Craig DiLouie

The Advanced Energy Design Guide (AEDG) for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities is designed to provide recommendations for achieving 30 percent energy savings over the minimum code requirements of ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-1999. The Guide focuses on small healthcare facilities up to 90,000 sq.ft., including acute care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, critical access hospitals and inpatient [...]

Sorry, this post has nothing to do with lighting, but is of vital importance to every citizen of the United States. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a large majority of Americans–Democrats, Republicans and Independents–strongly oppose the Supreme Court’s decision last month to allow corporations to spend as much as they want on [...]

Product Monday starts the week with three new emergency lighting products: Lithonia Lighting’s Quantum ELM2 LED Series of emergency lighting features a small, compact design coupled with LED technology and backed by a five-year warranty. The luminaire uses 66% less energy along with a high-output capacity to provide a minimum of 90 minutes of required [...]

As reported by LightNOW on December 2, 2009, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Canadian Specifications Canada (CSC) have ended support of MasterFormat95. Licensing expired December 31, 2009, with the industry being required to switch to MasterFormat 2004. Wayne Engebretson of Reed Construction Data has an interesting take on it here. In short, it’s time [...]

Today is George Washington’s birthday.

Arizona state legislator Frank Antenori has proposed a bill (HB 2337) to assert state’s rights using light bulbs, as reported by AZCentral.com in this article. The point of the legislation is that if incandescent lamps are manufactured in Arizona, then Federal legislation–namely, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which raised efficacy standards for [...]

In January, the RealComm Advisory newsletter published a short article, “Advanced Lighting Control Can Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Worker Satisfaction,” by Terry Mocherniak and Howard Berger, available here. The article talks about digital control architecture as the delivery system for the industry’s most advanced lighting control systems. . . . . . This post [...]

Artist Kara Walker meditates on the nature of her works of art, which frequently render subtly disturbing images rendered in silhouette. http://www.youtube.com/v/ipd7ZjFcoo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&

The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) is preparing to announce the long-awaited results for the 10th Annual NYC Student Lighting Competition at the Exhibition Opening and Reception on March 2, 2010. What: “Liminal Luminosity,” 2010 NYC Student Lighting Competition When: Tuesday March 2, 2010 – Exhibition Opening and Reception: 6-7 [...]