Hubbell Lighting Innovations Shine In Architectural Record Magazine's Prestigious Product Competition

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that two of its LED lighting products have been recognized as 2014 Record Products by Architectural Record magazine. Both the Architectural Area Lighting KicK™ and Beacon Products Ceileo were selected for their outstanding innovation, usefulness and aesthetics. The company has now received 38 awards this year and over 100 awards over the last three years.

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• Architectural Area Lighting KicK™

• Beacon Products Ceileo

Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Prescolite, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spaulding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway. Hubbell Lighting: one name, distinctive brands, limitless lighting possibilities. For additional information, please visit www.hubbelllighting.com and follow Hubbell Lighting on Twitter and Facebook.

“At Hubbell Lighting, we’re committed to introducing truly innovative lighting solutions—Architectural Area Lighting KicK™ and Beacon Products Ceileo are shining examples of that commitment,” said Kevin Poyck, Vice President and General Manager of Commercial and Industrial at Hubbell Lighting. “Architectural Record magazine has an outstanding track record of selecting some of the industry’s best building products and we are honored by their recognition.”

Every year, Architectural Record magazine’s editors ask manufacturers to send the best new building products and invite a jury of architects, designers, and product specialists to review new innovations. Jurors were asked to rate the entries on the criteria of innovation, usefulness, and, where applicable, aesthetics. A jury of six professionals selected the best new products from among 500 entries submitted for this year’s competition.The following are the 2014 Record Products from Hubbell Lighting’s brands:For additional information on Hubbell Lighting’s products, please visit www.hubbelllighting.com. For more information on the Architectural Record magazine’s 2014 Record Products, you can visit: http://archrecord.construction.com.

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GE Evolves LED Outdoor Area Lighting with 3 New Matching Fixtures

Property owners who want to upgrade their outdoor  lighting now have an inside track to more energy-efficient lighting technology with the GE Evolve™ LED N Series fixtures. The new LED area lights, flood lights and wall packs make it easier to optimize space for visibility, security and operational savings while creating a consistent and contemporary look.Traditional outdoor area lights such as high-pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures tend to stress function over form and are largely inefficient at putting light only where it is needed compared to new LED lighting options. In addition, the orange color of HPS light can give an appearance of dirty site aesthetics. While this practical approach to outside illumination has sufficed for many years, LED lighting offers a better—and better looking—solution. The clean white light of the new Evolve LED outdoor lighting fixtures can fully and uniformly light a property while providing energy efficiency. Read More...

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LED Guinness World Record Christmas Light Display

1,194,380 LED lights that give the illusion of three wrapped gifts are on display at Canberra’s CBD, a shopping area in the Australia’s capital city. David Richards has set the Guinness World Record for the largest image made of LED lights. Richards is using the display to raise money for the SIDS and Kids ACT charities after he lost a baby boy to sudden infant death syndrome in 2002.

Article from www.columbialighting.com/blog/?p=3907

Gross Sales Ltd. Featured Project

Mammoet, Guelph Ontario 

Engineer: Rombald Engineering Architect: Robertson Simmons Architects Inc.  Product: Warehouse - Columbia LLHP LED Offices - Metalumen Stail LED Boardroom - GE EP14 LED Parking Lot - Kim Warp9 LED

          Gross Sales Ltd. worked together with Rombald Engineering to identify the most functional lighting system with a low operating energy cost. The lighting system is the product of clean, functional lighting to meet the LEED certified equivalent and ASHRAE 90.1 requirements through the use of low profile LED fixtures. 

         The facilities at Mammoet needed to be designed and operated as a building that meets LEED certification. In order to adhere to the client's requirements, the maintenance shop area utilized high performance LED linear high bay light fixtures from Columbia Lighting, the LLHP model, complete with multiple local zones. This high performance light fixture enabled greater spacing between the light fixtures, while still maintaining required light levels needed in a maintenance shop and still reducing energy consumption and cost. The other area that required further consideration was the two floor-level office areas with a sunroom terrace. Within the enclosed and open offices, a Stail RMEP6 LED low profile light fixture from Metalumen was selected to obtain a 40 foot candle average level at 2.5 feet above the finished floor with an average of 30 foot candles on the vertical work surfaces. This fixture needed to have a direct and indirect component to enhance the office feel, with minimum glare component through the use of micro prismatic lens down optic. The attractive aspect of the space wouldn't be complete without the use of LED downlighting for illuminating and accenting hallways and open office perimeters by utilizing Eureka and Prescolite LED light fixtures. The state of the art second-floor main boardroom showcases decorative LED Bass square downlights from Eureka and LED suspended Lumination EP14 from GE, all easily controlled from local occupancy sensors and LED dimmers.

