Solar LED Exterior Parking Lot Lights

LED’s has long been the most energy efficient and environmentally source of lighting in the world. Because LED solar lighting generate light by passing current through a diode, they do not require incendiary gases to function, and they produce no toxic byproducts during operation. The recent development of LED’s from basic, primary colors into true white light now makes it possible for LED solar lighting to be used for a diversity of commercial and industrial applications, one of which is street and LED solar parking lot lighting. LED energy efficient lighting use only 20% as much electricity as do incandescent-based lights such as Metal Halide and High Pressure sodium fixtures. Consequently, they represent an enormous savings potential for any municipality looking to lower civil electric costs. Furthermore, they represent the wave of a more Earth-conscious future. They produce negligible amounts of heat, and they do not harm the atmosphere. A good number of large corporate establishments also feature internal roadways that require street lighting for visibility and safety. LED solar lighting technology can help these companies save money and improve their public relations as environmentally friendly entities.

Some American and European cities have already experimented with LED Street Lighting and have been exceptionally pleased with the initial results. One city that is currently looking closely at the cost effectiveness of LED solar lighting technology is Ann Arbor, MI. Based upon their initial findings, city leaders estimate that Ann Arbor’s 1.39 million dollar annual electrical costs will ultimately drop by 50%. Word of this has quickly spread to other places, and more municipalities are sure to follow Ann Arbor’s lead as public concern over global warming and oil prices continues to mount. In communities where electricity is produced by fossil fuel, LED solar parking lot lighting creates savings both on power expenditures and also helps to better conserve the fuel used to make the power.

LED street lights out-perform incandescent luminaires in a number of additional ways that bear closer scrutiny. First and foremost, they last longer. On the average, the lifespan of an LED luminaire is around 12 years—approximately 5 times longer than an HPS or MH lamp. This works hand and glove with the procurement cycle of small towns throughout the U.S. who can only upgrade afford to upgrade lighting equipment once every 10 years. The simpler, solid-state design of an LED represents a maintenance free piece of equipment as well. City governments can save on labor costs by letting the lights take care of themselves.

Finally, and most significantly, LED street lights have been found to produce a quality of light that is actually superior to MH and HPS light fixtures. Several causes account for this. Because white LED light is a synthesis of primary colors produced through electron excitation, it is possible to manipulate the output of the lamp at different points between the red and blue ends of the spectrum. This creates an adjustable light that helps drivers more effectively differentiate between colors at vulnerable times like dawn and dusk. It is also easier to aim the directional output of LED street lights. Unlike HPS and MH lamps that lose as much as 30% of their output to spill light, LED’s focus their light in a much more targeted fashion toward a desired area. In cities where glare and light pollution have proven a nuisance to businesses and a hazard for drivers, LED street lights are the ideal upgrade to put the surroundings in a whole new light.

RLLD Commercial offers a rapidly growing supply of LED area lighting fixtures engineered for specific commercial, industrial, high-end, and municipal environments. Call an expert now to learn more about a technology that is soon to change the world. Consultation is free to clients and serious inquirers, and general inquirers can also obtained detailed information on LED lighting for a small, reasonable consulting fee.

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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Commercial LED Business Lighting

Although LED lights represent a significant front end investment for businesses, the multitude of features, advantages, and benefits this technology contributes toward savings on power costs and green building energy efficiency cannot be understated. Because of recent estimates that 40% of all the world’s greenhouse gases are generated by inefficient buildings, investing in new technology now may not only represent a progressive step toward human progress, but it may also soon become a matter of compliance with new legislation that will no doubt seek to curb energy costs associated with lighting.

Considering these facts, let’s begin our analysis of LED commercial business lighting by looking at how this technology specifically helps earn points that can contribute toward earning a LEED construction or renovation certificate.

LEED CERTIFICATION
LED lights for businesses are extremely important to any organization seeking LEED certification. Even though no single product in and of itself can certify a building as “green,” LED business lighting fixtures offer tremendous advantages that earn points for LEED certification on four major levels: energy and atmosphere, sustainable sites, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and process design. General contractors, architects and builders, electrical contractors, and commercial site lighting designers can encourage business owners to invest now in LED lights, assuring them that in the long run the money they save will both recover the procurement costs of the purchase and help recession proof their business by reducing overhead and accumulating a budget surplus. Also, earning points toward a LEED lighting certification can also help recession proofs a budget by preparing a business in advance for the inevitable changes that will very soon sweep the entire lighting industry as global concerns over energy consumption and climate change mounts.

ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE (1-10 Points)
It has been determined that for every 1 million Kwh in energy we save in the world, 777 metric tons of carbon dioxide will be eliminated from Earth’s atmosphere. LED's can make significant progress toward this goal.

Because LED business lighting is so much more efficient than incandescent and HID lighting, it dissipates less heat into space. Cooler temperatures in turn take the strain off of the HVAC system and help lower cooling costs. Another advantage that LED business lights offer is a much more uniform and directional form of illumination than do traditional lights. Because of this, lower levels of light can be utilized to meet minimal lighting requirements, thus further driving power costs down.

SUSTAINABLE SITES (1 Point)
Light pollution is a major concern in a growing number of large and mid-sized cities that are experiencing increased urban sprawl and an influx of job seekers. RLLD Commercial Lighting equips businesses with full cutoff LED site and architectural area luminaires, including lighting case studies to earn light pollution credit.

