Craig DiLouie

The NYC section of IES recently hosted the Ninth Annual Student Design Competition and Exhibition, March 4-5 at the Helen Mills Theater. Students of lighting, architecture, interior design, art, product design, photography and electrical engineering programs created three-dimensional work designed to conceptually convey a sensory perception of sound. The competition drew more than 55 submissions. [...]

The Department of Energy has announced it will host a 90-minute live webcast on commercial building LED site lighting in parking lots, moderated by Linda Sandahl of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Eric Richman and Michael Myer from PNNL will supply an overview of a ew LED Site Lighting Performance Specification developed by DOE [...]

Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. has completed a lighting design project to illuminate the new “Banner Art” display for the Port of San Diego. In 2006, the Port of San Diego commissioned artist John Banks to create a new sculpture for the Imperial Beach Art Walk at Beach Boulevard and Seacoast Drive, and Syska Hennessy Group [...]

If you’re like many people these days, you could use a laugh. The Onion provides with a short, funny article about daylight savings time. It’s not a light bulb joke, I promise. Read it here.

I recently wrote an article for TED Magazine about load-shedding ballasts, available online here. A building’s demand for electric power is the sum of the power required to run its electrical equipment in operation at any given time. Demand rises and falls as equipment is turned on and off. Peak demand is the highest level [...]

LumenPriority.org has announced the launch of its web site and interactive blog to present, discuss and explore the potential of applying feedback control of LEDs within solid-state lighting systems to stabilize lumen delivery through current regulation to compensate for light loss factors. This is the latest brainchild from friend and colleague Kevin Willmorth of Lumenique. [...]

One of my favorite bloggers, Jim Hutchison of Jim on Light (he’s chief design consultant for Alive Lighting, an entertainment lighting design firm), recently found this gem–“lighting bags” containing fluorescent materials, which react with chemicals in a cup. The result is illumination, seemingly from a “tea bag” (but unfortunately inedible), the product of South Korean [...]

In celebration of Lightfair’s 20-year Anniversary, its two historic Masters’ courses will be offered free of charge to LFI 2009 attendees and exhibitors registered for the Exhibit Hall or LFI courses–-based on generous support provided by Acuity Brands Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Amerlux Lighting Solutions and MechoShade Systems. COURSE #1: 20 Years of Light and Lighting: [...]

Sky Factory Offers EcoSlim Luminous SkyCeilings, an edge-lit product that the company says provides authentic illusions of sky displayed in an ultra-thin, toxin-free system. The new version of the product (EcoSlim) offers a low-profile design that eliminates ceiling clearance limitations, paving the way for renovation and retrofit installations. The image tile is only a quarter-inch [...]