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April 24th, 2011
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Wall Mounted Lighting Fixtures. Commercial Area, Security, Accent & Area Lighting Wallpack Lights

By R. Neal

Wall mounted lights perform three important functions integral to effective outdoor commercial lighting. First, they create general lighting for pedestrian around buildings and outdoor structures. General lighting should provide enough visibility to allow people to clearly differentiate between objects and judge distances accurately. Wall mounted lighting also plays a major role in accent lighting. Since many wall mounted fixtures feature highly geometric and decorative designs, they contribute very well to the overall aesthetic of almost any building. Security lighting, although most frequently done with landscape floodlights, also depends to some extend on wall mounted fixtures. Wall mounted flood lights on the corners and sides of large buildings can create a significant deterrent to criminal mischief by keeping main access points clearly visible to security personnel and cameras at all times.

When balanced in the right proportions, these three aspects of wall mounted lighting will work together to create a perimeter of illumination around any structure that creates a safer environment and a better overall aesthetic for the grounds.

General Lighting Fixtures

A Spartan approach is the best approach when it comes to installing wall mounted luminaires for general lighting. Contrary to popular misconception, the human eye does not need a great deal of light to see clearly at night. Scientific studies have proven that actual levels of light are far less important than the ability to see basic shapes, differentiate between objects and shadows, and to judge distance accurately.

Basic fluorescent wall packs are generally all that is required to create an even, glare free field of illumination around most buildings. Fluorescent wall mounted lighting offers several cost effective advantages over incandescent and halogen light fixtures. Fluorescents will last much longer and do not need to be replaced nearly as frequently. They also use far less power and can be left on throughout the night at significantly lower costs to your client’s overall operating budget.

Accent Lighting Fixture

Square and round brick and step lights are ideal luminaires to brighten up stairways and walls around outdoor courtyards and building entrances. Directional accent lights with highly decorative fixture designs are also available when specific lighting effects are desired, or when precise lighting levels around certain structures are necessary. RLLD Commercial Lighting provides a wide selection of square and round wall mounted lights that make an excellent compliment to landscape and path lighting around public facilities, schools, churches, and civic center.

When more intense levels of light are called for, you may need to use larger, more robust fixture. Since these fixtures will present an obvious visual even to the casual viewer, it is necessary to use the most decorative luminaires possible. The more sophisticated fixtures feature aluminum manufacture with a multitude of finish options to compliment the colors of the building. They also feature a variety of mounting options and triple axis directional control that allows them to be pointed in any direction.

Security Lighting Fixtures
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In many cases, wall mounted lights play an important role in security lighting. This is particularly true in the industrial community, where buildings are very large and have several access points to the interior of the facility. Every one of these access points represents a point of vulnerability if it is obscured by shadows. Protecting these access points means making them clearly visible to either CCTV cameras or security personnel stationed in the facility. Wall mounted floodlights can be installed with remote sensors that trigger the lights when motion is detected. If the lights need to remain on throughout the night, there are a number of newer HID and fluorescent models to choose from that offer excellent lumens per watt efficiency. These newer lights work well with automatic timers that turn the lights on and off at certain hours.

When installing any kind of wall mounted lights, it is always best to have a photometric analysis of the building(s) performed first. This report will show where problem areas of shadow may potentially arise and help better determine the necessary lumens output and directional angles of incidence required to create the most evenly distributed and aesthetically balanced field of illumination.

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March 8th, 2011
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Commercial LED Street Lights and Architectural Security Lighting

By R. Neal

Commercial LED lighting creates a number of competitive advantages for to the contractor developing a proposal for a school, municipality, church, non-profit organization, corporate headquarters, or resort location. Regardless of fixture type, all commercial LED lights use less electricity than comparatively priced fluorescent fixtures. Because they are the most energy efficient lights in the world, commercial led lights are an excellent investment for any organization strapped with high power bills that needs to immediately begin reducing overhead. As the sophistication of led white light continues to evolve, commercial led lights have now worked their way into every major outdoor lighting application. New developments in diode technology allow light and color levels to be customized to the environment and directed with greater precision than metal halide and high-pressure sodium equivalents. This offers the added benefit of not only lower lighting costs, but also less light pollution.