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (1 Point)
Indoor lights are always better when they are controllable and easy to set to desired levels. Because indoor LED business business ight fixtures are fully dimmable, they can earn the 1 point credit for lighting control provided they are connected to the correct type of controller.

INNOVATION AND DESIGN QUALITY (1-4 Points)
LED lighting represents a revolutionary source of technology that is environmentally friendly and extremely high performance. Any business that integrates LED light technology into its scope of operations can potentially earn credit toward certification on the basis of progressive thinking and proactive change.

ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS
LED light fixtures and lamps for business lighting save money not only on power costs, but also on disposal and maintenance costs. Because these luminaires can last for over 100,000 hours, replacements are very infrequent when compared to HID or, even worse, incandescent.

LEDs also offer the true pioneers in business the first truly viable light source through photovoltaic means. In the past, it simply was not possible to get enough solar power to light an incandescent light or HID lamp. However, since LEDs require minimum voltage compared to other lamp types, solar energy becomes a very real potential source of power that could truly change the world and end the energy crisis in the future.

Finally, because light bars in these luminaires contain no mercury, there is no toxic waste disposal fee, and many LED fixtures used to light business sites and interiors feature aluminum die cast build that is completely recyclable.

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LED LUMINAIRES AVAILABLE
RLLD Commercial Lighting supplies businesses with every available type of indoor and outdoor LED luminaire. These commercial lights feature unique fixture and heat dissipation technology that maintains operating temperatures at a minimum and enhances the precision of photometric distribution and overall site lighting efficiency.

All major site and architectural area lighting fixture types are represented in our online inventory. Indoor LED lighting for businesses can range from the purely decorative to the purely functional, or it can be linked to lighting controls and dimmers to blend elements of both function and form.

Call or email an RLLD Commercial Lighting expert how about LED options for lighting businesses more efficiently, economically, and with a greener, brighter future fixed firmly in mind. Check out our lighting examples and commercial lighting case studies.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial, commercial and athletic sports 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 San Juan, PR (SJU), Isla De Vieques, PR (VQS), Fajardo, PR (X95), Erie, PA (ERI), Killeen, TX (ILE), Sheridan, WY (SHR), Casper, WY (CPR), Parkersburg, WV (PKB), and Escanaba, MI (ESC).

We also service clients internationally, with lighting manufacturer representatives working out of Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America. ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial Lighting Fixtures & Supplies

RLLD Commercial Lighting has thousands of commercial lighting fixtures and lighting products from which contractors can choose, and they are all made in the USA.

Knowing that contractors have to find the right fixture for the right job to win the bid, our job is to find the right commercial lighting product that will do the job right. In order to accomplish this ambitious goal, we have established some very unique manufacturer agreements that allow us to sell commercial lighting products for a wide number of leading American lighting manufacturers, not just one.

As a representative of multiple manufacturers, we can promise you impartiality and professionalism in our recommendation of what commercial lighting products will best fit your requirements. Because we are not required to sell a specific number of any particular models or meet any type of deadline or quota, we can give you multiple options whenever you need help locating the right commercial lighting products for your proposal.

We drop ship commercial site lighting products straight from the factory to your client’s location. This saves time and eliminates parts shortages that often hit distributors who rely upon warehousing for inventory. Our distribution network is nationwide, giving us full access to any commercial lighting product necessary to meet the contractor’s needs, and giving us expeditious delivery power on rush orders in as little as two weeks.

In addition to supplying contractors with commercial lighting products, we also provide them with adjunct commercial lighting services. The most important of these services is a photometric analysis of a client’s facility. This schematic is created with advanced lighting design software and details necessary foot candle levels, fixture placement locations, recommended number of fixtures, and types of lamps optimal for the client’s lighting requirements.

For certain commercial lighting products, such as parking lot lighting poles and fixtures, we provide turnkey installations on a nationwide basis. Ask an RLLD Commercial Lighting Specialist about these services.

Our inventory of commercial lighting products is extensive and includes both indoor and outdoor commercial lighting fixtures. These include, but are no means limited, the following:

· LED Industrial Lights
· Induction Lighting
· Metal Halide Lights
· High Pressure Sodium Lights
· Floodlights
· Wall Packs
· LED Interior Lights
· LED Outdoor Lights
· Fluorescent Light Fixtures
· Parking Lot Lighting
· Solar Powered Street Lighting
· Security Lighting
· Architectural Lighting
· Sign Lighting
· Office Lights
· Lighting Control Systems
· Outdoor Accent Lights
· Landscape Lighting
· Sports Lighting
· Baseball Lights
· Soccer Lights
· Football Lights
· Volleyball Lights and Lighting Kits
· Tennis Court Lights and Lighting Kits
· Commercial Parking Garage Lighting
· Warehouse High Bay Lighting
· Roadway and Highway Lighting

…and a growing selection of many more lighting packages, lighting kits and lighting case studies.

RLLD Commercial Lighting offers all adjunct consultation services to clients on a complimentary basis and charges a small, reasonable fee for contractors seeking paid consulting services on an as need basis. There is a fee for every photometric analysis, but for contractors who buy commercial lighting products from RLLD Commercial, the full fee is subtracted from the purchase order.

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 like Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FLL), Orlando, Florida (MCO), Santa Monica, CA, (LAX) Columbus, Ohio (CMH) (LGA) New York, NY, (JKF), St. Louis, MO, Detroit, Michigan (DTW), Madison, WI (MSN), San Francisco, California (SFO), and Omaha, Nebraska (OMA)

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.

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