Lighting Applications

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: 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 11, 2018

How to protect birds, enjoy the night sky and save $3 billion with LEDs

Picture this: two pillars of light stretching from the ground up to the heavens, penetrating the nighttime darkness. It’s the annual “Tribute in Light” held in New York City every September 11. It’s a stirring sight and a beautiful memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks and the unbreakable[...]

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

How Architects Retain Clients by Boosting ROI

Satisfied clients are ones that return again and again to do business with you. For most businesses, retaining clients is easier than acquiring new ones and to keep you clients, you need to deliver results. In architecture, client retention means going beyond drawing beautiful buildings and aligning your designs to[...]

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: September 2, 2018

Smart Sites: The Next Wave in Facility Management

Amerlux Brings Smart City Technology to Your Site “Smart city” is a loose term for a city or community that uses sensor data to deliver a responsive infrastructure. In a smart city, sensors can monitor everything from energy usage to traffic flow to occupancy. Using wireless connectivity, cities can control[...]

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[...]