RLLD Commercial Lighting works with lighting designers and commercial contractors from Coast to Coast as a multi-manufacturer distributor of commercial led lighting fixtures available for major outdoor lighting applications.

LED Street Lighting

Many cities across the US are experimenting with led streetlights. They are quickly discovering that these fixtures provide a much more controllable and efficient form of lighting than incandescent sources. LED street lights allow for more precise control of the light beam itself, making it possible to light streets and sidewalks without excess spill light creeping into yards and shining into windows. LED street lights can be shifted toward either the red or blue end of the spectrum in order to match different wavelengths of light to the different lighting requirements of specific times of day and night.

Commercial led streetlights could potentially reduce some municipal lighting costs as much as 50% in some cities and towns, and the lifespan of these fixtures (5 times longer than MH and HPS lamps), offers additional savings by minimizing maintenance and replacement costs.

LED Security Lighting

For organizations that want to create an environmentally friendly campus, commercial led security floodlights offer a light source free of greenhouse gases. Because they burn cooler than other security lights, they are also friendlier to trees, shrubs, and gardens. LED security lights last much longer than HPS and MH lamps, making them the most cost effective option for large university campuses and non-profit centers who must be Spartan in their maintenance budgets. Commercial led security lights are fully dimmable and feature instant on capability with no buzzing noises or annoying flicker. They are also are very difficult to vandalize.

As technology continues to improve lumens to watt efficiency, expect commercial led security lights to become brighter and even more energy efficient than ever, and expect them as well to offer even greater lighting control with almost zero glare and light pollution.

Architectural LED lighting

As more buildings ornate and eclectic architectural designs, the need increases for architectural lights to reflect the uniqueness of structural geometry in a highly customized fashion. LED commercial architectural lights can be obtained not only in power saving, low voltage fixture designs, but also in a full spectrum of special colors that can be combined to create entire lighting themes on building walls and rooftops

For organizations looking for exceptional sign lighting and architectural corporate branding, these led building lights offer both a cost savings and a versatility that no other architectural lighting fixture can deliver with as much variety and precision lighting control.

For connecting walkways, portable buildings, or high-profile outdoor break or entertainment areas, led commercial lights can also provide highly versatile, energy efficient, and pollution free general area lighting. They also work exceptionally well for outdoor country club lighting, where stray balls from nearby course ways can easily break incandescent or fluorescent fixtures. Municipal headquarters, civic centers, and large churches are additional examples of clients who can benefit from this highly customizable and cost effective form of general area lighting.

LED commercial landscape Lighting

Many corporations are approaching the current recession with a sense of cautious determination. They realize that certain investments have to be made, but at the same time, they will only invest in contractors who can predict within reason an estimated return on investment. LED commercial landscape lights offer not only the power saving features of solid state technology, but they also feature a full range of low voltage lighting options that can further reduce energy consumption to only 8% of what is used by incandescent equivalents. This super efficiency allows you to put a dollar amount in savings next to your line items and to win the contract in the most competitive bidding situations.

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March 8th, 2011
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Architectural Area Lighting

By R. Neal

Architectural area lights feature an aesthetic component that differentiates them from the purely functional fixtures used in typical site lighting. Although the lamps used in both architectural area lighting and site lighting are often similar–if not identical– light sources, architectural area lights are made with a noticeably higher level of decorative design and ornamentation. As such, purchasing costs can be rather high, and this can deter municipalities, academic institutions, and even small corporations from making an investment that would otherwise serve their outdoor lighting needs on a number of levels ranging from public appeal to commercial branding. When commercial site developers, architects, and contractors encounter this type of resistance, they can turn to RLLD Commercial Lighting for adjunct lighting design support that will enable them to propose cost-effective, energy saving light sourcing that offers both tangible benefits and ROI on multiple levels.

Contractors frequently encounter office buildings, churches, museums, civic centers, municipal headquarters, universities, restaurants, resorts, and country clubs that require a highly customized, often very sophisticated architectural area lighting system that will contribute certain key elements to their property, building architecture, and public image. The fixtures and lamps that will ultimately be used to build these systems must completely accommodate the multiple demands of dark sky laws, increasingly strict LPW efficiency codes, minimum foot candle requirements, and bring the client measurable ROI through reduced power requirements and minimized ongoing maintenance.

