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According to industry experts, lighting accounts for up to 35 percent of a hotel’s energy bill. Fluorescents, light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures and other products all provide significant savings--both indoors and outdoors. Innovative daylighting techniques are also helping to reduce costs and improve interior spaces. Got news or a story idea to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.

Lighting

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According to industry experts, lighting accounts for up to 35 percent of a hotel’s energy bill. Fluorescents, light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures and other products all provide significant savings--both indoors and outdoors. Innovative daylighting techniques are also helping to reduce costs and improve interior spaces. Got news or a story idea to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.

LEDnovation Announces EnhanceLite BR30 Line of Lamps

TAMPA, FLA.—LEDnovation, a developer of LED replacement lamps, introduced its Warm Dimming LED BR30 replacement lamp. As background, incandescent and halogen lamps turn warmer in color temperature when dimmed. LEDnovation’s EnhanceLite LED-BR30-65-1-27D-IF breaks new ground in the LED lighting industry with its highly accurate representation of true incandescent and halogen dimming. With a unique digital dimming control, trichromatic color solution and customized dimming profile algorithms, the lamp, when dimmed, follows the black body planckian locus with a high degree of fidelity.The lamps are ideal in a variety of applications that require warm lighting, such as track lighting, recessed ceiling...

VaporLok Rolls Out New CFL Bulb Recycling Container

MANKATO, MINN.—A new compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) recycling container from VaporLok Products LLC, Mankato, Minn., can safely hold up to four 13-watt, or up to three 23-watt used CFLs, protecting consumers from hazardous mercury vapors if the fragile bulbs inside are broken from mishandling. With the average CFL containing approximately 4 milligrams of mercury, a single broken bulb can release vapor levels dangerous to consumers’ health. Exposure to mercury can cause neurological, kidney and brain damage in adults, children and fetuses.Especially significant, this CFL recycling solution is the only one that adsorbs mercury vapor inside the container to protect...

Antique Street Lamps Offers New Eurotique Luminaires

GRANVILLE, OHIO—Popular Euro-styling and superior nighttime performance merge in Antique Street Lamps’ new Eurotique LED luminaires. The high performance fixtures offer design flexibility with striking “Munich” and “Hanover” styles in two different sizes and either post top or pendant mounting.New Eurotique LED luminaires are family scaled to offer designers the opportunity to create attractive transitions from buildings to pedestrian gathering areas and streets. Multiple luminaire and arm combinations offer a choice of appearances to complement a range of outdoor environments.“Eurotique luminaires were created to complement virtually any site plan, offering eye-catching shapes and dimensions to facilitate continuity,” said Ben...

AIR, FLEX by 3M Expand Line of Lighting Solutions

ST. PAUL, MINN.—3M Architectural Markets introduces AIR and FLEX by 3M. Debuted in an installation by James Mansour at NeoCon in June, AIR and FLEX represent flexible lighting fixtures that encourage creative customization while also offering a cost-effective LED lighting source backed by 3M’s history of technological know-how.AIR is a flexible and lightweight hoop fixture available in a multitude of diameters and combinations of RGB color output. This fixture creates wide bands of even light, and can be hung as a singular fixture or in a cluster to create a more dramatic statement. AIR uses energy-efficient, LED sources.FLEX is...

The Broadmoor Builds On Successful Initiatives

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.—When you have 744 guestrooms in multiple buildings, a spa, restaurants, and three 18-hole golf courses—all on 3,000 acres—maintaining a high level of operational efficiency is always a challenge. At The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., however, the management team has been able to keep up with aging infrastructure thanks to owners who have poured $300 million into the property since 1995. It was in 1995 that renovations began on the historic hotel that was first constructed in 1918.“The main hotel building was built to 1918 energy standards,” says Terry McHale, The Broadmoor’s director of facilities. “It...

LittleFootprint Lighting Earns Lighting for Tomorrow Award

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.—LittleFootprint Lighting, a pioneer of sustainably designed LED task lighting products made in the United States from recycled e-waste, has been awarded Honorable Mention in the Lighting for Tomorrow design competition for its HeronLED Personal Task Light. The Lighting for Tomorrow competition encourages market entrance of well-designed, efficient lighting and recognizes aesthetically pleasing Energy Star lighting products.Receiving the award at the American Lighting Association’s annual conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., LittleFootprint Lighting CEO Nancy Wahl-Scheurich said, “We are really excited to have the HeronLED recognized not only for its energy efficiency and sustainability, but also for its attractive design....

One Stop Green Launches New Commercial Website

HOUSTON—One Stop Green, an international retailer for green, energy efficient products and services launches its new commercial solutions website. The new commercial site focuses on green products that are suitable for commercial clients that include architects, engineers, commercial buildings and apartment complexes, industrial facilities, and hospitality. The new site also features ActiveLED lighting.When a user visits OneStopGreen.com for the first time, they are directed to a landing page where they will select One Stop Green Residential or Commercial Solutions. The residential site will continue to offer green products for the home that are directly available for sale on the...

Havells Launches Energy Star LED Lamp Portfolio

ATLANTA—Havells, a global leader in the lighting industry, is now offering their full line of Energy Star rated LED lamps. Havells’ new long-life LED portfolio provides a wide range of bulb types with dimmable options, high light output, and guaranteed energy savings for all types of industrial, commercial, hospitality, and residential lighting applications.Built with state-of-the-art LED chip technology, the new Havells A19, Decorative, Globes, MR16, and PAR LEDs are UL listed and meet or exceed Energy Star’s strict standards for energy efficiency and performance. These LED lamps are available in 3000k warm white and offer a color consistency of...

Westinghouse Launches New Catalogs, Website Features

PHILADELPHIA—Westinghouse Lighting introduces two new catalogs that showcase their expansive U.S. stocking program. In addition to the product assortment Westinghouse consistently offers, they are introducing dozens of new products.The Lamp Catalog features a comprehensive product line, highlighted by a multitude of new lamps in the LED, Halogen and specialty lamp categories. The catalog format has been updated to include the specifications required by EISA labeling.The Lighting Catalog combines ceiling fans, light fixtures and accessories into a single comprehensive catalog making it easy to coordinate product finishes and accessories. This catalog’s new product selection includes a patent-pending cathedral canopy.“At Westinghouse...

MaxLite Introduces Energy Efficient LED Linear T8 Lamp

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—Consuming just 20 watts while powered by a one- or two- lamp per driver configuration, MaxLite introduces the LED Linear F32T8 Replacement Lamp for retrofit applications currently using 4-foot fluorescent tubes. MaxLite, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of the award-winning MaxLED line of LED luminaires and lamps using LED technology, has designed the LED Linear T8 Lamp to allow for a single remote driver to operate pairs or a single T8 lamp.“While fluorescents can buzz and flicker and contribute to headaches and eye fatigue, our new LED Linear T8 lamp is constructed with high quality LEDs...