Bolstering a reputation for high quality, energy efficient commercial lighting, MaxLite™ announces that its full cutoff LED Wall Packs, from 20 watts to 70 watts, have been approved by the DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) and are now included in its Qualified Products List (QPL). The DLC was established to ensure that high quality, energy efficient lighting designs are used in all commercial lighting installations, which includes categories that are not addressed by ENERGY STAR.


“We are proud to announce that our full cutoff LED Wall Packs have been added to the DLC’s prestigious Qualified Product List,” said MaxLite’s National Product Marketing Manager Pat Treadway. “This accomplishment highlights MaxLite’s extensive efforts to develop highly regarded, energy efficient lighting for a variety of commercial and institutional lighting.”


The leading, global manufacturer and marketer of energy efficient luminaires and lamps’ line of DLC-approved full cutoff Wall Packs were designed and engineered as maintenance free, energy efficient alternatives to traditional fluorescent and HID fixtures. MaxLite’s full cutoff LED Wall Packs are ideal for outdoor lumination at hotels, garages, commercial buildings, public spaces, schools and universities, and hospitals.

MaxLite’s high performance and optimized optics improve lighting quality by delivering a wide uniformed beam spread to eliminate cave-like appearances, which are commonplace in most commercial and industrial facilities. The LED Wall Packs are perfect in alternatives to high/low pressure sodium, metal halide, fluorescent, induction lighting, and other types of lighting fixtures.


MaxLite’s Wall Packs feature an LED module with aluminum heat sink to ensure thermal management, and uses directional settings to maintain optimal light levels. The Class 2 integral LED driver is UL-listed. The fixtures maximize brightness (up to 4200 lumens), efficacy and lifetime (up to 50,000 hours or 13 years). With an energy savings of 50 percent or higher and reduced maintenance, ROI is achieved within approximately two years. The luminaires are constructed without any mercury or harmful materials, and do not emit UV rays.


The LED Wall Packs, which are universal and operate on 120- to 277‐volt electrical systems, feature a heavy-duty cast aluminum one-piece housing that is polyester coated, protected from rust and corrosion, and sealed to be free of dirt and bugs, and crafted with shatterproof glass.

Offered in a handsome, polyester-coated dark bronze finish and a new textured white finish, the fixtures are occupancy or dusk-to-dawn sensor compatible, and provide multiple knockouts for mounting convenience. Mounting options include surface mounts, with multiple knockouts available for installing convenience. The fixtures include:

• The full cutoff MLSWP20LED50DS uses 20 watts, delivers 1400 lumens and has a 5000K-color temperature. The fixture is 12.6 inches long, 11.26 inches wide and 9 inches tall. This luminaire replaces a metal halide fixture up to 80 watts.

• The full cutoff MLSWP30LED50DS uses 30 watts and delivers 2400 lumens, with a 5000K-color temperature. The fixture is 12.6 inches long, 11.26 inches wide and 9 inches tall. This luminaire replaces a metal halide fixture up to 100 watts.

• The full cutoff MLLWP40LED50DS uses 40 watts, delivers 3050 lumens and has a 5000K-color temperature. The fixture is 16.7 inches long, 13.7 inches wide and 9 inches tall. This luminaire replaces a metal halide fixture up to 175 watts.

• The full cutoff MLLWP70LED50DS uses 70 watts and delivers 4400 lumens, with a 5000K-color temperature. The fixture is 16.9 inches long, 13.6 inches wide and 9 inches tall. This luminaire replaces a metal halide fixture up to 250 watts.

IES LM79 and LM80 reports are available. All are backed by a five‐year limited warranty.

About the DesignLights Consortium: The DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) is a collaboration of utility companies and regional energy efficiency organizations that is committed to raising awareness of the benefits of efficient lighting in commercial buildings. The DLC helps builders, architects, designers, and commercial property owners to implement improved design practices in all areas of the commercial lighting market while ensuring that high-quality, energy-efficient lighting design becomes commonplace in all lighting installations.

When TekLinks featured Edge Lit LED Flat Panels by MaxLite in its new data center, their executives did not anticipate the impressive reaction received from clients, employees and strategic partners who toured their new facility.
TekLinks performs colocation, hosted and managed services, network security, data storage, IP telephony, and IT engineering services to businesses throughout the southeastern region of the United States.
MaxLite, a leading, global manufacturer and marketer of energy efficient luminaires and lamps, manufactured 120 2’x2’ Edge Lit LED Flat Panels that were installed by Birmingham-based Mayer Electric Supply in TekLinks’ main hallway and electrical room. The Flat Panels illuminate the state-of-the-art high-density equipment that powers public and private cloud systems and provides multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power, fire suppression and around-the-clock monitoring and management capabilities, with brilliance and precision to allow their engineers to view vital data where ample light is required.

Part of the FlatMax family of products, the LED Flat Panels create a cool industrial look, while also illuminating equipment and racks. This enables TekLinks’ engineers to have full visibility throughout the aisles, on the racks and backs of systems.

