c-Max Lighting Controls platform
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MaxLite EasyRF Offers Simple Room-Based Wireless Lighting Controls

MaxLite has announced the launch of EasyRFTM, an innovative room-based wireless lighting control system that expands the company’s c-Max Lighting Controls platform. EasyRF represents a user-friendly and cost-effective solution designed to seamlessly integrate luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC) for both new construction and retrofit projects. This innovative system is designed to create groupable wireless lighting…

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Crestron’s New NYC Flagship Experience Center Offers an Immersive Environment

While the lighting industry has understood that smart technology offers benefits to the end consumer and growth opportunities for lighting professionals, adoption has not been as fast nor as widespread as experts had predicted over the past several years. New Jersey-based Crestron Electronics hopes to mitigate the uncertainty that end users have regarding smart systems…

Crackdown on Price-Matching Claims, Deceptive Promotions
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Crackdown on Price-Matching Claims, Deceptive Promotions

In the era of ecommerce, where consumers often search online to find a lower price for the same lighting fixtures they see in person at their local lighting showroom or electrical supply, many brick-and-mortars offer price-matching to make the sale — and there’s certainly nothing illegal about that practice. But with the Federal Trade Commission…

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New Series: The Non-Technical Language of Landscape Lighting

By Robert Lanteigne An Evolving Canvas that Extends Interior Spaces to the Outdoors Landscape lighting is much more than just placing lights in your garden. It’s about creating an evolving canvas that connects your home’s interior with the exterior, revealing the beauty of your outdoor environment in ways that change and grow over time. By…

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The Importance of Strategic Positioning in the Lighting Industry

By Natalie Young In the highly competitive lighting industry, effective positioning is crucial for a brand’s long-term success. When companies position their products, they are essentially shaping the perceptions and associations that customers hold about their brand. This process goes far beyond a catchy tagline or a sleek logo. It’s about ensuring that the right…

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Lighting and Music: How a Phish Concert Illuminated My Career

Exploring the emotional impact of lighting and its influence on commercial and industrial projects with Andrew Boerschig A Focus on Function: Lighting for Practical Spaces As a commercial and industrial electrical contractor in the lighting industry, Guarantee Electrical’s projects often fall into what I like to call “meat and potato” type jobs. What does this…

Lithonia Lighting
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Acuity Brands Adds 15 Decorative Track Lighting Products To Enhance Room Decor

Acuity Brands, Inc. adds character to any space with the introduction of 15 decorative track lighting products from Lithonia Lighting®. Designed to enhance room décor and lighting in residential and light commercial spaces, the new track lighting family features a variety of LED and halogen lamped track head fixtures. The product expansion includes eight products compatible…

FLL Series
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High-Power FLL Series Perimeter Lighting from Stanpro

The FLL Series from Stanpro is ideal for general lighting of grounds, storage yards, car dealerships, parking lots, as well as signage and building facade lighting. These high-power perimeter lights are designed for ease of installation with a snap-together feature that allows for easy optic interchangeability to accommodate different applications. Color temperature and wattage can…

Eaton Crouse-Hinds
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LED Floodlights From Eaton Designed for Class I and Class II Hazardous Areas

The Crouse-Hinds series Champ FMVA LED floodlights from Eaton are designed to provide full-spectrum, crisp, white light in Class I and Class II hazardous areas. Eleven versions of the Champ FMVA are available, ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 lumens, providing a reliable and long-life solution for a wide range of floodlighting applications. Champ FMVA LED…

CSSGI Series
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Budget-Friendly, Shallow Plenum Cleanroom Luminaire from Kenall

Kenall Lighting, a Legrand brand, now offers a shallow plenum troffer ideal for cleanrooms and clean spaces, including laboratories, food processing plants, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturing, research centers and more. Filling a market need for a slim, budget-friendly cleanroom luminaire, the CSSGI series fixture features a low-profile design that allows for minimal intrusion into the highly…

FlashNet
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LiteTrace Introduces FlashNet, A Revolutionary Optical Control for Bluetooth Commercial Lighting

LiteTrace has announced the launch of FlashNet, a patent-pending groundbreaking optical signal-based wireless device control technology. FlashNet revolutionizes how users commission, identify, and manage their Bluetooth commercial lights from a distance using innovative light beam signals. FlashNet enables wireless device control through precision light signals. Users can now interact with their Keilton+autani daylight harvesting sensors…

Rozino wall grazer
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Rozino Nano-Linear Wall Grazing Luminaire from Optique

One of the most powerful wall grazers in its class, the Rozino Nano-Linear Wall Grazing Luminaire from Optique features a peak candela of 4700+ and a precise 10-degree beam angle designed to highlight textures and architectural details. Rozino features pivoting and lockable mounting hardware for precise aiming and a patent-pending, paintable fixture cover hides hardware…

Leviton Adds Wi-Fi ELV/LED Phase-Selectable Version to Decora Smart Dimmer Family
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Leviton Adds Wi-Fi ELV/LED Phase-Selectable Version to Decora Smart Dimmer Family

Introducing the Decora Smart Electronic Low Voltage/LED Phase Selectable Dimmer Switch from Leviton. The Wi-Fi 2nd Gen. smart dimmer switch supports 600VA ELV, 300W LED, 300W CFL, and 600W Incandescent/Halogen lights. A robust and attractive wall plate is included. The smart switch plate comes in white. Benefits Features Technical Specs More information about the Decora…

LEDVANCE LINK Bluetooth Mesh
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LEDVANCE Offers LINK Bluetooth Mesh 20A Zone Controller

The LEDVANCE LINK Bluetooth Mesh 20A Zone Controller allows a group of luminaires to become Bluetooth Mesh enabled and be controlled via LEDVANCE LINK App or the Wireless Wall Controller. It is ideal to be used with various LEDVANCE indoor and industrial luminaires. LEDVANCE LINK™ Bluetooth® mesh technology makes networked lighting control quick, easy and…