Craig DiLouie

Sea Gull Lighting, manufacturer of more than 3,500 decorative and functional lighting products, has introduced a new logo treatment. The company has also announced new product introductions along with new sales and marketing tools to coincide with the unveiling of this logo. The company’s full-line 600-page catalog is also now available, and the company has [...]

Winter officially begins today.

More news from Hubbell Lighting, which has created an electronic version of its 1,047-page Product Selection Guide. Now in CD form and also available as a download for the first time, the user-friendly electronic version of the full-line catalog allows anyone find lighting fixture descriptions and product details for any product in the entire family [...]

The 2010 Green California Summit has been announced for March 15-17 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Thousands of decision-makers from California’s state and local government, along with participants from the commercial real estate and design communities, are expected to attend, according to the event’s organizers. One thing that’s particularly interesting is a buyer/vendor lounge is [...]

I.D. Magazine, the oldest design publication in the U.S. at 55, will close after publication of its January/February issue. Subscribers to I.D. will receive Print magazine for the balance of their subscription. Gary Lynch, Publisher & Editorial Director, made the announcement to readers and advertisers on behalf of F+W Media Design Community. “Certainly the downturn [...]

I just discovered General Electric’s nifty blog and learned about a big sale of LED lighting systems to more than 8,000 Starbucks stores, replacing existing incandescent and halogen lamps. So far, Starbucks has completed installation in more than 1,000 stores and will expand to international stores in March 2010. It’s all part of Starbucks’ goal [...]

Philips Lighting has introduced its new family of Energy Advantage ceramic metal halide lamps featuring exclusive AllStart™ Technology. A direct retrofit lamp to both probe start and pulse start metal halide ballasts, the new lamps provide true universal operation regardless of orientation without compromising light quality and make installation and maintenance easier than ever. Rated [...]

NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index (LSI) increased 3.3% on a quarter-to-quarter basis during the third quarter of 2009. This marks the LSI’s first increase in nine quarters. Nonetheless, the index is only one quarter removed from its lowest reading on record and declined 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. After adjusting for seasonal influences and inflation, emergency [...]

Generation Brands, a provider of light fixtures and ceiling fans for the building construction and home improvement industries–and some of its subsidiaries–have filed voluntary petitions to implement an agreed restructuring of its balance sheet under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. According to the company, its creditors, other than the Company’s lenders and noteholders, [...]