Lighting Design

Manufacturer Vode recently published an interesting article on its blog, identifying three ways lighting can affect mood. “One of the most challenging – and oftentimes frustrating – aspects of architecture is trying to grasp the mood or message that your client is trying to convey. For example, how would you go about lighting an art [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has published an updated version of its authoritative reference on lighting upgrades, LEM-3-13. The document has been organized into three sections. The first describes general issues related to upgrading regardless of technology. The second covers equipment typically used in upgrades. And the third describes four applications (office, retail, school, healthcare) where [...]

The IES recommended practice for office lighting has undergone a major revision for the 2013 edition, including new material addressing recent changes in office environments such as computer-based tasks, new office layouts, new light source and control strategies, etc. Check it out here.

In the August 2013 issue of LD+A, Jody Good makes the case that growing complexity in the lighting industry is creating a compelling imperative for licensing lighting designers. Check it out here. What do you think?

I recently had the opportunity to interview Tony Sarti, Healthcare Sales Manager for Kenall Manufacturing, for an article I wrote about healthcare facilities lighting for The Electrical Distributor (TED) Magazine. The interview was extremely informative, and I wanted to share it with you complete here. DiLouie: How would you characterize healthcare facilities as a market [...]

I recently had the opportunity to interview Eric Snyder, marketing manager for Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Business, for an article I wrote about outdoor lighting for The Electrical Distributor (TED) Magazine. The interview was extremely informative, and I wanted to share it with you complete here. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* [...]

I recently had the opportunity to interview Jay Massa, regional sales manager for Kenall Lighting, for an article I wrote about senior facilities lighting for The Electrical Distributor (TED) Magazine. The interview was extremely informative, and I wanted to share it with you complete here. DiLouie: What are the major recent trends in how senior [...]

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched Lighting Patterns for Homes, an interactive website to help homeowners, contractors and builders choose the right lamps, luminaires and controls to maximize energy savings, calculate lighting costs and achieve lighting effects to meet a wide range of needs in their homes. It also shows [...]

Editor’s note: This is the executive summary of the Commercial Lighting Market Attitudes Study, which I produced in 2004 based on surveys of participants across the commercial lighting product sales channel. I’ve been receiving some renewed interest in the study, which people have found valuable, so I decided to offer the report’s conclusions here. What [...]