Craig DiLouie

The public, as well as lighting industry experts, are invited to attend a lighting trade show and educational conference set for Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21 and 22, 2010 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. UPDATE: Note that the website says the event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 22 & Thursday, Sept. 23, not [...]

Learned about the artist at JimonLight and had to cover it here. Here is a sample of her work–more here. Great Japanese TV show segment about the artist:

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has reached agreement on a five-year integrated media partnership with Hanley Wood, LLC, publishers of Architect Magazine. The existing agreement with McGraw-Hill, publishers of Architectural Record Magazine, expires at the end of this year. Effective January 1, 2011, the agreement creates an integrated media offering that encompasses print, online, [...]

LIGHTFAIR boasted more than 20,000 pre-registered attendees, making this year’s LIGHTFAIR possibly the largest Las Vegas event to date. The exhibit floor certainly looked busy (with more than 475 exhibitors, including 50 first-time exhibitors), and the exhibitors I talked to seemed pleased with the quantity and quality of traffic through their booths.

Lighting Services Inc has announced the hire of Gordon Pevzner as Regional Sales Manager for the Eastern United States. Gordon is a graduate of The Ohio State University and brings over 30 years of lighting and sales experience to the LSI sales team. He has worked in varying technically challenging roles that include theatrical lighting [...]

WattStopper has launched eCampus, a comprehensive and interactive online training site designed to make learning about lighting controls enjoyable and rewarding. Specifically designed for all influencers, including electrical contractors, distributors, ESCOs, and specifiers, the courses cover control applications in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. The free site features two offerings: eWards, where participants earn points [...]

To mark the occasion of New York Design week (May 14-May 17), Italian lighting manufacturer ITRE will create a “light lounge” in front of Pastis, a restaurant in the Meatpacking District. On display will be two interesting lighting designs: SIT-UP is a light source that doubles as a bench; multiple units can be arranged to [...]

Guest Post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy [Recently], I wrote about LED linear replacement lamps and told you about an upcoming webcast on the subject. The webcast, entitled “LEDs for Interior Office Applications,” ended up drawing nearly 800 attendees and prompting nearly a hundred questions from the audience – far more than could be [...]

The Department of Energy is getting ready to ship out more than 1,400 samples of the first L Prize entry, a Philips product intended to replace 60W incandescent lamps, to 14 L Prize partners across the country. These partners are preparing to install the sample products in more than 40 planned locations and will collect [...]