Craig DiLouie

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of working with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association on a revision of their website detailing features, benefits and rules of implementation for the Commercial Buildings Deduction. Congress recently extended the expiration date for this important energy efficiency incentive to January 1, 2014. Check out the new and improved [...]

The International Dark-Sky Association has announced that this year’s annual conference will be held November 14-15 at the Phoenix Wyndham Resort in Phoenix, AZ, immediately following the GreenBuild Expo. The conference program includes: Achieving the LEED Light Pollution Reduction Credit with Jim Benya, PE, FIES, FIALD, LC, LEED AP, principal of Benya Lighting Design. As [...]

Albeo Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of LED lighting systems, has announced that customers will now be able to purchase the company’s C-Series solid-state lighting systems through Grainger. Grainger will offer Albeo’s C-Series High-Bay, Linear and GarageLED, Talea undercabinet-LED, plus T8LED Troffer and T8LED Conversion Kit lighting systems. The products will be available through Grainger’s national [...]

Allure3 by a•light is a minimalist rectilinear luminaire providing task/ambient illumination for applications such as library reading and work tables, study carrels, lab tables, meeting room tables and more. Constructed of 60% recycled aluminum and measuring 2 in. high and 2.75 in. across, Allure3 utilizes a single T5 or T5HO lamp. Check it out here.

Named best of Category in the Track, Low-Voltage, Cable & Rail Systems category at Lightfair 2009, Cooper Lighting’s io radii 38 is an LED track luminaire offered in two light output options equivalent to 90W PAR38 and 35W PAR30 ceramic metal halide lamps. Choice of color temperatures, beam spreads and shielding media. Check it out [...]

Ledalite’s ecoSTEP program highlights new product options and corporate initiatives that support the company’s ongoing sustainability commitments. Available in all Ledalite 2’x2′ recessed luminaires, the ecoSTEP offering delivers energy savings of 25%-35%, with 68% less mercury content, and requires less maintenance and fewer luminaires for a wide range of open plan spaces including libraries, offices [...]

The UK-based “Need Less” anti-light pollution group is now offering a free animation player that randomly plays six different clips that help raise awareness of the need to reduce light pollution and reduce energy consumption. The animation player is downloadable and can be placed on your web page to help spread the word. Check it [...]

At the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, held back in June, the AMA adopted the following resolution, which can be found here (PDF, page 40). 516. ADVOCATING AND SUPPORT FOR LIGHT POLLUTION CONTROL EFFORTS AND GLARE REDUCTION FOR BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENERGY SAVINGS Introduced by Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode [...]

A group of accredited investors has invested $2.85 million in Research Frontiers Inc., the developer and licensor of SPD-Smart light-control film technology. The investors received 780,831 shares of Research Frontiers common stock at a price of $3.65 per share which was the closing market price of Research Frontiers stock on July 28, 2009, the day [...]