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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.

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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.

EYE Lighting Achieves Designlights Approval for LED Luminaires

MENTOR, OHIO—EYE Lighting International, a leading manufacturer of lamps, luminaires and related lighting products, has achieved recognition on the Designlights Consortium’s Qualified Products List. LED fixtures on this list may qualify for state and utility energy efficiency program incentives. The demand for LED fixtures is growing at a rapid pace and utilities want to be assured they are purchasing high quality LED luminaires. The Designlights national list of qualified products provides the necessary information for energy efficiency program administrators to determine whether the LED luminaires they are evaluating qualify for possible incentives. The Designlights product list requires criteria similar to...

USAI Lighting Expands LED Solutions Family

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y.—USAI Lighting has expanded its BeveLED portfolio of LED (light emitting diode) downlight, adjustable and wall wash fixtures. A promising innovation for the future of LED technology and solid state lighting, the award-winning BeveLED family is the most recent addition to the lighting manufacturer’s flagship Bevel product line. “With a complete line of LED fixtures, we hope to provide our customers with high-performance quality and sustainable lighting, offering designers the flexibility and compatibility features needed to adapt to the strictest standards of the evolving LED lighting industry,” said Bonnie Littman, president of USAI Lighting. “We aim to further...

Lutron Expands Quantum Total Light Management System

COOPERSBURG, PA.—Energy-saving lighting control manufacturer Lutron Electronics announces enhanced Quantum system functionality enabling real-time energy metering of building loads. Lutron’s Quantum Total Light Management maximizes the efficient use of light to improve comfort and productivity, simplify operations and save energy. This system dims or switches all electric lighting and simultaneously controls daylight using automated shades. Quantum easily integrates with building management systems. Quantum systems have always incorporated energy-use calculation software to help evaluate and monitor overall lighting energy use. Now, with new Quantum Energy Metering, the system can also provide real-time energy measurement and verification including high-accuracy metering of lighting, HVAC...

BYD Joins Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium

NEW YORK—The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium announced that BYD has joined the Consortium as a Contributing Member. A global leader in new energy solutions, BYD’s membership in the Consortium will contribute to establishing the new Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSPI), to set standards for evaluating sustainability practices and purchases industry wide. With more than 4.5 million hotel rooms in the United States, lighting is a critical element of design, which must be integrated throughout the development, redevelopment and renovations processes. “Our goal in joining the Consortium is to help the hospitality industry by establishing sustainability performance criteria that delivers real solutions...

Acuity Brands Expands Daylighting Solutions

ATLANTA—Acuity Brands, Inc., a provider of energy-efficient lighting, controls and daylighting solutions, has expanded its Sunoptics high-performance prismatic daylighting portfolio with the introduction of the SEAMLIGHT Curbless Daylighting System. The SEAMLIGHT System is designed for direct installation onto existing industrial standing seam roofing systems, creating new opportunities for the implementation of daylighting solutions. The Sunoptics high-performance prismatic skylights optimize indoor daylighting performance via a patented dome construction designed to capture more light at low sun angles, which maximizes the amount of light transmittance, while maintaining 100 percent diffusion and eliminating undesirable hot spots, glare and UV damage. Utilizing the same...

Verve to Exhibit New Line of Energy-Saving Products at Greenbuild

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—Verve Living Systems, developers of wireless, battery-less control products, will be exhibiting a new line of energy-saving automation products during Greenbuild 2012. Greenbuild will be held in Toronto October 4 to 7. The new Verve product portfolio uses highly efficient radio frequency technology in an attractively designed family of sensors and control devices that enable significant energy savings without compromising comfort. The Verve product line consists of four primary categories of product: Occupancy Detection, HVAC Control, Lighting and Load Control, and User Interfaces. Verve sensors determine the occupancy state of a room, and communicate wirelessly with other Verve devices...

ALA Provides Guidance on Light Bulb Legislation

NATIONAL REPORT—Confused about changing light bulb technology and new regulations affecting the types of bulbs stores sell? The American Lighting Association (ALA) offers information to help simplify the process of selecting efficient, economical and effective light bulbs. Are Certain Types of Light Bulbs Being Banned? The word “ban” is incorrect. While it is true that the 100-watt incandescent bulb will no longer be manufactured after January 2012, it is not a ban as much as it is a replacement. Products in every industry go through a similar process where something that is no longer efficient is replaced in the marketplace by...

Lighting Enterprises Introduces Flexible LED Reading Lights

DETROIT—Lighting Enterprises (LEI), a leading maker of decorative lighting and energy saving LEDs for hotel and resort guestrooms and public spaces, has introduced a new line of exclusive hand stitched faux-leather wrap arms for their series of headboard-mount LED flexible reading lights for hotel guestrooms. LEI has been testing this leather feature for a year with a select group of key luxury hotel brands including Grand Hyatt, prior to presenting to the entire hospitality market. The launch at HD Boutique earlier this month showcased Taupe Faux-Leather fixture samples and include black or white options. New literature accompanying the fixture introduction...

LEDtronics Adds Line of R16 LED Reflector Lamps

TORRANCE, CALIF.—LEDtronics announces its latest generation of direct incandescent-replacement R16 LED Reflector Lamps with standard 26mm medium screw base. The bulbs operate on 120VAC and provide a concentrated 40-degree beam of light from a cluster of 40 LEDs. The energy-efficient R16-40-SIW-120AM (3,000K warm white) and R16-40-TPW-120AM (5000K natural white) draw just 1.7 watts each and provide up to 140 lumens. They provide an up to 90 percent savings in energy costs over incandescent and halogen bulbs, and have an operating lifespan of up to 50,000 hours. The lamps are ideal for architects, retail store display creators, entertainment designers and other...

WAC Lighting Receives ISO-14001 Certification

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.—Reinforcing its Responsible Lighting brand standard with ongoing improvement of the company’s programs for environmental protection and conservation, WAC Lighting received an ISO-14001 Certification for its effective environmental management system of designing and producing luminaires and components. The company operates a clean, wholly owned manufacturing campus with zero landfill status, recycling capabilities and in-house UL authorized labs. “We are proud to be awarded this latest ISO certification,” stated Shelley Wald, president of WAC Lighting. “Our environmental management system is precisely aligned with our ‘Responsible Lighting’ philosophy that provides a holistic, strategic approach to our organization’s environmental policy, plans...