Tegan Lighting

Tegan Lighting

The Dulanski Group brought Tegan Lighting to introduce us to some of their products. Tegan showed us their track fixtures including their micro-spotlights. The Pico LED comes in a 1watt and 3watt option and can be used as a monopoint. The 1watt version comes with a 12° or 30° beam spread option and the 3watt version comes with 12°, 25° and 40° beam spreads which can be switched in the field. These fixtures are great for display case applications. They also showed us their recessed track fixture which boasts a very small profile and can be supplied with a cover that can be painted to match the ceiling making the track disappear almost completely. Another fixture they highlighted was their linear LED which works with their track system. They are using the Samsung linear LED strip which comes with a tight spacing allowing for a clean line without seeing the individual nodes. With the track, the linear can be installed as an up light or down light. Tegan also showed us some of their decorative options. They designed their pendant fixtures to have two different heat sinks that are integral to both the fixture and the design. The pendants also come with two options for the glass gem; a sphere and a tapered form. The LED can come in either an 8watt or a 35watt option. The pendant can be used alone with just the gem, or it can be specified with their other shade options.

Stile Lighting

Stile Lighting

Enterprise Lighting Sales stopped by with Stile Lighting to show us some new products. All products are very modifiable. Stiles Lighting is very performance driven and their optics are all customizable. One fixture they highlighted is their Lynk fixture which comes in both fluorescent and LED options. The fixture is customizable with various optic options. It also is customizable for lamp configurations and shape. The fixture has a very unique aesthetic so it would have to be for the right project but the options are very open. Another fixture they showed us was the Zynn, a linear product with both fluorescent and LED options. This fixture can be wall mounted, suspended and pier mounted for stack lighting. Stile Lighting has a lot of linear pendant options with unique profiles so it would be for a specific project but the performance of their fixtures is very high.

Lumen Art

Lumen Art

Lumen Art stopped by with the Dulanski Group. One of the products they highlighted is the Wave Form, a pendant and wall mounted fixture in 9.75”, 10.4” and 46.4” lengths. The fixture has a satin nickel weave element and the LEDs graze through the open weaves. Chameleon is another fixture they brought and is a color changing geometric fixture that comes in cube, linear box, cylinder and dome forms. The fixture can be specified with a down light component. The Velo LED is a pendant fixture with a handmade glass component. As of now it is offered only with CFL, but are planning on coming out with an LED version soon. They have several fabric fixtures options that come in various size and geometric forms that can be pendant or surface mounted.

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SPI and Advent Lighting

SPI Lighting

O’Blaney Rinker Associates came with SPI and Advent to show us their latest products. The Echo 1.5 is a linear LED and comes in 6” increments and has a good forward throw. The fixture comes with internal optics and comes standard as 35K and 45K, they can also provide 3K.

They showed us their cove product that can either come with T5 or LED. They are not known for their cove but offer a good option for projects with a tight budget. The regular cove product is $30/ft. and they have one for $15/ft. They also showed us decorative fixtures from their Advent lines. Two fixtures that they showed us but have not been added to the website are ACP142422 and ACP140903. Both are pendants offered with either CFL or LED. Both offer custom sizes. Some of the decorative LED fixtures are offered with emergency options. Everything they offer is built to order and very customizable. They offer a short turn around even with customizations.

Creative Systems Lighting

Enterprise Lighting Sales stopped by with Creative Systems Lighting to show some of their products. CSL is owned by the same family as USAI and is coming in as a lower level pricing option. They use CREE LED across the board on all of their products. Currently they offer their down lights in 2, 3, and 5 inch options. The 5 inch version is available with 0-10V dimming. Their standard color temperatures are 2800K, 3000K and 4000K. They offer both round and square trim options. Their products have a plug-and-play feature with the optics. All fixtures are supplied with 25°, 45° and 65° beam spread options that are field changeable. The 5 inch version is available in a 12° and 85° beam spread as well. Right now they offer their 3 inch as an adjustable option with an IC rated housing.

They are not offering the 2 inch with a smaller beam spread because they are not able to get the optics where they want them to be without significantly lowering the lumen package. However, in some cases for us, the tighter beam spread is more preferable to the higher lumen output.

Their lumen packages were comparable to others we have seen. The 2 inch is available with a 14 watt, 800 lumen and 80 CRI package with the option of 600 lumens and getting a 90CRI. The 3 inch version is available with a 16watt, 1100 lumen and 85 CRI package. And the 5 inch version is available with a 30 watt, 2200 lumen and 85 CRI package with the option of a 1900 lumen and 90 CRI package. All three fixtures seemed to provide a lot of light compared to their competitors. They are working on getting a 3000 lumen package available for the 5 inch within the year.

They offer a mud ring for all of their down lights. This is not a trimless design, but moves the flange flush to the ceiling. They are looking at doing a wall washer later on in the year.

