Lighting Applications

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 18, 2021

Amerlux Inks Partnership with Vyv to Offer Antimicrobial Lighting

Continuous-use, non-UV light reduces bacteria and other microbes OAKLAND, N.J. – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today a partnership with Vyv, a health tech company whose signature continuous-use, non-UV antimicrobial light technology will be added into Amerlux’s lighting fixtures. The partnership represents a groundbreaking venture for Amerlux, which in recent[...]

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How an Outdated High-Rise Lobby Became Vibrant In The Best Light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

Posted on the: December 8, 2020

5 Reasons You Should Invest in a Building Automation System

Remember the old days, just a few years back, when the lighting “revolution” everyone talked about was the transition from traditional lighting systems to LEDs? That’s old news now. There’s a new revolution unfolding within the building world now—and it too is being spurred by advancements in LED technology: Building[...]