          Outdoor LED lighting was utilized to provide parking lot and yard illumination to meet city standards with outstanding uniformity. General illumination and vertical glazing around the exterior of the maintenance shop area was accomplished through LED wall packs and LED downlights. The LED fixtures have an expected life span of 50,000 hours, allowing for Mammoet to benefit from the reduced maintenance costs of these light fixtures with the exception of an occasional dusting. The project utilized LED fixtures for multiple indoor and outdoor applications, which has led to an increase in energy efficiency and improved the overall design of the building. 

LED Lights Transforming the Globe

Written by Meghan Little

 from www.columbialighting.com/blog/?p=3877

A solar-powered LED light allows a woman in Senegal to charge her cellphone through a port in the lamp. Last month three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their discoveries in household LED lighting. This discovery was monumental for not only developed towns, cities and countries across the globe but for more than a billion people who live in communities on the verge of development. Communities that do not have a reliable source of electricity such as this woman in Senegal are able to use LED lights along with solar panels to create a source of electricity. Be sure to check out NPR News for more information.

Hubbell expands outdoor SSL line, joins network alliance

A new LED-based garage fixture replaces 150W to 250W metal halide fixtures while Hubbell also expanded the wallpack line, added a specialty fixture for cranes, and joined The Connected Lighting Alliance.

Hubbell Lighting has announced the GSL LED-based parking garage luminaires designed to replace 150W to 250W metal halide (MH) fixtures. The company also has expanded its line of Dusk-to-Dawn (DDL) and WGH wallpack solid-state lighting (SSL) series for outdoor lighting applications. In indoor-related news, meanwhile, the company has joined The Connected Lighting Alliance that is championing ZigBee wireless technology for intelligent SSL networks. Read more...

What an Idea: Lighting Sheets Would Use Half as Much Power as Lightbulbs

OLEDs are highly efficient but expensive. Better materials and manufacturing methods are changing that.

• By Kevin Bullis on October 7, 2014

The next big thing in lighting could be glowing sheets that use half as much energy as an equivalent fluorescent fixture and can be laminated to walls or ceilings. The sheets will contain organic LEDs, or OLEDs—the same kind of technology used in some ultrathin TVs and smartphones. OLEDs could be used in large sheets, because organic light-emitting molecules can be deposited over large surfaces. They also run cooler than LEDs, so they don’t require elaborate heat sinks, making a lighting structure simpler. OLED lighting is 10 to 100 times more expensive than conventional lighting, but as costs come down, it could eventually replace conventional fluorescent fixtures. Read More

New Product Webcasts

Friday November 14th & Monday November 18th

Please join Hubbell Lighting for a fast paced, informative review of new product offerings from Spaulding Lighting, Sterner Lighting, KIM Lighting and Architectural Area Lighting.  We respect your valuable time and will be conducting a combined product webcast for Hubbell Lighting brands on November 15th and 18th. Reserve your webcast seat now by selecting one of the links below, call-in information will be provided upon reservation:   Friday, November 14th, 11:00AM, EST   Friday, November 14th , 2:00PM, EST     Monday,November 18th , 11:00AM, EST  Monday, November 18th, 2:00PM, EST

Beacon Announces Discontinuation of Aurora and Genesis Families

As Beacon continues to expand our offering and as LED technology continues to change, it becomes necessary to look at our product portfolio and see if it continues to meet current market requirements and fit in our strategy of being a leader in high performance outdoor lighting. As a result of a recent review, Beacon will be discontinuing the Aurora and Genesis families effective Monday,November 10, 2014. Beacon Products will no longer accept orders for these products. Replacement parts will continue to be available until existing inventory is depleted. Existing quotes should be moved to similar product families to offer the best pricing and delivery options.  The Columbia LLHP family is a great replacement for the Aurora family. Genesis quotes should be switched  to the Viper family.

