Lighting Industry

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Leendert Jan Enthoven, President of BriteSwitch, a utility rebate fulfillment company. The topic: lighting product rebate trends. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the April feature article for the Lighting Controls Association. DiLouie: How would you characterize [...]

NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, decreased 2.6% quarter-to-quarter while posting a 0.1% increase year-over-year during 2015Q4. Fixtures, emergency lighting, and miniature lamps, components of the index, gained ground on a year-over-year basis, while ballasts and large lamps abd components recorded year-over-year declines.

“Where the Light Is: Home Lighting Trends” is a major feature article I wrote for the March issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. The 2008 housing-market crash ended the home construction boom. A steady recovery began in 2012, and it continues today, bolstering the U.S. economy. Historically, residential construction averages 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic [...]

Lumenpulse Inc., a manufacturer of specification-grade LED lighting solutions, recently announced it has acquired Fluxwerx Illumination Inc., a privately owned pure-play specification-grade LED lighting solutions provider based in British Columbia, Canada, for a total initial consideration of $60 million. Founded in 2011, Fluxwerx is a manufacturer of LED luminaires, with several innovations including the company’s [...]

Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI) has released its first-ever “The Big 95” list, highlighting the 95 most acclaimed b2b / trade publications. The Big 95 list includes titles from United States, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The lineup reflects data from the first 12 years of the [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Roos, VP of Product Design, Juno Lighting Group, on the topic of residential lighting trends. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the March 2016 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. DiLouie: How would you characterize demand for residential [...]

Louis Poulsen, iconic Danish manufacturer and designer of architectural grade lighting, announces plans to open its first US-based showroom in Culver City, CA at the Helm’s Bakery District. Louis Poulsen USA has signed a 5 year lease agreement for the 2,900-square foot showroom located in Studio E at the “to-the-trade-only” Helms Design Center space with [...]

In an interesting article published by ELECTRICAL TRENDS, David Gordon of Channel Marketing Group provides insightful top-line analysis of major merger and acquisition activity in the lighting industry in 2015, and what it means. Interesting stuff. Check it out here.

My contribution to the March issue of The Electrical Distributor tackled a big subject–trends in LED outdoor luminaire design. Reprinted with permission. Offering higher efficacy, longer life, greater optical control, good quality of light and greater control flexibility, LED lighting stands poised for major penetration in the outdoor stationary lighting market. These luminaires may be [...]