Softball Field Sports Lighting

Any softball field of any size provides a more enjoyable game for players and fans if it is well-lit with specification grade softball field lighting fixtures. Although many organizations on tight budgets are often tempted to invest in cheaper retail grade luminaires and mounts, it never serves them in the long run. Cheap equipment breaks down more quickly and results in replacement costs. Retail grade softball field lights are also less energy efficient and cost more to operate. Many also fall short of the latest athletic field lighting codes that govern wattage per square foot and do not provide adequate glare shielding to distribute the light in a bright-yet comfortable- field of luminance.

When lighting a softball field, it is almost always better to assess a number of factors pertaining to facility and build a custom lighting system specific to its parameters and usage. Because footcandle minimums are different for fast pitch, tournament play and recreational, slow pitch games, it is necessary to first determine which type of game is played within the field. Knowing this up front will help you calculate the specific number of lighting poles and luminaires required to light the facility. Because energy codes are becoming stricter throughout the country, it is also crucial that you select softball field lights with superior lumen per watt ratios in order to light more square footage with fewer physical components. This goes long way toward reducing power bills and creating a tangible return on investment for clients like churches and non-profits. Optics technology is another important factor to consider when it comes to creating the necessary glare free lighting that safe play and spectator comfort demands. Inferior optical reflectors will cast off too much spill light, blinding eyes and encroaching on surrounding neighborhoods. Specification grade reflectors in a variety of optical styles create self-contained fields of luminance that are fully compliant with even the toughest of codes. Because dark sky laws vary throughout the nation, and because sports facilities are often located in both urban and rural areas, anything from a type 2 to a type 6 anodized aluminum reflectors may be in order.

More often than not, recreational softball field lighting requires lower footcandle minimums for safety and enjoyable play. Since spectators are either limited in number or altogether absent (as in the case with most practice games) the goal is to provide the players themselves with glare free light so they can see where the ball is at all times. A proper balance of vertical lighting and horizontal lighting can be easily achieved with a minimum of equipment. A single 400W softball lighting fixture installed near home plate is generally all that is necessary for lighting the infield. Ask one of our lighting experts about poles and mounts best suited to smaller fields.

Tournament Softball Lighting and polo field lighting is a bit more complex because it involves lighting not only for the players, but also for crowds of spectators. Footcandle levels here must be higher so all parties involved can see the ball in play without it appearing to “jump” or “hop” from point to point in mid-air. Tournament softball fields tend to be large, so they almost always require lights in the outfield as well as the infield. Inadequate lighting here will make the ball appear to hop mysteriously from point to point in mid-air, making the game difficult to follow. However, if fast pitch softball lights are not equipped with the proper reflectors, they send glare into the eyes of spectators and players, and they could possibly generate complaints from neighbors and fine from dark sky regulatory authorities. The trick is to balance intensity against diffusion and precise distribution in order to avoid lighting one part of the field more than the other, and in order to avoid spilling light beyond the boundaries of the field itself.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of athletic and sports field lighting as well as industrial & commercial lighting equipment. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Golf Course & Driving Range Lighting

Commercial lighting designers and certified electricians who work resorts and country clubs will find a complete selection of golf lights in RLL Design’s inventory of driving range lights and putting green fixtures, lamps, and mounts. A full stock of golf lighting accessories is also maintained so that the contractor or DYI installer can utilize our site as a one shop depot of commercial grade lighting equipment. In order to fulfill the needs of both the sophisticated country club and the public driving range, lighting fixtures can be ordered in any number of finishes that provide durable protection from the elements and aesthetic compliments to a particular facilities. Fiscally conservative organizations with a cost-consciousness for energy costs can greatly benefit from any number of options in low voltage putting green lights or high voltage HID golf course lights. These fixtures use far less power than incandescent-based lamp technology and dispel shadows with glare-free lighting that allows for accurate shots at any hour of the night. Resorts and country clubs will also appreciate the eclectic range of both wood and steel poles and sports lighting poles that can be utilized for any number of eclectic design combinations to compliment outdoor lighting and exterior architecture.

For the convenience of both commercial lighting specialists and staff electricians performing a DYI lighting installation, we divide our golf lights into two categories: putting green lights and driving range lights. In many cases, larger driving ranges require custom lighting designs using either 400-watt or 1000-watt fixtures that mount on steel or wooden poles available by contacting your RLL Design lighting specialist. These specialists add competitive advantage to the services offered by individual electricians and professional lighting firms by helping them to quickly match fixtures to mounts and fulfill the design requirements of small courses and high-end establishments alike.

Putting green lights can be requisitioned in either high voltage or low voltage models. Fluorescent 120V lamps are so energy efficient that they feature a bulb life of up to 10,000 hours. This offers a competitive advantage to the contractor proposing a system to a client concerned about replacement costs in the midst of the recession, as it offers any organization the benefit of a single purchase that will last for many years. Additionally, these putting green lights can even be adjusted for softer lighting conditions, decorative landscape lighting, or special theme lighting on the golf course during special times of the year such as Christmas,. Halogen lamps can also be ordered in a variety of wattages. All lamps are fully protected by durable Solite tempered glass that prevents ball impacts from breaking the bulb. These putting green lights look impeccable when mounted on RLL Design’s sheik, black pedestals that provide an all around compliment for a wide range of residential, private, municipal parks, and adjacent building architecture.

Smaller golf courses that are considering contracting a local electrician to install driving range lights and putting green lights should emphasize to their vendor the importance of using only commercial grade golf lights. Many freelance electricians may offer a savings bundled into their proposals by recommending retail driving range and putting green light fixtures as a cost cutting options. This is never advisable for a number of reasons. Retail-grade lighting lenses offer much less impact resistance to golf balls and will often break- resulting in both replacement costs and additional labor rates. Wiring is also generally inferior in retail golf light fixtures, deteriorating more rapidly and resulting in short circuits shorter lamp life. Investing only a marginally larger amount in equipment that will last several years longer represents a single purchase that is both fiscally recession proof and aesthetically superior because of a greater variety in finish, mounting, and customized design options.

Creating a golf course lighting design that illuminates the greens and compliments aesthetic décor may take more than technical fixture selection to serve the needs of a resort or exclusive country club. Contractors, electricians, and employees conducting a DYI installation can rely upon RLL Design for online and phone-based consultation and planning services offered complimentary to new clients and serious inquirers.

In addition to golf course lighting equipment we carry the following sports lighting equipment:

Soccer Field Lighting
Baseball Field Lighting
Softball Field Lighting
Volleyball Court Lighting
Basketball Court Lighting
Rodeo & Horse Arena Lighting
Football Field Lighting Fixtures
Tennis Court Lighting

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures and have the completed lighting projects as case studies. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial Outdoor Parking Lot Lighting

How important is it to use high wattage fixtures in large outdoor parking lots?
There are times when high wattage parking lot lighting fixtures are necessary, but not every large facility requires the most powerful lights to produce optimal results. Other factors such as optics, luminaire housing and its relationship to directional control of lighting, and systematic planning of the overall outdoor lighting to find the best angles of incidence produce much better results—with less power expended and an overall lower operating budget for your client.

How significant is the role optics and reflectors in outdoor parking lot lighting?
The significance of optical engineering is probably greater now than ever before. Light trespass laws have become increasingly strict in most parts of the country. You want your client to enjoy a safe and comfortable environment, but you do not want your neighbors to feel annoyed by outdoor light that encroaches beyond the perimeter of your parking lot. By selecting parking lot lighting fixtures that have the very best reflectors and shields, it is possible to achieve a delicate balance between intensity and containment which otherwise would require lowering the levels of light and compromising foot candle levels.

Can luminaire housing design play a significant role in further minimizing glare and outdoor light trespass in and around a parking lot?
Absolutely. Housing design is a critical factor in distributing luminance, as a matter of fact. Some designs, like full cutoffs, aim the light directly downward onto the pavement below. Others like semi direct it downward at an angle, spreading it gently over the parking lot. Sometimes it may not be immediately obvious to determine just what housings will produce the best results just by walking around a client’s parking lot or examining a CAD drawing. Lighting an establishment that has uniquely configured parking lot islands or a storefront that requires a view free from the obstructions of commercial light poles often requires very advanced calculations, and a custom solution beyond strictly standard designs.

Lighting a uniquely designed or asymmetrical parking lot is best done by having RLLD Commercial lighting design and render a full, detailed photometric analysis of the facility first.
Our design team can actually create a three-dimensional model of your client’s parking lot rendered that will show how one or more proposed outdoor lot lighting layouts will look. Multiple variables such as foot candle density, angle of incidence, and recommended pole heights can all be simultaneously calculated and adjusted either collectively or individually. This allows us to help you forecast outcomes prior to purchasing and to determine in advance exactly what equipment will need to be installed. This can then be validated by one of our commercial lighting case studies.

Are all of your outdoor lights and poles made in the USA?
Yes. We strongly believe that American made luminaires are the best in the world. We also feel that working with US manufacturers helps our own economy and passes additional benefits on to contractors and end users in the form of shorter lead time and more dependable written warranties that back up the quality and the performance of the equipment we sell.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Where are you located?
Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

RLLD Commercial Light Ideas & Lighting Case Studies

Commercial Landscape Lighting Fixtures with Decorative High-End Appeal and Maximum-Yield luminance. Find professionally engineered lighting packages designed with today’s electrical contractor and lighting specialist in mind. Read actual commercial lighting case studies on the many projects we have done for clients Coast to Coast.

