An oft-repeated “fact” about LEDs is that they flicker, creating an unpleasant strobe-like effect. The truth is a bit more complicated. Yes, LEDs flicker. But so does every single other electric light source, which includes incandescent, halogen, metal halide, and fluorescent lamps. Here are the facts about flicker, what causes it and how to avoid […]

Color Perfection Shines Bright at LightFair 2019 Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it will unveil the industry’s first 100 CRI LED during a special demonstration at LightFair 2019 in Philadelphia, which runs from May 20-23. Amerlux’s new Rook 3.5″ Square Pendant will showcase the 100 CRI chip, which is the first LED […]

Next-Gen Technology Cuts Costs on Controls, Labor Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it is offering the first generation of Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) lighting solutions that will fundamentally change the way the industry thinks about configuration and controls. With this new technology, power will run through the same Category 5 enhanced cabling [...]

Slots and Dots Delivers on Dream for Architects, Lighting Designers Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that its new track light system connects all the dots for architects and lighting designers: color, comfort, controls and configurability. Amerlux’s Slots and Dots is an easily configurable track light system that creates visual ambience for [...]

New Architectural Decorative Luminaire Gives Designers Reason to Look Up Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today the launch of Etch, a 2’x2′ recessed panel designed to create dynamic lighting compositions across a ceiling. Co-developed with world-renown architecture firm Gensler Associates, the new Etch ceiling panels present a clean [...]

Whether your hosting a lunch-and-learn for your clients or giving a presentation to prospective customers, we’ve put together resources to help. The “Goldilocks” zone of lighting that’s “just right” can be a tricky spot to land in when designing a space. Amerlux has been serving the architect community for decades and over the years, architects […]

Square LED Pendant Delivers More Options for Architects, Designers Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today its Rook LED pendant family has grown with the addition of a square fixture that will create options for architects and lighting designers. Amerlux’s Rook 3.5″ Square Pendant is a versatile solution for open ceilings as a surface-mount [...]

The lighting in a space is one of the first things people notice when they walk in. It’s critical that a space has the “right light.” The light sets the mood for the space and directs people where to go and encourages the desired behavior. In a store, it directs people to high-margin departments and […]

$41B North American Buyer’s Group Admits LED Manufacturer Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has accepted an invitation to join Affiliated Distributors’ (AD) network of premier LED lighting suppliers. AD only accepts “best-in-class” suppliers who can support its more than 600 distributors, provide access to cutting-edge products and [...]

  When Amerlux opened its doors in 1984, the renowned design-and-manufacture lighting company soon became the market leader for supermarket LED lighting. And then, the company—built on made-to-measure products—created more innovative solutions for boutique retail, commercial and exterior lighting segments. But today, Amerlux is casting itself in a different light. In addition to [...]

Above: Supermarkets are relamping their stores with dramatic retail lighting that rivals any fancy boutique The supermarket industry is a rapidly growing field. In 2018 alone, store openings were up 30 percent, with ribbons cut on 17 million square feet of new grocery stores, according to JLL’s Grocery Tracker 2019 report. Driving much of that […]

Lighting is so often treated as a “bolt-on” component of building design with architects or building owners coming to a lighting consultant after the blue prints are all but printed. This approach assumes lighting is just a matter of picking out fixtures. However, lighting designers know lighting is so much more. Lighting in a space […]

Light is the link between our bodies and the solar day. We evolved under the sun for millions of years and are closely attuned to the daily light/dark cycle of the sun. This is our circadian rhythm. Modern technology is catching up to the sun. Between recent advancements in LEDs and controls, we now have […]

The very first LEDs were invented in the early 1960s and LED lighting has come a long way since the 1990s when it entered the commercial market as a viable alternative to incandescent and fluorescent light. Those early LEDs had problems with flickering and prompted stereotypes of bright blue light that still exist today. Today’s […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Commercial Construction & Renovation magazine. See the original post here. Above: “We redesigned Graham’s and gallery-quality lighting was at the top of my list. After upgrading, our selling floors now pop with color! Subtle pinstripes, patters and textures come alive, as if to say, ‘Try me! Buy me! Take me home!’” […]