Craig DiLouie

The new 2009 NightSeeing Map, presented by the Illuminating Engineering Society, NYC Section, in association with the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, is now available to the general public. Here’s how IESNY describes it: Unlike ordinary maps and guide books that simply provide visitors with the names of landmark buildings, notable construction facts and [...]

Lighting Science Group Corporation and Martin Professional A/S have announced a distribution agreement that will give Martin access to Lighting Science’s X16 DOTZ LED strings for global distribution. The X16 DOTZ LED string will be marketed under the name FlexDOT in Martin’s line of LED video products. FlexDOT is a string of high-brightness RGB LEDs [...]

After an eight-point jump in March, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell less than a full point in April. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. AIA reported the April ABI rating was [...]

Read the article I wrote on this subject for the January 2009 issue of Electrical Contractor here. The article makes reference to NEMA’s revised LSD25-2008, “Best Practices for Metal Halide Lighting Systems Plus Q&A About Lamp Ruptures in Metal Halide Lighting Systems,” available here.

Here’s a reason for some optimism: NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions advanced for a third straight month in May. Since December 2008, the index has rebounded from a near record low of 8 to 47.9, within sight of the 50-point threshold indicative of an absolute improvement in industry conditions. [...]

The Lighting Institute seminar series from Philips Day-Brite continues with a seminar on sustainability at its LEED-CI Certified facility on June 11 and 12. This seminar is designed for owners, facility or energy managers, architects, engineers, lighting designers, end-users and others in the lighting industry that are currently supporting energy initiatives that lead to more [...]

WAC Lighting showcased two innovative OLED fixture prototypes at Lightfair last month, including an OLED mini chandelier and an OLED wall sconce. The OLED Wall Sconce features six color changeable three-inch OLEDs. The mini chandelier uses eight colorful, transparent, one-inch OLEDs, including a panel depicting the WAC Lighting logo. Each OLED draws only 0.18W; each [...]

The National Lighting Bureau’s 30th annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program is under way. This unique program is open to virtually anyone associated with a “High-Benefit Lighting” installation: owners, designers, facility or property managers, contractors, manufacturer’s representatives, utility employees and users, among others. The National Lighting Bureau coined the term “High-Benefit Lighting” to describe lighting systems [...]

Braemar Energy Ventures, a venture capital fund making early- to mid-stage investments in the energy technology sector, recently announced a $10 million investment in Fulham, an assembler and distributor of electronic ballasts and drivers for fluorescent, HID and LED lighting. Fulham joins Braemar’s energy efficient lighting portfolio comprised of Laser Light Engines, Nuventix and Luminus [...]