Lighting News - April 22, 2013 - Philadelphia by Source Group LLC

Monday April 22, 2013

PRESHOW rd EDITION EDITION Philadelphia • FREE

DYNAmic! Acclaim’s New Dyna Series Indoor/Outdoor Linear LED Wall Graze and Cove Lighting Features Class-Leading Output and Integrated Power Supply

By Eric Peeters, Vice President, Electronics Solutions, Dow Corning Corporation

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Linear LED lighting is taking on a whole new definition of “Dynamic,” with the arrival of the Dyna Series from Acclaim Lighting. This groundbreaking series of indoor/outdoor white LED wall graze and cove fixtures features a powerful output averaging 20 watts per foot and up to 50 lumens per watt,

Enerwave Home Automation

No matter where you are, you can control every room in your house with just one touch. With just the push of a button on a remote or smart device, your garage door can open/close, light up entryways, enable/disable your security system, and lock/unlock doors. This intelligent wireless home system can control your home entertainment system. How’s that for wireless control… 100 foot Range line of sight, each device is a repeater and extends the range from device to device. Set welcome home themes upon your arrival, thermostat continued on page 49

FES Goes Global Future Energy Solutions (FES), with U.S. headquarters in Hollywood, Fla., has announced the spring 2013 opening of their European headquarters located in London. FES Founder and Chief Innovations Officer Daniel Gold and his Partner Anthony Lyons, are from the U.K. and both are prominent members in U.K. and Global business circles. According to Gold “it is a natural progression to bring our energy efficient lighting technologies home to the U.K.” FES has recently landed two major lighting system upgrade projects in the U.K. The first is to install and maintain highly energy efficient Induction continued on page 60

Silicones Can Provide Multiple Solutions for Next-Generation LED Design

The lighting industry is poised for significant transformation and growth as LEDs increasingly replace conventional light sources and new LED technologies find greater use in traditional lighting applications. To address this market shift, global lighting manufacturers are calling for

Evolucia Throws ‘First Pitch’ at LIGHTFAIR International Major League Baseball Greats Galarraga and Martinez Help the Company Hit a Home Run

Gripple Provides Cable Hanger Solutions

For more than 20 years Gripple has worked with the industry to develop innovative and versatile cable hanger solutions for Lighting, Electrical, HVAC and Mechanical services. Gripple cable hangers provide a sleek, discreet hanger for any of your light fixtures—high bay fluorescents, track, strip, troffer supports and more. Multiple end fixing choices ensure that you have an ideal attachment option for every ceiling type or service. Gripple hangers are UL listed, load rated and carry a 5:1 safety factor. All hanger kits are ready-to-use and include a continued on page 57

Cooledge Lighting Introduces a Flexible LED Light Sheet

PHILADELPHIA—First time LIGHTFAIR exhibitor, Evolucia Inc. (OTCBB and OTCQB: ILED), has called in a couple of “heavy hitters” to help make a major league impression on this year’s LIGHTFAIR attendees. Five time All-Star, Andres Galarraga, “The Big Cat,” will be at Evolucia Booth

Cooledge Lighting is introducing a flexible LED light sheet that provides high quality lighting with luminous efficacies exceeding 100 lumens per watt and 50,000 hours lifetime. The light sheet utilizes a highly dense pattern of LEDs on a thin plastic substrate, delivering on the promise of OLEDs with the reliability and performance of LEDs. The Cooledge light sheet’s unique form factor permits large panels, long lengths and the ability to conform to a wide variety of shapes, eliminating many of the constraints and challenges

NEXT Lighting Corp: A Linear LED Solutions Provider

LED Inspirations Re-Invents LED Tape Light

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NEXT Lighting Corp., a linear LED solution provider, is showing its products at LIGHTFAIR 2013. LIGHTING NEWS sat down with their VP of Products, Dr. Thomas Katona before the show to talk about what’s NEXT for NEXT.

Q: We interviewed CEO, Randall Sosnick, last year when NEXT Lighting was launching its 4 foot retrofit lamps. What has the company been doing since then? Katona: We’ve continued our development efforts, and been continued on page 60

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Nick Senofsky is the founder and CEO of LED Inspirations. As a previous showroom owner, he became intimately acquainted with the latest LED products. Senofsky specifically saw a need for a high quality LED tape light as this product was his most popular LED product and had the highest level of returns. As an Electrical Engineer and entrepreneur, Senofsky reinvented tape light from the circuit board up to fix the problems in existing products and add additional features. Since 2010, LED Inspirations has exploded into the market continued on page 61

Monday April 22, 2013

PRESHOW rd EDITION EDITION Philadelphia • FREE

DYNAmic! Acclaim’s New Dyna Series Indoor/Outdoor Linear LED Wall Graze and Cove Lighting Features Class-Leading Output and Integrated Power Supply

By Eric Peeters, Vice President, Electronics Solutions, Dow Corning Corporation

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Enerwave Home Automation

Silicones Can Provide Multiple Solutions for Next-Generation LED Design

Evolucia Throws ‘First Pitch’ at LIGHTFAIR International Major League Baseball Greats Galarraga and Martinez Help the Company Hit a Home Run

Gripple Provides Cable Hanger Solutions

Cooledge Lighting Introduces a Flexible LED Light Sheet

NEXT Lighting Corp: A Linear LED Solutions Provider

LED Inspirations Re-Invents LED Tape Light

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Preshow Edition • Monday, April 22, 2013

New White Materials for LEDs (and Fluorescents)

The three new ACA white surfaces are designed to meet a range of lighting application needs while all providing a high level of reflectance, maximizing efficiency and design flexibility. The new materials differ in levels of specularity and diffusion, giving you the freedom to choose the right material for the application without sacrificing reflectance levels and overall luminaire performance. The new materials are: • ACA Super UltraWhite 95 LG – a low gloss at 95- 96 TR producing a broad beam.