To ensure efficiency, quality, and return on investment, RLLD Commercial Lighting furnishes today’s contractor with everything necessary to build the most competitive proposal in today’s turbulent marketplace. Every one of our commercial lighting fixtures, poles, lamps, and mounting accessories is manufactured in the United States. No foreign components are ever recommended or sold. By working in partnership with the world’s leading American lighting manufacturers, we can offer the lighting professional both maximum value and complete freedom of choice when it comes to selecting equipment. Our design services team adds further value to the contractor’s proposal by offering photometric analyses and sophisticated 3D modeling of proposed lighting layouts. This allows the professional architect to forecast multiple outcomes per budget, luminance requirements, and lighting regulatory codes and choose the commercial lighting design most apropos to the project at hand. This also enables the DIY electrical specialist to rely upon our team as a source of conceptual and planning services and an equipment vendor fully able to address the technical and aesthetic requirements of corporate, government, municipal, and academic clientele.

Examples of what we are talking about here can be viewed in the commercial lighting case studies portion of our website. These case studies tell the stories behind the many projects we have successfully proposed and delivered to commercial architects, developers, electrical specialists, and builders. Some had an advanced knowledge of lighting and simply wanted a source of superior equipment. Others required photometric analysis of the site and multiple solutions to consider. Our photometric software enabled us to provide them with both and meet budgetary, functional, and aesthetic expectations every time.

Here is a partial overview of our commercial lighting track record:

Austin Texas Outdoor Landscape Lighting Project
Custom Residential Outdoor Lighting Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you! ...read more.

Bridge Lighting Project For A Carolina Community
Custom Architectural Lighting Fixture Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you! ...read more.

Harley Davidson Commercial Lighting Project
Custom Motorcycle Dealership Lighting Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Houston, Texas Polo Field Lighting Project
Custom Outdoor Athletic Sports Light Fixture Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Missouri City Commercial Path Lighting Project
Custom Commercial Path Lighting Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Because commercial light fixtures vary so much in size and are engineered to accommodate so many different interior tasks and exterior applications, working with a distributor like RLLD who has access to lighting level regulations and local regulatory codes will help you choose not only the best lighting fixtures for the client, but also those that offer the greatest level of compliance with governing authorities. Expect a streamlined, cost effective, and customized solution anytime you call RLLD Commercial Lighting.

Let us help you create a quality commercial lighting design package, polish up the specifications and provide a quote for the lighting fixture package.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

RLLD Commercial Lighting Case Study Examples

Decorative Exterior, Interior & Landscape Commercial Lighting Fixture Systems, Lighting Packages and Actual Lighting Case Studies of Completed Lighting Projects.

RLLD Commercial Lighting equips you with everything necessary to build a competitive proposal at the line item level. Our commercial lighting fixtures, mounts, and accessories represent a broad spectrum of top-grade manufacturers and material builds, allowing the do-it-yourself installer as well as the professional complete freedom of choice when it comes to selecting fixtures and accessories. With the help of our consultant team, you can find a fixture that will precisely match the technical and aesthetic requirements of corporate, government, municipal, educational, and residential lighting design clients. While visiting our website today, you will find all major categories of commercial lights that feature cutting edge technology, aesthetic sophistication, longer lamp and fixture life, and greater flexibility in application and customization.

To make life easier for commercial developers, commercial architects, commercial electrical contractors and commercial builders who might need a little help with a lighting project, RLLD has created and posted a war chest of actual commercial lighting case studies to illustrate the depth of our professional lighting solutions.

Here is a partial listing of our commercial lighting track record:

Pendant Lighting For Atalanta Bank Lobby Project
Custom Indoor Commercial Lighting Fixture Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Bowling Center Area Parking Lot Lighting Project
Area Parking Lot Lighting Fixture Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Canadian Tennis Court Lighting Project
Custom Outdoor Tennis Court Lighting Fixture Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Football Field Lighting Project at St. Jude's Educational Institute
Custom Football Field Lighting Fixture Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Ohio Car Wash Commercial Lighting Project
Commercial Car Wash Lighting Fixture Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Guam Skateboard Park Lighting Project
Custom Skateboard Park Lighting Fixture Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Florida Boardwalk Step Lighting Project
Outdoor Commercial Landscape Lighting Design Packages
Let us design, specify or quote any size lighting project for you!...read more.

Commercial lighting fixtures vary considerably in size and accommodate specific interior tasks and exterior applications, so working with a distributor like RLLD who has access to lighting level regulations and local regulatory codes will help you choose not only the best fixtures for the client, but also those that offer the greatest level of compliance with governing authorities. This type of partnership makes it possible for commercial lighting design firms to obtain any type of fixtures, mounts, or accessory from an RLLD expert and develop a customized solution that speaks to facility, budget, and aesthetic preferences all at once.

LET US HELP YOU WITH A DESIGN, SPECIFICATIONS OR LIGHTING PACKAGE QUOTATION!

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial LED Lighting

LED lights have experienced major improvements in design, performance, and commercial application. For most of their history, they have been used mainly for display and specialty lighting. Now, Led’s have emerged as a legitimate alternative to traditional light sources in both general indoor lighting and commercial outdoor site lighting. This change has resulted from engineering developments that made it possible to produce white light with LED chips. These energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly lamps are now competing directly with every traditional form of fixture and lamp. Some experts even believe that LED lighting may actually become the dominant light source in the world some day. While there is no way to know in advance when and if this will actually happen, it is safe to say that led lighting is no doubt here to stay, and will only continue to both improve and penetrate new markets as concerns over lighting pollution, energy savings, and environmental quality continue to mount worldwide.

HOW LED'S WORK
The word “LED” stands for Light Emitting Diode. A diode is a solid state semiconductor that radiates light when a voltage is applied to it. While diodes have been around for many, many years, they did not make inroads into general lighting applications until very recently. This is because the LED lights of the past were incapable of producing the type of white light the human eye requires for the safe performance of tasks and the proper differentiation of colors. Early Led’s also did not produce enough lumens per watt to make them powerful enough for general indoor lighting and outdoor site lighting needs. All of this changed, however, when engineers created white light using ingenious modifications to existing LED lamps.

LED lights now produce white light by one of two methods. The first of these is known as “phosphor conversion.” A diode that emits blue or near ultraviolet light is coated with phosphor. When the UV light strikes the coating, it creates white light in a manner similar to that produced by a fluorescent lamp. Not only is the light output white, it is also characterized by high LPW efficiency and tends to be very bright.

The second method used in creating white light is known as RGB. Light from red, blue, and green LED lamps is mixed together in various combinations to form white light. This is the same way Nature mixes colors in the natural spectrum, so the light can be varied to a wide range of color temperatures and also “fine tuned” the light toward one or more primary colors if certain effects require doing so. This is highly useful in decorative and display lighting, commercial and retail interiors, and believe it or not, LED street lighting. (See our Article on LED Street Lighting to learn why).

BENEFITS OF LED LIGHTING
The benefits of solid-state lighting are too voluminous to discuss with any amount of detail in a single article. Briefly summarized, this new technology represents an energy saving solution to mounting concerns about power consumption. Commercial LED lights are also dimmable and compatible with lighting control systems, making them even more energy efficient upon command. Diodes are environmentally friendly as well because they contain no toxic gas, such as mercury, and they are consequently safer and less expensive to dispose of when they finally do fade out. Any numbers of color temperatures are now available for both indoor and outdoor decorative and architectural lighting.

OBJECTIONS CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY HEAR
Several misconceptions about solid state lights have to be cleared up first any time you consider proposing them to a client. The most notorious of these ideas is that LED lighting generates too much heat to be efficient in high-end or site lighting applications. This misconception actually arose from past, failed attempts to retrofit LED lamps to traditional fixture housings. Because filament-based and gas-based lighting technology differs greatly from solid state lighting technology, thermal management problems always from attempts to hybridize the two.

However, led lighting fixtures that are specifically designed for solid state lamps and light bars perform exceptionally well in the arena of thermal management, which is one of the many reasons that commercial Led’s last for up to 100,000 hours.

Another false belief that many of your clients may have is that LED lights simply are not as bright as HID lights and cannot be used to illuminate areas such as parking garages, streets, roadways, outdoor landscapes, buildings, and security perimeters. Again, this is a misconception based on stereotype, not on fact. While it is indeed the case that Led’s have been heavily utilized in the past for special effects, display lighting, and accent lighting for mood, theme, and effect, new phosphor conversion technology now makes it possible for Led’s to rival even the most powerful HID fixtures with less energy consumption and longer lamp life. For clients looking to recession proof their businesses like bowling alleys in uncertain times, the ability to cut power costs and redirect funding normally set aside for lighting maintenance and replacements can only make your proposal look more attractive at the end of the day.

The most important thing to point out to cautious, of not fearful clients, is that a 40%-70% savings on their energy budget represents a complete recovering of the initial price of purchase and functions as a form of recession-proofing businesses, small business office buildings, municipal governments, nonprofits, and academic institutions alike.

ASK AN EXPERT FOR COMPLIMENTARY HELP DEVELOPING YOUR PROPOSAL
Knowledge is only power when it is based on reality, not speculation or hearsay. RLLD Commercial Lighting experts know the facts about LED and will share them freely with all clients and serious inquirers. Detailed information can always be obtained by calling an RLLD Commercial Lighting expert for free technical documentation on any type of LED lighting fixture or lamp you might be considering as a line item to your proposal.

WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT BUYING LED LIGHTING?
RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial outdoor lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking in our growing list of lighting case studies call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our design studio is located in Houston, Texas with vendors located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Babylon, New York, Rochester, New York, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL, Orlando, Florida, Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Madison, Wisconsin, Hialeah, Florida, Chesapeake, Virginia, Akron, Ohio, Chula Vista, California, Modesto, California, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS, HOU, DAL.