They also showed us their low voltage linear LED fixture. This fixture is considered to be a T8 cove replacement. The standard options for this fixture are 2800K and 4000K. It can be dimmed through a magnetic low voltage dimmer. Each module has its own on-board driver which makes the fixture field adjustable by cutting it to length. The fixture is rated for damp locations.

Another linear led they showed us is their linear strip which is a line voltage product. The linear strip also comes in both 2800K and 4000K options and can be dimmed using an electronic low voltage dimmer. It comes in 10.5” and 21” lengths and is adjustable with a 120° total rotation. The fixture is rated for wet locations.

CSL Lighting

Kurt Versen

Kurt Versen offers their fixtures in two options: fixed function and flex function. The flex option can change from below in the field. Its adjustments are tool-less and lockable.All of their fixtures are offered with a plug and play feature that allows you to switch different technologies while using the same housing. With a multi-source platform, the fixtures can be specified with remote phosphor, PAR LED or MR-16 MH. Kurt Versen has put a lot of effort into incorporating the option of a medium screw base for PAR LEDs with all of their fixtures. Although because of this feature, the housing is quite large making it difficult to use them on projects where space is limited. They do offer a shallow housing which works better for most projects but also limits some of the options the larger housing affords. One issue we noticed with using the PAR LEDs with a recessed fixture is that you see multiple lines from the multiple LEDs because of how it interacts with the reflector. However, the medium screw base fixture is half the price of the remote phosphor version which helps when the budget is limited. They are also UL listed for screw in bases and offer a 25watt current limiter for each fixture to regulate socket wattage. All of the fixtures come with 0-10V dimming standard and can also be specified for Lutron 1% dimming with a $65 adder. Kurt Versen had a nice fixture they showed us which had a dual function of wall washing and a down light. The wall wash portion had a nice wide throw that allows a two to one spacing. The other wall washers that they showed all had a harsh line an inch to an inch and a half to the top which would require extra care for installation to ensure they are all installed at the same level. Kurt Versen showed off their finish options that are all offered standard. The SoftSheen finish mixes the anomaly of colors nicely and is in between the clear and their Softglow options. The Softglow option has a higher surface brightness and the colors were more noticeable. The specular finish had quite a bit more color anomalies. Another big feature they have invested time into is their heat sink technology and its efficiency in dispersing heat to ensure long life. They are also able to pull the heat from the front as well as the back. Some of the new products they are coming out with include a square surface LED fixture; the round version is available now. They are also working with Xicato to come out with a narrow beam option as well as a 3000 lumen package.

Kurt Versen

Tempo Industries

The Dulanski Group brought Tempo Industries by after Leducation so we could get a closer look at what they have been up to. Their new product is their C7100 that comes alongside the original C7000 series but is not meant as a replacement. Comes standard in 3500K and boasts 900 lumens/ft. The design of the fixture allows for good heat management. They are using CREE LEDs. Right now the fixture is using a ten or four spacing but soon they will be offering 22/ft. spacing which will provide a much tighter and cleaner line of light without the appearance of the individual nodes. This fixture is meant to be a replacement for fluorescent industrial strips. Tempo is working on getting an emergency ballast for it as well as looking at an occupancy censor integration. Their main focus has been with the design of the LEDs and lumen output; however their next area of focus will be to have more capabilities with the optics.

Tempo Industries

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Remote Controlled Lighting

• Remote access for gallery and event lighting applications • Both recessed and track fixture options available • Individual control and global control

Visa Lighting

• Oldenburg: end-of-life system • Keeps track of initial light output and tells you when it starts to fail/reach 70% output. • Good for general, egress and security applications • Will be available to work with fixtures from other manufacturers

Louis Paulsen

• Silverback Ceiling/Wall LED • Back metallized half gives off a soft halo-like effect on the surface

Day-O-Lite

• Good substitute for Linear Lighting • Very modification friendly

Prisma Architectural Lighting

• Strip oval: exterior and interior

Electrix Illumination

• iLas: high performance perimeter lighting system

USA Illumination

• Bevelmini • Warm glow dimming • Color curve dimming

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• In-ground adjustable

Erco

• Framing projector track fixture with fresnal lens

Feelux

• Two track adjustments for linear seamless LED • Side connector for continuous runs

Illumination Machines

• LED retrofit for incandescent replacements • Offering A19 and B10 lamp options • Also provides optical components separately • Has a half-chrome globe lamp

Fabbian Lighting

Eclipse Lighting Corporation and Fabbian stopped by so we could get a look at what new things they have been adding to their product line. The first fixture they highlighted from their catalog is the Roofer. This hanging lamp is very unique using recycled rubber tiles that are attached to a wire frame in an overlapping fashion similar to roof tiles, creating a fun fixture that can be customized with different color tiles. The Roofer comes with either an acrylic or fabric lens. Another fixture that they highlighted was their Lumi line. The Lumi fixtures can either be used as table or floor lamps as well as surface and pendant mounted. Previously they have been available in two sizes with varying globe forms, but they are now providing another more amoebic shape to their line called Lumi Mycena for an even more whimsical look.