• ACA Super UltraWhite 95 TXL – a textured producing an even broader beam. • ACA Super UltraWhite 95 HG – the high gloss provides the best beam control.

The SuperUltraWhite 95 LG is a low gloss, high reflectance, material. It is designed for reflectors where the application requires a level of beam control but the inherent advantages of having a semidiffuse white finish are still necessary. A recessed luminaire is a typical application for this material. The low gloss

feature of the material will add a small amount of beam control, allowing you to aim the light across the target area. The diffuse white base will allow the light to have some scatter, smoothing out the pattern and adding high angle light. The result is a smooth, uniform beam, featuring some beam control to meet the application requirements. The efficiency will be significantly improved over generic white powder coat paint, resulting in higher achieved illuminance levels across the target plane. In sample luminaires featuring an indirect source and a reflector, efficiencies in the high 80s has been achieved. The Super UltraWhite 95 TXL is a high reflectance, textured, diffuse surface. The texture and diffuseness make it ideal for reflector applications where a continued on page 16

nologies, they pride themselves in their Quality, Performance and Service. In addition to the example listed above, they have another installation operating 24/7 for almost four years without a single failure. EconoBright Fixtures are designed for optimum performance! Savings! Fortune 500 companies are now saving

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EconoBright: Future Lighting Today Performance! “Your high bays look great and are still very bright.” This was a recent unsolicited text from an engineer of a Fortune 500 company three years after commissioning EconoBright Technologies’ high bays and tube lights in January of 2010. All of these fixtures operate 24/7 and have been lighting the factory for more than 28,000 hours. At EconoBright Tech-

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Preshow Edition • Monday, April 22, 2013

CIMCON Lighting: Taking Control of Outdoor Lighting Energy & Maintenance Costs CIMCON Lighting’s LightingGale family of intelligent wireless outdoor lighting control solutions provide the tools necessary to quickly and easily take control of outdoor lighting energy and maintenance costs. Designed for use in Street Lights and Roadways, Parking Lots and Garages, on College Campuses and in Parks, and in Industrial Facilities, LightingGale is a true “plug and play” system that can be retrofitted into Traditional lights, added to new LEDs or Solar-based LEDs, or transferred from Traditional to LED lights in a matter of minutes. Using the latest developments in Wireless and RF/GSM technology, LightingGale can be programmed to monitor and control hundreds of thousands of geographically distributed outdoor lights. Using a highly scalable, Web-based interface that is integrated with Google Maps and Google Earth, LightingGale enables outdoor lights to be remotely controlled based on a user configurable ON/OFF/DIM schedule that can be programmed on a daily/monthly/yearly/seasonal basis or can be controlled locally using a built-in astro-clock that calculates sunrise and sunset times using location and time zone data. The results are energy savings of up to 30 percent. LightingGale reduces maintenance costs by at least 50 percent through its extensive “Health Monitoring” and “Fault Detection” capabilities. Through extensive monitoring and intelligent data correlation, LightingGale is able to quickly report specific lamp burn outs, lamp cycling, power fluctuations, ballast/driver

and communication failures to a central location, enabling users to have the information needed to reduce repair trips from multiple down to one (1). Lighting health issues are reported via the software, with email and text message notifications being sent to designated users. The LightingGale control system is made up of Wireless Lighting Controllers (SLC units), Gateways (supporting 500 to 1000 SLCs), and the LightingGale Web-based Management and Control Software. LightingGale is available as both a hosted or onsite solution.

About CIMCON Lighting CIMCON Lighting is the world’s leading provider of scalable, intelligent wireless outdoor lighting management solutions for Traditional, LED and Solar-based lights. Focused on providing solutions that provide the lowest “Lifecycle Cost of Ownership,” CIMCON Lighting has continued on page 61

Harvard Set to Illuminate the American Market Harvard is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of LED drivers and control products for the lighting industry. Actively championing energy efficient and intelligent lighting technologies, the company was established more than 20 years ago in the U.K. and supplies some of the most innovative and efficient products for commercial, retail, emergency and street lighting applications. Following powerful growth and successful ventures across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Harvard has extended its brand presence by launching a North American operation. From its Americas headquarters in San Diego, Harvard Americas Corporation has two primary goals. The first is to develop the market for the company’s leading innovative LED drivers under the globally recognized CoolLED brand name. The second is to target broad scale adoption of LeafNut, a revolutionary wireless control system, which enables municipalities and organizations to proactively manage outdoor lighting. Heading up the Americas operation is Antony Corrie, who is confident about the opportunities: “The U.S. lighting market is undergoing a major transformation. Every customer is moving to LED and this change is bringing massive opportunity. Harvard is at the forefront of the lighting controls market and we intend to take advantage of our position.” The company will be showcasing a number of products at LIGHTFAIR 2013, including the revolutionary range of UL approved CoolLED drivers and LeafNut. Harvard’s CoolLED range of drivers

provide a high performance solution for powering high-brightness LEDs from a mains supply and has been widely adopted for use across many market sectors, delivering tangible energy savings by proactively managing LED lighting. Boasting a 50-strong in-house engineering team, Harvard presently dedicates at least 5 percent of sales revenue to R&D. All of Harvard’s products are expertly designed, manufactured and tested at its robotic factory in the U.K. Harvard’s manufacturing capabilities were also recently recognized as best-in-class, winning Lux magazine’s Manufacturer of the Year award and the Mail on Sunday’s prestigious Made In Britain award. “We are extremely pleased with the development of our international operations,” said Michael McDonnell, worldwide vice president of business development at Harvard. “Our expansion into the USA fits our long term plan for continued growth and the diversification of our operations. Currently one third of our sales are export, but we plan to grow this significantly over the next five years.” continued on page 61

Preshow Edition • Monday, April 22, 2013

Horner Lighting Group Nationally Recognized Winner

INDIANAPOLIS–Horner Lighting Group’s ETG-A200 outdoor parking lot lighting product is nationally recognized today in the Fifth Annual Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Design Competition at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, Calif. Out of 120 outdoor entries submitted by 42 manufacturing companies, Indianapolis based Horner Lighting Group was one of 37 that were nationally recog-

nized as a winner this year. This is a great achievement for Horner Lighting Group because the ETG-A200 outdoor lighting product met the competition’s rigorous requirements and was considered worthy of specification. A panel of eight judges, most of them from the architectural lighting community, evaluated the entries based on such characteristics as lighting quality, appearance, construction, serviceability, efficacy and value.

