Craig DiLouie

Architecture firm billings growth slowed again in July 2018 but remained positive overall for the tenth consecutive month, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently announced a total of 14 projects receiving the highest honors at the 2018 IES Illumination Awards. More than 200 projects were recognized with Awards of Merit.

For the September 2018 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I contributed a feature article about various research that is slowly building a case for circadian lighting, and may inform best practices.

Nanoleaf’s smart lighting panels are user-configurable, triangular, flat panels that can be arranged in any shape via smart links on each side. They can transform a space using 16.7 million colors, including synchronization with music and time of day.

In this week’s featured episode of NAILD’s Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, Clifford J. Yahnke, Ph.D, Director, Clinical Affairs at Indigo-Clean, talks about the potential benefits of visible light disinfection.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Mark Lien, LC, HBDP, CLMC, CLEP, LEED BD&C, Industry Relations Manager, Illuminating Engineering Society, about where things stand right now and possibly in the future for the Internet of Things. (Mark was speaking for himself, not the IES.) The responses helped inform an article I wrote about the IoT for the December 2018 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.

The Illuminating Engineering Society now offers the IES Ready Reference App, a free app that provides core lighting knowledge, general information from the IES Handbook and IES standards, and a simple calculator for basic lighting and economic calculations, and a search feature.

The University of Toledo recently published the results of a study finding that blue light transforms vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers, which can accelerate age-related macular degeneration. After substantial media coverage, the study’s senior author issued a clarification indicating that while certain wavelengths of light induces cell death, blue light from computer devices was not specifically studied.

Decorative lighting manufacturer Eureka’s Sail features an OLED module of less than 1mm thickness, whichis packaged in a contemporary folded metal structure to deliver soft illumination. It is available in 3000K or 4000K color temperatures with a black or white finish.