Commercial Lighting Supply House

RLLD Commercial Lighting inventories a comprehensive selection of indoor and outdoor commercial lighting supplies. All of our equipment is American made by established and renowned domestic manufacturers. Our products are either standard commercial grade lighting products or specification grade lighting fixtures, lamps, poles, mounts, and other accessories. This allows the commercial lighting specialist to rely upon our sourcing as a single point of procurement. Because we assume an impartial distributor relationship with multiple manufacturers, commercial lighting designers can rely upon us to honestly recommend the very best types of fixtures and lamps to propose to their clients. Since we have no quotas to fill with our sources or specific brands to promote above others, this gives the contractor complete freedom of choice in obtaining commercial lighting supplies for their clients.

In many respects, RLLD Commercial Lighting is a virtual lighting agency.

Unlike many competing entities entrenched in brick and mortar, we have unlimited offerings from manufacturers located from Coast to Coast. We deliberately restrict our offerings to American made products, too. We believe in supporting American industry, and we are convinced that United States manufacturers still produce the very best commercial lighting supplies found anywhere in the world. This allows us to pull stock from a number of key geographic centers and fast track commercial lighting supply orders in as little as 2 weeks. Contrast this to the industry standard 4-6 week delivery time, and you can clearly see the advantage of working with a virtual lighting vendor whose access to commercial lighting supplies and expedited drop shipping give you the power not only to propose, but to deliver impeccable results to your clients.

Contractors who reside in certain areas often encounter parts shortages at the worst possible times. In places where light fixture regulations and dark sky laws suddenly change, the unavailability of the best commercial lighting fixture supplies can cost a company a bid. Brick and mortar supply depots in these areas usually cannot help because they are limited by the same geography and suffer from the same parts shortage themselves. Contacting manufacturer agents on a state or regional level often does little to improve the situation either. These agents are loyal to one or two major manufacturers and are going to take advantage of the contractors desperation by pushing only the commercial lighting supplies their representative distributorship is paid commissions and bonuses to source. This narrows the scope of the proposal to someone elseʼs profit margin, and it serves neither the lighting designer nor the client at the end of the day.

RLLD commercial lighting design labors to break the proposal free of these limitations. We not only maintain an impartial stance toward manufacturers during the procurement process, but prior to even invoicing a purchase order, we take an active role in planning, consultation, and systematic site analysis. We supply every commercial lighting contractor with a complimentary photometric lighting design analysis of the clientʼs location, detailing necessary light levels to comply with mandatory foot candle requirements and fixture placements to contain illumination within the boundaries established by dark sky laws and restrictions on glare. This gives the contractor not only the advantage of being able to choose from a Coast to Coast selection of top-brand manufacturers, but cuts the time of lighting fixture selection by more than half. The client has an easy to read, visual reference at the end of this process which makes winning the final bid a matter of simple demonstration rather than strenuous persuasion.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of athletic sports lighting, industrial & commercial lighting pole 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)

Parking Garage Lighting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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