Commercial Lighting Articles & Information

RLLD Commercial Lighting operates as an online lighting equipment supplier and adjunct lighting services design vendor to contractors, developers, and suppliers in the commercial lighting design industry. We sell only lighting fixtures, lamps, and accessories that are made in the United States, and we operate from Coast to Coast working in partnership with builders, architects, and electrical services professionals to assist in creating the very best indoor and outdoor commercial lighting systems in the country. With a staff whose experience totals over 30 years in expertise and excellence, we strive to be a bright spot in the commercial lighting industry…an oasis, if you will, of products and services aimed at helping lighting design professionals pass on solutions to their clients that will generate tangible, measurable returns on investment that will work toward recession proofing both contractor and client alike. RLLD Commercial Lighting also leads the way in energy saving solutions; lighting regulations compliance, emerging technology, and community management for professional organizations who can stand to gain much more than equipment and basic support when they opt to participate.

At RLL Design, we strive to provide a plethora of commercial lighting articles, glossaries and commercial lighting case studies to our valued clients. Our philosophy is simple: Sell the right products and leave a legacy of satisfied clients!

High Bay Lighting
Contractors installing high bay lights in warehouses and factories can find a wide range of fixture manufacture and lamping options through RLLD Commercial Lighting.

Metal Halide High Bay Lighting
Metal halide high bay lighting consistently remains the most popular form of high bay lighting in factories, warehouses, gymnasiums, public halls, transportation stations, and hangars.

Dark Sky Lighting Regulations
Dark sky regulations are the result of worldwide efforts on the part of the dark-sky movement. This grass-roots movement began when astronomers became extremely concerned that artificial light from cities was obscuring the view of the stars.

Commercial Lighting Systems
Commercial lighting systems are often much more complicated than they appear at face value. A significant number of factors influence the selection of equipment.

Commercial Lighting Pole Installation
Commercial light pole installation is a systematic process that flows from the conceptual and the general to the systematic and precise. This process is similar to a flowchart, with each segment depending on the segment before it.

Commercial Indoor Lighting
The quality and nature of an organization’s commercial indoor lighting system has a direct impact on its morale, production time, and generative financial power.

Commercial Sign Lighting
Many contractors, sole proprietor lighting design consultants, and do it yourself landscapers often fail to include sign lights in their commercial lighting systems. Many times this is because they mistake them as an unnecessary expense.

Commercial Lighting Fixtures
RLLD Commercial Lighting fixtures feature the highest commercial grade lighting fixtures in all major light sources used for building exterior, site lighting, security lighting, warehouse interior lighting, roadway lighting, and security lighting systems.

Commercial Electric Lighting
Commercial Electric Lighting fixtures can either be high intensity discharge lights for parking, landscape, and security lighting, or they can be architectural building that minimize power consumption.

Commercial Gooseneck Lights
Gooseneck lights are excellent fixtures to propose to clients who need functionality combined with aesthetics. These lights can be placed in a number of key locations both outside the building and inside the building.

Commercial Exterior Lighting
Commercial Exterior Lighting. The diversity of clients in need of superior commercial exterior lighting requires the contractor to rely upon a source of luminaires that is robust, flexible, energy efficient, easy to install & maintain.

Commercial Fluorescent Lighting
Commercial Fluorescent Lighting. Recent laws have been passed that require all incandescent lights to be replaced by 2010 at the latest. Because of this, commercial fluorescent lights are going to play a major role in future lighting design for businesses.

Commercial Warehouse Lighting
Commercial warehouse lighting must take a number of factors into account to be truly cost effective and functionally supportive of operations and labor. Foremost on the list of consideration is lighting levels.

Commercial Parking Lot Lighting
Commercial Parking Lot Lighting has become increasingly regulated over the years and requires expert knowledge beyond electrical expertise to properly configure and install.

Commercial Landscape Lighting
RLLD's commercial landscape lighting fixtures and accessories represent a broad spectrum of options for the commercial exterior lighting designer working to accent and define the natural exteriors of commercial, academic, municipal, hospitality, and entertainment.

Decorative Commercial Lighting
Decorative commercial lights are important components of every outdoor lighting system. Commercial decorative light fixtures are often smaller than purely functional outdoor lights and can be concealed for special lighting effects.

These are just examples of the many ways that commercial lighting can enhance a property with site lighting and commercial decorative fixture designs. Call an RLLD Commercial Lighting expert for more information on how to use these unique luminaires in key locations that will add aesthetic and functionality to your client’s location.

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Glossary Commercial Lighting & Photometric Terms

RLLD Commercial Lighting operates as an online equipment and adjunct lighting services vendor to contractors, developers, and suppliers in the commercial lighting design industry. We sell only commercial lighting fixtures, lamps, and accessories that are made in the United States, and we operate from Coast to Coast working in partnership with builders, architects, and electrical services professionals to assist in creating the very best indoor and outdoor commercial lighting systems in the country. With a staff whose experience totals over 30 years in expertise and excellence, we strive to be a bright spot in the commercial lighting industry…an oasis, if you will, of products and services aimed at helping lighting design professionals pass on solutions to their clients that will generate tangible, measurable returns on investment that will work toward recession proofing both contractor and client alike. RLLD Commercial Lighting also leads the way in energy saving solutions; lighting regulations compliance, emerging technology, and community management for professional organizations who can stand to gain much more than equipment and basic support when they opt to participate.

If you are in the market for commercial lighting and need a little help with some lighting terms or lighting photometric layouts, we have created a helpful glossary full of techincal information.

Here are a few examples of commercial lighting terms:

FOOTCANDLE (FC) - The English unit of measurement of the illuminance (or light level) on a surface. One footcandle is equal to one lumen per square foot.

EFFICACY - A metric used to compare light output to energy consumption. Efficacy is measured in lumens per watt. Efficacy is similar to efficiency, but is expressed in dissimilar units. For example, if a 100-watt source produces 9000 lumens, then the efficacy is 90 lumens per watt.

HOT RESTART or HOT RESTRIKE - The phenomenon of re-striking the arc in an HID light source after a momentary power loss. Hot restart occurs when the arc tube has cooled a sufficient amount.

LIFE-CYCLE COST - The total costs associated with purchasing, operating, and maintaining a system over the life of that system.

Here are a few examples of photometric lighting terms:

PHOTOMETRIC REPORT - A photometric report is a set of printed data describing the light distribution, efficiency, and zonal lumen output of a luminaire. This report is generated from laboratory testing.

MAINTAINED ILLUMINANCE - Refers to light levels of a space at other than initial or rated conditions. This terms considers light loss factors such as lamp lumen depreciation, luminaire dirt depreciation, and room surface dirt depreciation.

LUMEN - A unit of light flow, or luminous flux. The lumen rating of a lamp is a measure of the total light output of the lamp.

REFLECTANCE - The ratio of light reflected from a surface to the light incident on the surface. Reflectance's are often used for lighting calculations. The reflectance of a dark carpet is around 20%, and a clean white wall is roughly 50% to 60%.

RLLD 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 lighting design 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 informative articles and all major categories of commercial lighting supplies that feature cutting edge technology, aesthetic sophistication, longer lamp and fixture life, and greater flexibility in application and customization.

RLLD Commercial Lighting supply house carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial parking lot 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)