Craig DiLouie

The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) will host a free webinar about the blue light hazard, sponsored by the Optical Society of America, at noon ET on December 19, 2019.

An opinion piece in a recent issue of ENGINEERED SYSTEMS asks a simple question: Why does the U.S. need two model energy codes?

Designed by Piero Lissoni, FLOS’s Diversion creates geometric ribbon-like lines of light that blend with the architecture.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently released the results of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded study, published in Lighting Research & Technology, that validates color preference specification criteria based on American National Standard Institute and Illuminating Engineering Society TM-30-18. The results support TM-30 Annex E recommendations that allow lighting professionals to communicate different color rendition goals (preference, vividness, and fidelity) with far greater precision than prior methods.

The National Lighting Bureau’s first annual Tesla Awards program is now open for submissions. The Tesla Awards recognizes excellence in new construction or retrofit lighting projects that, through the creative use of lighting systems and controls, enhance the value of lighting for occupants.

The Illuminating Engineering Society’s New York City Section has announced a call for entries for the 2020 Lumen Awards. The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2020.

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently announced a series of monthly webinars on a variety of leading-edge topics in lighting.

Focal Point has expanded the Seem family with the Seem 1 Indirect and Seem 1 Direct/Indirect luminaires. The narrowest aperture linear luminaires in the architectural lighting manufacturer’s broad Seem portfolio are now available with an indirect asymmetric distribution.

Though the last few years have been very good for the architecture business, the American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index, a leading economic indicator for the construction market, suggests an impending downturn. In an article published on the AIA website, Steve Cimino interviewed three architecture firm leaders–Tim Dufault, FAIA, president and CEO at Cuningham Group; Carole Wedge, FAIA, CEO at Shepley Bulfinch; and Ed Shriver, FAIA, founding principal of Strada–to gain insight into how they’ve faced previous downturns.