If you are a commercial developer or sole proprietor working as a DIY electrical contractor, you can quickly and accurately accommodate these many demands in an expeditious manner is to work with a vendor like RLLD Commercial Lighting that offers complimentary, adjunct design services with a systematic approach. Before we suggest any specific lamps or fixtures, we first want to learn more specifics from you regarding your client’s site. When we understand architectural area lighting to actually be a combination of four separate elements– parking lot lighting, parking garage lighting, building architectural lighting, and security lighting– the right questions to ask become readily apparent. Does your client have a parking lot, a parking garage, or both? What is the total number of buildings located on the property? Are there public park areas, open landscapes, recreational areas, or walkways that require special lighting? How many people work or visit the facility at night? What is the total acreage of the property if it is located on a considerably large piece of land? How much light will the entire system output, what it will cost, and what will be the expected return on investment for your client?

The data gathered from this dialogue is now inputted into sophisticated lighting design software that enables us to calculate on a point by point level the exact photometric requirements needed to determine which specific fixtures will best provide building accent light, perimeter and walkway security, glare free, well-lit parking areas, and aesthetic, shadow-free landscape, and an energy savings package that offers a measurable ROI by means of energy and maintenance cost savings. By eliminating the guesswork from architectural area lighting, RLLD Commercial Lighting helps contractors first determine exactly what lighting levels and power requirements are optimal to propose, and second, which actual products will most effectively and affordably offer clients lasting solutions that are affordable, reliable, and aesthetically superior. By giving smaller design firms and individual lighting design consultants access to software normally affordable only to larger firms, RLLD Commercial Lighting also helps level the lighting design playing field, arming small companies and consultants with competitive advantages that can rival even the largest firms in photometric accuracy, specification grade quality, and multiple benefits at the line item level.

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

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March 8th, 2011
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Architectural Outdoor Lighting

By Russell Neal

Architectural outdoor lighting illuminates structure and details of building design and materials. It focuses on highlighting materials, architectural style, decorative elements, and beautification of functional building elements. Architectural outdoor lighting will greatly enhance and accentuate the practical and aesthetic elements of any building or house.

With advanced knowledge of architecture and other disciplines parallel to lighting design, consultants bring an in-depth knowledge of outdoor architectural lighting design to the table. Every project begins with a thorough building analysis, in-depth client consultation, and detailed planning. Architectural outdoor lighting consultants look first at how the building functions and what practical functionality proves critical to activity around that building. They then calculate precise photometrics to determine the exact level of light required to illuminate the building. Prior to requisitioning any equipment to complete the project, architectural outdoor lighting specialists sit down with the owners and discuss both the plans and the photometric requirements of the proposal. As well as we know different industries, we realize that each business within an industry is unique, and our final meeting prior to electrical installation ensures we have accommodated all particulars relevant to a specific home or building owner in terms of lifestyle, ceremony, service offerings, and business operations.

Outdoor architectural lighting themes can contain safety and security elements that make buildings not only more attractive, but also more well-protected and safer to employs working on location at night. A well-lit building deters nefarious activity much more effectively than an unlit building on a dark street. The presence of light alone conveys a psychological deterrent to mischief. Furthermore, specific elements of architectural outdoor lighting also add additional safety to homes and buildings by lighting surrounding properties. Step lights prevent cleaning personnel from tripping over dark stairwells, and path lights pinpoint the locations of walkways and provide a well-lit path with minimal hazard. Not every building or home has consistent night traffic, but almost all have visitors or night crews that clean the building. Architectural outdoor lighting equipment both reduces liability for businesses and brings additional comfort and a sense of accommodation to residential guests.

For large homes and commercial applications such as hospitals, storefronts, and multi-story office buildings, we can create an effect called a “facade” of light that transforms an otherwise plain, homogeneous surface into a luminescent surface whose light and color convey an aesthetic of its own. We use special fixtures to create a “wrap around” illumination effect where the light literally seems to wrap itself around a ledge, corner, or building fixture. Having already determined luminosity with previous photometrics, we can achieve this effect without spill light, white spots, or obtrusive shadows. The key is positioning the right equipment in a low profile position where optimal angles create the illusion of light radiating from the surface of the building. We call this “soft illumination” and find it especially enhances the structural beauty of churches, art galleries, and historical buildings with superior architecture. Custom homeowners also prefer this form of architectural outdoor lighting because it discreetly and politely distinguishes their homes from surrounding houses with a styled termed by Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, “Less is more.”

