Facility Management

Posted on the: September 2, 2018

Smart Sites: The Next Wave in Facility Management

Amerlux Brings Smart City Technology to Your Site “Smart city” is a loose term for a city or community that uses sensor data to deliver a responsive infrastructure. In a smart city, sensors can monitor everything from energy usage to traffic flow to occupancy. Using wireless connectivity, cities can control[...]

Posted on the: August 30, 2018

More Speed, Less Expense

Amerlux Provides ‘Value’ for Design-Build Firms Read about Amerlux’s “Value Line” below or download the PDF here When Amerlux opened its doors in 1984, the renowned design-and-manufacture lighting company soon became the market leader for supermarket LED lighting. And then, the company—built on made-to-measure products—created more innovative solutions for boutique[...]

Posted on the: August 6, 2018

CASE STUDY: Amerlux Enlightens Dynamic Office Space for NYC Hedge Fund

After occupying a full floor of the iconic General Motors Building for many years, a Manhattan financial firm needed a makeover. They wanted their space to foster greater collaboration among employees and symbolize its connection to the city, a goal that was achieved with cutting edge technology. Continue reading[...]

Posted on the: July 30, 2018

How You Can Protect Against Building Fires with LEDs

In 1992, a devastating fire ravaged Windsor Castle in the UK, burning through 115 rooms. It took 39 fire trucks and 225 firefighters more than 15 hours to quench the fire. Dating back to the 11th century, Windsor Castle is one of the British monarch’s official residences and the largest[...]

Posted on the: July 18, 2018

How New York City Cut Crime by 39% with LED Streetlighting

The easiest way to reduce crime in your city According to Gallup, four in 10 Americans don’t feel safe walking at night, even near their home.[i] Walking through dark and inconsistently lit areas at night is unsafe and, just as important, it feels unsafe. You could fall prey to a[...]

Posted on the: July 13, 2018

How to Slash Energy Bills, Crime with LED Streetlights

Old, ineffective lighting is expensive. It guzzles down energy like a pig, racking up power bills in the thousands or millions of dollars, while casting inferior quality light on your streets and sidewalks. There’s a solution to this problem—a solution that the cities of Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon have[...]

Posted on the: July 10, 2018

Lighting Controls: The Next Frontier in Facility Management

LEDs have more control options than any light source before them. With the right controls, you can adjust LED lighting any way you can imagine. You can dim LEDs, change their color temperature and control them wirelessly. You can even have them mimic the sun! Until recently, controls tended[...]

Posted on the: July 1, 2018

How LED Lighting Increases Employee Productivity and ROI

LEDs are known for giving organizations big savings by reducing energy and maintenance costs, but there’s another way they save money: increasing productivity. Upgrading to LED lighting can have a substantial impact on an organization’s bottom line. An increase of just one percent in productivity can slash the payback period[...]

Posted on the: June 27, 2018

How to get someone else to pay for your LED lighting upgrade

In the long run, LED lighting provides enormous benefits to a city or company’s bottom line, delivering huge energy savings, maintenance savings and other benefits—such as decreased crime on city streets and increased productivity in workplaces. In the short term, upgrading to LED lighting can be expensive. However, there’s a[...]

Posted on the: June 26, 2018

DLC Adds Amerlux’s Quick-Line to Qualified Product List

Decision May Shorten Payback Period by 25 Percent Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today the return on investment for its linear Quick-Line product has materially improved, following the decision of the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) to include the product on its coveted qualified product list. Nearly 80 percent of[...]