Craig DiLouie

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published two new solid state lighting standards: • NEMA SSL 1-2010 Electronic Drivers for LED Devices, Arrays, or Systems • NEMA SSL 6-2010 Solid State Lighting for Incandescent Replacement—Dimming With these publications, NEMA establishes harmonized requirements and expectations for solid state lighting (SSL). Both are directed toward designers, [...]

Cooper Lighting’s Ridgeview LED area/roadway luminaire blends a low-profile traditional form with LED efficiency. The luminaire is offered in four LightBAR configurations with a choice of 15 high-efficiency optical systems including spill light eliminate optics.

Peace Bomb, designed by Kevin Lee, an industrial design major at Pratt Institute, won first prize in New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IESNYC) annual student lighting competition. The winning project consisted of a paper cut-out in the shape of a cold-war era bomb that looks like a modern table lamp. When [...]

LEDucation 5, produced by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, hosted more than 1,800 attendees from across North American and Europe at New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 16. Attendees learned about the latest developments in solid-state lighting and saw products from 87 exhibiting manufacturers.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions – derived from a survey of senior industry executives – climbed to 69.6 in February, up 6 points from January’s reading of 63.6. The index has topped 60 points in each of the last four months, indicating a sustained improvement in the economic environment [...]

GE Lighting announced three finalists in its 28th annual international GE Edison Award competition today from the GE Lighting Institute, a teaching facility at the heart of GE Lighting’s Nela Park world headquarters in East Cleveland, Ohio. This year’s finalists represent lighting design innovations across corporate, retail and non-profit sectors, showcasing the importance of lighting [...]

During the first two months of 2011 the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is not exhibiting the strength of business conditions that were seen in the final quarter of 2010. 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 [...]

NEMA’s T5 lamp index increased for the third consecutive quarter, registering a reading of 164.5 during 4Q 2010. Shipments of T5 lamps showed robust growth for the calendar year by advancing nearly 31% over 2009. T8 lamp shipments posted an annual increase of 6.7% despite a 2.2% dip during the fourth quarter. The T12 lamp [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have named Technical Consumer Products, Inc (TCP) as a 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products and helping to educate consumers about those products. TCP, an ENERGY STAR partner since [...]