Craig DiLouie

President Trump’s recent remarks about current energy-efficient lighting technology were inaccurate and outdated.

Demand for design services in August took a markedly downward swing compared to July’s already soft score, according to a report recently released by The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

I recently had the opportunity to interview Teresa Bair, Product General Manager, Outdoor, Current powered by GE, on the topic of trends in outdoor area lighting.

Venture Lighting International’s new family of LED linear highbay luminaires includes a 110W, 162W, and 223W highbays which deliver from 14,000 to 30,105 lumens and efficacy of up to 137 lumens/W.

Pat yourselves on the back, lighting industry. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, lighting contributed more than any other building system to reducing energy consumption in the United States from 2000-2018.

HLB Lighting Design’s daylighting guru Matthew Tanteri wrote a short article defining the daylight zone and how to determine its dimensions within a building.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) recently awarded a new 5-year grant totaling $3.8 million to Dr. Mariana Figueiro, Professor and Director at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether a long-term (6-month) lighting intervention designed to promote circadian entrainment will improve sleep, cognition, and memory in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is an “at risk” or potential prodromal stage of dementia.

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance recently published an infographic describing lighting maintenance best practices, which can help maintain the integrity of a new lighting design over the long term.

Tivoli Lighting’s TivoCue DMX Controller Series was designed to simplify the setting and changing of any aspect of color schemes for permanent lighting systems.