Craig DiLouie

We are in an era of regulated efficiency. EC&M Magazine has published a nice summary of lighting regulations for their April issue here. I was pleased to be interviewed for this article about the role lighting controls can play in upgrades in existing buildings.

A recent survey of lighting designers and specifiers by the National Lighting Product Information Program showed that for retail applications, light source color properties are considered more important than any other light source criterion, including energy efficiency. To define light source color properties, the lighting industry predominantly relies on two metrics, correlated color temperature (CCT), [...]

Fallon Luminous Products Corp. has announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. has reaffirmed its April 20, 2010 decision in favor of Fallon’s appeal of a patent infringement suit brought by iLight Technologies. The Court denied iLight’s request that the District Court’s judgment be reinstated and ordered that [...]

Today is the first day of summer.

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CE Pro recently reported that Lutron has been honored by the Smithsonian Institute by being included as part of the Smithsonian’s Electricity group, and will be included in a division called “Lighting: A Revolution.” Get the story here. This post sponsored by

ENERGY CODES Commercial building energy codes vary by state and even local jurisdiction. Despite convergence in the major energy standards—ASHRAE’s 90.1 and ICC’s International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)—the nation is a patchwork of codes, some based on 90.1 (1989, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007), with or without amendments; some based on IECC (2003, 2006, 2009), with [...]

NEMA has announced publication of a new whitepaper, LSD-54, developed by the Lamp Section, which reviews the beneficial characteristics of metal halide HID lighting, including high energy efficiency and viability in outdoor and other lighting applications. The paper argues for the inclusion of HID lamps in ENERGY STAR® requirements and for allocations of federal funding [...]

Paul Rabinovitz, Vice President of Strong Entertainment Lighting, has announced the promotion of John Luhrs to the position of National Sales Manager. John has been with Strong for more than 18 years and most recently held the position of Southern Regional Sales Manager.