Craig DiLouie

The passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES 2009) has been highly publicized for its Cap and Trade Program, but there’s another provision that is of significant interest to the lighting community: the requirement that national building energy codes for residential and commercial buildings [...]

Construction spending during May 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $964 billion, about 1% below the revised April estimate of $972.5 billion and 11.6% below the May 2008 estimate of $1,090.7 billion. During the first five months of 2009, construction spending reached $368.8 billion, nearly 12% below the $417.5 billion for [...]

OSRAM SYLVANIA recently named Rick Leaman as president and CEO, effective Oct. 1. Leaman will succeed Charlie Jerabek, who will assume a new role as the company’s vice chairman. Leaman has been executive vice president and general manager of OSRAM’s global Automotive Lighting division in Munich, Germany since 2006. His 25-year lighting career has included [...]

Recently, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), PG&E, BetaLED and Echelon Corp. came together to demonstrate how smart streetlight technologies and systems can reduce energy use and carbon emissions while increasing street safety. Streetlighting can consume up to 40% of a city’s electric bill. Echelon is promoting a concept [...]

BEGA-US has relaunched its website, saying it offers more information, easier navigation and expanded search tools. Check it out here.

Today is Nikola Tesla’s birthday.

On December 19, 2008, the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra in Jena, Germany, performed works by composers Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky and Georg Friedrich Haas in a concert hall filled with 170 weather balloons that changed color to complement and enhance the music–the joint effort between an artist and members of the Future Lighting Solutions network. The [...]

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published two new roadway and area lighting equipment standards, ANSI C136.25-2009 Ingress Protection (Resistance to Dust, Solid Objects, and Moisture) for Luminaire Enclosures and ANSI C136.35-2009 Luminaire Electrical Ancillary Devices (LEAD). ANSI C136.25-2009 provides guidance for protecting luminaires from ingress based on the anticipated environment and explains how [...]

Hat tip to Jim on Light for this one, courtesy of one of his readers … As a fan of zombie movies, I’ve played this game and I have to tell you the lighting effects do an amazing job at bringing you into its tense, movielike atmosphere. It is one scary ride and lots of [...]