Interviews + Opinion

This interview is my contribution to the December 2015 issue of tED Magazine, published by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED). Reprinted with permission. Last month, we talked with Christopher Brown, CEO of national lighting distributor Wiedenbach-Brown, about the risks solid-state lighting pose for electrical distribution. Brown believes the longevity of LED sources, coupled [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Lien LC, CLEP, CLMC, HBDP, LEED BD&C, Director of Government and Industry Relations at OSRAM SYLVANIA and chair of NEMA Light Source Section. The topic: IES-TM-30, which proposes a new method of color evaluation, including new metrics to express color fidelity and saturation. I’m happy to share [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jerry Mix, CEO of Finelite. The topic: LED suspended general lighting. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote coming up in the February 2016 issue of tED. DiLouie: How would you characterize the market for suspended general lighting luminaires? [...]

As LED lighting integrates with building automation systems and provides a platform for Big Data, cyber security may become an important issue. Jerry Plank’s column in the September issue of LD+A discusses the issue. Interesting reading. Read it here.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Roos, Vice President, Product Design, and Kristin Fedoruk, director, Energy Sales and Solutions, Juno Lighting Group. The topic: LED high-bay lighting. I’m happy to share her responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the September 2015 issue of tED. DiLouie: How would [...]

Earlier this year, I interviewed Chris Brown for tED Magazine. The topic: the impact of SSL technology on electrical distribution. Reprinted with permission. Christopher Brown is CEO of Wiedenbach-Brown, a national full-service lighting and electrical solutions distributor. Prior to the company’s acquisition by USESI in 2006, he was president and chairman of the board for [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jeannine Fisher Wang, PE, LC – Director Business Development, Acuity Brands. The topic: OLED lighting–where it is now, where it’s going. I’m happy to share her responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the November issue of tED. DiLouie: How would you characterize [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mariana G. Figueiro, PhD, Professor and Light and Health Program Director, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The topic: what we know, what we don’t know, and what’s currently actionable in design concerning light and health. I’m happy to share her responses with you here. The interview informed [...]

I enjoy receiving Ted Konnerth’s newsletter from Egret Consulting Group. Ted has an excellent big picture view of the lighting industry. Like everybody else, he doesn’t have all the answers about where things are ultimately headed, but he’s asking the right questions. The below article is republished from an issue I received the week after [...]