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Posted on the: September 27, 2018

CRI vs. TM-30: What Do These Color Quality Measures Mean?

If you’ve looked at lighting recently, you may have seen something like “CRI: 83” or “Rf 94”among the alphabet soup of the lighting specs. Another product advertised its great color rendering with two scores and a round graph. What does it all mean? How a light renders colors is very[...]

Posted on the: September 25, 2018

Amerlux’s New Fresh Color Chip Makes Grocery Shoppers Salivate

Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it has added a next-level microchip to its premium track lights that inevitably will help grocers transform into high-end retail boutiques. Amerlux’s Fresh Color chip accentuates the natural color of fresh foods, which has become a crucial high-margin draw to keep consumers[...]

Posted on the: September 20, 2018

The Key to Boosting Purchases in Supermarkets

When shoppers enter your supermarket, they are probably welcomed with the sights of your floral and fresh produce sections and the appetizing smells of your bakery. The fresh foods beckon to customers and if the foods look fresh, they will move quickly. Color is a major factor in buying decisions.[...]

Posted on the: September 13, 2018

10 Ways Architects and Lighting Designers Can Bring Their Visions to Light

The construction industry is becoming more and more specialized every year. It’s commonplace for specialists like lighting designers to work side-by-side with design architects to help enhance the design’s shapes and colors and improve the overall functionality of the space. This collaboration provides a new dimension of expertise throughout both[...]

Posted on the: September 12, 2018

Design Freedom with Fewer Headaches

Custom architectural lighting can elevate a space’s aesthetics and make a big impact on an overall design. When on a project, the more options you have available the more design freedom you can exercise. Each option you have is another tool in the toolbox. To that end, Amerlux has spent[...]

Posted on the: September 10, 2018

3 Ways to Avoid Lighting Glare in Your Designs

Glare is a fact of life, as anyone who’s driven into the sun on their commute knows all too well. However, it’s important not to add to the sun’s naturally occurring glare when designing artificial lighting. When possible, it’s often necessary to reduce the sun’s glare too. We know glare[...]

Posted on the: September 6, 2018

Lighting: The Secret Weapon for Optimizing A Building’s Performance

Winston Churchill famously said, “We shape our buildings and afterward our buildings shape us.” Commenting on the bomb-damaged House of Commons in 1943, his point is profound: We design buildings, and the constraints of the design will shape the people who use the building and the work they do. Few[...]

Posted on the: September 4, 2018

Amerlux Extends Line To Design-Build Firms

Made-to-Measure Lighting Maker Adds ‘Value’ With Off-The-Shelf Products Read about Amerlux’s “Value Line” below or download the PDF here Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it will expand its growing portfolio of products to fast-track to market at a lower cost, specifically catering to the needs of design-build[...]

Posted on the: August 31, 2018

How Lighting Designers Avoid These 5 Common Pitfalls

As a lighting designer, you have the challenge of developing a lighting solution that is aesthetically pleasing, energy efficient, controllable and highlights the architectural features while stimulating productivity. (That sounds like a long list of “bosses” to satisfy!) Here are five dos and don’ts for lighting designers to help on[...]

Posted on the: August 30, 2018

More Speed, Less Expense

Amerlux Provides ‘Value’ for Design-Build Firms Read about Amerlux’s “Value Line” below or download the PDF here 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[...]