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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.
Nora Lighting Launches Cutting-Edge 24V COB LED Tape Light
COMMERCE, CALIF.—Nora Lighting, a pioneer in innovative lighting solutions, has unveiled its latest breakthrough product, 24V COB LED tape light system. COB LED Tape Light is poised to redefine the possibilities of illumination, effortlessly converting traditional lighting setups into modern LED systems. Designed with user-friendliness at its core, the tape light can be cut every 1.79” and connected with additional accessories. Tape light is ordered in 16’ or 100’ rolls with a 12” power cord and mounting clips.
High performance 24V LED tape light delivers 450 lumens per foot in dedicated color temperatures. Chip on board (COB) technology creates a...
Landscape Forms Announces New Options for Ashbery Lighting
KALAMAZOO, MICH.—Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of premium site furniture, structure, LED lighting, and accessories, announces expansions to its Ashbery lighting family. Focused on broadening performance capabilities, the new Ashbery expansions allow the company’s popular line of modern traditional area lights to feature more prominently in a greater range of outdoor spaces.
“Ashbery was originally designed to be very well adapted for pedestrian-centric environments, but we recognize that our clients are designing spaces that go beyond the purely pedestrian, and they want a common design language all throughout,” says Landscape Forms President of Lighting, Jordan Agustin. “The...
Juno Adds Trac-Master Narrow Profile LED Wall Wash Fixtures
ATLANTA—Juno, an established leader in the manufacture of downlighting and track lighting, announced the new family of Trac-Master Narrow Profile LED Wall Wash Track Fixtures. The fixtures provide intense, evenly distributed light with full-wall coverage making them an ideal choice wherever a wide, uniform beam pattern is desired to enhance an accent wall, signage, product display, or any focal point on the room perimeter.
Using 30 percent less materials than previous wall wash Trac-Master models, Juno’s slim, non-invasive design maintains a discreet presence. Minimal aperture brightness fights glare, improving user comfort. Impeccably designed center of gravity maintains perfect balance regardless of fixture aiming. Fixtures can even be...
EarthTronics Introduces EarthConnect 2.0 to Simplify Lighting Control
NORTON SHORES, MICH.—EarthTronics, dedicated to developing innovative energy-saving lighting products that provide a positive economic and environmental impact, introduces its EarthConnect 2.0, Bluetooth networked lighting control (NLC) system. It makes it easy for commercial facilities to maximize energy savings, improve comfort and achieve building code compliance.
EarthConnect 2.0 provides enhanced efficiency which increases productivity and reduces waste. Its functionality includes quick wireless grouping, scene setting, full range dimming and scheduling. The lighting control hardware is easily installed in the field or at the factory providing project flexibility. Contractors will find it easy and quick to commission and facility managers will...
Viva Resorts by Wyndham Announces Green Initiatives Program
PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Viva Resorts by Wyndham announced it has achieved Wyndham Green program certification as part of its comprehensive plan to have its hotels operating at maximum efficiency while minimizing their environmental footprints. This achievement that reaffirms the company’s core values, is the latest development highlighting the hotel brand’s foundational and continued commitment to protecting the environment and the communities it operates in.
“Sustainability and giving back to the community have always been part of Viva’s DNA,” said Viva Resorts by Wyndham Corporate Director, Marketing and Public Relations, Erika Sordo. “We strongly believe in protecting the environment and especially our oceans....
Nora Lighting Launches New Wall Mount Cylinder with Selectable CCT
COMMERCE, CALIF.—Nora Lighting, a leading manufacturer of innovative lighting solutions, announces the launch of 3” LED Cylinders, a cutting-edge lighting fixture designed to transform the way we illuminate our spaces. With its exceptional performance, versatility, and energy efficiency, the cylinder sets a new standard in the hotel industry.
The cylinders feature a minimalist design with a deep cone reflector for optimal visual comfort. The cylinder can be changed to a single direction or up & downlight, and it includes a selectable CCT switch located on the cover plate. This allows users to choose between three different color temperatures: 3000K, 4000K,...
Landscape Forms Appoints Scott Reinholt Vice President of Sales
KALAMAZOO, MICH.—Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of high-design site furniture, structure, and lighting announced the promotion of Scott Reinholt, ASLA from his current position as Director of Sales for the Eastern Region to his new position as the company’s Vice President of Sales.
“Scott and I have worked together closely at Landscape Forms since I first joined the company way back in 2003,” says Landscape Forms Chief Revenue Officer and President of the company’s sister brand Loll Designs, Eric Swanson. “He’s delivered tremendous results as a key leader on our sales team, and I think he will...
MARK Architectural Lighting Launches MAGELLAN Family of Luminaires
ATLANTA—MARK Architectural Lighting, an established leader in architectural lighting solutions, released MAGELLAN, a new family of large-format, architectural, circular luminaires. Delivering a clean, modern style across a variety of sizes and configurations, Magellan luminaires offer a wide variety of features and aesthetics that provide visual comfort in architectural spaces.
The Magellan family has evolved to include pendants, ceiling-surface, and recessed ceiling luminaires, as well as surface and recessed wall-mounted solutions. These new luminaires are designed to be impeccably clean with no seams or visual disruptions in their circular form. The result is an elegant drum-style luminaire that appears to be carved from one solid form.
Magellan is...
Eco Hometel Brand Expands Its Portfolio with room2 Belfast Opening
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND—Real estate investor and developer Lamington Group is adding to its pioneering eco hometel brand with the opening of room2 Belfast, the fourth outpost, and first property outside England, set to open later this summer.
With the opening just months away, the team are giving a first look at the hometel, which is set to become a hub for the community in the heart of the bustling city, moments away from Belfast’s most popular attractions. The new property will consist of 175 rooms across nine floors as well as a vibrant café, beautifully designed tearoom, meeting and event spaces, a gym,...
EarthTronics Adds Low-Profile Color & Wattage Selectable LED Area Light
NORTON SHORES, MICH.—EarthTronics, dedicated to developing innovative energy-saving lighting products that provide a positive economic and environmental impact, introduces its low-profile Color & Wattage Selectable LED Area Light. Designed to ensure the proper light level and color temperature for exterior, wide-flood area illumination, it is ideal for commercial, educational, healthcare, industrial and municipal facilities that illuminate parking lots and walkways.
The Color & Wattage Selectable LED Area Light provides the flexibility of setting the color temperature at 3000K, 4000K or 5000K. Two models are available with adjustable lumen levels at the point of installation—one with 9100, 13000 or 19500 lumen...