Craig DiLouie

Many of you know that besides providing journalism and education to the lighting industry, I also write fiction. My latest novel from Hachette Book Group is The Children of Red Peak, a psychological thriller with cosmic horror elements.

The New York City chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society recently issued a call for submissions for the 2021 Lumen Awards. The deadline for submissions is Friday, January 8, 2021.

Kenall Manufacturing recently announced the company and Clear-Vu Lighting have agreed to dismiss their ongoing litigation concerning visible light disinfection technology. Clear-Vu Lighting has ceased offering for sale all products using visible light disinfection technology.

The Dallas Market Center recently issued a call for speakers for the ArchLIGHT Summit, a new lighting trade event and educational platform for architectural, specification, and design communities. The deadline for speaker proposals is December 31, 2020.

Due to continuing disruption to operations for both DesignLights Consortium (DLC) members and stakeholders as a result of COVID-19, the DLC is extending the deadline to update and the delisting date for products qualified under SSL V4.4 by two months.

Peerless Venue is a new family of suspended luminaires specifically for open ceilings.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Randy Reid, Executive Director, National Lighting Bureau (NLB) on the topic of the NLB’s new Trusted Warranty Evaluation Program for an article for tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Here’s the transcript.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released preliminary results of the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). Conducted every five (approximately) years, the CBECS estimates characteristics for the national building stock.

Due to the continuing uncertainty of the pandemic along with New York State and City restrictions on assembly, the LEDucation committee has made the decision to reschedule the in-person 2021 LEDucation Trade Show and Conference to August 17-18, 2021.