Lighting Industry

The Designers Lighting Forum of New England (DLFNE) recently hosted the 2014 Boston Lights Exposition presented by Platinum Sponsor ESS Lighting. The New England lighting trade show welcomed over 1,100 guests from as far away as Ghana and featured the latest in architectural lighting products and accredited seminars by renowned lighting specialists. With more than [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Bailey, LC, LEED AP BD+C, DDI, MIES, Director, Lighting Solutions Center, Hubbell Lighting, for an article I’m writing for TED Magazine about how solid-state lighting is impacting luminaire design. I’m happy to share it with you here. DiLouie: How would you characterize demand for LED luminaires in [...]

NEMA’s shipments index for incandescent A-line lamps dropped sharply during 2014Q2, declining 61.2% as the full effect of EISA 2007 lamp efficiency regulations took hold during the first six months of the year. Substitute lamp types such as LED A-line and halogen A-line fared better, posting increases of 35.8% and 9.9% q/q, respectively. Meanwhile, the [...]

The Open University (UK), in honor of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded to three scientists for developing the blue LED, produced the below infographic, which I’m happy to share with you below. Click to enlarge in a new window on your browser.

An article recently published in the IEEE Spectrum alleges that a cartel of lighting manufacturers engineered shorter life into their lamps to ensure a higher volume of ongoing sales. Read it here. Special thanks to Howard Wolfman for sending this my way.

Demand for lighting equipment, as measured by NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, was essentially flat during the second quarter, increasing 0.1% over 2014Q1. In contrast, year-over-year performance for the topline index showed a decrease of 1.4%. Emergency lighting and fixtures were the only index components to show an improvement in sales with ballasts, large- and [...]

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Below is an article I contributed to the June issue of TED Magazine, reprinted with permission: The American Institute of Architects’ Consensus Construction Forecast predicted nonresidential construction spending to increase 5.8 percent in 2014 and 8 percent in 2015, a rebound led by the commercial sector. Combined with a healthy market for lighting upgrades, this [...]

OSRAM SYLVANIA recently announced a plan to relocate its Danvers-based headquarters from 100 Endicott Street in Danvers, MA to 200 Ballardvale Street in Wilmington, MA during the summer of 2015. The new location will serve as the regional headquarters of OSRAM Americas and will continue to have a strong presence in northern Massachusetts and the New [...]