"Colleagues and clients are overwhelmed when they see our fixtures,” said Ed McLain, Director of Operations for TekLinks. “When they walk into the hallway, they just say, ‘Wow’! Everyone that comes into the building is greatly impressed with the color of the light and the look. When our management team compared MaxLite's fixtures to others, MaxLite was the unanimous choice. MaxLite LED Panels combined dimmability, long lasting life and energy efficiency with high quality shadow-free lighting and excellent color quality.”

The state-of-the-art data facility was built utilizing some of the most current green approaches available today. MaxLite’s energy efficient LED Flat Panels follow that approach, with high performance and a potential life of 50,000 hours – at L70 standards – for more than 13 years of long life, based on 10 hours of use per day. This delivers a significant reduction in energy consumption, costs and maintenance. The panels are highly compatible with the center’s control systems and are programmable, so they can be switched on/off and even dimmed to meet user preferences. Perfectly suited for high-tech data centers, the LED Flat Panels are RoHS compliant and constructed without carbon emission, heat, UV or IR radiation or hazardous materials.

“In the past few years, we have seen an unprecedented demand for data space, and this facility allows us to continue to meet the needs of our clients,” said Don Monistere, Vice President of Sales at TekLinks. “In addition to providing a data center for clients, this new space allows TekLinks to increase our offerings around managed services and continue to be an industry leader in all cloud computing infrastructures, including public, private, and hybrid clouds, in a high density computing environment.”

The data center space requires controlled temperature and humidity levels, made possible by redundant HVAC systems that maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels in the data centers, to keep equipment performing at the optimal level; the LED Panels operate at a cool temperature without emitting heat.

TekLinks’ executives said they are so pleased with the light output, energy efficiency and extraordinary look of the lighting fixtures, that they plan on specifying more units in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi facility, as well as in the current headquarters and the new building, as they continue to expand.

“Our customer came to us about TekLinks and advised that they needed a state-of-the-art lighting system for an old building that they were purchasing,” said Paul Berkessel, a MaxLite sales representative. “The customer loved our demo of the LED Flat Panel and thought it would be a great fit. TekLinks executives really liked the solid look and the color rendering.”

MaxLite’s LED Edge Lit Flat Panels deliver dimmable, energy efficient, high quality lighting with even, shadow-free distribution, and an excellent 85 CRI (Color Rendering Index). Tied together in a grid, the LED panels are pre-programmed to operate effectively within TekLinks’ building control system. The new luminaires project a high level of clean, bright and white light. The fixtures create a cool, contemporary environment with pleasing aesthetics. Occupancy sensors allow fixtures to illuminate as employees walk through different areas.

I was excited to learn this week that some bulbs last "forever." Notice the pesky quotes around the word forever, which no doubt signals a fly in the ointment? In this case, forever means approximately 45.6 years, assuming the bulb burns for three hours each day (comes out to about 50,000 hours if you’ve been following along with your calculator). But since the average person moves 11.6 times in his or her lifetime, 45.6 years for a bulb is an eternity.

So what is this magical bulb? Remarkably, it’s nothing more than a standard LED replacement bulb. Consumer Reports recently released its 2011 study on CFL and LED bulbs, and the LED scored remarkably well. These energy-efficient light bulbs last anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 hours, consume a lot less energy than the old familiar incandescent (which is basically a heat source that gives off light as a byproduct), and can save consumers a load of cash over the life of the bulb.

I should hasten to add, however, that LED bulbs don’t come cheap. LED bulbs range from about $20 to $40 or more each. Considering that you can buy an incandescent bulb for less than 50 cents apiece, $40 for an LED looks alarming high. And the fact is it takes on average of about four to 10 years to recoup the cost of an LED through lower energy bills and fewer bulb replacements. In contrast, you break even on a CFL in about a year.

But if you are a long-term investor, LED bulbs are great way to save money. Consumer Reports estimates that you can save between “$65 and $400 over the 18- to 46-year life of the LED compared with an incandescent bulb.” Just remember to take the LED bulbs with you when you move!

Source: US News and World Reports

Imagine sticking a few dozen notebook computer displays up into the ceiling to replace the fluorescent tube bulbs that are already there, and you get an idea of how MaxLite’s Direct-Lit LED Flat Panels might look.

The panels (pictured) are designed to work within a typical drop ceiling, where they can be retrofitted to work with existing building controls, motion sensors, timers and daylight harvesting systems. MaxLite offers a five-year warranty on the technology, which is rated to last up to five hours. The lights are supposed to operate with a color rendering index of 85, and they come in warm white and cool white models (color temperature of 3500K or 5000K). They are approximately 35 percent more energy-efficient than the company’s existing edge-lit LED panel technology.

The Direct-Lit LED Flat Panels are available in three different sizes:

• 1 foot by 4 feet (45 watts)
  
• 2 feet by 2 feet (45 watts or 60 watts)
• 2 feet by 4 feet (60 watts)

Light Emitting Designs (LED-LLC.com) today announced the successful application of light emitting diode (LED) bulbs for the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey, California. What is especially unique is that the Portola property is 33 years old, so retrofitting existing incandescent bulbs and fluorescents fixtures was an important step toward meeting the criteria for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) compliance.