Commercial Lighting Energy Saving Tips

The following summary represents the top five reasons to upgrade indoor and outdoor lighting with energy efficient luminaires :

Energy efficient lighting uses less electricity.
This is perhaps the most important benefit your clients will receive from energy efficient lighting. Rising fuel costs have had an effect on the cost of power, and reducing your clientʼs operating costs even by a marginal amount helps buffer them against the recession. Right now is a good time to take stock of all indoor and outdoor lighting luminaires and make a qualitative assessment of their long term value. If they can be replaced with more energy efficient equivalents, then savings on the light bill will pay for the fixtures in a few short years.

Energy efficient lighting minimizes replacement costs.
Luminaires eventually wear out because of thermal stress on the components. The less electricity a fixture uses, the less heat it generates. Reducing heat helps prolong the life of the bulb and minimize replacements. The money saved on luminaire replacement is yet another revenue stream that brings ROI on the equipment investment.

Energy efficient light fixtures are more environmentally friendly.
Incandescent lighting is notorious for producing C02 emissions through its inefficient management of power. It has been estimated that buildings with inefficient lighting systems contribute 40% of the world’s greenhouse gases. Replacing all of these luminaires with energy efficient equivalents would significantly impact the global environment in a positive way.

Energy efficient lighting is essential to LEED certification.
Companies are starting to take LEED certification very seriously. Power conservation is becoming a top priority for new building construction, and is much easier to accomplish when designing the building with LEED certification in mind. Companies in existing buildings, however, may be considerably more difficult due to poor ventilation and outdated wiring and power outlets. Energy efficient commercial lighting alone may not provide enough total points for these facilities to earn an immediate certification, but the money saved on subsequent power bills can contribute funds toward any necessary future remodeling.

Energy efficient lighting helps avoid conflict with lighting regulatory codes.
In some areas of the nation, energy efficient lighting is required under regulatory codes as part of a more comprehensive community push toward sustainability. In other places such as California, state legislation has now stepped in to make power conservation a top priority.
While we have yet to see a standard for regulating energy efficient outdoor lights emerge on the Federal level, we have reason to believe one may be created in the near future with increasing public demand for a comprehensive, national energy policy.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you need a quote or can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial Lighting & Light Fixtures

RLLD Commercial lighting offers a number of essential benefits to every organization currently facing rising costs and stagnant markets in a mounting recession. Reducing overhead is top priority to most organizations, and clients facing the necessity of new investments will only do so when those investments offer tangible returns. Outdoor commercial lighting designers working B2B can help their clients reduce overhead by proposing commercial lighting systems that feature improved energy efficiency and advanced lighting control.

Competitive bidding situations can often be overcome by pointing out to clients that the savings/reinvestment potential of superior grade, energy efficient commercial architectural lighting fixtures quickly recovers both investment funds and revenue that would otherwise be wasted on exorbitant power bills. More savings can be generated for many commercial and industrial clients with security lighting systems that can create a higher safety rating and reduce the costs of commercial liability insurance. Better commercial lights also means less frequent maintenance and equipment replacements. Many clients in government and education have fixed budgets and cannot invest annually in upgrades and maintenance. Offering these entities solutions that not only save power, but also last longer, generates even more recession proofing for the end user that gives the commercial lighting designer ultimate competitive advantage in a bidding war.

RLLD Commercial and industrial lighting also equips contract lighting designers with the full spectrum of lamping options for all commercial fixture types. Our inventory includes halogen lamps with wide, intense beam spreads that are ideal for lighting outdoor industrial areas and large parking lots. For clients on tight budgets, contractors can propose any number of RLLD fluorescent commercial lighting fixtures engineered specifically for factory, warehouse, and commercial parking garage lighting. For heavy-duty security lighting, we also supply a wide variety of high-pressure sodium lamps and floodlights that can be tied to automated timers and sensors to create a maximum-security perimeter around your clientsʼ facility, office, school, or government building. Last but not least, RLLD inventories all major types of commercial light fixtures in LED models that combine the world’s most efficient lighting distribution system with energy savings ranging from 80-90%.

More options means more benefits that you can pass on to your clients, and RLLD is committed to helping you win every bid by providing you not only with equipment, but also with choices and support. These options include, but are by no means limited to, the following major categories of commercial lighting fixtures.

Athletic & Sports Field lighting
All RLLD Commercial Sports Lights are manufactured from top commercial grade materials and feature a wide range of glare/light pollution shielding designs to keep your client’s facility in full compliance dark skies and lighting level regulatory codes.

Parking Garage Lighting
RLLD Commercial Lighting inventories parking garage lights with High Intensity Metal Halide Fixtures, High Pressure Sodium Lamps, and a wide range of fluorescent fixtures designs. Each fixture type offers unique advantages that must be considered in terms of cost, commercial lighting quality, and the size of your parking garage. Ask an RLLD commercial lighting expert which lamping option will work best for your client’s facility.

Commercial Parking Lot Lighting
RLLD Commercial Lighting commercial lights are constructed of formed aluminum that adds a contemporary touch to your building or commercial warehouse. Hinged doors on each fixture allow easy access for maintenance, and mounting options range from wall mounts to pole mounts in a broad range of optics and accessories.

Commercial Fluorescent Lights
RLLD provides commercial fluorescent lighting fixtures in every shape and size in order to equip the contractor with every conceivable replacement option for incandescent lights. This includes ceiling mounted fluorescent fixtures, hanging fluorescent lighting strips, fluorescent wall packs, fluorescent floodlights, loading dock lights, and commercial high bay lights.

All RLLD fluorescent lamps generate minimal heat and help maintain cooler temperatures in workshops, warehouses, and other areas where minimizing radiant heat creates a safe and optimal work environment for workers.

New & Used Car Dealership Lighting
RLLD Commercial Lighting inventories five major series models of car dealership commercial light fixtures, each of is available in any number of finishes, builds, glare shield accessory options, fixture housing, and optical design. RLLD Commercial Lighting experts will help you configure the schematics of your car dealership lighting system to give you the best possible image for maximized sales.

Mall Parking Lot Lighting
Retails shopping centers and malls have to ensure nothing discourages shoppers from visiting their locations. Parking lot lights help make a mall or strip center much more attractive and increase a feeling of safety for shoppers by making sidewalks, parking areas, streets, and landscapes more visible.

Agriculture Barn & Horse Arena Light Fixtures
Metal halide lights make excellent retrofits for equestrian facilities with large creosote light poles. These lights are designed with brackets designed to mount on walls or buildings and feature both superb color rendering and power conservation. With RLLD commercial lighting pole adapters and metal halide box floods, existing outdoor horse arenas can be upgraded to an entirely new level of quality without having to modify existing electrical wiring.

Business Buildings & Office Lighting
RLLD commercial and architectural lighting experts will help you line item fixtures and mounts that will ensure an efficient balance of safety, security, aesthetics, and regulatory code compliance. This allows the commercial lighting designer or developer to take a whole site approach to outdoor and architectural lighting with RLLD as a one-source vendor of equipment and consulting design solutions.

Parks & Recreation Lights
RLLD Commercial Park and Recreation Lights feature symmetrical geometry and elaborate decorations based on historical periods and established artistic motifs. They also support all lamping types for maximum lumens per watt efficiency, so it is never necessary to compromise functionality or lamp maintenance for aesthetics when you work with RLLD Commercial as your source.

Commercial Warehouse Lighting and HID Fixtures
Energy saving commercial warehouse lighting is the best way to help your industrial client’s recession proof their businesses. Choose from any number of HID, Fluorescent, and even LED Industrial warehouse lights to optimize your lighting fixture package or proposal for client savings and win/win bidding.

Security Lighting
RLLD Commercial Lighting supplies contractors with a wide variety of security lighting products. Find floodlights, low pressure sodium vapor lights, wall packs, canopy lights, motion detectors, HID fixtures, and both wall and pole mounted security lights, outdoor wall mount light fixtures,

Commercial lighting fixtures vary considerably in size and accommodate specific interior tasks and exterior applications, so working with a vendor like RLLD who has access to lighting level regulations and local regulatory codes can often help contractors choose not only the best fixtures for the client, but also those that offer the greatest level of compliance with governing authorities. This type of partnership makes it possible for commercial lighting design firms to obtain any type of fixtures, mounts, or accessory from an RLLD expert and develop a customized tennis court lighting proposal that speaks to client facility, budget, and aesthetic preferences all at once.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. Have you searched our commercial lighting articles for helpful and technical lighting advice? If you can not find what you are looking for there please contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961, or visit our commercial lighting blog and we will find it for you.

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Commercial Landscape Lighting

RLLD commercial landscape lighting fixtures and accessories offer a broad range of options to the commercial exterior lighting designer. RLLD commercial landscape lights work to accent and define the natural terrain and keynote earthworks of sophisticated commercial, academic, municipal, hospitality, and entertainment oriented clients. Our inventory is comprehensive on multiple fronts, representing a combination of cost effectiveness, aesthetic elements, light level control, lamping options, and manufacturer fixture design. This allows the landscape commercial lighting specialist to first envision the overall system design, then select from a broad range of options that literally allows fixture to match form at the line item level.

