Craig DiLouie

Day-Brite Lighting has added a 1-ft. x 1-ft. variation to its SofTrace family of recessed lighting products. The 1×1 features soft, sweeping side diffusers with a ribbed or perforated center section, and is available with compact fluorescent or LED sources. Both grid and drywall applications are supported. Learn more about this product here.

Below are the top 10 most popular stories published on the LightNOW blog in 2009, based on numbers of reads per story by you, our readers! IDA AND IES PUBLISH OUTDOOR MODEL LIGHTING ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW NEW DRAFT OF ASHRAE 189.1 GREEN BUILDING STANDARD AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IESNY ANNOUNCES 2009 LUMEN AWARDS WINNERS [...]

According to the Department of Energy, monitoring electricity can help consumers reduce energy consumption by up to 15%. Now Oregon Scientific has announced two new products designed to help consumers monitor energy usage and save energy in the home: The Advanced Wireless Appliance Manager monitors power consumption, carbon emissions and real-time costs for up to [...]

Acting on behalf of my client the Lighting Controls Association as its education director, I was pleased to participate in a roundtable on sustainability and lighting efficiency published by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine. Joining me were Jody Good, LC, LEED AP, Principal Lighting and Theatre Designer for Spectrum Engineers Inc.; Siva Haran, PE, LC, LEED AP, [...]

The United States suffered its worst recession in 70 years following the collapse of the housing market. The good news is some economists believe the economy began to recover in Q309 after hitting bottom in the second quarter. The residential construction market is expected to recover, and the Federal stimulus has generated some growth in [...]

Construction spending during November 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $900.1 billion, 0.6% lower than the revised October 2009 estimate of $905.6 billion and 13.2% below the November 2008 estimate of $1.037 trillion. During the first 11 months of 2009, construction spending amounted to $868.9 billion, 12.7% below the $994.9 billion [...]

On the heels of a more than 3-point dip last November, the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Architecture Billings Index (ABI) had a negligible increase of less than 1 point in December. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction [...]

I am pleased to announce that my latest novel, Tooth and Nail, will be published by Schmidt Haus books in April 2010. This is my first work of horror, or rather, post-apocalyptic fiction and was a lot of fun to write. Hope you’ll check it out when it becomes available!

Scrap lights, made from twice recycled cardboard. Check it out here.