Acuity Brands, Inc Triumphs at Major LED Lighting Awards Competitions

11 industry awards for Company’s indoor and outdoor LED lighting solutions include prestigious “Best in Class” designation.

Acuity Brands, Inc. received an unprecedented 11 prominent industry awards, including prestigious “Best in Class” designation, for its newest commercial and industrial indoor and outdoor LED lighting solutions during last week’s LIGHTFAIR® International 2012 trade show.  Acuity Brands was the most honored LED lighting luminaire manufacturer.

The Company led the Next Generation Luminaires(TM) (NGL) Solid State Lighting Design Competition, winning a total of six awards for its LED indoor ambient and industrial lighting products, including “Best in Class” honors for the Lithonia Lighting® ST Series luminaire. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, the NGL contest was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires for general illumination in commercial lighting applications.

In addition, Acuity Brands was honored with five awards for its indoor and outdoor LED lighting luminaires as part of the 2012 Solid-State Lighting Product Innovation Awards from Architectural SSL magazine, which were presented during Lightfair 2012. The awards identify and honor the market’s most innovative LED and solid-state luminaires and fixtures as selected by a group of distinguished industry peers.

“We are honored to be recognized by our industry peers with 11 prestigious awards for our indoor and outdoor LED lighting solutions,” said Rick Earlywine, Acuity Brands Lighting Senior Vice President, Innovation & Technology. “The significance and number of awards proves yet again why Acuity Brands is the leading lighting company in North America.  We are committed to providing smart and simple solutions that deliver the best quality of lighting for a better quality of life. These industry honors clearly recognize that our innovative high-performance luminaires with integrated digital controls solutions are effectively increasing the quality of light, reducing maintenance and energy requirements, improving sustainability and lowering the total cost of operation.

“Our ongoing goal is to envision and create lighting solutions that customers both need and want; solutions that are not only high quality, reliable and affordable, but are also innovative, integrated and aesthetically pleasing,” said Earlywine.

Next Generation Luminaires Awards
The Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) judges recognized six innovative Acuity Brands products in three unique categories – utility/general purpose lighting, recessed modular lighting and high bay industry lighting.

Winners included: Lithonia Lighting ST Series indoor ambient LED luminaires, which received “Best-in-Class”; Lithonia Lighting RT Series indoor ambient LED luminaires; Lithonia Lighting VT Series indoor ambient LED luminaires; Lithonia Lighting AC Series indoor ambient lighting luminaires; Lithonia Lighting T Series indoor ambient lighting luminaires; and Lithonia Lighting PROTEON(TM) LED High Bay luminaires for industrial applications. For more information about the NGL winners visit http://www.ngldc.org/.

Product Innovation Awards
Architectural SSL magazine judges awarded five 2012 Solid-State Lighting Product Innovation Awards (PIA) to Acuity Brands spanning three categories – indoor and outdoor LED lighting products, general ambient lighting products, linear cove/wall wash and area lighting products.
The new high-quality Acuity Brands’ products honored by PIA included: Lithonia Lighting RT Relight Series indoor ambient LED luminaires; Lithonia Lighting VT Series indoor ambient LED luminaires; Lithonia Lighting ST Series indoor ambient LED luminaires; Lithonia Lighting Z Series LED striplights; and American Electric LightingR Autobahn outdoor area LED lighting luminaires. For more information about the PIA winners visit http://www.architecturalssl.com/.

Acuity Brands Launches the ROAMview Lighting Control System, Extending the Company’s ROAM Roadway Technology into Site and Area Lighting

The ROAMview system provides property owners and small municipalities the ability to efficiently manage outdoor lighting using a wireless monitoring and control system.   

Introducing the ROAMview™ lighting control system, an expansion of  the Company’s ROAM^® suite of industry-leading wireless outdoor lighting monitoring and control systems.  ROAMview features a pre-configured server and software package that can be easily deployed in smaller site, area or roadway applications such as car dealerships, shopping malls and campuses.

The ROAMview system allows property owners and small municipalities to efficiently operate and maintain their outdoor lighting by taking advantage of the optimal lighting performance, energy savings and reduced maintenance costs that the ROAM technology suite offers. With its pre-configured server and gateway, the ROAMview system simply connects to a user’s existing computer network, enabling control and monitoring from any computer within the user’s organization.

The intuitive, browser-based portal provides ease of control for grouping outdoor lighting fixtures, and easily applies customer-defined schedules for precise on/off and dimming.  Events or holidays that require specific lighting patterns are conveniently accommodated in the ROAMview portal’s simple drag-and-drop time-clock scheduling screen.