Low voltage and Line Voltage
Contractors who work with RLLD Commercial Lighting Design are able to take a whole site approach to lighting commercial landscapes by selecting from a balanced and comprehensive of low voltage and line voltage fixtures. Through the combination of decorative and accent elements offered by 12V and 24V transformers and outdoor lighting fixtures, decorative commercial landscape lighting specialists can pass on both energy efficiency and décor to clients. Larger, line voltage fixtures can provide floodlighting of large properties for adjunct security and nighttime transit lighting. This diversity of equipment options on both fronts allows commercial landscape lighting to blend seamlessly with other outdoor lighting elements such as park lighting, parking lot lighting, and architectural lighting themes. The genius of the design lies in concealing the light source as much as possible without compromising the aesthetic of the landscape.

All Lamping Options
By making a diversity of lamping options available to you, RLLD Commercial Lighting Design eliminates the stress of trying to force equipment fit onto a commercial landscape that is highly customized or features unique and eclectic features. We provide incandescent, halogen, high-pressure sodium, metal halide, fluorescent lights, and now LED lighting fixtures for commercial landscapes. This allows you to match a specific fixture to a particularly unique earthwork or water work on your client’s property, and it also allows you to create additional levels of light by combining multiple concealed light sources.

Specialty Fixtures for Vegetation and Trees
Vegetation is vital to the overall appearance of the landscape, and special lighting equipment is often needed to effectively and safely light trees, hedges, garden areas, atrium's, and flower beds. RLLD Commercial Lighting Design carries an impressive selection of low voltage and led lights specifically designed for lighting vegetation in and around commercial landscapes. We also have an impressive array of mercury vapor lights that create a concealed light source within the trees themselves and work to lights pathway, gardens, fountains, recreation areas, and the general grounds surrounding that surround the trees.

Lighting Controls for Security and Convenience
Your clients will no doubt be concerned about the practical concerns of safety and security that are part of any landscape lighting proposal. Lighting control is critical to the security aspects of the system, which is why RLLD Commercial Lighting Design offers a number of control options from which you can choose. Automated timers can turn all or part of a landscape lighting system on at dusk and off again when day breaks. Motion sensors can be fitted to flood lights that trigger floodlights if a person walks across the property line. Manual control dimmers can further supplement these advanced lights with automated timers and sensors if necessary, giving security guards a means to suddenly raise lighting levels in a portion of the property or flood the entire periphery of the campus with bright light.

Complimentary Lighting Design and Installation Tips
Commercial landscape lighting specialists at RLLD Commercial Lighting Design will also give you free information on environmentally friendly installation methods that will allow you to install these lights without harming the trees. This information is available to any professional or end use that signs up for our newsletter.

Because RLLD Commercial Lighting Design experts have worked for many years in commercial landscape lighting, they have developed methods of concealed installation and outdoor lighting design that allows them to create up to four layers of light on any commercial landscape. This layering of lights works to unify the aesthetic between natural outdoor lighting and building and architectural lighting, and it helps create a more ambient decorative quality that subtly enhances the luminosity of surrounding security. The same lighting techniques hold true for driving range lighting and golf course lights.

Ask your RLLD commercial landscape lighting specialist about special, proprietary tools we make available only to preferred customers within our online community. Periodic newsletters, emails, and phone calls at your request can be arranged to give your commercial landscape lighting proposal maximum competitive advantage and a cutting edge, win/win cost effective solution your clients will readily see the benefits of investing in.

RLLD Commercial Lighting has a wealth of commercial lighting articles and information as well as a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixture packages. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you of visit our commercial and industrial lighting blog for tips and suggestions.

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Architectural Area Lighting

Architectural area lighting features an aesthetic element that differentiates it from purely functional site lighting. Although lamps used in both architectural area lighting and site lighting are often similar--if not the same-- light sources, architectural area light fixtures are manufactured with a noticeably higher degree of decorative design. As such, equipment costs can be rather high at times, and this can deter city governments, academic institutions, and even small companies from making an investment that would otherwise serve their outdoor lighting needs on a number of levels ranging from public appeal to commercial branding. When architects, general contractors, and certified electricians encounter this type of resistance, they can come to RLLD Commercial Lighting for adjunct lighting design support that will enable them to propose cost-effective, energy saving light sourcing that offers both tangible benefits and ROI on multiple levels.

Contractors frequently bid projects for office buildings, churches, museums, civic centers, municipal headquarters, universities, restaurants, resorts, and country clubs that require a highly customized, often sophisticated architectural area lighting system that will contribute essential, specific elements to their property, building ornamentation, and public image. The fixtures and lamps that are used must completely meet the multiple demands of dark sky laws, increasingly strict LPW efficiency codes, minimum foot candle requirements, and bring the client measurable ROI through reduced power requirements and minimized ongoing maintenance.

If you are a commercial developer or sole proprietor, licensed electrician, you can quickly and accurately meet all of these demands simultaneously and expeditiously by working with a vendor like RLLD Commercial outdoor Lighting that offers complimentary, adjunct design services to any firm or license DIY lighting installer. Before we suggest specific lamps or fixture types, we talk to you first. We want to learn as much as possible about your clientʼs site. . Does your client have a parking lot, a parking garage, or both? What is the total number of buildings located on the property? Are there areas that resemble a public park, open landscapes, recreational facilities, or walkways that require special park lighting? How many people work or visit the facility at night? What is the total acreage of the property if it is located on a considerably large piece of land? How much light will the entire system output, what it will cost, and what will be the expected return on investment for your client?

The data we gather during this dialogue is now inputted into specialized lighting design software that enables us to calculate on a point-by-point level the exact photometric requirements that are needed to determine which fixtures will best produce building accent light, perimeter and walkway security, glare free, well-lit parking areas, and aesthetic, shadow-free landscape, and energy savings through reduced electrical usage and fewer calls to maintenance. By taking the guesswork out of architectural area lighting, RLLD Commercial Lighting helps contractors first determine exactly what lighting levels and power requirements are optimal to propose, and second, which actual products will most effectively and affordably offer clients lasting solutions that are affordable, reliable, and aesthetically superior. By allowing smaller design firms and individual lighting design consultants to have access to software that normally only larger firms can afford, RLLD Commercial Lighting also helps level the lighting design playing field, arming small companies and consultants with competitive advantages that can rival even the largest firms in photometric accuracy, specification grade quality, and multiple benefits at the line item level.

RLLD Commercial Lighting stocks a full selection of architectural area parking lot lighting fixtures, lamping options, commercial lighting poles, and mounting accessories that allow the contractor to offer more options to the client at the line item level. As a representative of a number of reputable, domestic, and established manufacturers, we can offer any commercial developer, architect, or lighting designer impeccable lead time on products made here in the United States and drop shipped anywhere in the country to expedite time to market delivery of products and services.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (PIT) Atlanta, GA (ATL), Marina Del Rey, California, Coral Gables, Fl, Redmond, Washington (RDM), Memphis, Tennessee (MEM), Madison, WI, (MSN) Portland, Oregon, (PDX) and Stamford, CT.

Architectural Lighting Projects

Civil engineers, general contractors, commercial electricians, architects, and professional lighting designers will find it much easier to choose architectural lights equipment when they work with RLLD Commercial Lighting. As an impartial vendor that represents multiple manufacturers, we offer small companies and sole proprietors direct access to vendor relationships that would otherwise be out of their reach. These contractors enjoy tremendous freedom of choice when selecting architectural lighting fixtures, poles, mounting options, and accessories because we are an impartial vendor that is not required to fill any quotas for the manufacturers we represent. Because of this, our commercial clients will never be pressured into buying architectural lights from any one particular manufacturer. Rather, our specialists will help each client meet any design challenges and lighting regulation requirements needed to design a site lighting system, and then they will help that client find the best fixtures, lamps, and mounts most appropriate to the needs of the project at hand.

Architectural light experts at RLLD Commercial Lighting have been cross-trained in a number of fields which allows them to strategically balance the major considerations of safety, regulations, aesthetics, and on site security when helping develop school site lighting designs. Foremost in our thinking is the need to help contractors and engineers recession proof their projects by building ROI into the purchase order. We look for ways to increase lumens per watt efficiency by pointing out the best lamps, optic designs, and ballasts for optimal lighting output and stable regulation of current. We also have a rapidly growing inventory of LED architectural outdoor commercial lighting fixtures that stand poised to replace other types of lamps completely in the near future. This revolutionary technology can cut power usage by as much as 80% and offers additional benefits of longer lamp life and maintenance free, environmentally friendly operation.

Dark sky laws strictly control the amount of glare and potential light pollution that can be produced by architectural lighting. In order to avoid violating these codes, it is always a good idea to consult with an RLLD Commercial Lighting design specialist familiar with the laws of a given area. This will both familiarize you with a city, county, or state’s legal requirements, and it will offer you the added benefit of working with an expert who not only knows the facts, but also knows which fixtures which will offer the highest level of compliance combined with optimal performance.

Armed with this information, we can guide the general contractor, designer, civil engineer, and even freelance designer into a whole site architectural lighting design.

Architectural Building Lights
Our team knows which building lights will compliment architectural keynotes without overpowering its facade or shining unwanted glare into other buildings. Building facades are extremely important because they often bear the company brand. Many industrial buildings also paint their logo on the side of their warehouse. Our variety of wall-mounted architectural lights, sign lights, wall packs, and canopy lights makes it possible to keynote each of these building features without light spillage or excessive expense.

Architectural Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting systems must work to extend the themes established by architectural lights into the general landscape beyond. This creates a sense of unity between human structures and Nature. It can also serve as a form of security lighting, because shadows often pool around building corners or courtyards between buildings. Keeping these areas illuminated minimizes the opportunity for burglars or vandals to approach the building unseen.

