Industrial Lighting Systems

How do you define a lighting system?
An industrial lighting system is defined as a group of commercial electrical lighting equipment and controls that works together to perform a cohesive function.

What fixtures and accessories make up a typical industrial lighting system?
In factories and warehouses, high bay lights are used to provide general overhead lighting. Exit lighting is needed in every building to show where doorways are located. Operations that require assembly work require task lighting with higher visibility and minimized glare. Emergency lights also need to be installed over doorways in case the power goes out.

In office areas, call centers, and break rooms, HID lights or fluorescent lights represent the majority of the light fixtures used in interior industrial commercial lighting systems. Lighting equipment that is used indoors can only be used within the four walls of the building. This is because they are engineered to function only in humidity free environments. In moist air or heavy rain, they will not last for very long.

Outdoor light fixtures are far more durable. They are wet location rated, which means, in laymen’s terms, that they are designed to weather high humidity, rainfall, and even thunderstorms in places.

The diversity of fixture options available to a business is a clear indicator of how important it is to contract a lighting design specialist to plan and configure your industrial lighting system. Such a specialist will know exactly what type of equipment you need, and where it needs to be mounted.

What businesses require entire lighting systems?
All commercial entities, regardless of whether or not they carry the technical label of “industrial”, need industrial lighting systems. Retailers, office parks, warehouses, and factories all need both interior and exterior light fixtures. Corporate headquarters especially need the very best systems to reflect their brand and corporate culture.

How are these systems designed?
The design of indoor industrial lighting systems is accomplished through a series of specific steps. The first step is to figure out what type of task will be performed in a given area and how much light that particular task will require.

The nature of the task is very important. Office work, for example, requires general fluorescent lighting. Hallways require some light, but only enough for safety—not high visibility. Assembly work and machine work require the brightest light for maximum visibility, safety, and productivity.

Determination of lighting levels is based upon both general and specific factors. General factors are derived from general design guidelines that fall within IES codes. Specific parameters are customized to the environment and task at hand.

Each client is asked to send a plan view and an elevation view of the facility in AutoCAD format so the industrial lighting designer can feed this information into the software platform that in turn generates a photometric layout and 3D rendering of the new system.

How are different types of fixtures chosen and installed together in relationship to one another?
That depends on several factors. The size of the building and the type of industry are factors that weigh heavily on the number and intensity of fixtures. Furthermore, different areas within and around the building will need different levels of light that also have to be factored into the equation. Ceiling height is also a factor in lighting design.

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 professional lighting supply 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.

Industrial Lights & Lighting Products

What should I look for when buying industrial lighting products?
Always keep lighting energy efficiency, lumens output, the number of fixtures needed, and the best lamp types when you are investing in a new lighting system. You must make certain that everything you buy is reliable enough for long-term use in your business environment.

The many different fixture types and lamp options you can get in today’s industrial light products give you the ability to customize your lighting system to the specific applications that run your business. You will get the best results if you confer with an expert who can design a photometric layout of your new system that will act as a guideline for procurement and installation. will ensure the best possible outcome for your operation.

What are some examples of the industrial lighting products you sell?
Large warehouses with high ceilings over twenty feet normally invest in high bay lighting. For buildings with ceilings lower than twenty feet, low bay fixtures work better. Office areas are typically most cost effectively lit with halogen lamps or commercial fluorescent fixtures.

No matter what industrial metal halide high bay lighting products you ultimately decide to purchase, you must make certain that any bay lights or fluorescent fixtures you have installed are easy for maintenance personnel to access if low pressure sodium bulbs or ballasts so need repair or replacement. The quicker the replacement can be made, the lower the labor cost will be.

Keep in mind too that if you invest in lamps that have high-quality energy efficient light bulbs, your maintenance costs will already have been dramatically reduced.

The outside of your building can also benefit from industrial sign lighting products that highlight your company logo and brand. Flood lights controlled by timers or motion sensors can safeguard the perimeter of your property. New parking lot lights poles will increase visibility and safety for employees and guests. For other outdoor lighting needs, a multitude of high intensity discharge lamps, fluorescents, incandescents, and halogens exist as viable lamping options.

What price ranges should I look for?
It is not about money, it is about the integrity of the design and manufacture. When a person invests in commercial-grade products made only in the USA, brightness does not have to cost an arm and a leg. Energy efficient light bulbs & lamps can achieve both the brightness you need and the cost savings that you desire. These commercial lighting fixtures tend to pay for themselves by lowering electrical bills over a period of time.

Are there specific fixture types I should look into?
Newer industrial lighting products are intended to save you money on operations. Some may serve specific applications better than others.

If you need long lamp life and brightness, invest in halogen bulbs. These are incandescent lamps built with a special additive in the bulb that regenerates the filament every time it is lit. Halogens last much longer than traditional incandescents. Unfortunately, halogens create a great deal of heat. If lower your cooling costs is priority, use commercial HID lamps such as high pressure sodium, mercury vapor, or metal halide lights.

RLLD Commercial Lighting supply 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 industrial lighting design 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.

Industrial Lights & Industrial Lighting

Why should a company work with someone like RLLD to get a photometric design? RLLD Commercial Lighting offers a combination of retail, design, and lighting photometric services.

We have a seasoned design team with over 50 combined years of experience. All of our support staff is domestically based, and all of our products are American made. We have access to the very best industrial light equipment. We can configure an entire system with a firm, total cost and handle shipment to your location as well.

When the equipment arrives, we can also partner and consult with your electrical contractor if any assistance is needed with the installation of our equipment.

What steps are involved in configuring an outdoor lighting system?
Outdoor industrial light must generate adequate lighting levels for safety and perimeter security. It must also be of an appropriate color to respect building architecture.