Ghost Peloton, LED Performing Art Film

Art comes in many fashions and facets and the short film and images produced by The Creators Project takes LED lights to a new level. Cyclists decked out in custom made LED suits rode along the Tour de France route for two nights and when combined with choreography from dancers in LED costumes became a beautiful tribute to the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. ‘“We realized the imagery that was created from the performance was going to be as strong and powerful a statement of art,” explains NVA creative director Angus Farquhar.’

 Article from http://www.columbialighting.com/blog/

Hubbell Industrial Lighting Solves Bridge Crane Illumination Problems with HBLC LED

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that Hubbell Industrial Lighting has introduced the HBLC LED—an energy-efficient lighting solution for bridge crane applications. Specifically designed for heavy industrial bridge cranes, the HBLC LED provides controlled and evenly distributed light below the cranes for superior safety and visibility.

Requiring 169 watts of input power, the fixture can be powered with either DC power (170v through 390v) or AC power (120v through 277v). The high performance LEDs deliver up to 16,808 lumens with an efficacy of 99 lumens per watt and custom engineered optics for perfectly dispensed illumination.

Offering a yoke mount for strength and mounting flexibility, the HBLC LED can be installed at both zero and 90 degree hanging orientations and features a hinged housing for easy servicing. Vibration tested at 3G in 3 Axis for 100,000 cycles, the LED source is resistant to vibration and the fixture’s rugged die cast construction means it will stand up to the most demanding conditions. The HBLC LED is also completely sealed and is wet location rated.

For more information on Hubbell Industrial Lighting’s HBLC LED, please visit:http://www.hubbellindustrial.com.

About Hubbell Lighting
Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Prescolite, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spaulding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway. Hubbell Lighting: one name, distinctive brands, limitless lighting possibilities. For additional information, please visit www.hubbelllighting.com and follow Hubbell Lighting on Twitter and Facebook.

Hubbell Lighting Enhances Outdoor Lighting at Dealerships with Custom Optic LED Luminaires

Greenville, SC - October 30, 2014 – Lighting is an essential and important part of the automotive shopping experience, but also one of its greatest expenses, accounting for more than 45% of a dealership’s energy costs. Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that two of its brands, Spaulding Lighting and Beacon Products, have introduced new optical packages specifically designed for dealerships.

Spaulding Lighting has added two choices for its award-winning, energy efficient Cimarron LED luminaire and Beacon Products now offers high performance optics in the proven and award-winning Viper LED luminaire. The new optics provide maximum illumination and performance for highlighting dealership inventory and marketing the ever-important front row of cars and trucks.

Designed with the most advanced LED lighting technology, Spaulding Lighting’s Cimarron LED luminaire offers a perfect balance of design, form, function, and energy-efficiency for outdoor lighting applications. By utilizing precise LED optical design, the Cimarron’s new optics maximize light delivery to the desired area with minimal wasted light. The optics provide bright uniformity while at the same time reducing the number of luminaires needed to properly illuminate the site. This, coupled with the energy-efficiency of the LED luminaires, means dealership owners can save big with a retrofit.

With two (1A and 2A) optic choices specifically designed for auto dealerships, the Cimarron LED luminaire has excellent lateral spread that allows for increased pole spacing, ranging from 25 to 75 feet. The 1A front row optics deliver concentrated illumination targeting the front row display with tremendous “house side” cutoff behind the pole to amplify the impact of a dealership’s front row merchandise. In addition to front row illumination, the 2A optic directs light towards the second row of vehicles to provide uniformity for the drive lane and interior rows.

The Viper LED from Beacon Products offers a low-profile lighting solution for a variety of applications. With its contemporary streamlined design, the Viper LED leads the industry with a unique visual appearance that complements new and existing architecture. Now available with FR - New Front Row Auto Optics or Traditional Type IV Optics, the luminaire distributes light where it is specifically needed for front row and interior row illumination of auto dealership applications. As the name suggests, the FR optics delivers maximum illumination specifically targeting the front row display and the Traditional Type IV Optics provides overall uniformity and vertical illumination on the second row of vehicles.

