Craig DiLouie

Wide-Lite has unveiled the TAG family of architectural white light and color-changing floodlighting products in both round and linear housings.

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The University of California, Davis, has signed a co-exclusive license agreement with Philips to commercialize inventions that reduce the cost and increase the reliability of daylight harvesting systems. The license agreement covers a package of patents and patent applications describing strategies and technologies developed by the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at UC Davis. This [...]

From the November issue of IALD Reflections, revealing a victory for the lighting design community, and illustrating the effectiveness of the industry banding together to lobby government based on common interests: The IALD is very pleased that the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has officially committed not to seek payment of sales [...]

In 2008, it was my honor to work with legendary lighting designer Howard Brandston on editing LEARNING TO SEE: A Matter of Light, which was subsequently published by IES. If the book could be boiled even further to a single statement, it might be Brandston’s trademark question, “What is it you wish to see?” Check [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy You may recall that not too long ago, there was some mention in the news media about possible negative health effects of exposure to street lighting. While not all of the stories were completely accurate, we thought we should investigate further, so that’s what DOE did. At [...]

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and the Environment Katherine Hammack issued a new policy memorandum to improve high performance green buildings standards for the Army. “Energy security, sustainability and efficiency are national security imperatives,” said Hammack. “This policy supports the Army’s global missions in a cost-effective, safe and sustainable manner that will [...]

Loft, the latest addition to the Corelite line of architectural direct/indirect luminaires, introduces three new options including a new micro-linear prismatic lens for high efficiency up to 95% and superior brightness at high angles while obscuring the lamp image.

Focal Point LLC, the Chicago-based architectural lighting manufacturer, is now represented by SLS (Specification Lighting Sales) in New York City. This partnership will allow Focal Point to further develop its relationships with the lighting design and architecture communities in a leading market. SLS is an independent manufacturers’ representative based in New York City, led by [...]