What steps are involved in configuring an indoor lighting system?
To create an appropriate level of indoor industrial light, we have to do several things. First, we have to determine the type of facility we are lighting. If it is a new facility, we need to get an idea of what the tenants will be using the facility for. If they will be incorporating skylights, we have to make adjustments for a certain amount of natural lighting in the building.

If the client is looking for lighting control, we need to know if they have already hired someone to install the commercial lighting controls, and it helps us to know what types of controls they will be using. If the client is looking to buy equipment first and then look to have industrial light controls installed with the new fixtures, we will help them find a contractor who specializes in this service.

If this is an older facility, then the project is technically classified as a retrofit. Our client will need to supply us with information on their current industrial light levels. A basic light meter can do this, and any local lighting or electrical contractor should be able to come out and provide this reading.

What other materials do you need?
Blueprints of the building are always helpful. If any overhead plans or AutoCAD drawings of the original lighting system are available, those should be sent to us as well.

What features should clients be looking for in terms of light output and energy efficiency?
Indoor industrial commercial light should provide your employees with a feeling of safety in all parts of the building. There should be no dark corridors or corners where a person may feel uncomfortable walking—particularly after sunset. In offices and cubicles, lighting should also be optimized for comfort so employees can perform their tasks without annoyance or eye strain.

For energy efficient lighting, always buy American made products and spend a little more on the newest technology. New technology, although sometimes more costly on the front end of a purchase, is designed to reduce a building’s carbon footprint by using less power consistently over a period of time. This reduction in power consumption means savings that go back into your operations budget.

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. We welcome will work hard to educate you, provide a design, establish a budget and provide the lighting goods to do the job!

Our photometric lighting design 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.

GSA Advantage Commercial Lighting

This is good news for government employees who have been discovering our site through the internet. Now, with our new GSA contract status, RLLD Commercial Lighting is fully certified to sell to federal government employees and all branches of the United States Armed Forces.

There are many benefits that now accompany RLLD Commercial Lighting’s new status as a GSA Contract Vendor.

To begin with, thousands of Federal Employees located throughout the world can purchase premium US-made lighting equipment from a single vendor.

Our site offers one of the most comprehensive selections of approved lighting design services and lighting products that are available through GSA contract services.

Here is a sampling of the commercial lighting products we offer:

Tennis Court Lighting
Parking Lot Lighting
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
Parks & Recreation Lights
Commercial Warehouse Lighting and HID Fixtures
Outdoor Commercial Security Lighting

With RLLD Commercial Lighting, Federal Employees and US Service Men and Women can rest assured that they will receive the very best lighting equipment, and that the equipment they receive will fulfill all specification requirements set by their government building, division, or military base.

Other benefits include fixed pricing available only to government employees, priority services in lighting design and photometric analysis surveys, and expeditious shipping.

Because so many people—including government employees-- find our website through the internet, RLLD Commercial Lighting has prepared the following brief, step-by guideline on how to purchase lighting equipment through the GSA Advantage Program. This will ensure that they will obtain both the equipment they need and the discount to which they are entitled as Federal employees or US service personnel.

If you are interested in learning more about purchasing commercial lighting from a GSA vendor contact us toll free at 800-239-2939 or fax your inquiry to 713-979-1429.

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Industrial Light Fixtures & GSA Lighting

What are the most popular types of industrial lights for indoor lighting?
In manufacturing and warehousing facilities, high bays and low bays are still among the most reliable and popular industrial lighting fixtures. They have always been a mainstay for large operations as both general light sources and industrial task light sources.

Other industrial outdoor commercial lighting fixture types include canopy lights, which are used to light covered walkways; foyer lights, which illuminate the front interior entrances of buildings, and general office lights, which can illuminate anything from offices to hallways to restrooms.

What industrial lighting fixture features are mandatory for lights to be worth your investment?
They must have good reflectors to be worth your investment. To protect against breakage in areas where there is heavy vehicle traffic or lifts in operation, you may need to invest in a wire cage option that keeps glass lenses from breaking.

What are the best qualities to look for in outdoor industrial lighting fixtures?
The most important thing is the fixture reflector. This is because without adequate beam spread, the reach and intensity of luminance will fall short of intended foot candle requirements.

Another must-have quality in today’s super energy-conscious world is fast start pulse capability. This is especially valuable feature of floodlights, and it is also a very vital to getting things back online if there is a temporary power outage.

Also, look for a good lumens per watt energy rating. Ideally you want warehouse luminaires that can produce large amounts of light at comparatively lower levels of power.

Keep in mind too that these last two attributes are often regulated by law, so talk to your commercial lighting designer about which models will work best for you.

What businesses use industrial lighting fixtures?
There are hardly any businesses that do not use some form of industrial lighting fixtures. Some of these are commercial operations, while others include municipal and academic facilities.

The following list includes, but is not limited to, the most common industrial and commercial lighting examples:

· Convenience Stores
· Car Wash Facilities
· Historical Warehouses
· Industrial Retail Stores
· Schools
· Corporate Retail Centers

Please keep in mind too that as a GSA Advantage vendor, RLLD Commercial Lighting can now sell commercial lighting of all kinds to The Federal Government. (GSA Contract: # GS-07F-0060W)

What makes RLLD fixtures more effective in quality?
To begin with, all of our industrial lighting fixtures are American made. This means that they come with better warranties and can provide replacement parts on an individual basis. If a bulb burns out, for example, you only need to get a new bulb, not a whole luminaire.

Our site lights also have the best lumens per watt ratios compared to those manufactured overseas. This makes them much more efficient to operate. Any higher costs up front will eventually be compensated by the power savings of pulse start technology.

What are the maintenance and replacement cycles that contribute to further savings?
One of the best examples of how RLLD can save companies money is the example of high bay relamping. Generally this must be contracted out because lamps have to be replaced at great heights within a high-ceiling environment. This costs an organization a per-hour labor rate, and it often forces them to wait until enough bulbs have failed before they call an electrical contractor.

