Products + Technology

The ecoInsight App for iPad is an audit application for contractors, distributors, manufacturers and energy consultants. Lighting and energy information can be collected during a building walk-through and uploaded to the company’s online analysis and proposal tools where users can export data, specify products, conduct analysis and generate proposals. Click here to learn more at [...]

LED A-line lamps posted another strong showing in 2015Q3, surging 237.2% during the quarter on a year-over-year basis. Halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 33%. In contrast, incandescent A-line lamps decreased by 31.5% while compact fluorescents lamps dropped 28%. Compared to 2015Q2, LED shipments rose 17.2%, while halogen A-lines increased 4.6%. CFL shipments [...]

Cree, Inc. has added the XLamp XQ-A LED to the XQ LED family. The compact, ceramic-based XQ-A enables lighting manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively expand their product portfolios by leveraging an LED design that is similar to that of the XQ-E. The new LEDs leverage the XQ platform to provide optical symmetry, consistency across all [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Brad Garrett, Director of Marketing, Architectural Products Group, Eaton. The topic: LED suspended luminaires. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the February 2016 issue of tED. DiLouie: How would you characterize the market for suspended general lighting [...]

Zumtobel’s new LED spotlights combine European aesthetics with exceptional functionality and energy efficiency, for shop and retail applications. Both FACTOR and VIVO Medium are compatible with Zumtobel TECTON trunking system, and the full range is compatible with Eutrac. IYON Optimized for efficient accent lighting of shops and showrooms, the spotlight features unique optics, providing uniform [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Bailey, LC, LEED AP BD+C, DDI, MIES, Director, Business Development and Product Innovation for Hubbell Lighting, Inc. The topic: optical approaches used with LED illumination products. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the June 2016 issue [...]

NSpec, a division of Nora Lighting, has introduced Iolite, a series of modular LED downlights. Iolite is available with 1-, 2- and 4-in. apertures for a minimal architectural appearance and offers more than 100 design and trim possibilities. The LED downlight features one LED core module, which is compatible with a dedicated downlight housing with [...]

LightRules Mobile by Digital Lumens provides users a simple and convenient way to control and manage lighting settings from their mobile device or tablet. It works with the iPhone, iPad and iTouch running iOS8 or later. Support for Android devices will follow. Click here to learn more.

U.S. Architectural Lighting has expanded its Razar LED Generation family with three new low-profile, wall-mounted luminaires that extend only 12 in. and vary from 9 to 23 in. in width. These 23-198W wall-mount luminaires are designed to replace 35-400W HID luminaires. They’re available in five asymmetric distribution patterns that are field-rotatable in 90-degree increments; 3000K, [...]