Parking Lot Lights
Parking lot lighting systems should be developed per wind load requirements in your area and foot candle minimums required by law. Dark sky laws must also factor into the equation so you can determine which light fixtures will best produce a glare free luminance contained within facility boundaries with no light spillage falling into surrounding streets and neighborhoods.

Parking Garage Lighting
Vertical footcandles are just as important to commercial parking lot lighting as horizontal footcandles are. Evenly distributed vertical light is essential to the depth perceptions drivers rely upon to safely navigate around obstructions within the garage. Determining the balance between vertical and horizontal footcandles usually requires special software that smaller companies may not be able to afford. These companies can gain equal footing with larger firms by letting RLLD Commercial Lighting input data into our software to produce a proposal that reflects mathematical accuracy and precision selection of lamp wattage and fixture placements.

The complexity of architectural lighting systems can quickly add up to a very costly expenditure that is strenuous to the budgets of mid-sized companies and frightening to small companies who are currently being hit hard by the recession. Low voltage equipment and fluorescent fixtures can be used to help many of these entities reduce power costs, and as LED lights continue to emerge, even more energy cost savings can be created by replacing traditional high pressure sodium and Metal Halide fixtures. For the convenience of contractors, licensed DYI lighting designers, and smaller organizations on tight budgets, RLLD Commercial Lighting also custom designs architectural lighting packages that feature of a blend of basic equipment and specialty equipment that can be adapted to any site lighting scenario.

RLLD Commercial Lighting experts stand ready to assist the client and the serious inquirer on a complimentary basis both through online channels and phone-based advisory services. General inquiries can also expect a high level of attention and expertise for a small, reasonable consulting fee. RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures.

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Commercial Lighting Information

Clients of RLLD Commercial lighting can thus obtain fixtures of any type, size, intensity, and design simply by contacting a RLLD lighting specialist and placing an order directly through our distribution network. Our growing inventory offers the following to contractors, end users, architects, and building developers nationwide. Let's look at a few commercial lamping options and lamp charateristics:

Incandescent
Although incandescent lamps are more frequently used in residential lighting applications, some commercial lighting fixtures also used this technology. Incandescent lamps pass current through a filament, which causes the filament to give off light. Because they are relatively short lived, incandescent sources are used mostly as decorative commercial lighting fixtures. Their ability to render warm colors effectively without ballast makes them well suited to this application, and the enormous variety of bulb designs make them highly soft after source of any type of accent lighting or decorum based commercial lighting design.

Fluorescent
Fluorescent lamps are used extensively in commercial warehouse lighting fixtures for a number of reasons. First and foremost of these reasons is their ability to use less power than other commercial lighting fixtures, making them very cost effective from an energy conservation perspective. Fluorescent bulbs also produce a very bright light that is evenly distributed, making them ideal commercial warehouse lighting fixtures, canopy lights, outdoor lights, security lights, in interior retail lights in discount stores where high levels of general lighting help psychologically motivate larger bulk purchases of discount merchandise.

Fluorescent bulbs produce light by activating phosphors on the interior of the bulb using ultraviolet energy generated by a mercury arc. Ballast helps start and operate the fluorescent lamps by regulating electron flow through the gaseous arc. Trends in fluorescent technology have made them more compact, increasing lumens per watt efficiency as high as 100 lumens per watt, and reducing the amount of toxic mercury within the bulbs interior. Fluorescent commercial lighting fixtures are best deployed underneath building eaves (as in the case of canopy lights), near loading docks, in wall packs on the sides of buildings, or as large grocery store or warehouse lights. Placing them too far out into open spaces tends to diffuse their light output and diminish their intensity.

High Intensity Discharge (HID) Commercial Lighting Fixtures
HID stands for High Intensity Discharge. It refers to a technology where light is produced by a gaseous arc discharge using a variety of elements. Typical elements include mercury vapor, metal halide, and high pressure sodium. The arc tube within an HID lamp will contain one or more of such elements, and when current passes between the electrodes at either end of the tube, the current creates an arc that generates visible light.

HID lamps feature the highest efficiency in lumens per watt output and also feature a greater level of lighting control. They also last longer than other commercial lighting fixtures, making them a wise investment for a company on a Spartan budget that cannot afford to continually replace equipment.

High intensity discharge sources include mercury vapor, metal halide, and high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps. Light is produced in HID and low pressure sodium (LPS) sources through a gaseous arc discharge using a variety of elements. Each HID lamp consists of an arc tube which contains certain elements or mixtures of elements which, when an arc is created between the electrodes at each end, gasify and generate visible radiation.

Mercury Vapor (MV)
Mercury vapor lights were the first HID commercial lighting fixtures developed. They were designed originally to meet a rising demand for a very compact, high output, and energy efficient source of light. They are used extensively in a number of landscape lighting applications, being commonly deployed as tree lights in high-end commercial outdoor lighting systems. In other applications they have proven somewhat less effective duo to their inferior color rendering abilities, although this has improved to a certain extent over the years by phosphor coated interior bulb walls.

The life of mercury vapor lamps is good, averaging 24,000 hours for larger wattage lamps. However, because the output diminishes so greatly over time, economical operational life is often much shorter. Efficacy ranges from 30 to 60 lumens per watt, with the higher wattages being more efficacious than the lower wattages.

As with other HID lamps, the starting of a mercury vapor lamp is not immediate. Starting time is short, though, taking 4-7 minutes to achieve maximum output depending upon the ambient temperature.

High Pressure Sodium (HPS)
High Pressure Sodium (HPS) commercial lighting fixtures gained huge popularity in the 1970’s to meet the needs of a powerful, yet super efficient, source of HID lighting. Lumens per watt output in an HPS lamp can be as high as 140 lumens per watt—approximately 7 times the luminance as incandescent lamps and twice that of MV or Fluorescent. They also last for approximately 24,000 hours---the longest lamp light on the market.

The problem with HPS commercial lighting fixtures has always been the quality of light they create. HPS lamps give off a yellowish or orange-tinted color and are not acceptable light sources for situations where illuminating a brand, architectural keynote, or any type of ornate exterior landscaping requires a high level of color rendering. For the most part, they are used in applications such as commercial parking garage lighting, warehouse lighting, and certain outdoor applications such as security flood lighting.

Metal Halide (MH)
Metal Halide (MH) commercial lighting fixtures are fast becoming the preferred source of HID lighting in most commercial environments. This is because they produce a very bright white light that nearly equivalent to daylight in its color rendering ability. The variety of applications is significant as a result, ranging from decorative street lighting, commercial parking lot lighting, car lot lighting, outdoor landscape lighting, architectural lighting, security lighting, and general site lighting. Traditionally, their biggest drawback has been their short lamp life—only 7,500 hours on the average.

Newer designs in Metal Halide commercial lighting fixtures include pulse start technology and ceramic metal halide design. These improvements have increased lumens per watt efficiency, control of the light itself through superior dim ability, better stability of color rendering, longer lamp life, and shorter start time.

Unfortunately, recent legislation has called for the phase out of certain standard forms of MH commercial lighting fixtures due to their use of incendiary elements that fall under the classification of greenhouse gas sources. This in turn paves the way for the most sophisticated lighting ever developed on our world, and quite possibly, the singular source of lighting used both commercially and residentially in the very near future: LED commercial lighting fixtures.

LED Commercial Lighting Fixtures
As technology improves, the ability to create truly “white” led light continues to evolve. LED commercial lighting fixtures are featuring higher lumens per watt efficiencies than their initial prototypes initially offered. This has opened the door for a number of architectural lighting and site lighting applications that were previously the exclusive domain of HID commercial lighting fixtures.

We are also seeing an upsurge in the use of led commercial lighting fixtures in street and roadway lighting, where a number of municipalities in the United States and Europe have reported some very promising findings in regards to both power cost reduction and the overall quality of street lighting itself.

Look for quarterly leaps and bounds in the engineering gains made by LED commercial lighting fixture manufacturers, and be sure to sign up for our RLLD Commercial Lighting Newsletter which will feature news updates and lighting case studies about this exciting and revolutionary technology.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

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Outdoor Parks & Recreation Lights

Park lighting has a dual purpose. Beyond the merely functional, it must also create a number of intangibles that impact the mind and emotions on a subconscious level. Most people have a deep appreciation for Nature, so first and foremost, the technology used in commercial outdoor park lighting a park should blend into a natural setting and compliment the aesthetics of trees and vegetation. Without this sense of harmony, the park will lack the feeling of retreat and comfort it symbolizes to people and visitors will find it less attractive. Furthermore, as more people experience feelings of anxiety within themselves over the problematic of global instability and recession, many look back to simpler times they perceive to be more stable, simple, and tranquil. Parks speak to these people as well, and park pole lights for these visitors should carry a touch of nostalgia whenever possible. Historical fixtures and decorative poles cast in Early Colonial designs or reminiscent of European street lamps often make a person feel as though they have stepped back in time. Finally, because Nature itself consists of countless forms proportioned according to the “golden ratio”, park lighting fixtures and poles should reflect a superior sense of geometric design and harmony in order to effectively compliment their surroundings.

This should by no means imply that the practical elements of outdoor landscape lighting design should be neglected in a park lighting system. The safety and comfort of park guests must be accommodated as much as their sensibilities. Lighting should spread evenly around bench areas and along sidewalks. It should shine under trees near the sidewalk; because most people who visit parks spend time under the trees, so keeping these areas shadow free maximizes safety for nighttime visitors and gives less opportunity for criminals to use darkness as a cover. Park lights should be brighter still in areas around public restrooms and fountains, as unseen moisture on the concrete in these places can create a slip hazard for people. Parking lots should be well-lit in compliance with the same footcandle requirements as commercial parking lots, although lighting poles used near parks tend to be more decorative and often much shorter than commercial poles.