Are you LightSmart?

UL app makes buying a new light bulb as easy as changing one

UL has been providing innovative solutions for more than 118 years and is now working closely together with the ALA (American Lighting Association) to help consumers transition to efficient, safe, high quality lighting products with the UL LightSmart app. The app allows users to Save, Find, Shop and Learn. Save by comparing ongoing operating costs of various replace-

ment bulbs. Find the right amount of light, or lumens, and the right color for your home. Shop for new light fixtures and get expert advice from ALA showrooms. Learn about the regulations affecting the phase-out and availability of traditional incandescent light bulbs. LightSmart helps explore lighting technology directly in your showroom: • Choose the right energy efficient lamp for specific needs • Calculate potential energy and cost savings by changing to energy efficient lamps

The A200 is a pole-mounted remote phosphor LED luminaire, ideal for parking lot, area, and roadway lighting applications. The unique remote phosphor system allows for reduced glare, improved efficiency, longer life and even illumination. “I want to thank the NGL team and the DOE for awarding Horner Lighting Group, as well as, encouraging the promotion of new technology in the industry. I would also like to thank the Intematix team for their support and introducing the product to the market. This enables platforms for these new technologies to emerge. The Horner lighting business is anxious to build and augment its product line with remote phosphor technology. There is a lot to be released this year,”

said Phil Horner, Chief Executive Officer of Horner Lighting Group.

About Horner Lighting Group Horner Lighting Group, a division of Horner APG, specializes in being the main driver of innovation in the field of LED Remote Phosphor Lighting. Horner’s unique product designs have superior efficacy, glare reduction, even light distribution and lifecycle improvement. Their products are made in the USA at their global headquarters in Indianapolis. Horner has been servicing customer's energy needs since 1949. For additional product and company information call 877-665-5666, go to www.horneretg.com or visit Horner at LIGHTFAIR International 2013 – April 21-25 at Booth #3019.

• Interactively sample various lighting characteristics in the home • Quickly learn about the benefits of LED lighting technology • Shopping? Locate an ALA member showroom nearest to you with live GPS enabled feature

Download today, available FREE for Apple and Android mobile devices! For more information visit www.ul.com/lighting Learn more and engage with the app right on the show floor, UL Booth #3831. Did you know that UL has a quarterly industry newsletter? UL Lumen Insights is published for the Lighting industry written by UL technical experts. This quarterly newsletter provides timely

information on market trends in solid state lighting and LEDs, energy efficiency and ENERGY STAR programs, environmental regulations, global standards and compliance issues and more! Sign up today, www.ul.com/lumeninsights LightSmart is a trademark of UL. Apple, Android, and Energy Star are registered marks and trademarks.

ALANOD Opens New CTL line

With the completion of the new logistics center at its existing production facilities in late September 2012, ALANOD GmbH & Co. KG in Ennepetal created the premises for the installation of a new high-speed cut-to-length line. The line has now been put into operation. Investing more than EUR 3 million in the cutting-edge line, ALANOD once again demonstrates its drive to extend its global

lead in the market. Built to cut coil sheets with highly sensitive surfaces, the line will in future handle all cutting, straightening and stacking jobs. With a maximum speed of 80m/min and a blank stacker with suction belt handling up to 160 blanks/minute, the line outperforms all other CTL currently in the market, says Frank Templin, Technical

ACA CORP.

ble for design goals where the entire space needs to be lit—like a classroom environment where you want to not only light the desks but also the entire walls. The Super UltraWhite 95HG is a high gloss, high reflectance, material offering the most specular reflectance. It is well suited for high bay aisle applications where light will be predominately aimed downwards but you still need some light pushed to the higher vertical angles to uniformly light the stacks. These 95 TR white coatings are easy to work with—they are highly formable, will not yellow, delaminate and the protective strippable masking can be easily removed. For more information, stop by Booth #2012 or visit www.acacorp.com.

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smooth and uniform beam must be achieved and there is not a requirement for tight beam control. Of the three this is the most diffuse, yet maintains a high level of reflectance over increasing incidence angles. An example of a luminaire application for the 95 TXL is an LED mixing chamber, where the goals are to mix the colors from the LED sources creating a white light source and to blend the images of the individual LEDs. Used behind a diffusing lens, the textured material will scatter the light creating a uniform appearance across the output lens. The material would also be applica-

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Monday, April 22, 2013 • Preshow Edition

49 A: This year, we have decided to go 100 percent LED. We are very excited to introduce our Class 1/Div. 2 LED Floodlight, Class 1/Div.1 LED Emergency Light and Class 1/Div. 1 LED Emergency Light/Exit Sign combo. In addition we are showing our Class 1/Div.1 Linear LED luminaire, our LED Linear Food Processing fixture and a redesigned LED wash-down rated and Class 1/Div2 high-bay fixture. In addition to the new fixtures, we are showcasing our new interactive trade show exhibit.

AZZ|R-A-L’s New LEDs Unveiled at LIGHTFAIR International 2013

Paul Markee was appointed the General Manager of AZZ|R-A-L in 2007. Previously he held the position of Midwest Regional Manager for R-A-L. Prior to joining R-A-L, Markee worked for Big Beam Emergency Systems in various roles from 1990 through 2006, ending his tenure as the Plant Manager/Sales Manager. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Technology, with a concentration in Manufacturing Engineering and earned his MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. Q: Please start by telling us a bit about the company, a brief history of R-A-L.

