Craig DiLouie

Here’s an article I wrote for the July issue of Electrical Contractor Magazine on the topic of a new residential lighting provision in the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), used by most states as the basis of their residential energy codes, that requires 50% of lamps in newly built homes to be “high efficacy”–that [...]

Over the last few years, AT&T Inc. re-branding efforts across the country included a redesign of the company logo that necessitated the replacement of 7,000 channel letter signs on more than 6,500 AT&T office buildings and retail locations. With a switch to an LED lighting system (GE Lumination’s Tetra), AT&T is expected to save more [...]

LED fixture manufacturer Renaissance Lighting has established a recycling program designed to keep Renaissance Lighting products out of the nation’s landfills. The company’s fixtures are nearly 100% recyclable, according to the company. From the reflector to the mounting frame to the LED light engine, most of the product can be recycled by returning it to [...]

Illumivision Incorporated, a Canadian manufacturer of solid-state lighting, has its new corporate identity, shown here.

That’s the title of an article I wrote about lighting and the new LEED 2009 requirements, published in the July issue of Electrical Contractor. You can check it out here.

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GE Lighting has announced the availability of the 7W Energy Smart white LED PAR20 lamp and 10W Energy Smart white LED PAR30 lamp, targeted to restaurants, retailers and other commercial customers. Available as spots or floods, these products feature advanced optical control to concentrate the white LED light on the targeted area and effectively diminish [...]

BEGA/US has expanded its EXPRESS Program with additional products and availability of black and silver finishes. All products are shipped within five business days, according to the company. Click here to learn more.

According to the latest Department of Energy figures, the U.S. average commercial cost per kWh of electric energy to commercial end-users was 10.7 cents as of March 2009, up 4.7% from the same period in 2008. Get the latest energy data by state, region and end-user market here.