Lighting Applications

Posted on the: April 23, 2019

Affiliated Distributors Recognizes Amerlux as ‘Best-in-Class’ Supplier

$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[...]

Posted on the: April 22, 2019

Amerlux Provides 'Value' for AD distributors

  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.[...]

Posted on the: April 22, 2019

Reimagining Supermarkets as High-End Retail Destinations

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[...]

Posted on the: April 17, 2019

A true reflection of your vision starts with lighting design

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[...]

Posted on the: April 12, 2019

Avoiding the Top 3 Pitfalls in Human-Centric Lighting

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[...]

Posted on the: April 9, 2019

7 essentials architects need to know about LEDs

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[...]

Posted on the: March 29, 2019

Casting retail in the best light: The importance of color quality

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![...]

Posted on the: March 25, 2019

Putting fresh foods in the best light: How store lighting boosts sales

Merchandise that looks good sells better, and nowhere is that truer than in a supermarket’s fresh departments. Store lighting is one of the most important elements of a bricks-and-mortar retail operation. How a supermarket is illuminated makes an immediate impression on customers. The lighting provides basic illumination, acts as a[...]

Posted on the: March 19, 2019

What is the right light? A primer for architects

The “right” light—it’s what everyone wants, but what is it? The right light for a space is light that delivers in three areas: the right amount of light at the right location for the right amount of time. Just as “one-size-fits-all” clothing really fits no one, the right light for[...]

Posted on the: March 12, 2019

Color Shift: Why It Happens In LEDs and the Simple Way to Avoid It

One of these rainbows is beautiful like a dream and one is an ugly nightmare. (Right photo courtesy of Energy.gov). Rainbows in nature are beautiful things and seeing them in the sky can be a soul-stirring event. Looking up in a room and seeing a row of lights that should[...]