 

For additional information on Spaulding Lighting and Beacon Products’ auto dealership lighting solutions, please visit www.spauldinglighting.com andwww.beaconproducts.com. Also, to learn more about Hubbell Lighting’s unique lighting retrofit program for dealerships, visit:www.hubbelllighting.com/solutions/retrofit/applications/automotive.

About Hubbell Lighting
Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Prescolite, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spaulding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway. Hubbell Lighting: one name, distinctive brands, limitless lighting possibilities. For additional information, please visitwww.hubbelllighting.com and follow Hubbell Lighting on Twitter and Facebook.

Sistine Chapel Illuminated With LEDs

With millions of visitors each year, the Sistine Chapel is one of the most notorious attractions in Rome. After Milan switched to energy-saving LEDs, Rome’s mayor, Ignazio Marino, announced their capital was next, in order to cut energy costs and reduce CO2 emissions in the Italian capital. He states, We have prepared an innovative operation that will enable 12,000 streets and squares of Rome to be illuminated by 190,000 LED-powered lamps and citizens will be able to see results within the next few weeks.” The city council is estimating this will save up to 55 percent of its annual electrical bill and improved public lighting. By November, they hope to have Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgement’ on the altar and lit up by 7,000 LED lights.

Article form www.columbialighting.com/blog

Lighting Simplified.

When you ask us here at Gross Sales to assist with your current lighting project, we look at it in many different ways, as all projects have unique requirements. We discuss the fittings and controls of course, but we also talk about things like Lumens, efficiency, efficacy, uniformity and such. Most of you fully understand these terms and how they relate to the lighting design, but some don’t so let’s try to shed some light (sorry) on what they mean and how to apply them to your project designs.

Lumens

Lumens, quite simply this means luminous flux or the amount of light that flows from a given light source (lamp). People sometimes get too hung up on initial lamp lumens but different sources suffer lumen depreciation at different rates so this needs to be factored into your thought process. The 1000w metal halide lamp for example has initial lumens up to 120,000 which seems impressive but that figure starts reducing at an alarming rate from the very first time it’s energized whereas a good LED chip with correct thermal management will retain 85% of its initial lumen levels for up to 100,000hrs in many cases.

Footcandles/Lux

Footcandles is the amount of lumens falling in 1 square foot (sq meter for lux), so 50 footcandles means 50 lumens per square foot at the measured plain.

Efficiency

Efficiency is the relationship between a lamps light output and its electrical input, we call this Luminous Efficacy. This is crucial in our decision on what lamp sources to use for many reasons. ASHRAE compliance, LEED points, energy reduction, return on investment, these all require careful consideration on the Luminous Efficacy of the lamp sources. As an example, an MR16 lamp produces about 20 lpw so is not very efficient. A good quality LED chip is now 100 lpw+ so highly efficient.

Uniformity

In design terms, this is the relationship between the minimum and average lighting values on the layout. The aim is to try and get the space as uniform as possible within the laid down guidelines. Metal Halide high bays and post tops were particularly bad at achieving good uniformity due to their excessive nadir dump (hot spots below the fitting) Good quality Fluorescent and LED fittings have all but eliminated this issue for us now, allowing for lower overall light and power density levels due to improved uniformity.

Colour Temperature

The colour temperature of a lamp is measured on a Chromaticity chart in degrees Kelvin. 3500k and below are on the warm or yellow end of the spectrum whereas 5000k and above are on the cool or blue end. In between we have the 3500k to 4500k range which is considered a more natural light and is the range favoured by most of us. Strangely though, the human eye see’s light in the 380-700nm range and is more sensitive to light at around 555nm which is a very yellow portion of the range. This is why high viz vests etc come in those orange/yellow colours, because our eyes pick them out of the background quicker. This should mean that warmer colour temperature lamps are more efficient as our eyes respond to them better but I have not seen any evidence to support that yet.

I hope this helps explain some of the basic criteria we go through when looking at your lighting project, it is what really makes the difference.

Jon Lewis

Hubbell Lighting Expands LED Striplight Portfolio with Columbia Lighting LCR, LCL and Upgraded LCS

Lighting has added two new LED striplights to its extensive portfolio of energy efficient lighting solutions—the LCR and LCL, and has upgraded the versatile LCS.

