Before the Amazons of the world came around, and the mounds of fast deliveries that came with them, why did people shop in stores, besides obviously needing something?   The answer? Instant gratification. They needed what they needed today or for the weekend. There was no time to waste.   Today, online purchases are delivered within a […]

The connection between learning and daylight is deep-rooted—dating back nearly a century ago. No, really. Quick history lesson: According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), daylight was the primary light source in buildings, including schools, before the 1940s. Artificial lighting caught up fast. Within 20 years, electric lighting provided adequate illumination for essential [...]

Ceilings won’t be the same again for designers and architects Amerlux, a leading design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced a groundbreaking set of recessed linear downlights that will re-shape industry views on lighting size. “The old story was: the smaller you went the more glare you’d get, if you wanted to deliver the right amount of light,” […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FacilityManagement.net. See the original post here. When it comes to designing and constructing an office’s electrical lighting system, facility managers must realize that lighting is no longer about seeing or being decorative. Today, lighting is also about feeling, which directly impacts employees’ health, morale and productivity – all of [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy reports that K–12 schools spend more than $8 billion annually on energy. It’s routinely the second-highest operating expenditure for schools after personnel costs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that schools spend about $130 per student on electricity each year. What’s more, about a quarter of the energy used […]

The Mayo Clinic reports that glare and uncomfortable bright light are the two leading causes of eyestrain today, which hinders workplace productivity. However, an improved lighting design can yield a 23% gain in productivity, according to the U.S. Green Building Council. These findings should come as no surprise. In recent years, LEDs have provided organizations […]

Commercial and instructional buildings are amid a technological revolution. Legacy systems such as fluorescent, incandescent and halogen lighting fixtures are now being replaced with advanced solid-state lighting fixtures, also called LEDs. Simultaneously, the traditional analog controls that ran these legacy lighting systems are being swapped with digital controls that work with sensors and [...]

When you think of things that go together, what comes to mind? Maybe it is spaghetti and meatballs or salt and pepper. Perhaps it is peanut butter and jelly. In our line of work, it is lighting and controls. Every lamp and luminaire require some control device and a strategy about how to use that […]

SLS Brings NYC Design Community Closer to Lighting Manufacturer OAKLAND, N.J. – Sept. 1, 2020 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has selected Specification Lighting Sales (SLS) as its new rep for its interior product line in the Northern New Jersey market. SLS is a New York City-based specification lighting […]

Ensure deliveries are made, even on days off. Always take calls, even on late Friday afternoons. No screening calls—ever. More than anything else, help as many people as you can—architects, designers, owners, contractors, distributors, rep agencies, you name it. “It could be Mrs. Jones, or it could be a big-time developer. It doesn’t matter,” says […]

There is no denying it, Carlos Alonso-Niemeyer says. A new “buzz word” in lighting is germicidal lighting. “In other words, how do you use light to clean spaces or fight viruses,” the principal at Reflex Lighting, Amerlux’s manufacturer’s rep for the northeast, says. “That’s going to be a trend for some time.” But it is […]

There is a golden rule for saving electricity: The less time your lights are on, the lower your electricity bill will be. Everyone from lighting designers and architects to building owners and facility managers knows this well. That’s why more and more are switching their legacy lighting systems and designs with energy-efficient, longer-last LED lighting. […]

There are countless gimmicks retail stores use to lure in shoppers and move merchandise. Discount sales, promotions, advertising posters and coupons top the list. Smart architects and lighting designers know a more effective way to control the shopper’s experience: use a retail space’s lighting to your advantage. Research shows that LED retail lighting impacts how customers [...]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in LD&A magazine. See the original post here. The hospitality industry is one of the most competitive in the world, with new players like Airbnb only intensifying the challenges. As hotels vie against one another for customers and online approvals, their guest’s overall experience is most often the make-or-break differentiator. [...]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in EdisonReport. See the original post here. Amerlux recently invested close to $2 million in new production equipment and efficiency initiatives that executives say will help the lighting manufacturer better serve customers by increasing production speed, driving down costs and lead times, and making the company’s fabrication area twice as [...]