Craig DiLouie

The Txchnologist, sponsored by GE, has published photos of the lights of 10 major cities on Earth as seen from space. Check it out here.

Late in 2011, the total footprint of commercial projects certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED Green Building Rating System surpassed one billion square feet. Another six billion square feet of projects are registered and currently working toward LEED certification around the world. Since it was first introduced to the marketplace in 2000, [...]

“DOE Commercial Lighting Solutions: Overview,” design guidance for deep energy savings, will be presented by Carol Jones, LC, associate IALD of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time. The Commercial Lighting Solutions webtool provides a free design resource enabling practitioners to exceed energy codes while [...]

IES magazine LD+A has been honored with two awards from the Association TRENDS’ 2010 All-Media Contest, which recognizes outstanding communications materials from associations. The magazine received a Gold Award in the “Monthly Professional Society Magazine” category for the October 2010 issue and a Bronze Award for its 2011 Media Kit. LD+A was one of more [...]

NEMA’s shipment indexes for linear fluorescent T5, T8, and T12 lamps increased during the third quarter of 2010. T5 lamps showed the largest rate of growth, advancing 6.6 percent, while T8s and T12s registered more modest gains of 0.6 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The T5 index grew 48.7 percent from a year ago and has [...]

The interNational Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO) recently announced that Jim Frank, CLMC, CSLC, is the 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Frank is the Division Manager for Facility Solutions Group of Shawnee, KS. Facility Solutions Group is a single source provider of lighting, electrical and energy products and services. FSG provides a [...]

Cree, Inc. and Habitat for Humanity of Durham recently completed the first Habitat for Humanity house lighted entirely with LED fixtures and bulbs. Cree sponsored the construction of the Habitat house and Cree employees assisted as volunteers on the project. The house includes Cree’s award-winning CR6 LED downlight, as well as other LED products featuring [...]

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Hanley Wood, LLC have unveiled the first issue of the recently revamped Architect magazine. Now the new official publication of the AIA, Architect will be the largest of the four titles published as part of the partnership. The other magazines include Residential Architect, EcoHome and Eco-Structure. In addition, [...]

Litecontrol has announced that its Mainstream product has won a 2010 Green GOOD DESIGN Award. Mainstream by Litecontrol is a micro-scaled pendant LED luminaire that features uniform and controlled illumination, optimized thermal management, internal power conversion and higher efficacy than comparable fluorescent direct luminaires. The luminaire measures 2-in. x 2-in. and is suitable for applications [...]