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Craig’s Lighting Articles

Craig’s Lighting Articles

Avoiding MH Lamp Ruptures

Craig DiLouie June 5, 2009

Read the article I wrote on this subject for the January 2009 issue of Electrical Contractor here. The article makes reference to NEMA’s revised LSD25-2008, “Best Practices for Metal Halide Lighting Systems Plus Q&A About Lamp Ruptures in Metal Halide Lighting Systems,” available here.

Craig’s Lighting Articles, LED + SSL, Light + Art

Target Breezeway

Craig DiLouie April 17, 2009

My earlier post about an artist using the Tweenbots as a vehicle to explore how people interact with space reminded me of the Target Breezeway project at Rockefeller Center in New York City, designed by Electroland, LLC, where visitors to a room connecting the top-floor observation decks are invited to interact with room surfaces through [...]

Craig’s Lighting Articles, LED + SSL

Temple of Light

Craig DiLouie April 7, 2009

Here’s a project story I wrote for Archi-Tech Magazine before it went digital, which I still find interesting to revisit. The photos appear to be a bit saturated on the web translation here, but you can still get a great flavor for the project. The project was initiated by the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan [...]

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