Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

LIGHTFAIR has announced the debut of the Spotlight Lounge at the 2011 Philadelphia show. Staged directly on the trade show floor among the expansive offerings of the LFI exhibitors, the Lounge presents a forum to engage and inform attendees. Supporting this launch and taking center stage in the Spotlight Lounge is headlining show keynote speaker [...]

The 2011 Howard Brandston Student Lighting Design Grant, established to encourage and recognize full-time students who have demonstrated exceptional professional promise through the presentation of an original and ingenious solution to a supplied design problem, is now open for submissions. The deadline is May 1, 2011. The award comprises a plaque and a check in [...]