Director of Engineering, Al Hittle said, “This property has been known for its high standards of environmental stewardship for many years. When we started under new management in 2008, though, we set two goals: to become the premier enviro-hotel property in the Monterey area, and to become LEED certified. It was a challenge, but we prevailed.”

What role does lighting play in the quest for LEED certification? For one thing, the use of lighting controls enables compliance with energy code provisions, a prerequisite for seeking LEED certification. Furthermore, exceeding these provisions enables credits or points that can increase the LEED certification level. After receiving the results of an energy audit, the first step was to seek locations that would reduce energy consumption with the most efficiency.

According to Hittle, “For us, one of the fastest ways was to reduce the number of fluorescents and incandescents, and to replace them with suitable LEDs.” For this, Hittle turned to Electrical Distributor’s National Accounts Manager, Dave Hinderscheid for advice.

“We walked the property and Al showed me what he was trying to accomplish. Then I went back to my desk and did the research,” said Hinderscheid. “What I found was that Light Emitting Design’s PAR38s, R30s, A19s and MR16s were a perfect fit for can lights needing dimmable bulbs. In addition, the T8 4-ft. LED tubes replaced fluorescents in utility and service hallways. These lights are on 24/7, so the energy savings is significant.” In all, the Portola installation called for approximately 500 bulbs.
Management and guests at the Portola are pleased with the results. The combination of lighting and HVAC improvements has resulted in the Portola shedding 20% of its overall electrical consumption. More savings came through taking advantage of available rebates. For best results, it’s important to get the utility company on board during the planning process.

Tim Taylor, CEO of manufacturer Light Emitting Designs, agrees. “When companies begin the quest for LEED certification, they suddenly realize the magnitude of energy savings multiplied times each bulb. In addition, they’re saving on labor to replace fragile fluorescent tubes in fixtures that run constantly, and today’s bulbs have a pleasing light output color. Now, more than ever, we see socially responsible companies are no longer debating ‘if’ they will adopt LED solutions, but rather ‘when.’”
Now that the first round of installation is complete, Hittle is looking for secondary locations to apply the LED retrofit solutions he’s found.

If these lights could bench press they’d be putting up 400. 400 watt metal halides, that is. The lighting at the recently opened Platinum Fitness in Buffalo, NY is 100% S3J LED, and 70% more efficient than traditional metal halide. 

S3J LED Lights Included in the installation: High Bays, Citadel Fixtures, Wall Packs, Area Lights, and Tube Lights. The best part? The $5,000 annual energy savings that will be realized from the use of S3J LEDs over traditional metal halide lighting. 

A major highlight of the installation was the precise use and effectiveness of S3J’s Photometric Analysis. Given a blank slate, S3J needed to devise a lighting layout to distribute foot candles evenly throughout the facility. With the use of 5 unique types of fixtures, utilizing different reflectors and diffusers, S3J Electronics achieved just that. S3J’s very own Photometric Engineer, Muk Musleh, was very impressed with the results, calling it a “testament to the value of the photometric analysis.” 

Now, we can only hope that the Platinum Fitness Gym Goers show the same dedication towards losing weight as Platinum Fitness Owner, Rick Recckio, showed towards saving energy. And from this point on, we’re confident that the only things burning out at Platinum Fitness are going to be calories.

SATCO, along with Wooree Lighting, our strategic South Korean manufacturing partner of more than 35 years, have created the KolourOne brand of LED products. Both companies bring nearly fifty years of lighting expertise to the new frontier of LED lighting technology.

KolourOne LED lamps are designed and produced in a vertical manufacturing environment. All of the product's vital components, such as the LED chips, optics, driver, heat sink are designed and manufactured in house. KolourOne's tight quality control systems guarantee the products reliability and performance consistency.

Understanding the need for enhanced performance, superior appearance and continuous reliability, the KolourOne product line was conceived to offer a new option in LED replacement lamps. The KolourOne product line closely resembles traditional lamp size, function and visual appearance, making the KolourOne lamps the brand of choice. KolourOne doesn't follow trends, it leads them.

On April 28th, MaxLite hosted another successful webinar on outdoor lighting options and the best MaxLite MaxLED LED and HighMax CFL products to use! See below for the full video recording:

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Google has partnered with low cost LED producer Lighting Science Group to produce a Wi-Fi Android based bulb.
The idea is that when you walk into the room, your phone will sense your presence there, and your house will adjust the lighting accordingly. Google sees this as the first step towards IP enabled full home automation.

Lighting Science Group,  a Florida-based lighting firm calls it “intelligent LED lighting,” and announced it during Google's keynote presentation at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco. The first product, a 60-watt equivalent bulb, is a combination of Lighting Science’s knowledge of light geometry and Google’s connected software know-how. 

An Internet-connected LED bulb? Yes.  With a little help from your home’s Wi-Fi network, you can dim or turn off lights remotely — or to program them to do so. Better still, the LED bulbs can leverage your smartphone’s GPS and proximity sensors, turning on lights when you walk into a room with the phone in your pocket. Google has always occupied the home area network space, but this is the first time it has addressed a specific appliance in the home.