“With the addition of the ROAMview system to our product line, we can now offer all property owners a powerful suite of capabilities and features similar to those used by large municipalities,” said Terry Utterback, Acuity Brands Lighting Vice President and ROAM Value Stream Leader. “Without trenching a single foot of wire, they can go from circuit-based control to individual fixture control.  The system tracks and reports individual fixture performance, and  reports outages so that they can be quickly addressed.  It eliminates the need for night-time audits, the waste of day-burning lights and the elevated risks associated with lighting outages.”

The ROAMview system is simple to install and commission. Wireless ROAM nodes are installed on each fixture, attaching to an industry-standard NEMA® twist-and-lock receptacle.  As soon as the pre-configured server and gateway are energized, the system can begin to form its self-configuring, self-healing mesh network. It takes only a few hours to set up fixture groups and begin controlling lights.

Deadline Day: Register to Win a Kindle 3G!

Today at 5:30 p.m. EST is the deadline for registering for an Amazon Kindle 3G at the Acuity Brands 2011 GreenBuild booth, no. 1819N. Say the word “artichoke” to an Acuity Brands representative and you’ll have all you need to register! It’s all taking place at the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Toronto, through tomorrow, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

While you’re there, check out the latest in lighting and lighting controls from Acuity Brands. See how we’re creating a more sustainable planet, one lighting solution at a time.

Acuity Brands in Booth 1819N at 2011 Greenbuild

If you’re at the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, come see Acuity Brands in Booth 1819N.

In addition to showcasing the best quality of lighting and controls technologies in the industry, Acuity Brands will be giving away five Kindle e-readers. Visit Booth #1819N and say the word “artichoke.” You’ll get a registration form to submit and be that much closer to winning an Amazon Kindle 3G. To view official contest rules, click here.

Win an Amazon Kindle 3G Wireless e-Reader!

What’s black and white and green all over? It might be the Amazon Kindle 3G you win after visiting Acuity Brands at the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Toronto, October 4-7.

Come see the best intelligent lighting, controls and daylighting solutions in the industry and how they help reduce energy consumption by tremendous amounts over traditional lighting. The Acuity Brands booth is no. 1819N. Say the word “artichoke” and register to win one of five Amazon Kindle 3G e-readers.

For contest rules, visit this Web site.

Acuity Brands at 2011 Greenbuild Conference, Expo

Come see how Acuity Brands is creating a more sustainable planet, one lighting solution at a time.

Visit us in Booth #1819N at the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Toronto, October 4-7, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

 

Premier Healthcare Alliance Picks Acuity Brands

A three-year contract has been awarded to Acuity Brands to supply luminaires and lighting solutions to Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group-purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance. Premier is a collaborative alliance of healthcare facilities with an aim of improving community health through high-quality and cost-effective services.

The broad Acuity Brands portfolio of energy-efficient luminaires, intelligent control systems, and daylighting solutions, which now includes the specialized lighting portfolio of recently acquired Healthcare Lighting, will help Premier meet sustainability objectives for its members in new construction, renovation and relighting applications. That, plus the highest quality illumination for the wide variety of tasks in the facilities owned, leased or managed by its members.

Accreditation Expanded for Acuity Brands on Standards

A company can never have too many pats on the back. And, thanks to its LM-79-standards testing of LED luminaires, Acuity Brands has earned expanded accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). The LM-79 is a standard of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

Administered by the National Institute of Science and Technology, the NVLAP’s accreditation programs recognize companies that meet testing requirements of programs such as the Environmental Protection Agency/Department of Energy’s ENERGY STAR program, the DOE’s Lighting Facts and CALiPER programs, and the DesignLights Consortium.

Indoor and Outdoor LED Products Earn Honors

Three Acuity Brands products were named winners of four Product Innovation Awards (PIAs) from Architectural SSL magazine during LIGHTFAIR International. The magazine is a leading publication focused on LEDs and solid-state lighting throughout the built environment.

The PIAs, which honor the best LED luminaires and components on the market and the companies behind them, were given to:

• The Lithonia Lighting® RTLED™ luminaire, which received two Platinum Level honors in the General Ambient Lighting category and in the Most Innovative Optical Controls category.

• The Winona Lighting® Winline™ Submersible 607 Cool Core fixture, which received the Specialty Lighting Gold Level honor.

• The new Tersen® Ratio™ PG product, which received the Silver Level honor in the Low Bay/Garage category.

Smart Car + Smart Lighting = Happy Designer!

Congratulations to Suzanne Branch of LuM Lighting Design Consulting in Dallas, Texas. Suzanne won the brand new smart USA 2011 smart fortwo passion coupe, courtesy of Acuity Brands! The car was given away at the LIGHTFAIR International trade show and conference last week. More than 750 people qualified for a chance to win the car by visiting all Acuity Brands booths. See a photo of happy Suzanne in her new car here!