We can minimize this inconvenient cost by installing high performance bulbs in high bays that will make them last longer and therefore cause such costly relamping to impact your operations budget much less frequently.

How can I contact RLLD about purchasing lighting products under the GSA program?
RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures within the GSA Advantage program. 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.

RLLD Commercial Lighting GSA Advantage

(GSA Contract: # GS-07F-0060W)
RLLD, a Houston Texas based commercial and industrial lighting supplier is now certified to sell to the federal government. If you are with the armed forces or any branch of the federal government, you can make lighting purchases from our huge selection easily and securely. Our commercial lighting products can be found in the GSA advantage website.

What is the mission of the GSA program?
GSA leverages the buying power of the federal government to acquire best value for taxpayers and federal customers. They deliver superior workplaces, quality acquisition services, and expert business solutions, including commercial outdoor lighting products.

How does the United States Government benefit from the GSA program?
The GSA oversees the business of the U.S. federal government. GSA’s acquisition solutions supplies federal purchasers with cost-effective high-quality products and services from commercial vendors. GSA provides workplaces for federal employees, and oversees the preservation of historic federal properties. Its policies covering travel, property and management practices promote efficient government operations.

How do US Citizens benefit from the GSA government program?
GSA helps keep the nation safe by providing tools, equipment, and non-tactical vehicles to the U.S. military, and providing state and local governments with law enforcement equipment, firefighting and rescue equipment, and disaster recovery products and services.

GSA provides direct access to a wide range of government services, as well as consumer protection information through the official Web portals of the federal government, USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov. GSA's USA Services provides a one-stop source for information about federal government programs and services and provides consumer information on money management, scams, federal benefits, identity theft, government auctions, health, housing, and jobs.

When was the GSA founded?
The GSA was established by President Harry Truman on July 1, 1949, to streamline the administrative work of the federal government. GSA consolidated the National Archives Establishment, the Federal Works Agency and its Public Buildings Administration, the Bureau of Federal Supply and the Office of Contract Settlement, and the War Assets Administration into one federal agency tasked with administering supplies and providing workplaces for federal employees.

What can you tell me about energy efficient commercial lighting products?
RLLD is committed to not only reducing energy consumption with more efficient, standard technology, but also to staying on top of emerging trends in new technology. The potential of LED lighting and solar powered lighting has yet to fully manifest, but both continue to look more promising every day. Call RLLD Commercial Lighting if you or your clients are interested in learning more about green energy and how new commercial lighting sources can actually contribute to a sustainable future for us all.

How can I contact RLLD about purchasing lighting products under the GSA program?
RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures within the GSA Advantage program. 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.

Industrial Commercial Lighting Fixtures

Many industries need commercial industrial lighting. Factories need special types of commercial industrial lighting for illuminating both their exterior grounds, their indoor shipping and receiving bays, production areas. Warehouses need reliable, efficient fixtures that feature an ease of maintenance and long life.

Retail centers and outdoor malls must have the very best parking lot lights, mounts, and poles to maintain customer safety and to remain in compliance with government regulations that regulate foot candle levels and wind resistance. Parking garages have to have specialized outdoor light systems that will evenly illuminate winding aisles of up and down drive ramps without creating glare that will blind the eyes of motorists.

Roadways require street lights that produce similar levels of glare free light so people can safely drive at night. These roadways can be city streets, county highways, or private drives that runs through a office parks, municipal districts, or college campuses.

Commercial industrial lighting fixtures come in all types of intensity levels and configurations. Their designs are based upon where they are used. High bay and low bay lighting is prevalent in factories and warehouses and illuminates manufacturing and storage areas. High bays and low bays have also made considerable inroads into sports lighting with new metal halide technology that makes them ideal for lighting gymnasiums.

Any number of wall mounted fixtures can be used for outdoor building lighting and security lighting. These commercial light fixtures can be as decorative and highly energy efficient as they are practical—provided that are made by American companies that stand behind their work and who offer more than just a few size, trim, and color options so that fixtures can be matched to building architecture and intended use.

Floodlights are crucial to commercial industrial lighting for security. A number of new reflectors and lamps have emerged with the advent of pulse start MH technology. These new lights can be operated by either timers or motion sensors.

Parking lot lights rank among the most important types of outdoor architectural lights. Trusted US Manufacturers create a multitude of intensities and reflector types that can distribute foot candles in many different patterns and levels of intensity appropriate to location and size of the parking lot. Commercial lighting poles, particularly galvanized steel lighting poles, are often critical to the optimal performance of these fixtures and should also be purchased from American manufacturers through a design-vendor firm such as RLLD Commercial Lighting.

In order to be effective, commercial industrial lighting has to be approached from the standpoint of building a system that will address several major concerns at once. First, the system must produce a desired amount of light to evenly illuminate a facility and create working conditions that are optimal for safety and production. Ideally this system should be an energy efficient light and use as little power as possible in the production of this light, so this balance between luminance and power consumed is called the lumens per watt ratio.

The best commercial industrial lighting jobs, then, are naturally those with higher lumens per watt ratio. Such fixtures can be trusted to use only so much power in the performance of their task. They should be manufactured in the United States as well in order to obtain superior warranty and replacement parts in the event of accidental breakage.

RLLD Commercial Lighting offers parking lot lighting, tennis court lighting, energy efficient indoor and outdoor architectural lighting fixtures, photometric lighting design, supplies and sales of sports field, landscape, security, and area parking lot 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. We welcome will work hard to educate youm provide a design, establish a budget and provide the lighting goods to do the job!

Our photometric lighting design 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.

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Historic Granary Lighting Case Study

Historic Granary In Lemont Pennsylvania Restored using RLLD Exterior Gooseneck Lighting Fixtures
Our client was the Lemont Village Association, a nonprofit 501-C3 organization which owned the Lemont Granary. This historic landmark, built in 1885, had been central to the importance of Lemont, Pennsylvania. This building was a grain elevator and coal shed that had been played a crucial role in the position of Lemont as a regional agricultural hub up until the mid 1950s. After this time, however, the building fell into disuse and disrepair.

