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Posted on the: March 3, 2021

The One Amazing Thing Antimicrobial Lighting Can Do That UV Can't

In California, the historic Beverly Hilton Hotel found itself in the national spotlight once more, courtesy of new cleaning personnel they hired on the spot: a three-foot-tall robot named Kennedy. His job? Shine UV light in spaces cleaned by human colleagues and ensure a new defense line against lurking, invisible infectious threats.[...]

Posted on the: March 1, 2021

10 Interior and Exterior Architectural Projects Perfected by Lighting

Light is more than just something you see. With the right strategy and proper set of fixtures and controls, it tells a story, a timeline, a series of what-ifs. It’s the centerpiece of the perfect wedding day, gives a village character, reduces light pollution and makes the office, an overnight[...]

Posted on the: February 19, 2021

Get Well Soon: Why Healthcare Systems Feel Better with Antimicrobial Lighting

When Samaritan Hospital, part of St. Peter’s Health Partners in Troy, NY, tested antimicrobial lighting effectiveness at reducing surface contamination in an active trauma room in its emergency department, they reported an exponential decrease. So, too, did Bayfront Health St. Petersburgh, a hospital in Florida. Researchers there reported that a similar set of LED[...]

Posted on the: February 18, 2021

Amerlux’s Plenum Downlights Make Being Shallow Look Good

Compact Solace Downlights Offer Flexibility for Inflexible Spaces OAKLAND, N.J. – February 18, 2021 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has released a new set of architectural-grade, ultra-shallow downlights that solves a design and installation pain point: super-tight plenum space. Solace is an extremely shallow,[...]

Posted on the: February 10, 2021

Amerlux’s New Luminaires Make Stars Twinkle at Night

Dark Sky-Friendly Decorative Post Top Reduces Light Pollution   OAKLAND, N.J. – February 10, 2021 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has released the newest addition to its dark sky-friendly family of LED luminaries, providing developers and municipalities with stylish solutions for effectively curtailing rampant[...]

Posted on the: February 8, 2021

4 Reasons Why DALI Is the Right Lighting Control for You

The Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) has become the industry open standard for tailoring the needs of present-day LED lighting technology, utilizing a two-way communication system that has brought digital capabilities to lighting. DALI allows interconnected drivers, ballasts, switches, sensors and controllers—regardless of differing manufacturers—to “talk” to the user, who[...]

Posted on the: February 4, 2021

How an Outdated High-Rise Lobby Became Vibrant In The Best Light

By simply adding 150 linear feet of Fino—an Amerlux lighting solution—a sterile, outdated lobby exuding mid-century vibes transformed into a posh space that is both welcoming and relaxing. When renovating an old lobby, the designing team encountered a problem—how to retrofit a soffit with a cove when the design did[...]

Posted on the: January 6, 2021

Building Automation? Step One: Lighting

Commercial buildings can be mammoth-sized energy and expense wasters. Per Energy Star, a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy that promotes energy efficiency, about 30% of the energy consumed by a commercial building is wasted. When this much energy is wasted, it leads[...]

Posted on the: January 6, 2021

How Colored Lighting Can Affect Your Mood

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Lonny.com. See the original post here. If you’ve ever had a bad day, you’ve probably wished you could just turn it off with the flip of a switch. While that technology isn’t available just yet, according to some experts, there is an alternative[...]

Posted on the: January 4, 2021

Catching the Eye of the Shopper With Produce Department Design

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Supermarket Perimeter magazine. See the original post here. Consumers buy with their eyes. Nowhere is that truer than in the grocery produce department, where color alone can pull a shopper into its aisles. And to make colors pop, you have to have the right[...]