Columbia Lighting’s LCR is an industrial LED striplight that features reflectors for narrow distribution making it ideal for efficiently illuminating racks, aisles, narrow stacks, and low bay locations. Available in both 4’ and 8’ lengths, the LCR is offered in four lumen packages ranging from 2,700 to 21,800 with efficacy up to 118 lumens per watt and four color temperatures from 3000K to 5000K. The striplight is constructed for tough conditions with heavy die-formed steel and is delivered fully assembled for quick installation.

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Hubbell Lighting Launches Versatile Commercial LED Downlight Fixture - Prescolite's LBSLEDA

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, launched today the industry’s first all-in-one LED commercial downlight fixture—Prescolite’s LBSLEDA. Built to fit a standard 4x4 J-Box, the new fixture is the perfect alternative to recessed products in settings where plenum height is challenging or where fire codes restrict the use of recessed fixtures. Ideal for commercial, new construction, remodel, and residential applications, the LBSLEDA embraces an installation system that is versatile, simple, and seamless.

Available in a 7-inch round and square (LBSQLEDA) version, the LBSLEDA features an intuitive snap-in system that makes flush mount installation incredibly easy. Users only need to install the snap-in adapter, connect wires and then snap the fixture into place with the flushmount clip. The fixture also includes an E26 Edison Base adaptor for a retrofit screw-in option. For recessed applications, the optional LBSMTGKIT mounting kit allows for simple installation into Prescolite or many competitive 4”, 5”, or 6” recessed cans.

Featuring a sleek profile barely exceeding 1 inch from the ceiling, the LBSLEDA offers the latest in state-of-the-art LED technology that eliminates the need for a traditional LED driver. Delivering a lumen output and light distribution comparable to a 100W PAR incandescent lamp, the energy-efficient LBSLEDA delivers 1000 lumens and a CRI above 90, while only requiring 17 watts of input power. With a long life of 42,000 hours at L70, the LBSLEDA is IC/Non-IC rated and suitable for damp locations.

To learn more about Prescolite’s new LBSLEDA, please visit www.prescolite.com.

Article found at www.hubbelllighting.com/company/news-releases/hubbell-lighting-launches-versatile-commercial-led-downlight-fixture-prescolite-lbsleda/

Induction, the flawed source.

Not too long ago induction lighting systems were being promoted as the future of sustainable lighting, capable of saving the planet all on their own weren't they. Why is it today then that most lighting specialists and fixture manufacturers have turned their back on it, leaving it in the dubious hands of the so called "energy management" companies. The why is simple, it was a deeply flawed technology right from the start.

Let's look at the reasoning behind that.

1. The overly bulky arc tube made controlling the lumen output all but impossible giving us just a big blob of light coming out of the fitting.

2. It was marketed as a "new" technology so the lamps were expensive yet they still use a 20 year ballast design copied from Osram or Philips. These ballasts have a very high failure rate compared to today's technology.

3. Lamps are sold with 100,000hrs or more life yet the ballasts rarely last 50,000hrs.

4. Lumens per watt levels are still at around 80 whereas other sources far exceed that now.

5. Radio interference has been known to affect the ballast operation. These systems also produce ElectroMagnetic emissions themselves, in the same way that cell phones or wireless routers do. While the jury is out on the impact these emissions have on human health, a large quantity of these luminaires in one enclosed space could be cause for concern.

6. Induction lamps are susceptible to impact or vibration, greatly limiting their useful applications. Being glass tube lamps with mercury content, this needs to be looked at carefully for any application.

I hope these points help to throw some light on the reasons why the lighting industry as a whole has all but rejected induction lighting as a responsible alternative to metal halide and backed LED technology as the choice to take.

By Jon Lewis 

Blue LED takes Nobel Prize

Light-emitting diodes, also known as LEDs have become a common energy saver all over the world. Directly converting electricity into light and sparing heat-waste, they use much less energy than fluorescent bulbs, creating both heat and light. While the red LED was created in the 1950s, without the magic of the blue light, LED was not living up to its full potential. In 1992, three men, Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura produced the blue light-emitting diode becoming the most efficient and longest lifetime bulb at the time. They are now presented with the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics and we see their accomplishment everyday when we look at our own smartphones. Congratulations!!

