Craig DiLouie

Projects completed after June 1, 2009 are eligible to be entered in the 28th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. The online entry site is now open to qualifying projects. The early bird deadline is October 15, 2010, after which entry fees go up; all entries must be received by October 29, 2010. Click here [...]

LIGHTFAIR International is poised to connect more than 20,000 lighting professionals with nearly 500 manufacturers at the 2011 conference and trade show taking place May 15-19, 2011 in its new east coast location at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Convention Center enables LFI to expand its exhibitor base and featured pavilions across [...]

Today is the first day of autumn.

This presentation will provide you with an overview of the Model Lighting Ordinance (MLO) developed by IES in association with International Dark Sky Association. Participants will learn how the MLO: * Permits reasonable uses of outdoor lighting for night-time safety, utility, security, productivity, enjoyment and commerce * Minimizes adverse off-site impacts including light trespass and [...]

Westinghouse Lighting has appointed John Broughton to the position of National Utility Program Manager. Previously, he worked for D&R International, the Department of Energy and MaxLight. As National Utility Program Manager, John will be responsible for administering and promoting utility incentive programs with Westinghouse Lighting’s customer base in retail, commercial and industrial channels. He will [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced its Annual Conference. This year, the conference will focus on how the lighting industry is being transformed by energy standards and whether these priorities can be met while providing good lighting quality. The day prior to the conference sessions (Sunday) begins with a welcome by IES President, John Selander, [...]

Lumark has introduced AVID, a scalable, aesthetic series of luminaires designed with four scaled sizes to enable a consistent look throughout an application from the general lighting of large open spaces to decorative accents over counters and retail displays. Optic options include borosilicate glass lens, prismatic acrylic lens, high-performance aluminum reflector and optional shroud.

NEMA’s T5 lamp shipments index registered a reading of 152.0 during the second quarter of 2010, a 41.1% increase from a year ago. The index reclaimed lost ground from the previous quarter, rebounding by 19.8%. T8 lamp shipments also showed robust growth, increasing 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. Conversely, shipments of T12 lamps declined 2.6% [...]

LightNOW has learned the IALD Board of Directors has formed a task force to look into the viability of creating a design credential for architectural lighting designers. Many lighting designers already carry the LC credential.