Craig DiLouie

The proliferation of dimmable LED lighting and wireless connectivity has positioned connected lighting for strong growth. The biggest markets are expected to be linear, outdoor, and low- and high-bay applications, where high...

In the commercial sector, cash rebates from utilities and energy-efficiency organizations remain a popular incentive for lighting upgrades. A rebate may be prescriptive, available through application, or midstream, and it may...

According to the Department of Energy’s 2015 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization study, 55.4 percent of lamps installed in the commercial sector were 4-foot T8 fluorescent, and 12.9 percent were 4-foot T12. One energy-savin...

Lighting systems have historically been designed for visual performance and comfort, but science tells us light plays a major role in synchronizing the human circadian system. The growing understanding of the relationship bet...

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, plug and process loads account for one-third of commercial building energy consumption. Plug loads, such as computers, printers and task lighting, draw power from standard alternati...

A virtual digital assistant is software that can perform tasks for consumers such as looking up information on the internet, playing media and buying products online. It uses speech recognition technology to respond to voice...

Networked lighting controls are intelligent (computing-based) and programmable systems in which devices communicate to enact control strategies. Each control point in the network has a unique address, which can be assigned co...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) recently published the report “2015 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization,” an excellent resource for lighting market analysis and business planning. One thing is clear: The lighting market...

Enabled by rapid adoption of LED technology, the lighting industry continues to undergo historic change. Connectivity and networked control, the internet of things (IoT), lighting and health, restrictive energy codes, and reb...

In September 2017, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) published “Energy Savings from Networked Lighting Control Systems.” The report analyzes the energy-savings potential of networked lighting control systems. Based on aggrega...

In 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued new energy standards for general-service fluorescent lamps. These standards identify lamp categories and impose minimum efficacies expressed in lumens per watt. Primarily af...

At the 2017 Strategies in Light conference, Dan Ryan of Acuity Brands Lighting examined lighting disruption posed by LED technology and the internet of things (IoT). He said a good starting point to predicting what will happe...