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Posted on the: March 27, 2020

Why Regulations Are Making More States Turn to LEDs

The adoption of LED lights has surged in recent years because of an assortment of unparalleled benefits. They have a longer lifespan, use less energy, decrease energy and maintenance expenses, contain no mercury, offer better controls and comfort, and are significantly more environmentally friendly than they’re legacy counterparts, including many[...]

Posted on the: March 9, 2020

Why Are More Entertainment Venues Using LEDs?

San Francisco’s gleaming new arena, the Chase Center, features an array of posh luxury suites equipped with state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures and capabilities. Over on the East Coast, Pier 17, a renowned cultural and entertainment hotspot in New York City, built a new green room space to support open-air concerts.[...]

Posted on the: February 25, 2020

What’s the difference between full gamut LEDs, standard LEDs?

When it comes to setting a stage, few technologies make facilities and products shine like energy-efficient, high-performing LED lights and controls. This easily-to-customize, low-maintenance technology is helping retail, hospitality, office and commercial spaces of all sizes hit on various types of lighting, in turn drawing more occupants and increasing value[...]

Posted on the: February 11, 2020

Amerlux’s New Website Delivers Functionality Light Years Ahead

Online Tool Helps Architects, Designers Save Angst OAKLAND, N.J. – Feb. 11, 2020 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has launched an innovative website that will make project design light-years faster for architects and lighting designers. Amerlux has turned its new website into an invaluable[...]

Posted on the: December 4, 2019

6 Ways Contractors Make Their Jobs Easier

Exceeding client expectations is the secret to repeat business for any contractor. And that means delivering projects on time and on budget. (Of course, choosing the wrong lighting solution can hurt you on both accounts.) Contractors who master the ability to use the right lighting products in their projects can[...]

Posted on the: December 4, 2019

What Contractors Don’t Know About Lighting

Electrical contracting, like the rest of the construction industry, is in a state of rapid change. Electrical contractors must deal with a variety of forces that are impacting installers. For instance, contractors are dealing with 1) an increased demand for skilled labor, 2) the evolution of building delivery systems, 3)[...]

Posted on the: March 6, 2019

A recipe for consistent LED color quality

Above: Use the slider to see the difference a metal halide lamp and Amerlux’s high color quality LEDs.  As any physicist can tell you, color is made of three things: hue, saturation and lightness. But rendering color well with lights requires more than just understanding these elements. Amerlux’s customers have[...]

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 13, 2018

How to Sell Your Lighting Upgrade to Your Boss

You already understand how your organization would benefit from the huge long-term benefits and savings that come from upgrading your facility’s lighting to high-performance LEDs. But those long-term benefits can seem far away to your CFO when he or she sees the upfront cost of such an upgrade. Large expenses[...]

Posted on the: July 27, 2018

Colors that Jump Off the Wall: How LEDs Make Art Look its Best

Artists choose their colors with care, layering and mixing paints to achieve just the right look for their artworks. To experience the finished art as the artist intended it, the painting needs to be lit well. In the past, the lighting options tended to be either too heavy on warm[...]