A: The company was established in 1938, manufacturing and selling lighting fixtures to the petroleum drilling industry. Over the years, the organization evolved to provide explosion-proof, hazardous location and hose-down lighting solutions to a wide variety of severe service market segments including Industrial, Food Processing and Marine. The company was purchased in 1990 by AZZ incorporated, a specialty electrical equipment manufacturer serving the global markets of power generation, transmission and distribution and industrial, as well as a leading provider of hot dip galvanizing services to the North American steel fabrication

LightLab International Receives NIST NVLAP Accreditation

PHOENIX—LightLab International announced that it has formally received Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for Energy Efficient Lighting Systems by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through its National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). LightLab (NVLAP Lab Code: 200989-0) is an independent test and certification Laboratory serving the Lighting and Electro-Optics Industries. According to Lee A. Stephens, Labo-

ratory Manager, it was decided to switch from their previous Accreditation Agency (IAS) due to customer demand. “While both agencies operate under Mutual Recognition Agreements, many lighting manufacturers prefer that their testing laboratories be Accredited by NIST NVLAP.” “While our laboratory is equipped to accommodate all types of lighting products and bare illumination sources, the Phoenix Lab was designed specifically for (IES) LM-79 LED photometry, colorimetry and thermal measurement re-

Aleddra’s High-Performance, Energy-Efficient LED Highbay Luminaire Now Available for North American Market

Building on success of LED T8 high bay, company’s latest design provides longliving, low-maintance lighting solution

RENTON, Wash.—Aleddra LED Lighting, a business unit of Lightel Technologies, Inc., announced its high-

ENERWAVE

Receptacles The Duplex Receptacle enables wireless control of on/off functions for standard table, floor lamps and small appliances. The receptacle replaces your current electrical outlet and provides a wireless enabled outlet for the lamp/appliance of your choosing. One of the switches is controlled wirelessly while the other is a regular pass through AC outlet.

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preference with just one touch. Sudden weather changes, control irrigation settings to eliminate water waste. Before you call it a night, push a button to turn off your house lights, activate security, adjust the thermostat, lock doors, turn on the bedroom humidifier, and set up the coffee pot for the next day. ENERWAVE Home Automation is easy to use and economically available for your home. It is easy to install and affordably meets your needs and lifestyle. ENERWAVE gives you simple, affordable, and personalized control solutions. This product line is endless and is operable with any Z-Wave devices. 15A – ZW15R & 20A – ZW20R

15A Switch – ZW15S & ZW15S-K The ON/OFF switch enables wireless control as well as manual control of on/off functions for lamps and small appliances. The switch replaces an existing wall switch; it may also be used by itself for two-way control (one switch & one load), or with one ZW15S-K Auxiliary Switch for three-way control (two switches & one load).

market.

Q: Please tell us about your company’s products at the show.

Q: How can readers find out more about your company?

A: For more information, visit www.rigalite.com, call 713-943-0340 or stop by Booth #661.

lated services,” added Stephens. LightLab employs a custom-built, fully digital 5 meter rotating mirror Type-C photometer. This unique machine is capable of testing luminaires up to 1.6 meters in length. Full color analysis (by angle) is also offered through the use of spectroradiometric scanning techniques. LightLab also offers In-Situ Temperature Measurement (ISTM) of Solid State Lighting Products. LightLab's Phoenix facility was originally granted ISO 17025 accredita-

tion in March of 2012 (through IAS) and is an LED Lighting Facts Approved Laboratory. Additionally, LightLab elected to participate in NIST’s SSL (Solid State Lighting) Measurement Assurance Program and successfully completed the rigorous procedural, accuracy, and repeatability analysis in June of 2012.

performance Star Highbay LED luminaire is available in the North American market as an energy efficient solution for high bay lighting application. Aleddra LED lighting is a leader in LED retrofit segment for the fast market growth of its highly popular EasiRetrofit LED T8 tube lamp used to replace linear T8/T12 fluorescent tube lamp. The new UL certified high-performance Star LED Highbay luminaire expands its product coverage for indoor lighting. It is de-

signed to replace traditional high bay lighting for commercial and industrial applications such as factories, warehouses, supermarkets, exhibition halls and gymnasiums. The Aleddra Star Highbay features an exquisite exterior design that distinguishes itself from all other industrial looking LED high bay lights, and it adds a pleasant touch to the environment where it is installed. “We are very excited with this new

Dimmer – ZW500D & ZW500D-K The 3-Way Dimmer Kit enables wireless control of on/off and dimming functions of hard-wired lighting. This also includes a primary dimmer switch and auxiliary switch for control of one light from two locations. The dimmer switches which replace your current light switches use your existing wiring and provide wireless and manual control of overhead lighting.

Controllers & Remote The central 7-Button scene controller replaces existing switch, allowing for multiple scenes. Remote control includes LCD screen for selected use.

Z-Wave Wi-Fi Router Secure internet access to your home automation devices from any Web browser, or smartphone.

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Thermostat Control your thermostat from anywhere in the house. Change temperature settings from your bed or use your Web-enabled phone or computer to set the perfect temperature before you get home. Ensures that you aren’t wasting energy while you are gone.

Plug-in Dimming & Appliance Control Modules The Module enables wireless control of on/off functions or dimming for incandescent and fluorescent lighting. The weather resistant housing with protective outlet cover provides a wireless controlled outlet for your convenient electrical applications. For more information, visit www.enerwave automation.com or stop by Booth #3144.