RLLD Commercial Lighting keeps all these factors foremost in mind when stocking our rapidly growing inventory of park lights and park lighting poles. Not only can we meet the needs of any municipality, large or small, but we can also work with architects, builders, and contractors who are looking to develop “park-like” areas on large corporate campuses that require the same decorative touch as municipal retreats and recreational areas. Diversity is the key to our many options. Larger light fixtures on decorative poles are intended for general lighting of pedestrian areas and large segments of the park itself. Ornate lighting bollards can then add accent and decor that draws special attention to indigenous vegetation, public gardens, statuary, ponds, and waterfalls. Concrete poles add a sense of permanence and superior decor both as decorative light and parking lot lighting mounts.

All pole mounted fixtures, regardless of ornament, design, or style, are fitted with reflectors and glare shields that soften the light and prevent direct light from spilling out of the park in violation of dark sky laws that limit light pollution in business and residential areas. If you or your lighting designer has any questions about dark sky laws in your area, or if you need more information on foot candle minimums for certain areas in your park, call an RLLD Commercial Lighting specialist today.

All consultations are free for clients and serious inquirers, and casual inquirers can receive the same quality of lighting design support for a small, reasonable fee.

Here are just a few of the lighting fixture categories that we can assist you:

• Athletic & Sports Field Lighting
• Parking Garage Lighting
• Commercial Parking Lot Lighting
• Commercial Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures
• Car Dealership Parking Lot Lighting
• Mall Parking Lot Lighting
• Agriculture Barn & Horse Arena Light Fixtures
• Business Buildings & Office Lighting
• Commercial Warehouse Lighting and HID Fixtures
• Outdoor Commercial Security Lighting

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Business Building Lighting

RLLD Commercial Outdoor Lighting knows that Building Lighting contractors are facing some hard times ahead. With the recession getting worsening every month, there is talk of a depression going on everywhere from You Tube to the mainstream media. RLLD Commercial Lighting wishes to remind Building Lighting designers that even during the Great Depression of the 20th Century, many millionaires were made in spite of a worldwide economic crisis and a pending World War. We believe that American entrepreneurs, in the long run, will still have a very bright future, and we believe that our support of the Building Lighting manufacture and the business lighting designer can play a pivotal role in sustaining and moving prosperity forward even in the darkest of times.

That being said, we would like to discuss today the exact role we play in the business lighting world. To start with, we work in two directions to support the American lighting industry on an exclusive basis. As a distributor and vendor, we work only with manufacturers who are American owned and located within the United States. We hold to this policy both out of loyalty to our own country and domestic business partners and out of a sure belief that American made Building Lighting fixtures is still the very best in the world. Working in close partnership with American manufacturers affords us more ready access to thousands of fixtures, mounts, lamps, and accessories that can equip any lighting designer in the country with the exact model, size, and type light needed to fulfill the needs of a municipal, government, military, academic, or commercial client. It also allows us to expedite timely drop shipping of Building Lighting fixtures anywhere in the nation on the turn of dime, eliminating the problematic of foreign invoicing and time delays involved in overseas shipping and warehousing.

When it comes to the relationships we hold with our contractors in the world of Building Lighting, our position stands unique among our competitors. We are the only virtual lighting design agency that is able to work so closely with commercial lighting design firms in order to help them develop customized commercial lighting systems and expedite proposals that are both cost sensitive and technologically superior to those of their competitors. We are able to do this because we have invested heavily in training our staff extensively in the many sub disciplines inherent to both indoor and outdoor business lighting. Our sales personnel are also design personnel, and they can answer any question that you as a contractor bring to the table both from a technical standpoint and an aesthetic standpoint.

Furthermore, we have invested heavily in some of the most advanced photometric analysis software available to Building Lighting firms. This suite of programs enables us to take basic data regarding your client’s site and facility and generates from it a sophisticated, detailed, and visually compelling photometric analysis that you can both use to design your clients system on a point-by-point basis and then later lay alongside your proposal on your client’s table. These photometric analyses make fixture selection more precise and cost-effective for Building Lighting contractors. They detail all necessary foot candle levels mandated by local lighting laws (which research for you), document where fixtures need to be placed, and recommend optimal mounts to best control the direction of lighting and the minimization of light pollution.

These Building Lighting design services are free to any client or serious inquirers, and they can be obtained on an as need basis by others for a reasonable fee. We will also help recession proof your clients with the latest and most sophisticated energy saving outdoor lighting fixtures. We carry an enormous selection of high-tech energy efficient commercial lights designed for maximum power conservation, including the very latest in electronically ballasted commercial fluorescent lights, LED lighting, and induction lights.

By working in close partnership with you on your proposal, we will help you work wonders for your client’s operations budget, cutting costs without sacrificing the quality of amount of illumination in the process. Check out our Commercial lighting blog for helpful information on all types of parking lot lighting, athletic sport field lights, car dealership lighting systems, office lighting fixtures, outdoor security lighting and many other commercial lighting products.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our headquarters is located in Houston, Texas with facilities positioned throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS

Mall Parking Lot Lighting

Mall parking lot lights are important and vital contributors to of high volumes of retail sales. Not only do they provide shoppers with safety, they also maintain optimal visibility. Color rendering should be as near to daylight levels in order to showcase storefront decorations, outdoor displays, and lighting outdoor landscaping features to create an aesthetically pleasing environment. Metal Halide lamps provide the best lighting source for mall parking lots due to their high CRI and their bright white light. When housed in superior, specification grade fixtures, they are also excellent for controlling glare. This is another crucial factor to mall parking lot lighting that warrants careful design and purchasing considerations. Commercial outdoor lighting around mall parking lots experience a high volume of pedestrian traffic, and vehicle traffic in these areas increases as closing time approaches. You must balance horizontal foot-candle density with vertical foot-candle levels in order to allow people walking to clearly see the pavement and for drivers to clearly see and judge distances between themselves and pedestrians.

As a general rule, the higher the parking lot pole, the larger the area its luminaires are able to light. Assuming that the poles do not exceed local length limits established by dark sky laws, steel or concrete lighting poles of up to 50 feet tall can provide superb site lighting for mall parking lots and driveways. It is almost always a good idea to use cut off luminaires when lighting car lots that are made with tempered glass and optical systems with specular facet reflectors. This will result in a more diffused, but nonetheless bright, field of luminance that directs evenly toward the ground with minimal light spillage or glare, and it works toward balancing vertical and horizontal foot candle levels for optimal visibility and safety.

Unfortunately in a recession, retailers often take the greatest hits because people simply don’t want to spend money. One way to propose new parking lot lights to a struggling mall, business building or strip center is to point out to your client that an upgraded facility will not only add visual enhancement, but it will also act as a draw, that requires fewer poles and fixtures than the existing system requires. New strides in lamping design, luminaire optics, and ballast technology allow fewer lamps to function at a higher per lumens watt ratio. This will significantly help your clients remain in full compliance with increasingly strict regulatory codes and dark sky laws that are intended to not only cut back on power consumption, but create a more self-contained field of illumination that will not blind the eyes of passing motorists or spill into the windows of neighboring houses.

Specification grade luminaires of this nature serve to maximize lumens per watt efficiency and help retailers weather the recession with more affordable lighting and power costs. In many instances, specification grade lighting fixtures for mall parking lots can improve energy efficiency as much as 300%. The initial front-end costs for new parking lot lights and poles will help malls immediately begin saving money. This is extremely important to cities such as Houston, TX, where new energy codes will soon become effective that limit outdoor site lighting around malls and parking lots to .15 watts per square foot. Only with the very best halogen fixtures can contractors hope to balance the mandates of code compliance with the obvious necessities of adequate light levels, color rendering, and glare minimization.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures as well as automotive dealership lighting packages. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our design studios are located in Houston, Texas with partners located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS

New and Used Car Dealership Lighting

The brighter a car looks under the light, the greater its value in the eye of the customer. Car dealership lights are a very important element in the presentation of your inventory. Having a bright, but glare-free spread of illumination throughout your lot works to enrich the value of your vehicles and provide a safe and comfortable place for your customers to shop after sundown. More advanced commercial outdoor lighting fixture designs and optics are available now than ever before, and light pollution controls are now available to keep the light focused within your property line without encroaching on surrounding areas. New sheik luminaire builds and custom finishes will further add to the value of your car dealership in terms of overall aesthetic and decor.

We supply only American-made car parking lot lighting luminaires featuring the latest technology and cost-cutting energy efficiency. A brief summary of each of our major light fixture types is detailed in the paragraphs below. More detailed information can be obtained by calling an RLLD Commercial Lighting designer who will help you configure the schematics of your car dealership lighting system at no additional charge.

Pole-Mounted Aluminum Car Lot Lights
These are excellent lights for small, privately-owned car dealerships. They feature seams that are welded together and silicone sealed that make them impervious to inclement weather. Aluminum car lot lights are made with a top cap for maintenance and easy access for adjusting and replacing lamps.

Car Lot Flood Lights
Car dealerships may choose from all varieties of business building floodlights, including Cut off flood, forward flood; standard flood, parking flood, and type V flood designs. These aesthetic fixtures are perimeter security lighting as well as lighting your inventory. Every fixture is made from a single piece of die-cast aluminum and offers a high-temperature silicone gasket that creates a weather-tight seal. Lenses are cut from clear, heat and impact resistant tempered glass.