Not wanted to see the collapse of a historic building that had once been so important to this community. After the LVA purchased it, along with a surrounding 1 acre parcel, plans were drawn up to renovate the building. The intention was to use the site as a location for numerous local functions. Once the building was restored to its historical condition, the LVA aimed to use it to host a seasonal meetings, special events, feasts, plays, art shows, farmers markets, holiday markets, and weddings.

The most pressing challenge was finding a luminaire that looked historically authentic.
The Lemont Village Association did not want to install any contemporary lighting on the building that would diminish its historical look. At first they thought he would simply find fixtures that had a classic look and offer the high performance output he was seeking. The initial retail channels he investigated, however, provided him with nothing. He also faced the same challenge with interior lighting fixtures, which were equally difficult to find. After searching online, however, they located RLLD Commercial Lighting and liked the look and performance rating of our exterior gooseneck lighting fixtures.

There were no real design concerns other than the need to aesthetically match the historicity of the structure.
Because our exterior gooseneck commercial lighting fixtures looked much like 19th century lights, all the LVA needed to be sure of was that they would produce the desired levels of levels of outdoor lighting. They ordered three fixtures to test lighting output, and, liking what they saw, ordered one more fixture for the building.

In this particular instance, there was no need to use our photometric design software.
There were no municipal lighting codes and no county ordinances to meet, so the LVA literally had free reign to choose their decorative outdoor lights.

The luminaires ultimately purchased by the LVA 150W RLLD exterior goose neck light fixtures.
RLLD exterior gooseneck light fixtures are specification grade quality made specifically for commercial lighting. They feature ¾ inch aluminum brackets and spun, galvanized steel and heavy-duty reflectors. The models chosen by the client featured a high-gloss black, powder coat finish that matched the historical architecture of the building.

Interior light fixtures were also purchased to compliment outdoor architectural lights. These 200W ceiling mounted lights that reflected the same historical look and featured a pendant-style design.

How Do I Contact RLLD?
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. You can also check out our glossary of lighting terms and commercial lighting blog for answers and tips to many lighting issues.

Our commercial lighting design office is located in Houston, Texas with vendors located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Sault Ste Marie, MI (CIU), Cleveland, OH, (CLE), College Station, TX (CLL), Port Angeles, WA (CLM), Charlotte, NC (CLT), Columbus, OH (CMH), Champaign, IL (CMI), Hancock, MI (CMX), Cody, WY (COD) and Colorado Springs, CO (COS).

Hyatt Hill Country Lighting Case Study

The Hill Country Hyatt multi-use tent lighting project was one of our more unique commercial lighting projects to date. In this joint venture, we acted solely as distributors working in partnership with a Houston-based lighting design and Houston electrical contract services company known as Illuminations Lighting Design.

The Hill Country Hyatt, located in San Antonio, TX, had hired Illuminations Lighting to design and install a new indoor commercial lighting system for a rather challenging structure they had constructed on their property.

This structure was a 5,000 square foot semi-permanent climate controlled tent. The tent was constructed because occupancy had exceeded the limits of the current tennis facilities, and a new structure was needed to cover the tennis court slab and handle overflow guests at the hotel. The advantage this new structure offered was that it could also be used for other functions as well, such as golf tournaments, wedding receptions, Movie Theater, business functions, galas, gold tournaments, and many other uses.

The luxury hotel had decided to construct a semi-permanent structure first, measure the success of the activities and revenue generated, and then they would decide whether or not they needed to build a permanent structure in the future.

In order to create space for this tent, the hotel had uninstalled the tennis court lighting poles and nets, and they hired a landscaping company to help blend the structure into its surroundings. As part of the construction project, the tent builder had installed 400-watt high bay lights to illuminate the interior. These commercial lights performed poorly from both a functional and aesthetic standpoint. The space resembled a garage, not a multi-use gathering place.

Illuminations Lighting Design was contracted to develop and install a new tent lighting system. They contacted us for a 3D model of the proposed system they designed, and to order all necessary equipment. We acted promptly on behalf of ILD, publishing a photometric layout, a 3D rendering of the proposal, and explained the features, advantages, and benefits of the new equipment to the hotel owners.

The proposal met the intended budget of $20,000 (installed) and included (10) rustic chandeliers that featured 21 Lamps, a 2 ring design, and 10’ of sturdy chain per chandelier. ILD also installed a Lutron dimming system for setting light levels. Because the tent was built for multiple, separate uses, switch legs and circuits had to be installed to allow for custom switching and dimming. When the client approved the proposal, we then worked closely with Justice Lighting Group to hammer out all the details of the order, including finish, style, proper chain extension, and critical lead time for delivery of equipment to job site to make certain the equipment arrived on time.

As we previously noted, RLLD acted strictly as a distributor on this project. The owner of ILD, impressed with how efficiently we worked with his organization, had this to say about RLLD Commercial Lighting:

“They quickly quoted and shipped the chandeliers from the factory, straight to the jobsite. They arrived on schedule and without any issues. As a specialty lighting and electrical contractor, staying on schedule means the customer is happy and the job is profitable. I will certainly be using RLLD for other residential lighting and commercial lighting projects.”

RLLD Commercial Lighting has a wealth of such resources and product knowledge that can help any client or specialist organization choose the right fixture for the job. RLLD assists contractors, owners, architects, and end users in locating and purchasing the correct lighting equipment to use on their projects. RLLD can also handle the sale, lead time notification, order tracking information, freight and shipping coordination, and financing for purchase of all commercial lighting equipment we carry.

How do I contact RLLD?

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. You can also check out our glossary of lighting terms and commercial lighting blog for answers and tips to many lighting issues.