Preshow Edition • Monday, April 22, 2013

SunPath Tubular Skylights

Ideally, everyone’s workspace would be illuminated by natural light, since studies have shown that workplace daylighting (the use of natural light to illuminate indoor spaces) contributes to better morale, reduced eyestrain, and improved moods for employees. Daylighting offers numerous benefits to employers as well, including enhanced productivity and decreased absenteeism among workers, and reduced energy consumption and lower energy bills for the building itself. However, despite all the benefits of workplace daylighting, many employee workstations have little or no natural light. Oftentimes, this is due to building design, which makes it difficult to allow natural light into workspaces if they are not located near exterior windows. Hillenbrand, Inc. of Batesville, Ind. encountered this issue when remodeling

their office facility. Tracy Baker, facilities and administration manager of Hillenbrand, said, “We had to move some of our executives out of very nice window offices, and create an interior space for them in which it was impossible to install windows.” Baker continued, “With the help of our roofing contractor and Carlisle SynTec Systems, we looked at how we could bring in natural light for these folks who are used to window offices.” Harry Mitchell, the senior project manager for roofing contractor William Kramer and Son, Inc. Approached Bob Whitesell, an independent Carlisle SynTec Systems sales representative based out of Cincinnati, with his quandary. Together, Whitesell and Mitchell came to the conclusion that the best solution was Carlisle SynTec’s SunPath tubular skylights, because they can be used to bring

natural light into almost any dark or unlit space. Daylight enters through a clear top dome on the roof, and shines down through a length of reflective tube to a prismatic diffuser, which disperses the light evenly throughout the indoor space. Whitesell was very confident suggesting the SunPath tubular skylights for this project because, he stated, “The tubular skylights are manufactured for the commercial market, so they’re safe, durable, and they’re backed by Carlisle, a recognized leader in the marketplace. They’re also very easy and quick to install, compared to traditional skylights

ALEDDRA

ing angle, our customers now have a wider selection to meet their high bay lighting needs.” With an efficacy of 90 lumens per watt, Aleddra Star Highbay at 135W provides 12,500 lumens and far exceeds the lighting requirements of industry standards. It comes with CRI>70 and a Power Factor > 0.9. By using top of the line components such as CREE XTE LED

chips and Philips Xitanium universal power supply, Aleddra Star Highbay is rated for more than 50,000 hours and backed by five-year warranty. A rapid heat dissipation coating on the heat sink further prolongs the life time of the lamp. The combined benefit of Aleddra Star Highbay features is to greatly reduce the energy consumption and the maintenance cost for their customers, resulting a

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Star Highbay fixture” says Patrick Yu, the General Manager of Aleddra LED Lighting. “It builds on top of our success with the LED T8 high bay that uses our popular EasiRetrofit LED T8 tube lamp. Now with this compact, beautifully designed high bay fixture and its adjustable light-

with window wells.” Hillenbrand’s employees were very pleased with the finished product. After moving into his new office, Chris Lowery, Hillenbrand’s director of public policy and engagement, said “I’ve been in office spaces that have outside windows, some on the corners of buildings. There are no windows in my office now, but there is more than enough natural light coming in through the skylights. It makes a real difference during the work day.” “There are many ways to increase productivity with natural light and it just makes people generally feel better. You don’t feel closed in,” said Baker. He concluded, “The SunPath tubular skylights were a natural fit and saved us a ton of time over a traditional skylight installation. There are a lot of things I like about the SunPath Tubular Skylights, but the best thing is the employee satisfaction.” For more information, stop by Booth #3138 or visit www.carlislesyntec.com. quicker project payback period when compared to other LED highbay products. Aleddra Star Highbay made its debut at LEDucation 7 (http://www.leducation .org/) on Mar. 20 in New York City. More high bay models will be on display at LIGHTFAIR International 2013, Booth #2259. For additional information, please call 425-430-4555 or visit www.aleddra.com.

Monday, April 22, 2013 • Preshow Edition

GRIPPLE

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pre-cut length of cable with a pre-attached end fixing and a Gripple fastener. Gripple hanger kits require no tools to install, and the variety of push-button fastener options available provide a faster and easier way to adjust the height of your hanger and fixture. Gripple hanger options ideal for lighting include: • Y-Fit Hangers—A single hanger at the top with double attachment points at the bottom that improves the center of gravity. The Y-Fits come in a variety of leg lengths and end fixings, including the YHook and Y-Toggle. Available in three

load-rated sizes: No. 1 (25 pounds per hanger), No. 2 (100 pounds per hanger), and No. 3 (200 pounds per hanger). Also available in a Y-FIT ACCESSORY version to be used in conjunction with any standard Gripple hanger assembly, ideal for longer drops ( > 6.5 feet) as it provides a lower height adjustment point.

• Cable Strut Solution—Creates secure overhead spans of high strength cables between two fixed points, providing vertical hanging opportunities where there previously weren’t any. Gripple’s C-Clip Hangers then twist and clip to the horizontal Cable Strut spans to hang light fixtures or other services exactly where you need them. The Cable Strut and C-Clip

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tougher, higher-performing materials that will make next-generation LED designs more competitive with conventional sources. Such materials will necessarily need to perform reliably under the harsh operating environments in which LEDs are increasingly operating, and deliver broader options for more sophisticated LED designs. As many materials suppliers tout their products as the answer to these challenges, advanced silicone technologies are proving themselves as the most compelling choice. Silicones are particularly well suited to meet the expanding demands of LED applications. These versatile materials have a proven history of reliable performance in demanding electronics applications, and have shown demonstrable value in expanding design flexibility. Designers innovating new lamps, luminaires and modules are capitalizing on these

ALANOD

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Director of ALANOD. Adds CEO Ingo Beyer: The new CTL line ensures greater flexibility for ALANOD guaranteeing our customers even faster processing and delivery of their successful and globally popular products. • Main data of the CTL line:

• Gripple Express Fastners—Push-button versions of traditional Gripple fasteners designed exclusively for the lighting industry to provide quick and easy suspension and height adjustment of light fixtures without the need for a release key. Supplied as a ready-to-use kit in two loadrated sizes: No. 1 (33 pounds per hanger) and No. 2 (100 pounds per hanger).

lines of modern light fixtures used in today’s high tech, minimalist building designs. Simple squeeze adjustment feature on the unique fastener adjusts the height of your light fixture up or down with ease. A variety of ceiling fixing options and fixture attachment options are available. Squeezelock hangers are supplied in ready-to-use kits, and are load rated at 33 pounds per hanger with a 5:1 safety factor.

