Craig DiLouie

Recently, LightNOW reported that the Department of Energy botched the 2007 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, and then postponed work on the 2011 CBECS due to budget cuts. Our take is that you cannot set policy if you cannot measure, and you cannot maximize your building’s savings without benchmarks. The data this survey yields is [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy This week, the Round 12 Summary Report for the CALiPER testing program was published, and as usual, the results are worth noting. For those of you who may not know, CALiPER stands for Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting, and it’s a DOE program that supports [...]

GE Lighting today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Lightech, a privately held company based near Tel Aviv, Israel, with commercial teams in Europe, the USA and Asia. Lightech specializes in providing LED electronic drivers, plus halogen transformers, to the lighting industry. The purchase price was not disclosed. This strategic acquisition supports GE [...]

The Department of Energy has completed Round 12 of product testing through the DOE SSL CALiPER program. A Summary Report containing the results from Round 12 testing is now available for download on the DOE SSL website here. Round 12 of product testing included six primary focus areas: SSL recessed downlights, SSL track lights, SSL [...]

“In our Construction Outlook for the second quarter 2011, there are signs that the economy is recovering, even for contractors, but you have to look hard to see them. The stock market has taken on a more bullish trend since the bottom of the recession, but that bull has yet to visit Main Street, which [...]

Electrical contractors are an important influence in the lighting market, according to a new survey published by ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. The survey of more than 700 readers, conducted by Renaissance Research & Consulting, found that contractors make decisions about lighting during both the design and construction project phases. Highlights: * 97% said they work with indoor [...]

ILEX Architectural Lighting, a manufacturer of lighting solutions for both the hospitality and commercial markets, has announced the acquisition of the privately held Davis / Muller Lighting. Originally founded by two of the industry’s most respected and prolific product designers, Scott Davis and Henry Muller, Davis / Muller Lighting is a manufacturer of architectural lighting [...]

The first serious OLED introductions were, to me, another highlight of the recent LIGHTFAIR show in Philly. Acuity Brands, Inc. is aiming to be a major player in this space with the commercial launch of two OLED (organic LED) luminaires. The new products, the Kindred and the Revel, are engineered to deliver light in unique [...]

Cooper Lighting has internally developed and recently launched the ALM 1.0, a patent-pending linear LED platform designed to integrate into 32 luminaires within the company’s historical linear fluorescent brands. The proprietary low-power, low-brightness LED module assembly offers exceptional optical performance, equivalent to or greater than fluorescent systems, with the enhanced benefits of LED lighting, including [...]