Our commercial lighting design office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Sault Ste Marie, MI (CIU), Cleveland, OH, (CLE), College Station, TX (CLL), Port Angeles, WA (CLM), Charlotte, NC (CLT), Columbus, OH (CMH), Champaign, IL (CMI), Hancock, MI (CMX), Cody, WY (COD) and Colorado Springs, CO (COS).

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Automotive Car Lot Lighting Case Study

Lancaster Motors
Car Lot Lighting Project
Lancaster, Wisconsin
January 2009

PROJECT DETAILS
RLLD Commercial Lighting was contacted by a car dealership in Lancaster Wisconsin. They had been seeking online bids for their car dealership lot lighting system with very little success.

CHALLENGES
The challenge for this car dealership lay in the fact that they already had existing concrete light pole bases on the lot that had been spaced too far apart. This made it hard to find fixtures which would adequately light the car lot, and none of the vendors they had contacted before us had any been able to locate an appropriate lighting fixture, reflector, and lens assembly that would the necessary light levels for nighttime business and security.

Another challenge lay in limited lighting pole installation requirements due to wind zone requirements. Additionally, the anchor bolts that were already set in concrete would allow for now more than 25’ poles in a 90MPH wind zone. To balance pole height limitation with a limited range of fixture options, we needed to run through several scenarios in our photometric software to generate a sound proposal for this car dealership.

PHOTOMETRIC DATA REPORT
The owner of the dealership helped a great deal in this process. He sent us diagrams and pictures of his car lot, and he gave us a copy of the previous proposal that had not materialized. We did a quick photometric lighting design analysis and concluded that this client needed more than one option to consider based on to the challenges inherent in lighting this facility. Ultimately, we were able to him two proposals and the benefit of one over the other.

The first was an upgrade of the original car lot lighting system which had used horizontal burning, metal halide shoe-box fixtures. The owner had requested seeing what an upgrade of this nature would look like and cost, so this was the first option we provided.

We also proposed a commercial lighting system that we felt was even better. It used high-performance vertical burn SVL series lighting fixtures. The larger housing, better performing reflectors, and a sag glass lenses, enable these fixtures to consistently and cost-effectively output more light.

We created three dimensional models of both systems so the owner could compare the two.

FINAL SYSTEM PROPOSED BY RLLD
Both models showed the same number of parking lot lighting fixtures in use, but the results were overwhelmingly in favor of the SVL series equipment. With the SVL, luminance was more evenly distributed throughout the merchandise area, but the shoe-box type fixtures produced too many hot spots directly underneath the poles. There was also too little light between the existing pole locations.

The SVL fixtures were clearly the best architectural lighting choice for the car lot considering the location of the existing pole bases. We also installed perimeter fixtures to enhance the visibility of the dealership in the front along the highway, and we installed two additional poles on the inside of the lot that supported four 1000W fixtures, each equipped with specific reflector for interior area lighting.

HOW DO I CONTACT RLLD?
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. You can also check out our glossary of lighting terms and commercial lighting blog for answers and tips to many lighting issues.

Our commercial lighting design office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Sault Ste Marie, MI (CIU), Cleveland, OH, (CLE), College Station, TX (CLL), Port Angeles, WA (CLM), Charlotte, NC (CLT), Columbus, OH (CMH), Champaign, IL (CMI), Hancock, MI (CMX), Cody, WY (COD) and Colorado Springs, CO (COS).

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Volleyball Court Lighting Designs

FLAGSTAFF ATHLETIC CLUB
Volleyball Court Lighting Project
Flagstaff, Arizona
March 2009

PROJECT DETAILS
RLLD Design was contacted by an athletic club in Flagstaff, Arizona that was interested in upgrading their volleyball court lighting system. The club had many members, and boasted was a 4-court sand volleyball commercial facility which was used by local leagues for games and tournaments. Over the years, the lights had deteriorated, and the club management decided it was time to consider replacement options.

CHALLENGES CLIENT WAS FACING
The existing lighting system was woefully inadequate for a multi-directional, fast moving sport such as volleyball. The existing court lighting system consisted of nothing more than a set of wooden poles and quartz halogen lamps. While these courts definitely needed more foot candles in the play areas, there were two things we had to keep in mind while proposing them system. One was dark sky regulations. Arizona has some of the most restrictive lighting ordinances in the nation, so we had to carefully study the lighting code book from the City of Flagstaff to find the most appropriate equipment options.

The second challenge was client budget. Operating costs had risen over the years, while membership had remained static. The client asked us to propose two volleyball court lighting systems at different price points so they could determine which one would work best for them.

LIGHTING DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
The four court layout was also a considerable challenge for our design team. It offered very little room for interior pole placement due to safety concerns. All volleyball court lights would therefore have to be mounted on perimeter poles.

The interior court boundaries would suffer from lower levels than rest of court surface, but foot candles levels would still meet acceptable minimums.

PHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS SOFTWARE HELPED TO DEVELOP A CUSTOM LIGHTING PLAN BASED ON IESNA STANDARDS.
It was necessary for us to maintain an average of 24 foot candles throughout the entirety of the playing areas. With the eight pole lighting system, we were able to achieve a max to min ratio of 2.3: 1. We were also able to show the client a rendered 3D view of all four volleyball courts to completely illustrate the lighting system and its capabilities.

FINAL SYSTEM PROPOSED
For fixtures, we decided to use our CXL Series court lights as they were full cut off, and specifically designed for all volleyball court sports lighting kit situations. We proposed two different layouts—an 8-pole layout, and a 4-pole layout. We strongly discouraged the client from going with the 4-pole system because the luminance levels were sub-par at best.

Although the cost was higher, the client eventually opted for the 8-pole layout. The simple design of equipment fit with the club aesthetics, wind load capacitance met with regulations, and the CXL series fixtures met with all dark sky ordinances. RLLD further assisted the athletic club by consulting with the local electrical contractor to properly place, orient, and install equipment.