• Squeezelock Hanger—A designer hanger range that has all the functional benefits of a Gripple cable hanger, but with the beauty and sophistication to compliment and showcase the clean aesthetic

cial-grade aluminum case. Each Dyna Series fixture is available in a variety of color temperature options —2,700K, 3,000K, 3,500K and 4,000K – opening the way for virtually limitless applications and design possibilities. The DynaGraze models also feature 10 degree, 40 degree, 10 degree x 60 degree and 30 degree x 60 degree beam angle options. “We are proud and excited to launch the Dyna Series, and believe it will set a

whole new industry standard for linear LED lighting,” said Eric Loader, Director of Sales for Acclaim Lighting. “Lighting designers who have seen it have all been impressed with the high output, even field and smooth dimming curve. In addition to its stellar performance, we developed the Dyna Series to give designers a wide range of options and flexibility, with numerous color temperature and lens options.” All Dyna Series fixtures are available in 1 foot and 4 foot sections, which can be easily linked together (up to 40 feet with the 90-135VAC model, and up to 80 feet with the 200-300VAC version) to create the desired linear length. Extremely energy-efficient, all Dyna

Series fixtures consume just 20 watts (1 foot)/80 watts (4 foot). The units’ operating voltage is 90-135V/200-305V, and they include 3-pin male and female molded link cable/connectors for interior and IP67 cable/connectors for the exterior models. All of the Dyna Series fixtures are CE and cETLus approved and come with a five-year limited product warranty. Also launching at LIGHTFAIR 2013 will be two brand-new additions to the Dyna Series—Dyna Flood HO and Dyna Flood SO—both with features common to the linear Dyna series but in flood light format. Make sure to stop by Booth #4116 to see the entire Dyna Series in action! For more information visit www .acclaimlighting.com.

benefits, enabling them to create higherperforming LED parts with multiple functions, greater integration and highly detailed design features. Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation is committed to supporting the growth of LEDs. Its broad portfolio of proven products offers an expansive toolbox for designers to boost LED performance and make solid-state lighting a more competitive alternative to incandescent and compact fluorescent sources. Widely used already as optical encapsulants to seal and protect sensitive LED electronics circuitries, Dow Corning silicones are now finding greater use in applications such as primary and secondary lens materials where their high refractive index and moldability help to shape light and optimize LED efficiency. The company’s moldable optical silicones, for example, enable LED lamp and luminaire manufacturers to design complex shapes, detailed micro-scale optical structures,

larger parts and even undercuts, which are difficult to achieve with traditional optical materials. Silicone technologies also offer new options for controlling color quality, accelerating productivity and reducing waste and cost. Another key area where silicones are especially beneficial is improving thermal management. In the past, LEDs primarily competed with compact fluorescent lamps and halogens in low-power and low-lumen fixture applications. More recently, however, LED sources are attracting greater interest for higher power and higher density applications like streetlights, office lighting and compact high-intensity discharge systems used to illuminate sports venues. In these and other applications, the operating environment for LED lamps and luminaires is becoming hotter—particularly as designers continue to pack LEDs closer together to meet demand for greater brightness from smaller, more compact designs. This heat can degrade LED performance, reliability and lifetime.

Dow Corning’s LED silicone technologies are ideally-suited for such applications. Optically stable at temperatures reaching 150 C and higher, these products resist yellowing and physical degradation better than organic materials. This helps ensure that LED sources can meet the lumen maintenance requirements of today’s most challenging lighting applications, and maintain excellent optical quality and reliable performance over their expected 50,000-hour lifetimes. The company’s expanding portfolio of high-performance LEDs silicones spans the entire lighting value chain – from LED chip fabrication and packaging to lamp and luminaire design and assembly. They are rapidly becoming the top materials of choice in an ever-broadening range of LED applications worldwide as global industry demand for higher brightness and longer device lifetimes continues to grow. Dow Corning is exhibiting its advanced LED silicone solutions at LIGHTFAIR International 2013 in Booth #159.

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Hangers are load rated to work together, and are available in a variety of lengths.

For more information about any Gripple products, please contact them at Gripple Inc. 1611 Emily Lane Aurora, IL 60502. You can also call 866-474-7753, email grippleinc@gripple.com, go to www .gripple.com/us, or visit Gripple in Booth #3325 at LIGHTFAIR in Philadelphia.

ACCLAIM LIGHTING making it a clear leader in its class in brightness. The Dyna Series also distinguishes itself with other premium features, including a superior even field of light and extremely smooth 100 percent-1 percent dimming (Triac or ELV) with two voltage range models, 90-135VAC or 200-300VAC. Ideal for façade lighting, uplighting, wall grazing and cove lighting, the Dyna Series fixtures are available in two models DynaGraze (graze) or DynaCove (cove). Each model is offered in both interior and exterior (IP66) versions and comes housed in an attractive commer-

• Length: 42 meters, width: 7.5 meters • Fully automatic coil feed • Straightener for highly-sensitive surfaces • Rotary shears, up to 170 cuts/minute • Vacuum stacking station for highly sensitive surfaces • Sheet sizes: width: 150 – 1450 millimeters, length: 300 – 4500 millimeters • Material thickness: 0.1 – 1.5 millimeters

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Melbourne, Australia in 1986 by Eric Southgate, currently CEO of the multinational company. In 2006 they moved into a custom built, state of the art facility in Brisbane offering testing and certification services to the Commercial, Industrial and Transportation lighting industries of the Asia-Pacific (Oceana)

region. LightLab's Brisbane facility is accredited by The National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), an ILAC MRA signatory and one of the largest accrediting bodies in the world. LightLab has issued more than 15,000 accredited photometric test reports. Visit LightLab International on the Web at www.LightLabint.com, email Lee@LightLabint.com or stop by Booth #4815F.

