FARMINGDALE, N.Y.—LaMar Lighting, manufacturers of highly efficient LED and fluorescent lighting, recently launched a completely redesigned website. Many hours went into developing, testing, and streamlining hundreds of pages of the website, in order to make navigating the site, requesting product and components quotes, and finding resources or information much easier for visitors. In addition to the new website, LaMar has redesigned its official logo to reflect the prominence of its LED product line.LaMar’s product catalog of more than 150 American-made LED and fluorescent luminaires throughout nine main categories have been reorganized by product type, rather than application, making it...

OAKLAND, CALIF.—The Blendz Patina Collection from Móz Metals & Architectural Products is expanding with four new color offerings inspired by nature. The Patina Collection is the newest addition to the Móz portfolio of dynamic metal surfacing materials. Featuring variegated tones of copper, wood, water and other earth tones, the Patina Collection adds dimensionality and natural beauty to walls, columns, and facades in a lightweight easy-to-install metal material.The Blendz Patina collection features a range of colorways and a choice of rich textural grains for a stunning metal finish. Blendz Patina’s natural aesthetic creates visual interest in interior and exterior installations,...

NORCROSS, GA.—ChlorKing’s new Chlor MSM (Mini Switch Mode) line of salt chlorinators is designed to meet the lower capacity needs of spas and smaller commercial pools, such as those at hotels and motels, while giving them the operating efficiencies and safety benefits offered for larger pools by the company’s Chlor SM (Switch Mode) line. Two models are available: Chlor MSM2 for spas and pools holding up to 2,500 gallons of water and Chlor MSM5 for pools holding up to 75,000 gallons. They are capable of using salt to produce up to 2.2 pounds of chlorine or 6 pounds, respectively,...

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—Delivering high-performance optics in a new design, MaxLite presents the LED Parking Garage Square Canopy as long-lasting, energy-efficient lighting for commercial and municipal parking applications.Listed by DesignLights Consortium (DLC) and eligible for utility rebates, the Square Canopy consumes 80 percent less energy than the conventional 250-watt metal halide luminaires it is designed to replace and operates far longer, with a lumen maintenance rating of 50,000 hours at L70 standards. With a depth of approximately 3 ½ inches, the Square Canopy is an ideal choice for illuminating parking decks, stairwells and other low-bay installations where high quality security...

GUAM—Dusit Thani Guam Resort is the first luxury hotel in Guam to achieve EarthCheck Bronze Certification. Bronze Certification recognizes the commitment of the hotel to benchmark its environmental and social sustainability under the EarthCheck program. EarthCheck is widely regarded as a scientifically rigorous environmental benchmarking and certification program and provides a framework which includes requirements specific to management systems, such as quality, environment, occupational health and safety, risk management, heritage and corporate social responsibility.Stewart Moore, CEO and Founder of EarthCheck, said that Dusit Thani Guam Resort recognizes the benefits of being a sustainability leader within Guam. “Dusit Thani Guam...

WOODRIDGE, ILL.—Gerber, an industry leader in high performing plumbing fixtures, is on a mission to dispel the myth that water efficient toilets cannot perform well. The brand’s recent demonstration video features its leading Avalanche toilet (Model # WS-21-818), which operates at 1.28 gallons per minute/4.8 liters per minute. In the video, the WaterSense certified Avalanche comfortably flushes 4,600 grams of water balloons (4 to 5 times more than what is required to earn the prestigious certification).So what gives the Avalanche product line so much flushing power?“Obviously there’s a science that goes into a toilet configuration, especially when you only...

LEXINGTON, KY.—Big Ass Fans’ new Haiku Light was engineered to reduce energy waste and eliminate bulb swapping. The Haiku Light delivers three times the brightness of a typical 75W bulb, lasts 30 times as long and uses about one-third of the energy. Ideal for indoor and outdoor use, the LEDs are sealed to repel bugs, dirt and dust so it never has to be cleaned out.The heart of the Haiku Light is automation—each fixture includes both motion-sensing technology and scheduling functions. Another feature that will be introduced later this year is Active Light Equalization, which will automatically adjust brightness...

OMAHA, NEB.—A recent check using Google Trends, which indicates how often a particular search-term is used, revealed that the term “cleaning with aqueous ozone” is receiving more than a third more queries today it than it did in July 2015. The search term was used more than 79,400 times a year ago; as of June 1, 2016 it has already been used more than 114,280 times. Because these systems are used in professional cleaning, most likely these inquiries are coming from facility managers and cleaning professionals. Yet, many people are not exactly sure what aqueous ozone is or how it can...

NEW YORK—It’s official. New York City’s newly mandated commercial organics law (1162-A) will hold certain foodservice establishments to a higher standard of food waste management and many operators have no real understanding of how this can negatively affect their business. ORCA has announced a solution—the ORCA system—for diverting food waste from landfills and incineration that is 100 percent compliant and easy to implement.“This is a serious issue for many of New York City’s high volume restaurants and hotels,” says Spiro Frangos, Director of Business Development for ORCA. “Our ORCA system is specifically designed to address and immediately solve the...

ROCK HILL, S.C.—HyLite LED Lighting has introduced a new LED tube light as an alternative product to its existing high-performance LED tube lights. This new, normal-brightness LED tube will provide customers a more economical choice in LED retrofit lamps while providing high quality, long lasting illumination.The new HyLite LED tube light is a direct-wire LED retrofit solution that provides up to 50,000 hours of rated life. The lamp does not require a ballast or additional equipment to operate, which minimizes energy savings and eliminates a potential point of failure in the system.The 4 foot LED tube runs at 18W...