OTHER SPORTS LIGHTING FIXTURE INFORMATION:

Baseball Field Lighting
RLL Design baseball lighting fixtures feature sophisticated optics and advanced reflectors that generate superior lumens per watt output in comparison to competing models.....

Soccer Field Lighting
Soccer field sports lighting fixture design depends a great deal on the height of the poles you choose, which is why RLL Design inventories a wide range of light poles and pole mounting accessories so you can position your athletic field lights at that appropriate levels.....

Tennis Court Lighting
Tennis court lighting kits are designed by RLLD sports lighting experts to produce optimal footcandle levels and excellent color rendering. A variety of optical systems and sophisticated reflectors keep the light centered in the court.....

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

Check out our glossary of lighting terms and commercial lighting blog for answers and tips to many lighting issues.Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Sault Ste Marie, MI (CIU), Cleveland, OH, (CLE), College Station, TX (CLL), Port Angeles, WA (CLM), Charlotte, NC (CLT), Columbus, OH (CMH), Champaign, IL (CMI), Hancock, MI (CMX), Cody, WY (COD) and Colorado Springs, CO (COS).

LED Commercial Grade Solar Lighting

If you are negotiation with a client who is uncertain as to whether or not LED commercial grade solar lights can truly meet their needs for functional and decorative lighting on a level equivalent to other sources, there is important information in this article that we recommend you share with your client.

We all need to accept that or the general public is understandably skeptical of any new technology, and since the media seldom details scientific advancement accurately or with any degree of true detail, it is up to us, the experts, to break down the complex into understandable explanations that the client can digest and use to make a quality decision. LED commercial grade solar lighting can meet the needs of any facility in any application—yet this is something most facility managers and business owners still have not come to terms with yet.

The intent of this brief essay is to equip you with some basic facts about the true value inherent in any type of commercial grade LED solar energy efficient lighting fixture, be it an indoor light or an outdoor light. Our hope is that this in and of itself will equip you to overcome objections you may encounter. If not, we have some additional services we offer to our clients (at no additional charge, mind you), which touch on at the end of this article.

OBJECTIONS CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY HEAR

Light quality
Some of your clients may still be under the impression commercial grades LEDs are only decorative in nature or useful only as indicator lights in computers and engines. The development of LED white light has changed all this, making it possible for both general purpose lighting and high-end lighting demands to be met by newer, improved, and ultra-sophisticated LED lamps and fixtures.

Thermal management
Many businesses and municipalities also believe that LEDs overheat too quickly and manage thermal demands poorly in comparison to other commercial lighting luminaires. Industrial clients may be especially concerned about this heat issue. Rest assured, and put their minds at ease as well, that this heat issue with LEDs never was what people thought it was to begin with, and is certainly not the case with commercial grade led lights.

Early attempts to fit LED lamps to standard incandescent lighting fixtures resulted in overheating. This was not the fault of the LED, but the result of placing new technology on top of older science incapable of handling it.

Cheap retail LEDs may still consist of such designs, which is why RLLD only sells commercial grade lighting LED fixtures made specifically for operating LED lamps at cool temperatures.

These lights are so effective they burn at lower temperatures to any other lighting source and actually have been known to cool building interiors enough that the HVAC works less and costs less to operate.

LED vs. Fluorescent
You may meet people who are already sold on the idea of the latest and greatest fluorescent lighting because they too manage heat very well and use much less power than incandescent.

LED commercial grade lights produce even less heat, require even less power than fluorescent, and contain no mercury that can damage the environment or cost an arm and a leg in disposal fees (which are increasingly required in many states due environmental waste concerns.)

LEDs are also fully dimmable and give you a broader spectrum of lighting effects if décor matters at all to your client.

Lighting Levels
Many businesses may be afraid that LED commercial solar lights might not shine as brightly as more traditional technologies. This becomes more of a myth every day.

LED Light bars in commercial indoor and outdoor solar site lighting fixtures now are capable of producing levels of light comparable to almost all HID fixtures, and certainly equivalent in output to fluorescent and incandescent sourcing.

Limited Applications
Some think too that commercial LED solar lights are small and can only be used indoors, or for limited decorative landscape lighting outside.

In actuality, commercial LED solar light fixtures now provide illumination from everything from city streets to parking lots and parking garages. Clients that were bold enough to invest in these fixtures have been pleasantly surprised, not only by the power savings they generated, but by the superior directional control commercial LED lights have demonstrated and by their negligible light spillage ratio (compared to 30% for HPS and other MH).

If you are still uncertain if any of these LED solar lighting fixtures can truly meet your client’s needs, call us first before giving up on green technology, and we will be happy to provide you with a photometric analysis and any all the technical information necessary for you to make a quality decision. This photometric assessment will show your client exactly how much light they need in every square inch of their property, what fixtures are needed to produce that light, where these fixtures will be mounted, and how much power it will cost to operate the system. This could very well be your strongest selling point for proposing LED, because it literally answers every question with mathematical and scientific fact combined with a visual that is easy to read and comprehend.

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. We welcome will work hard to educate youm provide a design, establish a budget and provide the lighting goods to do the job!

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.

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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.

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.

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Exterior Parking Lot Lighting Poles

When commercial light poles become weathered and outdated, any number of problems can quickly result when a business, city government, school, or non-profit organization deliberately chooses to delay replacing them. Once commercial lighting poles become weather beaten, they begin to lose their finish and become an eyesore to the public. This diminishes an organization’s public image, and it works against corporate branding. If light poles in commercial parking lots are faulty, and lighting levels are insufficient or inadequate, this also creates safety hazards and possible legal issues. Lighting regulations require 3-4 foot candles to be evenly distributed throughout every parking lot, regardless of the type of organization it services. Many business owners and facilities managers are unaware of this, and allow commercial light poles that begin to intermittently fail to continue deteriorating until they finally burn out.

