Craig DiLouie

I recently saw another story about China’s improbable and very dystopian idea to build an artificial moon to provide nighttime lighting. Website INSH took the concept seriously and asked how such a thing could be accomplished and what effects it would have.

LEDucation 2020 invites designers, educational leaders, innovative thinkers, and industry influencers to share their knowledge and expertise on subjects related to commercial and architectural lighting.

JESCO Lighting’s modular “SEAMLESS” S700 LED luminaire provides uninterrupted light output in an ultra-slim design coupled with inter-linkability that also allows for left/right or inside/out lit cornering.

Prescriptive product rebates offered by utilities and energy efficiency organizations are an enduring and influential force in the lighting retrofit market. Typically, the rebate is administered by the utility and paid directly to the customer, usually involving a lengthy process involving qualification, pre-approval, and payment. In recent years, some rebate programs have begun to experiment with a different model called midstream or “instant” lighting rebates. In this model, the rebate is provided via the distributor at the point of sale rather than directly to the customer (downstream) or to the manufacturer (upstream).

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon has issued a call for applications for the 2019-2020 Design Challenge.

Using visible light from LEDs, visible light disinfection (VLD) technology is designed to provide functional illumination that is safe for humans, while containing recipes for saturated blue/violet emission that is harmful to germs. It has been commercialized by companies like Kenall Manufacturing (Indigo-Clean) and Vital Vio, Inc., which licenses to Visa Lighting, Evolution Lighting and others.

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently recognized the winners of the 2019 Illumination Awards.

Luminis’ Multilux is a range of multi-head luminaires, developed for high ceiling applications such as retail environments, grocery stores, airport terminals, dealerships, auditoriums, and convention centers, and is also suitable for natatorium applications.

Next Generation Lighting Systems (NGLS) is launching the next phase of its evaluations of indoor connected lighting systems. The initial phase, which began in 2017, evaluated 12 systems installed in working classrooms at New York City’s Parsons School of Design, The New School. The new phase will include the upgrade of the existing systems, as well as the addition of new systems that are also marketed as easy to install and configure and consist of LED luminaires with integral, luminaire-level sensors and controls.