Craig DiLouie

BetaLED, recently acquired by Cree along with its parent company, Ruud Lighting, has introduced the LEDway SLM, a new addition to the company’s line of LEDway streetlight products. SLM, which stands for single-width light module, is smaller and sleeker and designed to replace cobrahead systems and shoebox luminaires. The housing driver compartment and optical assembly [...]

Topanga Technologies, a manufacturer of solid-state plasma lighting, recently announced the appointment of Richard Craig as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Craig is a leader in the photonics and semiconductor field with a track record of building value in technology-based companies. With 25 years of experience developing photonic innovations as a scientist and engineer, and manager, [...]

On October 25, 2011, the Department of Energy will host a 90-minute live webcast on the high-efficiency troffer specification developed by DOE’s Commercial Building Energy Alliances (CBEA). Fifty percent of all commercial fluorescent lighting are recessed fixtures (troffers) in 2×4, 2×2, and 1×4 configurations which are in operation for more than 10 hours a day [...]

On the heels of a period of weakness in design activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) took a sudden upturn in 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 the August [...]

Columbia Lighting’s classic recessed direct/indirect Stratus luminaire has undergone a redesign to produce Stratus-E with its improved efficiency ratings up to 86% and enhanced aesthetics. The radius of the perforated center basket mirrors the gull wing reflectors for a pleasing symmetry, while the matte white reflector balanced the luminance of the perforated metal basket with [...]

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently issued the most comprehensive look yet at the built environment’s role in economic recovery, highlighting six specific policy steps that will generate jobs and help grow the American economy. The policy document, “The Built Environment’s Role in the Recovery,” was recently delivered to the White House and to [...]

FMI’s latest forecast for construction put in place calls for 2% growth in 2011 and 6% for 2012 to $886.2 billion in total construction. In today’s economy that sounds like ambitious growth, but in constant 2006 dollars, that is only 3% growth for 2012 and a 1% drop in construction for 2011. To put it [...]

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) indicated that conditions facing the North American electroindustry stabilized in September, after signaling deterioration in each of the three previous months. Just as many survey panelists–20%–reported conditions improved from August to September as reported conditions worsened. The rest of the panel–60%–reported conditions were unchanged. A month ago nearly 21% [...]

OSRAM has signed an agreement with Townsend Ventures, LLC to increase its stake in Encelium Technologies from 15% to 100%, acquiring the company. Encelium, headquartered in Teaneck, NJ, is a leading software technology development company concentrating in advanced lighting control and energy management systems for commercial and industrial buildings. Encelium employs approximately 70 people in [...]