If an accident or criminal mischief occurs in such an environment, the organization could very well face a third party lawsuit for negligence. It could also be fined by the government for failure to comply with lighting regulatory codes. While investing in new commercial light poles may represent a price point that many organizations—especially educational, non-profits, and municipalities---initially fear to make in the midst of a recession, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages when one considers the many financial pitfalls that procrastination and negligence can ultimately lead to. Upgrading commercial parking lot light poles also helps improve security, as more evenly distributed lighting dispels shadows and leaves less opportunity for criminal invasion, vandalism, or violent attack.

Wind load capacitance is another critical factor to address when assessing the stability and viability of existing commercial lighting poles. Local governing codes mandate pole height and wind resistance minimums specific to certain areas. In many western states, high velocity winds can turn dust and rocks into small projectiles that damage both light pole and light fixtures. Worn or damaged poles will automatically fail to meet with current regulatory codes, and lamps stand a good chance of becoming damaged in high winds. You can easily see how a single storm in one of these areas can end up costing your clients more than the purchase and installation of brand new commercial lighting poles.

Newer lighting steel poles available through standard and specification grade distributors like RLLD Commercial Lighting speak to all of these needs with superior material builds, a variety of designs and pole heights, and special glass fixtures that protect minimum glare halide bulbs from heavy winds and particle impact. The efficiency of commercial light pole design has improved so much over recent years that even models measuring only 25 feet in height can now 2500 square feet of height each when fitted with the proper lamps and reflectors. Other factors such as energy efficiency and lamp life are also affected by the quality of commercial light poles.

When you show your clients these facts and figures, you can help them understand that procurement of standard or specification grade commercial lighting poles carries with it certain intrinsic returns on investment. By minimizing replacement costs, power consumption, and liability resulting from accidents, clients of site planners and general contractors can recover their funding through a number of revenue streams that flow back toward them from a newer, more improved-looking facility.

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 Scottsdale, Arizona, Seattle, Washington (SEA), Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Boston, Massachusetts (BOS), Princeton, NJ (EWR), Philadelphia, PA (PHL), Dallas, Texas (DWF), Chicago, IL (ORD), Baltimore, MD (BWI), and Minneapolis, MN (MSP). We also service clients internationally, with lighting representatives working out of Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America. ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial Retail Lighting Fixtures

Interior and exterior commercial retail lighting play a pivotal role in a store’s ultimate success. Exterior lights help locate the store, brand the establishment, and attract visitors. Interior lights provide general lighting and basic visibility, and they also determine the quality of color and specific levels of light people will see inside a particular store. When carefully selected and correctly installed, interior ambient and accent lighting enhance the marketability of products, and increase sales.

Read more about commercial retail lighting fixtures:

Decorative Commercial Lighting
Commercial Landscape Lighting
Commercial Parking Lot Lighting
Commercial Warehouse Lighting
Commercial Fluorescent Lighting
Commercial Exterior Lighting
Commercial Gooseneck Lights
Commercial Electric Lighting
Commercial Lighting Fixtures
Commercial Sign Lighting
Commercial Indoor Lighting
Commercial Lighting Pole Installation
Commercial Lighting Systems
Dark Sky Lighting Regulations
Metal Halide High Bay Lighting
High Bay Lighting

Because profit margins on all but the most high-end of products are often marginal, overhead is the retailer’s biggest enemy. Always try to combine energy efficiency with superior luminance output and lifespan when installing lights for your retail clients. Taking the time to comprehensively develop a multi-layered lighting system will immediately differentiate your clients—and your work—from that of lesser, competing lighting design firms.

Exterior Commercial Lighting
Aesthetics play a very important role in commercial exterior retail lighting. Clients often judge the type of experience they will have inside a store by the appearance of the building and the lighting around the store. Sign lighting is therefore a must for any retail establishment. Goosenecks are very good fixtures to use for this effect, and many architectural building lights can also be adapted to illuminate lettering on the sides of walls or above door entrances.

If the store is a standalone structure, it will need both building lights and canopy lights to properly illuminate its form and entrance ways. Fluorescents are generally the best choices for exterior retail lights because of their longer lamp life and high energy efficiency ratings. Your clients will pay less per month for their use and pay less frequently on maintenance and replacement costs.

Parking lot lighting can be either general or decorative, depending on the nature of the establishment. In addition to making certain you meet with mandatory foot candle requirements, pay close attention as well to the contrast of light and shadow that your lighting system establishes. This is actually a more critical factor to safety than foot candle density, and something that you may want to strongly consider having a photometric analysis conducted.

Interior Lighting – Ambient
Ambient lighting is another term for general lighting. The level of ambient light in a store is determined by two things. First, the physical size of the structure has to be factored into the photometric analysis. Extremely large wholesale and grocery stores with high ceilings will need either high bay or low bay lights. The newer pulse start metal halide lights feature superior energy ratings than their probe start predecessors and make for very good retail lights in very large stores. For retailers on a budget, or for ceilings under 25’ in height, fluorescent low bay lights offer excellent color rendering and energy efficiency.

Department stores, clothing stores, and smaller food stores can also be lit very effectively with parabolic troffer fluorescent lights. Retail discounts stores can use a series of parabolic fluorescents for general overhead lighting, and then sparingly use accent lighting to showcase items on sale or merchandise of special value.

Interior Lighting – Accent
Accent lighting sets products apart. Because of this, accent retail lighting matters to all retail establishments to a certain extent. Accent lighting helps showcase special areas where products on display need special attention and a sense of being set apart from the surrounding environment.

Generally, the lower the ambient and the brighter the accent light, the more removed an object appears from general reality. Jewelers and designer clothing retailers use extreme contrasts between accent lighting to give a surreal appearance to merchandise that is either very expensive or very unique in origin.

