I was copied on this letter that JoAnne Lindsley, a leading lighting designer, past president of IALD and principal of Lindsley Consultants Inc., wrote to Texas Representative Wayne Smith about the new bill, which has passed both houses of the state legislature, that essentially would require licensing to do lighting design. Rep. Smith initiated the [...]
Craig DiLouie
Veolia Launches Recycle a Bulb Network
At Lightfair, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Barry Jordan, National Sales Manager for recycling firm Veolia Environmental Services. He told me about his company’s new website, www.recycleabulb.com, designed to streamline collection of household CFLs for disposal and recycling. Utilities, efficiency programs and other collection organizations are invited to participate. Consumers go to [...]
Lighting Design, Lighting Industry
Grenald Waldron Associates Celebrates 40
Grenald Waldron Associates, a lighting design firm based in Philadelphia, has turned 40. Happy birthday!
Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Design
IALD Urges Lighting Community to Respond to Texas Bill
IALD is hoping the Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee will remove language restrictive to the profession as a “technical adjustment” when the bill is prepared for the Governor’s signature, or the eventual veto of the bill by the Governor should no changes in language be made. Here’s what IALD says we can do: 1. [...]
Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Design
Texas Passes Bill Requiring Licensing to Do Lighting Design (updated)
Wow. This is terrible. Yesterday, I received an email from IALD about Texas HB2649/SB2414 (the House and Senate versions are identical), “An Act Relating to the Regulation and Practice of Engineering,” which requires professionals who do lighting design to be a licensed electrician, architect, interior designer, landscape architect or engineer. The bill passed the House [...]
Codes + Standards, Products + Technology
Photoluminescent Lighting
Lynn Proctor Windle, a contributing editor to Building Operating Management Magazine, wrote an excellent piece on photoluminescent technology as a means of providing emergency lighting in buildings, specially safety signs and path markers. The article is a little dated (March 2005), but clearly summarizes the technology. Titled “Photoluminescent Technology: Reliable Emergency Lighting in Buildings,” you [...]
Lighting Industry, Products + Technology
CFL Sales Holding at About One in Every Four Household Lamps Sold
NEMA’s incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) indices for Q109 declined 2.4% and 4.6% respectively compared to the previous quarter. The incandescent lamp shipments index showed a decline of 16.9% on a year-over-year basis, nearly reaching the all-time low set during the third quarter of 2008. Since the beginning of 2007, the incandescent index has [...]
Presentation Materials from SSL Manufacturing Workshop Available for Free Download
The Department of Energy hosts conferences and other events to exchange information and facilitate development of solid-state lighting (SSL). On April 21-22, DOE hosted an SSL Manufacturing Workshop in Fairfax, VA to help shape a DOE program aimed at reducing the cost of LED products to competitive levels while ensuring quality and consistent performance. The [...]
Making Graffiti with Light
Check out how the Graffiti Research Lab uses light to create graffiti on buildings using LED throwies and digital light projection systems. See how a digital projection system is used to tag a building here (warning: foul language), entirely with light, and without leaving a lasting mark. More here at ABC News. See how LED [...]
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