Shoebox Design Dealership Lights
The heights of light poles are regulated by wind-load laws that mandate they be a certain size or feature a special design. RLLD Commercial Lighting saves dealerships money on car lot park lighting poles fitting them shoebox fixtures are designed to redirect airflow around their surfaces much like sports cars do on the road. This allows contractors to install smaller, more affordable light poles on car lots without violating regulatory codes.

Metal Halide Lights with 1000W Lamps
These light fixtures are frequently found in the larger dealerships that require a high level of foot-candles. They offer an elegant design that complements the establishment and a wide variety of finishes that include both standard and custom colors.

Wall and Pole Mounted Car Dealership Lights
The contemporary designs these outdoor fixtures offer add a modern look to any lot. They are an ideal complement to the presentation of imported or luxury vehicles. Contemporary fixtures are adaptable as well, and can be mounted on walls as well as poles. They feature housing seams that are welded together and sealed with silicon to protect parts from climatic extremes and rough weather.

RLLD Commercial Lighting offers design assistance and photometric analysis reports that can go a long way toward saving car dealerships time and money on lighting and lighting pole packages. With a new look to your car lot, you can also present a new face to the world that can help advertise your business and contribute to ongoing sales and business development.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our light designers is located in Houston, Texas with sites located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial Fluorescent Lighting

Because recent legislation has mandated that all incandescent lights be replaced by 2010 at the latest, commercial fluorescent lights are going to play a major role in future lighting design for businesses, non-profits, schools, and municipalities. We recommend you encourage your clients to invest now rather than later, as parts shortages are sure to follow on the heels of procrastination and last minute decisions. RLLD Commercial Lighting understands that many of your clients will be very hesitant to spend money in a time of recession. However, this hesitancy can be overcome by pointing out the many advantages and benefits that commercial fluorescent light fixtures deliver consistently across the board. Recession proofing your client with an investment that will represent a long-term solution and a return on investment will be pivotal in your negotiations. Equally pivotal will be the ability to systematically calculate the precise number of decorative commercial fixtures your client’s site will need and determine at the scientific level the optical photometric levels you will need to create for truly superior solution.

LONGER LAMP LIFE
You will never meet a client who enjoys spending money on replacements. When people buy things, they expect those things to last. In light of this fact, the greatest benefit commercial lighting packages will bring to any client is lamp life that is much longer and more reliable than incandescent luminaires. Furthermore, as cities such as Houston tighten their restrictions on LPW (it is now 1 lumen per .05 watt here), it is crucial as well to use lamps that will generate more light with less electricity. As a general rule, fluorescent lights feature both superior LPW and operate at cooler temperatures. For indoor environments such as warehouses, workshops, factories, and call centers, using cooler burning lamps will reduce the power used by the HVAC system and bring additional return on investment through overhead reduction. Over time, your clients will recover the dollars they invested in the commercial fluorescent lighting system you encouraged them to wisely invest in now rather than later.

WIDESPREAD APPLICABILITY
Parking Lot fluorescent lights and indoor commercial fluorescent lights occupy a unique position in the world of luminaires. They rank among the most versatile and diversified light sources in the world. You will find commercial fluorescent light fixtures in a wide range of designs engineered for specific interior and exterior business lighting applications. In the realm of indoor lighting, fluorescent can be everything from recessed lights and panel lights to intentionally decorative fixtures. Because of their superior energy efficiency, they are superb general purpose lights in commercial warehouse areas and are commonly used in high bay and low bay fixtures over assembly lines. In the outdoor arena, you see everything from commercial fluorescent bollards and decorative landscape lights to powerful floodlights controlled by motion detectors linked to security alarm systems. They are also the favored lamping option by many wall pack manufacturers because of their power saving abilities and low operating temperatures.

EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF LIGHT
The stereotypes of fluorescent lights as headache producers have long since been overcome and disproved by newer, superior ballast technology frees fluorescent lights from all flickering or yellowing effects such as those produced by their primitive ancestors in the 70ʼs. Today’s energy efficient fluorescent commercial lights produce a comfortable, white, glare free light that is easy on the eyes and fits hand in glove with glare and light pollution regulations. The specification grade fixtures we furnish to contractors feature the very best electronic ballasts in a variety of voltages engineered for superior electron flow, power management, exceptional CRI, and photometric delivery power.

This represents the highest level of manufacturing and engineering quality in our industry; (we only use US manufacturers as sources) which is why so many industrial lighting designers prefer to use us as a vendor.

LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICES
RLLD Commercial Lighting has spent a great deal of money to obtain some of the world’s most advanced lighting design software that we will freely employ on your behalf to propose a winning bid. This software enables us to take basic raw data about your client’s site, put that data into our system, and create a point-by-point photometric schematic of an entire indoor and outdoor lighting design system. This plan will fully anticipate the many dynamics of LPW and light pollution requirements, client equipment budget, estimated maintenance costs (if any), and lamp life requirements. For clients who wish to invest cautiously in commercial outdoor security lights, building lights, or sign lights, knowing the exact number and type of fluorescent fixtures necessary to fulfill luminance requirements can avert over purchasing and present a more streamlined proposal for you to bring to the table.

WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with sites mapped throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Parking Garage Lighting

Lighting within a parking garage depends on a number of factors such as the height of the ceiling, the volume of vehicle versus pedestrian traffic, potential obstacles such as support beams, and the angles of corners and ramps that can potentially create problem areas of shadow. Ideally, parking lot lights should create five foot candles per square foot both horizontally and within the vertical cube itself. While many developers pay close attention to horizontal foot candle levels, vertical lighting is actually more critical. A person looking at a poorly lit column, wall, or oncoming vehicle will not be able to clearly distinguish its boundaries and may also have problems judging its distance from his or her location. Lighting commercial outdoor parking spaces is also important because it eliminates shadows that could hide intruders or criminals.

Calculating these measurements often takes a great deal of time. Sometimes, it even requires special software that smaller companies may not have access to, or be able to afford. This is where RLLD Commercial Lighting specialists can offer an added value. With basic information such as parking garage dimensions, total square footage, and general usage statistics, we can help the contractor save a step by calculating the levels of light that a parking garage or lighting automotive dealership needs for optimal safety and functionality.

Once the quantity of light needed has been determined, it is necessary to also calculate the quality of light needed.
There are two major obstacles to overcome when lighting parking garages: glare and the “cavern effect.” The term refers to a phenomenon where the garage actually looks darker than it really is, contributing to distorted depth perception and affecting the judgment of drivers and pedestrians. Glare is a major obstacle as well to clear visibility and occurs when the lighting in a particular area is noticeably brighter than surrounding general lighting. Both glare and the cavern effect represent safety hazards that must be preempted.

The most common parking garage lighting fixtures are HID lights.
RLLD Commercial Lighting recommends using Metal Halide or High Pressure Sodium HID parking lot light fixtures in semi cutoff or refractor designs. Cut off fixtures are very good at keeping glare to a minimum, but they actually magnify the cavern effect and render very poor vertical lighting. Semi cutoffs do a good job of eliminating the cavern effect altogether, and with the proper fixture, will also do a very good job of lighting basic vertical surfaces such as walls and thick columns. For optimal vertical lighting and clear visibility, however, you should use refractor parking lot lighting fixtures. These keep the ceiling areas, vertical cube, and mall parking lot areas consistently lit throughout the facility.

Business building lights and parking garage lights can house Metal Halide lamps, High Pressure Sodium lamps, or fluorescent lamps. Selecting a lamp type is just as much a matter of preference as it is of practical function and operating budget. HPS lamps last much longer, but they render color very poorly. Industrial facilities with little concern for aesthetics might want to go with HPS simply because it will help minimize replacement costs. Metal Halide lamps are superb for corporate parking garage lighting because they give off a clear, bright light and can actually create an upbeat atmosphere with a light source nearly equivalent to daylight in quality. Because of their short lamp life (7,500 hours), however, MH lamps may not be the best choices for smaller companies who are feeling the bite of the recession. These organizations may want to consider fluorescent lamps instead. Fluorescent lamps have the best color rendering, the longest lamp life, and the highest lumens per watt efficiency.

Commercial parking garage lighting is complex, and because no two facilities are exactly alike, RLLD Commercial Lighting offers free commercial lighting information and consultation services to clients and serious inquirers, and reasonable fee-based advisory services to casual inquiries. With access to software tools that many smaller contractor firms may not have, and with vendor relationships with the world’s top fixture manufacturers, we can offer the small architect or builder the resources of a larger company at no additional cost.

Because commercial parking garage lighting and commercial landscape lighting fixtures are so complex, and because no two facilities are exactly alike, RLLD Commercial Lighting offers free consultation services to clients and serious inquirers, and reasonable fee-based advisory services to casual inquiries. With access to software tools that many smaller contractor firms may not have, and with vendor relationships with the world’s top energy efficient fixture lighting, we can offer the small architect or builder the resources of a larger company at no additional cost.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our lighting designers are located in Houston, Texas with facilities located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Athletic Sports Field Lighting

RLLD Commercial Lighting athletic and sports field lights can be used to illuminate any type of arena, stadium, playing field, or sports center. Similar to floodlights, these fixtures can mount on metal or wooden poles and deliver evenly distributed, glare free lighting of game areas, spectator stands, concession areas, and areas leading from the parking lot to the stands. RLLD athletic and sports field lighting fixtures feature multi-tap ballast controls in voltages of 120, 208, 240, 277, and even 408V. Athletic and sports field lighting fixtures can either be 400 or 1500 watts in strength.

With such diversity, lighting design professionals and DIY installers can build a custom sports lighting system specific to the dimensions of their facility. Such a system will use power more efficiently and produce optimal foot-candles and color rendering for nighttime arena activity.

