for lighting controls continues to grow, advanced solutions are becoming increasingly specified while also becoming increasingly sophisticated. This increasing sophistication translates to greater owner benefit but can also pose greater risk of design and installation mistakes. For the designer, the key is to clearly express the design intent, or the basis of design, [...]

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.