Written by Meghan Little at www.columbialighting.com/blog/?p=3811

METAL HALIDE, the ugly truth

For many years now metal halide lamps were the source of choice for Hibay and site lighting. They certainly provided the lumen output required and were a vast improvement over LPS and HPS in terms of CRi but were  still a deeply flawed lamp source.

With no way of dimming them, control was always out of the question, limited to merely ON or OFF. The long re strike delay meant power outages were a potential disaster and the sheer heat generated by the arc tube, exaggerated by the reflectors needed to control the emitted lumens meant optimum lamp life was very short. This is obviously a major issue when considering the heights these fittings are often mounted at. 

What is often overlooked or unknown is that the lumen output of a 1000w metal halide lamp reduces by around 50% after only about 5000hrs. This means your 1000w lamp is not much better than a 400w version yet the total system watts needed to run it remain constant at 1058, lowering the efficiency from the 100 LPW range down to almost 50. In real terms this means that re lamping should be done at least every 2 years to maintain safe and code compliant light levels and to avoid paying for the 50% light you no longer get.

From a safety, cost saving and environmental standpoint, isn't it time you made the commitment to upgrade to an LED solution. Can you really justify leaving it any longer?

Jon Lewis L.I.F

AAL LIGHTING REDEFINES LIGHTING WITH LED KICK

Posted by davidc@ccr-mag.com on www.ccr-mag.com/aal-lighting-redefines-lighting-with-led-kick/

 Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today the introduction of Architectural Area Lighting’s (AAL) latest site and area lighting masterpiece—the LED KicK™. Representing an entirely new class of LED luminaire, the KicK™ is the industry’s first product to angle upwards and yet provide full light cutoff.

Fusing a contemporary urban design with advanced LED technology, the KicK™ combines form and function where it matters most—on the pedestrian scale. The pole and luminaire are stylishly integrated into one bold angular design that delivers a truly elegant low glare solution for walkways, paths and building entrances.

The simplicity of the patent-pending Stair Step optic design lets form follow function, resulting in the luminaire’s slim and sleek design that hides the LEDs when viewed from behind. The KicK’s™ unique optical system delivers an impressive 12,880 lumens at up 99 lumens per watt with 0% uplight and 0% backlight.

The luminaire is available in three color temperatures (3000K, 4200K, 5100K); three optical distributions (Type 2, 3 and 4); two popular sizes for flexibility (K4, 4” and K5, 5”); and three configurable mounting options including integral pole, tenon mount and side mount. AAL’s KicK™ features integral surge and thermal protection, is 0-10V dimming ready and is compatible with a number of wired and wireless controls system including Hubbell Lighting’s wiHUBB™. More info at www.hubbelllighting.com.

Why LED lighting?

Written by Meghan Little

(featured: Columbia Lighting’s LED LJT Troffer with Advanced Solid State Technology)

For many years, incandescent bulbs were all people knew. But, with rapidly changing technology, LED’s (light-emitting diodes) have become a new choice for consumers. Some of the advantages of LED’s over conventional lighting are that LED’s last longer with a typical lifespan of 30,000 hours compared to the typical 750 hours of a traditional incandescent bulb. LED’s are also more durable and their small size allows them to be used in more applications. The biggest advantage of LED lighting is however, efficiency, by producing lighting without heat. Using less electricity and causing less waste, LED lights help the environment while saving money by reducing energy consumption. 

Hubbell Lighting Receives IES Recognition for 12 Innovative Products

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that 12 of its LED lighting and controls products have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing important advancements in lighting. The company has now received an impressive 42 IES Progress report selections supporting Hubbell’s technology leadership, which has been demonstrated over the past three years. Hubbell Lighting currently has the largest offering of LED residential and commercial fixtures recognized by IES.

“At Hubbell Lighting, we strive to deliver innovative lighting solutions that provide superior performance, quality and ease of use regardless of the application,” explained Scott Muse, President of Hubbell Lighting. “We are proud and honored to have 12 of our newest LED lighting and controls products recognized by the IES Progress Committee, but as a company that has been around for 125 years, we know the work doesn’t stop here. We’ll continue building on our long history of lighting innovation, providing the market with the very best line up of high performance and reliable products.”

