Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

The National Lighting Bureau’s 31st annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program is under way. This unique program is open to virtually anyone associated with a High-Benefit Lighting installation: owners, designers, facility or property managers, contractors, manufacturer’s representatives, utility employees and users, among others. The National Lighting Bureau coined the term High-Benefit Lighting to connote “function-focused” electric-illumination [...]

On the heels of a more than 2-point gain in February, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) was up again in March. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the March ABI [...]

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published BL 2-2009 Energy Efficiency for Electronic Ballasts for T8 Fluorescent Lamps. The standard was developed by NEMA’s Ballast Section and revises the 2007 version. BL 2 contains energy efficiency requirements for evaluating electronic ballasts designed for use with 4-ft. 32W T8 fluorescent lamps with a lumen output [...]

Halco Lighting Technologies, a manufacturer of lamps and ballasts, has announced the hire of Stephanie Weaver as the new Western Region Sales Manager and transition of Grayson Planck to the newly created South Central Region. In Weaver’s new position, she will be reporting to Vice President of Sales Jim Coleman. Weaver has more than 12 [...]

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bad lighting bad for your health? In June 2009, the American Medical Association adopted a resolution advocating that “all future outdoor lighting be of energy-efficient designs” and that the AMA “support light pollution reduction efforts and glare reduction efforts.” Specifically, the AMA resolved to support efforts to ensure that streetlights feature a “fully shielded or [...]

For the second year in a row, TCP, Inc. has been awarded the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for Lighting Product Manufacturers by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE).  TCP was recognized for its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient lighting products, including CFLs and [...]