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#3925 in the New Exhibitors Pavilion from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on “opening day” April 23 to help Evolucia showcase architectural and infrastructure LED lighting solutions. Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series Champion and eight-time All-Star, Pedro Martinez returns to Philly to help Evolucia “pitch” its award winning Aimed Optics family of energy efficient LED cobra head roadway lighting. Martinez will be at Evolucia Booth #3925 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on day two, April 24. Evolucia will launch Gen 2 LED Cobra Head roadway lighting, Nightwatch a dusk-to-dawn security and area lighting solution and a complete line of

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imposed by existing LED systems. Luminaire designs using the light sheet can be fluid, thin and minimal in design as well as allowing unique material choices. Based on Cooledge's patented technology, this new medium of light requires no additional heat-sinking or thermal man-

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lighting in the canopies of 850 U.K. petrol stations. The second project is to install a combination of LED and Induction lighting fixtures in 600-plus car parks throughout the U.K. to be completed in 2013 with many more projects being signed. The

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ramping our sales and production, but we’ve also been spending time educating our customers on the unique attributes of the NEXTLamp.

Q: On that end, we’re joined by one of your initial customers, Richard Young, from the PG&E Food Service Technology Center. Can you tell us a little about what the FSTC does and your experience with NEXT Lighting?

Young: The FSTC is the industry leader in commercial kitchen energy efficiency and appliance performance testing. We study all the ways that commercial food service operations use energy and water. We are an unbiased energy efficiency project and part of our mission is to educate our industry on emerging technologies like LED lighting. We started talking with NEXT late last year about their non-traditional approach to creating a linear LED solution and its potential application in commercial kitchens replacing linear fluorescent lamps. While we are not a lighting lab—we leave that to our

grade LED lighting for both inneering, manufachigh performing, commercial door and outdoor applications. ture and marketing grade LED retrofit lamps. The company’s award winning of high performance The company will also feature cobra head and shoe box fixLED lighting sysLED parking and garage, intetures employ Evolucia's protems to the global rior and exterior architectural Aimed Optics prietary lighting markets. and explosion proof industrial technology, which increases Evolucia received lighting products at Booth light levels and visibility by the United States #3925. strategically directing light to Department of En“Visit us at Booth #3925 the target area. Evolucia fixergy’s highest and meet these two major Pedro Martinez Andres Galarraga tures require 50 percent-80 award for lighting league baseball greats and percent less energy than traditional lightwithin the LED category, and has inlearn about Evolucia’s LED lighting ofing, and last for approximately 12 years stalled thousands of its fixtures at miliferings and our award winning Aimed without maintenance. tary bases, universities, municipalities, Optics infrastructure lighting solutions,” More information about Evolucia and large commercial entities. Evolucia’s said Evolucia CEO, Mel Interiano. “We Inc and its LED lighting systems is LED lighting products are sold under the will also be raffling off ten autographed available in the company's Securities brand, Evolucia Lighting (www.evoluciaMajor League baseballs each day in celand Exchange filings, which can be lighting.com). ebration of our LIGHTFAIR debut.” found at www.sec.gov or at www.evolucia All Evolucia products offer highly About Evolucia Inc.Evolucia Inc., is lighting.com. energy efficient, durable, commercialan industry pioneer in the design, engiagement and inspires a wide range of unique luminaire designs. The Cooledge light sheet comes in various sizes having widths from 1.1 inches (28 millimeters) to 11 inches (280 millimeters) and lengths up to 8 feet (2.4 meters). These linear sheets are available in nominal 1-foot standard lengths and can be custom configured to luminaire manufacturer requirements.

The Cooledge light sheet is fully dimmable with standard commercial dimmers and is a UL recognized class-2 low voltage component, allowing for ease of integration and design. The product is RoHS/REACH compliant and carries a five-year limited system warranty. Cooledge, along with its luminaire manufacturer partners, sees the opportunity to redefine the geometry of light as

an important next step in the evolution and use of LED lighting technology. Cooledge’s unique light sheet technology will change the way lighting is applied to space by blurring the line between lighting equipment and the architectural space. Visit them at LIGHTFAIR 2013 in Philadelphia, April 23-25, 2013 in Booth #3712, www.cooledgelighting.com or call +1-604-682-2665.

U.K. staff is now being assembled to gear up for the expansion throughout Europe. Future Energy Solutions is an innovative global green technologies and manufacturing group that utilizes 21st century lighting technology to save customers an average of 65 percent on their energy costs and offer efficient lighting solutions for even the most complex of applications.

FES specializes in LED and Induction technologies to bring customers the latest and most innovative energy saving lighting solutions possible. FES offers full and complete on-site survey energy audits, analysis and photometric studies, installation and system maintenance for clients and has become a portal for lighting energy solutions and much more as a service

to their customers. FES has operations in the U.S., U.K. and the Bahamas and a sales network of 30-plus professional sales agencies throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada and South America. For additional information call 855FES-LEED, visit www.feslighting.com or stop by Booth #3657.

friends at the California Lighting Technology Center—we help bridge the information gap between the lighting industry and food service operators.

light for food preparation, and save heat and energy.

from the ground up to take full advantage of LED technology. I know it’s their motto, but the NEXT Team really did ‘Think outside the tube.’

Katona: Richard and his team have been great. They really ‘walk the talk.’ Their lab is a commercial kitchen and we worked with them on energy saving installations in the kitchen and in their office, where they’re realizing up to 78 percent savings.

Young: The transition to LED lighting in the food service industry presents huge opportunities for both energy savings and enhancement of the atmosphere. We are watching food service operators embrace LED lighting much faster than they adopted fluorescent technology. We’ve previously done a lot of education on A-lamps, PAR’s and MR-16’s for front-of-house lighting, but really started looking at the potential for LED retrofit of back-of-house lighting when we learned about the NEXTLamps. Katona: We believe the food service industry is an ideal user because NEXTLamps are shatterproof, provide more

Q: There are many T8 replacements on the market. What are some reasons that NEXTLamps are an attractive option?