The Progress Report submittals, which consist of new products, applications, research, design tools, and publications, are reviewed by the IES Progress Committee, who is responsible for monitoring developments in the art and science of lighting worldwide. The committee is made up of lighting industry professionals who possess expertise in varied areas within the field. Each submittal goes through a comprehensive judging process and is evaluated for uniqueness, innovation and significance to the lighting industry.

The following 12 Hubbell Lighting products were recognized by the 2014 IES Progress Report:

• Architectural Area Lighting KicK™
• Beacon Products Beaconnect
• Hubbell Building Automation LightHawk2 Wall Switch Sensor
• Hubbell Industrial Lighting LunaBay High Output
• Kurt Versen Very Narrow 8° LED Directional
• Kurt Versen Double Wall Wash
• Litecontrol Lightweave
• Precision-Paragon P2 LED Highbay with SWS
• Prescolite MegaLum Cylinder
• Prescolite D2 High Output
• Thomas Research Products EOL2 Series Surge Supressor
• Thomas Research Products Hazardous Location Series Drivers

The IES Progress Committee selections for this year will be presented at the IES Annual Conference on Monday, November 3, 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA.

For more information on Hubbell Lighting’s innovative lighting solutions, visit www.hubbelllighting.com and follow Hubbell Lighting on LinkedIn, Twitter andFacebook. For more information on the IES Progress Report 2014, visit www.ies.org/progress/.

About Hubbell Lighting
Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Prescolite, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spaulding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway. Hubbell Lighting: one name, distinctive brands, limitless lighting possibilities. For additional information, please visitwww.hubbelllighting.com and follow Hubbell Lighting on Twitter and Facebook.

GSAL Press Release: LED LIGHTING RETROFITS- SAVE ON ENERGY Rebate Version 5

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Hubbell Lighting, Totus Solutions and Axis Communications Integrate LED and Surveillance Technologies into One Platform

Companies Will Demonstrate Spaulding Lighting’s Cimarron LED Fixture with Active Deterrence™ Surveillance at 2014 ASIS International Expo in Atlanta, GA

Greenville, SC - September 22, 2014 – Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, and TOTUS Solutions, the leading provider of outdoor lighting based security platforms, will debut Spaulding Lighting’s popular Cimarron LED fixture (CL1) controlled by the Integrated TOTUS Surveillance Platform™ (iTSP™) with a built-in Axis Communications multi-megapixel IP video surveillance camera (AXIS M3027-PVE) during the 2014 ASIS International Expo at Axis Communications’ booth #1023.

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GSAL NEWS: CHANGING SCENE

Mercor Lighting
Mercor Lighting Joins Affiliated Distributors Canada 
Mercor Lighting, an independent lighting supplier with locations in Montreal, PQ and Concord, ON, is the newest member of Affiliated Distributors Canada.

Les Ventes Futura
BJ Take Appoints Les Ventes Futura as Manufacturers' Rep for Quebec 
Les Ventes Futura is now representing BJ Take Inc.'s complete product line of LED & fluorescent light fixtures in Quebec.

FuturPlus
FuturPlus Opens Ottawa Branch 
September 23 marks the official opening of a new 10,000 square foot FuturPlus location at 36 Antares Drive, Nepean.


GE Sells Appliance Business to Focus on Core Industrial Units
In a US$3.3 billion cash deal, GE is selling its appliances business to Sweden's Electrolux so that it can focus on the company's core industrial units.

Panasonic Lighting Names Joseph Damiani EVP, Sales and Marketing for PESLA
Panasonic Lighting Americas, Inc. has promoted lighting industry veteran Joseph A. Damiani to Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of PESLA.

Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms
This recall involves Kidde branded AC/DC powered residential smoke alarms and combination smoke/CO alarms, models KN-COSM-IBACA, i12010S-CO-CA and i12010S-CA.

UL Warns of Counterfeit UL Mark on Photovoltaic Panels
Photovoltaic panels labelled AstralENERGY 250W Model AE-CR250WP bear a counterfeit UL mark for Canada and the U.S