Lighting designers are tasked with the challenge of collaborating with architects to create spaces that maximize both functionality and beauty. While carpenters work with wood and masons with bricks, light is the primary tool for lighting designers. Thanks to advancements in LED technology, lighting designers have a lot more to work with in their toolbox […]

“Energy efficient” and “green building” are no longer just trendy buzzwords. LEED certification and key energy codes like Title 24 have not only made them a regular part of your vocabulary but also end goals for your lighting design projects. Lighting accounts for 17% of the energy usage of a typical building and can easily […]

AIA Members Earn CE Credits for Completion of Free Program Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it will launch a ground-breaking webinar series to help its stakeholders keep pace with an industry that has turned into the new tech sector. Amerlux’s free webinar series, “eLumenNation”, goes live on July 23 at noon […]

Without lighting where would architecture be? More than any other architectural element, quality lighting transforms a room. It determines the atmosphere of a space and brings value to the function of architecture by creating an experience. Walk into a warmly lit room and you’ll instantly feel relaxed and at ease. Walk into the same room […]

Amerlux Helps Ski Resort Protect Dark Skies Snowmass Village, a picturesque ski town nestled in the Rocky Mountains near Aspen, Colo., wanted to redevelop its town center with new buildings for a hotel, condos, town hall and an outdoor ice rink. The challenge? Built around a 35,000 square foot plaza, the town needed a way […]

Upgrading a legacy lighting system to LEDs is an effective way to improve light quality and trim costs at the same time. There are two ways to upgrade to LEDs: retrofit the luminaires you already have with LEDs or replace everything with LED fixtures. The best choice depends on your budget and application. Let’s take […]

June 18, 2019 – Amerlux announced today that the award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company will accelerate product development and incorporate key elements of building automation, following its acquisition by Delta Electronics at the end of May. “We are thrilled to begin this next chapter,” said Amerlux CEO Chuck Campagna. “The combined strengths of Delta and Amerlux […]

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 you’re 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 […]