Craig DiLouie

Seventeen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from nine countries comprise the winners of the 28th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, recognized at a presentation held 18 May at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia, PA USA. Of the 17 projects recognized (from 200 submissions), three entries earned [...]

The Energy Center of Wisconsin will present a free webinar, “ALG Online: In-Depth Review of Best Practices in Advanced Lighting Design,” on June 21, 2011 at 1–2 PM Central (2–3 PM Eastern). While the webinar is free, registration is required. When you have completed registration, you will receive an email confirmation that will include a [...]

The below products were recognized by the LIGHTFAIR Innovation Awards as Best of Category for the below categories: CONVENTIONAL LAMPS ED28 145W Energy Advantage CDM with AllStart by Philips Lighting A 145W CDM direct retrofit for 175W QMH lamps on either a probe- or pulse-start magnetic ballast. SPECIALTY LAMPS (LED, OLED, INDUCTION, OTHER) LUXEON A [...]

The SSLN16 Series from Lighting Services Inc is an LED accent luminaire that comes complete with the IMS LED MR16 4W lamp. This lamp has a 70,000-hour rated life, is available in two color temperatures (3200K or 4300K), and offers a choice of three beam spreads: 12° (spot), 24° (flood) or 34° (wide flood). Click [...]

Most Innovative Product of the Year: Revel by Acuity Brands Lighting A 5-panel modular OLED ceiling mounted system of 6.5W, 4-in. square panels at 60 LPW and 85 CRI. Technical Innovation Award: Luxeon A by Philips Lumileds A hot-tested LED with tight binning at 85 LPW providing 170 lumens at 2700K and 3000K with 80 [...]

On June 20, 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host a 90-minute live webcast providing an up-to-date assessment of LED replacements for linear fluorescent lamps. In this webcast, Jason Tuenge of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will discuss current Lighting Facts-listed products as well as products evaluated in the latest CALiPER reports. Eric [...]

At LIGHTFAIR, GE presented its prestigious 2010 GE Edison Award to Alexander Rotsch and Andreas Schulz of Licht Kunst Licht AG, a lighting design firm in Bonn, Germany. The pair was honored during a presentation in Philadelphia on May 16, 2011, for lighting the ThyssenKrupp Quarter in Essen, Germany, a global materials and technology group. [...]

The Lighting Quotient, in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineers Society (IES), launched the Sylvan Shemitz Memorial Scholarship to help foster the education of students entering the lighting field and encourage thinking around energy efficiency. Each year, the scholarship grants $2,500 to one student who demonstrates creativity, vision and knowledge in the field of architectural lighting. [...]

In this SALON article by Michael Lind, “Everything You’ve Heard About Fossil Fuels May Be Wrong,” he argues that humans still enjoy access to abundant fossil fuel-based energy resources, particularly with discovery of new natural gas reserves, and advancing energy recovery technology. Andrew Leonard quickly penned a response published in SALON the next day, titled [...]