A wide variety of recessed lights can be used for retail accent lighting fixtures. Adjustable fixtures are better because they allow store managers to periodically change displays and readjust the lights to compliment the new setting. Pendants are also very good retail lights to use over any display that is fixed in a central position within a store.

Interior Lighting – Designer
Special display lights are often needed in shelves and display cases. Linear strip lights for retail lighting are superb for jewelry, accessories, and specialty item displays. They can be mounted to the interiors of specialty display cases, or they can be mounted to the under surfaces of shelves.

All retail lights sold by RLLD Commercial Lighting are made here in the United States and come backed up with a full written manufacturer’s warranty. All commercial lighting products are drop shipped directly to your client’s store, and turnkey installation services are available for selective outdoor retail lighting luminaires. Ask and RLLD Commercial Lighting specialist for more details.

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 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.

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Pulse Start Commercial HID Lighting

Pulse-start metal halide lamps are more than worth the higher front end costs they present to you and your clients. Their improved efficiency and performance result in a superior energy saving light source and reduction in energy costs that translate down the line to a return on investment. Pulse-start metal halides also last a great deal longer than their probe-start standard equivalents. This creates even more savings that you can pass on to your client, because replacing standard MH HID fixtures represents both equipment costs and labor costs your clients simply do not want to pay in times of a recession.

Pulse-start metal halides, like their standard predecessors, fall into the category of High Intensity Discharge lamps, also known as HID lamps. On the average, a standard HID lamp performs with approximately 3 times the efficiency as an incandescent lamp. You can expect even better results from pulse-start MH fixtures, which in spite of their approximately 20% higher front-end cost, more than pay for themselves over the course of a life span. Here are just a few of the pulse start commercial lighting lighting fixture types we carry:

Parking Lot Lighting
Parking Garage Lighting
Car Dealership Parking Lot Lighting
Mall Parking Lot Lighting
Business Building Lighting
Park Lighting
Outdoor Landscape Lighting
Tree Lighting
Wall Pack Light Fixtures
Wall Mounted Lighting
Commercial Vandal Proof Light Fixtures
Outdoor Accent Lighting

Increased lumen efficacy (lumens per watt) by as much as 24%
While probe-start Metal Halides lead many sectors of the site lighting industry in the arena of LPW, it may very well serve both you and your clients to increase this efficiency by up to 24% by investing in pulse-start metal halides.

This may actually become the winning element of your bid if you are proposing an area lighting source in a major city such as Houston, TX where LPW efficiency regulations have recently change to 1 lumen per .05 watts. The power savings, plus the increase lighting output, could potentially represent an irresistible line item on your next proposal.

Higher light output per unit of electric power Pulse-start lamps produce more mean lumens per watt of electricity.

Improved lumen maintenance by as much as 15%
Pulse-start metal halides offer further competitive advantage over standard MH lamps by increasing lumens maintenance by as much as 15%. As standard HIDs age, they begin to produce less light. To compensate for this phenomenon, known as lumen depreciation, contractors will often slightly oversell the number of lamps so the overall lighting system will maintain the desired lighting output for the duration of its lifespan. This, of course, costs the client more money.

If you really want to be competitive with your proposal, show your clients how pulse-start metal halides are 6-15% better and reducing lumens depreciation—then show them a proposal with fewer fixtures for less front end purchase costs than your rivals are bidding.

Extended lamp life
Many of the latest, US-manufactured pulse-start metal halide lamps can last as long as 15,000 hours. This is 5,000 hours longer than the estimated 10,000-hour life span of a probe-start lamp of the same wattage.

Appeal to your clients not only on the basis of a longer lasting light source, but on the money they will avoid spending on expensive labor fees to replace burned out lamps.

Superior Color Rendering, Warm Up Time, and Re-Strike Time
As MH lamps age, their CRI (color rendering index) depreciates as well. Pulse-start MH lamps, however, maintain a consistently higher CRI than probe-start equivalents. They require only 2 minutes to warm up, and in the event of a power failure, normally re-strike in 4 or 5 minutes---much better for security lighting than standard MH lamps that take around 12 minutes to re-strike.

Pulse-start Metal Halides Work Best with Pulse-start Fixtures and Electronic Ballasts
Every contractor knows it is seldom a good idea to mix newer lamp technology with old technology. Pulse-start lamps should be fitted to pulse-start fixtures and operated with electronic ballasts for maximum energy savings. Since your clients will be spending more money on the equipment itself, it will be necessary to show them some math to justify the added expense, and to promise them a return on investment.

RLLD Commercial Lighting will help you do this in a number of ways. To begin with, we help you determine just how much power your client will be saving and estimate an adjustment in their lighting bill by showing you lighting examples. We will help you estimate a reduction in labor costs associated with replacements if your client will provide us with previous expenses paid along these lines. Last, and most significantly, we will give you a photometric lighting analysis of your client’s site showing the exact nature, number and position of your pulse-start metal halide fixtures. This directly relates to a previous point we made about other contractors overselling fixtures to compensate for lumen depreciation. With our advance lighting design software, we can publish a schematic you can hand to your client that proves how less is literally more.

All pulse-start MH fixtures, ballasts, and lamps are made here in the United States by leading HID manufacturers. RLLD Commercial Lighting is a full service lighting design and domestic equipment vendor offering adjunct lighting design support to all clients who make a purchase and adjunct design services for a reasonable fee to information seekers.

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. Check out our glossary of lighting terms and commercial lighting blog for answers and tips to many lighting issues.

Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Sault Ste Marie, MI (CIU), Cleveland, OH, (CLE), College Station, TX (CLL), Port Angeles, WA (CLM), Charlotte, NC (CLT), Columbus, OH (CMH), Champaign, IL (CMI), Hancock, MI (CMX), Cody, WY (COD) and Colorado Springs, CO (COS).

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