Certain customized athletic field lighting kits can be obtained from RLL Design. These kits have been pre-configured by lighting design experts on our staff who combine their expertise of technology with a keen awareness of the needs of particular, individual sports. DIY clients will benefit greatly by investing in these kits, because each sports lighting kit represents a singe purchase solution to the complex demands of an entire facility. Professional contractors will save time and money doing research into local light control regulations and calculations of necessary foot-candle minimums. By working in tandem with an RLL Design specialist, all of this information can be readily passed to the contractor at the time of purchase. Professionals can assure their clients that the sports lighting kits they propose meet with all safety requirements for a particular game and dark sky laws intended to limit light pollution in various areas.

DIY lighting installers often rely on RLLD’s trained team of lighting design experts to educate them in all pertinent light pollution laws when working in a new area, and to calculate optimal lighting levels needed for a specific size athletic field. This makes the installer’s ultimate choice of a lighting kit or custom lighting system more seamless, as our consulting process will quickly determine which poles, mounts, and fixture types are most needed to fulfill your requirements. Our reservoir of knowledge represents a professional level skill set available to the end user at the time of purchase at no additional charge. Extensive, ongoing consultation can also be arranged if necessary for a small, reasonable fee.

When selecting sports field lighting fixtures, poles, and accessories in any of the following athletic environments, it is best for both professional designers and DIY installers to rely on experts familiar with safety, power savings, and light pollution laws in order to avoid wasting time and possibly miscalculating one or two line items and buying the wrong equipment.

Soccer Field Lighting
Lighting a soccer field of any size depends greatly on the height of the poles you choose, which is why RLLD Commercial Lighting inventories a wide range of poles and pole mounting accessories so you can position your athletic field lights at that appropriate levels. RLLD will help you analyze the dimensions of your field, the nature of the surrounding area, and the lighting requirements in your community. We will then combine this data and develop the schematic for your soccer field lighting system. This helps make the choice of fixtures, mounts, and poles much more efficient and cost effective for both the professional and DIY installer alike.

Baseball Field Lighting
Our baseball lighting fixtures feature sophisticated optics and advanced reflectors that generate superior lumens per watt output in comparison to other lights. The advantage this offers becomes immediately clear when smaller communities and organizations can invest in smaller sports lighting fixtures and achieve the same results as inferior grade fixtures operating at higher wattages and temperatures. Professional baseball field lighting designers often win bids when they point out that safer conditions and more efficient use of power carry a built-in return on investment, giving their proposal stronger negotiating power when bidding on jobs for municipalities, little league associations, churches, and summer camps.

Softball Field Lighting
Softball field lighting fixtures feature advanced anodized reflectors in 2, 4, 5, or 6 optic measurements that are engineered to increase lumens per watt output. This offers a powerful competitive advantage in situations where clients are operating on tight budgets. Often, recreational softball field lights require only 400W fixtures strategically positioned for effective lighting. This energy efficiency of a lower wattage system allows contractors to win bids in even the most competitive environments, and opens the doors for them to service everyone from small churches, rural school districts, and homeowners associations.

Volleyball Court Lighting
Most recreational volleyball courts can be effectively lit with a general area sports lighting kit. Fixtures housing high-pressure sodium lights provide excellent illumination and also work to repel insects. Clients who cannot afford custom volleyball court lighting system design can still light their recreational courts with RLLD's helpful experts and prefab volleyball lighting kits.

Basketball Court Lighting
Metal Halide sports lighting fixtures make any basketball court look like a professional, all-star court regardless of its size. Basketball court lights feature 400W and 1000W forward die cast fixtures, Davit style mounting brackets, and mounting hardware and base cover. With the assistance of an RLLD Commercial Lighting expert, both professionals and DIY lighting installers can custom build a sports lighting system for any outdoor basketball court. Professionals can streamline their proposals with expert advice and special athletic lighting kits designed for recreational, half-sized, and full-size basketball courts, or they can customize systems for any client by purchasing fixtures, mounts, and a wide variety of light poles separately with the help of their RLL Design representative.

Rodeo & Horse Arena Lighting
Equestrian arena and rodeo lights come in 400W and 1000W MH lamps that feature a powder coated die cast housing with a formed aluminum lid. Engineered to weather extremes of temperature in all US geographies, these full cutoff sports lighting fixtures also feature tempered flat glass lenses and gaskets with clamp band glare shielding. Made for flexibility in lighting design, equestrian sports lighting fixtures can be customized separately or purchased in a variety of kits for DIY installation.

Golf Course & Driving Range Lighting
RLLD Commercial Lighting golf lights feature Solite-tempered, powerful, impact resistant glass. Halogen lamps provide clear lighting of greens throughout all hours of the night. Longer bulb life of up to 10,000 hours significantly offsets replacement costs, and added value comes to high-end golf course and driving range light clients who can adjust the level of lighting themselves to create soft lighting or even seasonal lighting effects for special events and holidays.

Football Field Lighting Fixtures
Football field athletic lighting fixtures feature lamps made from fine, tempered glass. Because football field lighting systems are normally highly customized, RLLD Commercial Lighting inventories a wide selection in poles and also 2, 3, and 4 light angle cross arm bars to build custom lighting systems. More precision in building custom systems means greater control of light pollution and minimal glare for players and spectators. RLLD Design specialists are experts in foot-candle plotting and can even help you design an athletic field lighting system for a multi-function facility so you or your client can enjoy year-round use of the grounds during the off-season.

Tennis Court Lighting
Tennis court lighting kits are configured by RLLD sports lighting experts to produce optimal foot-candle levels and excellent color rendering. A variety of optical systems and sophisticated reflectors keep the light centered in the court and avoid spilling it into surrounding buildings and homes. A wide range of light poles allows the installer to precisely position tennis court lights to allow you to clearly see both the court and the ball in play. Custom tennis court lighting systems can also be developed with the help of an RLLD Commercial lighting design consultant to ensure full compliance of United States Tennis Court and Track Building Association.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures.
If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and RLLD Commercial Design will find it for you. Our commercial and athletic sports field lighting design studio is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial Parking Lot Lighting

It is best to use American made commercial lighting fixtures for lighting parking garages and parking lots. The quality controls that are mandated by federal and state governments, plus the comprehensive written warranties provided by major US manufacturers, are unsurpassed in most parts of the world. Using American made parking lot lights offers your client the best engineering, maintenance, and replacement options available. It also helps ensure that parts can be maintained or replaced if something does go wrong, because we are dealing domestically with established companies with sound reputations and reliable performance records.

By following a few simple principles of commercial lighting projects recommended by RLLD Commercial Lighting, you can quickly find what you need from any number of US light fixture manufacturers and match fixture to task with precision and reasonable lead time. Here are a few things to keep in mind that will benefit both you and your clients tremendously when selecting decorative commercial lighting for parking lots.

Most cities mandate that parking lot lighting be evenly distributed at 3-4 foot candles throughout the lot.
Many businesses may not be aware that their parking lot lighting falls below minimum levels. This is due to the degradation of lamps over long periods of time. High pressure sodium lights, for example, do fade after several years. When this happens, lighting levels become uneven and pockets of shadow form. Adjacent areas of brightness distort perspective, and drivers have a difficult time judging distances. Plus, any pocket of shadow can harbor potential criminal mischief.

If you have found that your client’s automotive parking lot lighting falls below acceptable levels, or is unevenly distributed throughout the facility, the first step in correcting the problem is to have a photometric analysis conducted on the facility. This will plot out where foot candle levels need to be improved to overcome problem areas of shadow, and it greatly help in choosing fixtures that provide optimal directional placement of lighting into parking areas where obstructions are present or where the facility features and irregular design.

Parking lights may need to be replaced to prevent your client from violating dark sky laws.
The dark sky movement is now a global phenomenon and shows no signs of slowing down. Dark sky laws are present now in almost every major city and will no doubt be passed nationwide in just a few more years. These codes have precipitated changes in a number of luminaire types, and parking light fixtures and especially commercial security lighting fixtures are among those most significantly impacted by this legislation. New fixture design tends toward semi-cutoff or full cutoff to direct the light downward into a predictable foot candle plot. Lamps now feature advanced reflectors and optics that diffuse intense light into a more even spread of photons. This prevents light from spilling out of the parking area into adjacent streets and buildings, and it also works to reduce glare that was common in more primitive fixture designs that relied upon high levels of light as opposed to precision placement of light. This is quite useful information to know when laying out mall parking lot lighting projects.

Parking lot lighting needs to be as energy efficient as possible without sacrificing the quality of light.
While the cost of upgrading parking lot lights may intimidate many of your clients, please remind them that new technology already exists that can pay back their investment in a relatively short period of time. LED parking lights can operate on solar batteries or standard low voltage transformers and have already proven themselves to produce better lighting in some cases than other parking lot fixtures, as well as lowering costs of operation by 60-80%.

Parking lot lighting may require a highly aesthetic element in certain situations.
College campuses, public schools, government buildings and even car wash lighting projects should be lit with fixtures that offer a design element that is complimentary to the geometric proportions and architectural style of the adjacent buildings. Retail stores also need an aesthetic presentation regardless of the nature of the store or the products they sell. The only thing a person may see when they drive by is the parking lot, and decorative lighting fixtures that are professionally designed and finished with attractive colors will often be enough to catch a person’s eye.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures.
If you can not locate what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our commercial lighting design center is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Miami, FL. Chicago, IL. Denver CO., New Orleans, La., Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Mesa, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Miami, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Arlington, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, Texas, Midland, TX, Killeen, Texas, Dallas TX, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.