Regardless of the style or age of any house or building, architectural outdoor lighting is a must for the eclectically minded home or building owner.

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March 7th, 2011
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Architectural Lighting

By Russell Neal

In today’s marketplace, general contractors, electricians and property managers are routinely engaged in competitive bidding on commercial construction and architectural lighting projects. Working with a commercial lighting distributor who specializes in architectural lighting and who represents multiple manufacturers, gives the commercial designer more freedom to bid specific items without fear of limited options, restriction to only one or two manufacturers, or equipment that fails to meet all necessary safety and light pollution regulatory codes.

Architecture lighting specialists will help you carefully balance the major considerations of safety, security, aesthetics, and regulatory code compliance by helping you precisely match fixtures to exact client specifications, and by accessorizing your system to remain as maintenance free and energy efficient as possible. Extensive planning and consultation with a specialist can be obtained at a small, reasonable fee if your team requires assistance with advance planning or ongoing consultation in developing the specifics of your proposal.

Architectural Area Lighting

Architectural area lights are heavily regulated due to their high lumens output and must illuminate only the intended area(s) without generating light pollution that will create a hazard or a nuisance to a nearby business or residence. It is generally advisable that you plan a proposed architectural area lighting system with specific guidance in the following general areas:

1. Parking lot lighting must meet local foot-candle minimums, minimize glare for motorists, and avoid shining lights into adjacent facilities. Working with a source that can accommodate the Spartan preferences of strictly industrial sites and the more decorative needs of municipalities, corporate headquarters, and hospitality clients can go a long way toward impressive line items that can tip a bidding war in your favor.

2. Parking garage lights must be configured in such a way as to balance vertical foot-candle intensity with horizontal foot candle intensity. This often requires working with a specialist who can input the dimensions of your garage into special software to help you determine which lamps, wattage outputs, and light fixture locations are required to achieve optimal, safe lighting levels in your garage.

3. Outdoor building lights must accent architecture without overpowering it. Different buildings may require anything from wall mounted architectural lights, canopy lights, and wall packs in a wide range of size, voltage, wattage, and color options.

4. Security lights of some sort should always be installed whenever architectural patterns vary or diverge and shadows form under eaves, canopies, walkways, or connecting structures can serve as a hiding place for criminal mischief.

Oftentimes, contractors are hired by offices, churches, municipal buildings, institutions, hotels, restaurants, resorts, and country clubs that require a highly customizes architectural lighting system that will speak to all the many considerations that contractors must factor into developing a truly effective outdoor lighting presentation. These clients often have tight budgets both for equipment and for power requirements, so it is necessary as well to have a wide range of line and low voltage options ready to offer the client at the line item level to make the invoice legally compliant with dark sky and foot candle regulations, practical safety and security concerns, decorative needs, and cost effectiveness through reduced power requirements and minimal long-term benefits.

In these situations, both pre-packaged kits and highly specialized architectural lighting equipment can often tip the balance in favor of a truly comprehensive architectural lighting design that goes beyond the basic cornerstone elements of standard configurations.

Sign and Building Edifice Lighting

Sign lighting can set the tone for the entire site’s lighting system and help your clients more effectively brand their facility. Larger buildings that feature the company brand or logo painted on the building wall itself can be lit with specialty edifice lighting fixtures that will highlight colors and lettering without creating light pollution for surrounding areas. Flagpole lights can be installed very cost effectively to showcase a client’s patriotism and keynote an important element of the landscape in general.

Architectural Landscape Lights

Architectural landscape lighting delivers a more robust illumination to larger campuses with a great deal of area between the property line and primary structure(s). Certain landscape features such as waterworks, decorative sculptures, outdoor break facilities, and recreational areas can be highlighted in such a way as to compliment the architecture of the main building.

Some commercial lighting vendors, such as Easy Rack in Houston, Texas, furnish architectural landscape lighting kits and specialized landscape and building exterior lighting fixtures appropriate for more high-end projects such as resort hotels, five star restaurants, country clubs, and outdoor recreational facilities.

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