Katona: NEXTLamps are designed and built in the U.S. to be a smart LED lighting platform that uses our customers’ existing infrastructure, but is also extensible. NEXTLamps allow for easy integration with controls for occupancy sensing, daylight harvesting, demand-response, and other applications developing around digital lighting solutions. NEXTLamps provide a simple retrofit solution with the same functionality as more expensive integrated LED luminaires. Young: We’ve been very hesitant to promote LED T8 replacement tubes to the food service industry based on poor economics and inappropriate matching of solid-state lighting with fluorescent fixtures. Others have taken a sort of Frankenstein approach. But the NEXT folks got our attention – quite literally – by producing a lamp that was built

Q: What can we expect to see from the NEXT team at the show and this coming year?

Katona: At LIGHTFAIR, we’ll be showcasing our retrofit kits, demonstrating compatibility with controls, and highlighting the unique look and feel of the NEXTLamp. Later this year, we’ll expand our retrofit product line and will further our partnerships with other solution providers, bringing additional value and functionality not offered by other T8 retrofits. We are also innovating under the radar to drive value in lighting beyond energy savings, but I’ll leave that for our next interview. We look forward to seeing your readers at Booth #4259 and encourage them to visit our updated website at www.nextlight ing.com. Thank you for your time and best of luck with the show.

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for lighting is available today and it is LED! EconoBright LED fixtures have been installed in Food and Confectionary manufacturers, National Hotel Chains, University college apartments, Retail outlets, parking garages and numerous offices and workshops. Many of these companies reduced their lighting electrical loads by 75 percent on these installations! They have saved tens of thousands of dollars in energy usage and maintenance as well as reducing millions of pounds of greenhouse CO2 gasses. In addition, no more glass, mercury and lead to worry about in food processing facilities or to end up in landfills!

Service! EconoBright will come to your facility and perform a Free Energy/lighting audit! They can also help your company take advantage of the many rebate programs being offered by your electrical provider that can help you offset project costs! EconoBright also offers a national Sales/lease program that offers payment flexibility. EconoBright take the time to understand their customers’ wants and

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pioneered the concept of “Just in Time Lighting” whereby its solutions ensure that the right amount of lighting is provided where it is needed, when it is

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With annual sales run rating at well in excess of $50 million a year, and with

needs in order to provide a proposal that best takes advantage of LED technology whether it is for LEED status or operational savings. EconoBright Technologies focuses on high quality LED fixtures. They target designs that will meet the general lighting needs of industrial, commercial & retail. High Bays, fluorescent retrofits, new construction commercial and retail along with streetlights are our focus.

Local Manufacturing A 30,000 square foot building was purchased in central Illinois for their future USA based production. The USA facility will give them the opportunity to improve lead times and as a result provide even better customer service all the while growing their capabilities. 2013 will be an exciting year for EconoBright Technologies Inc. as they continue to pursue producing high quality, top performing LED products and soon have their production capability based in the USA. For more information, stop by and visit them at LFI Booth #4902F, go to www.econobright.com, call 877-4050860, or email jerry@econobright.com or paul@econobright.com.

needed, eliminating the “wastage” of energy, thereby reducing costs and improving Return on Investment. For more information, visit www .cimconlighting.com, email sales@ cimconlighting.com, call 866-727-8117 or stop by Booth #3819. 280 employees in offices across the U.K., U.S., and Europe, Harvard is charting a course for continued growth. To learn more about Harvard’s revolutionary products visit Booth #3811.

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place becoming a favorite among lighting designers across the country.

Q: Why Did You Start LED Inspirations?

A: As a showroom owner in 2008 I decided that mastering LED products would be THE strategy that would get us through the recession – to be known as the ‘go to’ store for everything LED and energy efficient. Using this strategy we sold a significant volume of LED products, especially LED tape light. We used it everywhere – in closets, under cabinet, over cabinet, toe kicks, drawers, signs, china closets, coves, edge-lighting glass, back-lighting onyx. And then—it started to get returned. We had issues with connectors, failing adhesive, and dimming, but the biggest problem we had was with color consistency. It simply looked bad.

Enamored with the idea of LED Tape Light because of its versatility but dissatisfied with the LED tape light available, I reinvented the product from the circuit board up. My experiences in the field working with LED tape light taught me the strengths of the product as well as the problems needing to be fixed. Q: What Makes Your Product Different?

A: There are eight significant differences between our LED tape light and our competitors’: our connectors, the polyurethane coating, our adhesive, the color consistency, dim-ability/integration, color offerings, reversible connections, PCB construction. Stop by our

booth at LIGHTFAIR and take the tour!

Q: What Do Your Customers Love About LED Inspirations Most?

A: They love us for three reasons. First, they trust our superior quality, architectural grade LED tape light.

Second, they LOVE our fanatical tech support/design/call-us-with-any-question-and-get-a-live-knowledgable-person/expert team. Many approach lighting from a design perspective and are uncomfortable with the technical nature of LED products. This is especially true with a product like LED tape light where the design includes complexities such as run-length limits, matching the proper size driver to the load, and many dimming issues.

Our technical team gives our customers the support needed to specify our products with confidence. I challenge you to throw anything at our team: a huge design, dimming questions, dmx installations, cell phone photos of an installation, an electrician calling wanting to know what to do with the ‘blue’ wire, system integration questions, sketches on a napkin—we will handle it all! We will answer your questions, provide a layout, BOM, a quote, or whatever else is needed, and all that in a timely fashion. Lastly, our customers love our 99 percent fill rate. We have had the privilege of doing many jobs because we had product in stock and the customer needed it immediately. For more information about LED Inspirations, visit www.ledinspirations.com or stop by Booth #3984.