Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

Neo-Ray’s Series 741W is a wall-mounted luminaire featuring a low-profile, crisp aluminum extrusion serving as a wall cove, while the high-performance single-lamp T5/T5HO optical system provides uniform indirect illumination. Available in 3-, 4-, 6- and 8-ft. lengths, the 741W is compact and can be specified with a fixed-output or dimmable electronic ballast.

For its April cover story, Electrical Contractor Magazine published an article I wrote about OLEDs, drawing on information provided by the Department of Energy and Acuity Brands’ Peter Ngai. Some industry observers have predicted that solid-state lighting technology (SSL) will satisfy most lighting applications by the end of the decade. One particular SSL technology on [...]

Acuity Brands Lighting has announced the introduction of the Acculamp product line, the company’s first-ever offering of LED lamps and the result of the previously announced business collaboration between Acuity Brands and Neonlite Electronic & Lighting (HK), Ltd. Available in the United States and Canada through Acuity Brands’ sales representatives, the inaugural Acculamp product line, [...]

By Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy Now that I’m back in the confines of my relatively calm office in our nation’s capital, I thought I’d share some thoughts on what I saw in the City of Brotherly Love last week at LIGHTFAIR International, which was a buzzing beehive of burning activity. I enjoyed meeting [...]

Highlights from the opening day at LIGHTFAIR International in Philadelphia.

Prescolite and Dual-Lite have partnered to offer CFL downlights designed to optimize light output for low-mercury compact fluorescent lamps operating in emergency mode. Dual-Lite’s UFO-CF series of battery packs incorporate AC technology, preventing reduced light output common with low-mercury CFLs operating in emergency mode on a traditional DC battery. These packs are now standard with [...]

Architectural Lighting: Designing with Light and Space by Herve Descottes and Cecilia E. RamosISBN 9781568989389 Publication date 5/1/2011 7 x 8.5 inches (17.8 x 21.6 cm), Paperback 144 pages, 177 color illustrations Light is something like water—often taken for granted, and only noticed when it’s on short supply. But this shouldn’t be the case. Light [...]