Fabbian also showed us their Tile line which uses clear or colored crystalline glass. The tiles are mounted as a hanging installation that can be either used as a single pane or as two panes which allows for a more three-dimensional effect. The tiles are installed along an aluminum cable structure that allows the tiles to appear to be floating in the air.

A big highlight of Fabbian’s product lines is their use of Italian glass for most of their fixtures. The quality of the glass was very impressive, however even more impressive was their competitive price point for the majority of their fixtures.

http://www.fabbian.com/

Lucifer Lighting

International Lights brought us Lucifer Lighting to show us new improvements to their line. The first product they showed us was their new LED board that utilizes RGB LEDs to modify the color as you dim down providing the ability to achieve a warm temperature as the light fades. As of now this feature will only be available in their Y-series, which is designed for ceilings, with the hope of bringing the new LED boards into the smaller series' eventually. The smallest beam spread they offer for the Y-series is 15°. The fixture has the capacity for two lens options. They showed us with the solite lens and the light was very smooth. We also looked at the adjustable accent. They said there is a minor light loss at nadir compared to at 45°, but we found it to be unnoticeable. There will be a smaller Z-series beam spread that will hopefully be on display at Lightfair. They hope to have a mid-series soon too.

Lucifer also showed us their recessed pathlights, Stealth and Impact. Both fixtures can be specified to run on AC or DC power. However, by running it on AC, the fixture has more capabilities and should be used if possible. A double version of the Impact will be released soon. The Impact and the Stealth have options for remote or integral drivers and can be dimmed. The remote driver can hold up to sixteen fixtures, so at a price point view having the remote driver would be the best option when using many fixtures.

http://www.luciferlighting.com/

Kreon

Last week the Dulanski Group stopped by with Kreon to show is some improvements they have made. The Nuit is an attractive fixture that lets you choose the profile to be either surface mounted or completely recessed. You can specify the location of the sources within the profile allowing for a clean installation of fixtures. They were unsure about the exact installation details but will follow up when they have more information. The next fixture they showed us was the Rei, which is a wall washer that can come with either a surface profile or recessed profile. The Rei prodices a line of light with a clean cut off angle. The height of the greatest lumen output was further up the wall (closer to the ceiling) than we typically see. The fixture can also be specified in smaller lengths to be used as a path light recessed in the wall.

Another line of fixtures that Kreon highlighted was their Prologe. The Prologe is a box-like fixture that can be specified as either a point source or linear source. The fixture can be surface-mounted, or semi-recessed in a channel. The option of a channel is a nice feature that can allow you to have more than one type of light source in a line.

Kreon brought Erubo, which is a track fixture that can be adjusted in several directions. The Erubo is attached to an L shaped form that can be rotated in the field for even more adjustments. The Erubo can also be specified as a monopoint fixture.

They also showed us their Downline fixtures, Down 80 and Down 165, but these did not seem to stand out compared to down light fixtures we have seen from other manufacturers.

Kreon has an interesting line of architectural designs that for the right project would be nice to use. We could definitely see using them for projects in Europe.

http://www.kreon.com/

Bruck and Wila Lighting

Last week Bruck and Wila stopped by with Stan Deutsch Associates to show us the recent improvements they have made to their product offerings. A big highlight was the improvement to their track systems. They are able to bend the track horizontally or vertically. The regular track they offer comes factory bent, although they do offer a less expensive version that is field bendable. They showed us some of the fixtures that accompany their track systems. The Gallery fixture is their solution for picture lighting. And the Chroma Caliber is a decorative adjustable accent. On the whole the quality of their LED fixtures seemed to be less desirable than we were hoping for. There was a lot of discoloration and inconsistency with the fixtures we saw, some worse than others.

They also showed us a LED step light that is non-dimmable but provides a nice amount of light for path lighting. The whole fixture can fit into a regular sized junction wall box which makes it convenient for installation.

Another highlight from their product line was the Orion Sword linear LED. This fixture comes in lengths of 1’, 2’ and 4’ increments and provides a nice quality light for under cabinet and cove lighting details, although right now they do not offer a frosted lens version. The Sword is installed using spring clips and can easily be adjusted by rotating the fixture in the field. They do have a frosted lens fixture called the Orion Edge that we are waiting to see a sample of.

http://www.brucklighting.com/

Janmar Lighting

O’Blaney Rinker Associates stopped by with Janmar Lighting to show us their latest products. They have focused on bringing a line of fixtures that would replace legacy lamp technology. With their improvements to their CMH and LED lines, they are staying in the front of the pack in terms of quality light sources. Their new line of track fixtures has the ability to be specified with adapters allowing them to fit any brand of track. Janmar does not make its own track or busway. As a result they have primarily been known for their ability to provide retrofit track fixtures in existing installations. Another change Janmar has incorporated into their track fixtures is the overall design. Their new fixtures come with three options that allow for smaller profiles. The first option is placing the track head to the side of the transformer/LED driver. The second option comes with the transformer/driver in a vertical cylinder and the track head is attached at either the top or the bottom of the housing. The third option comes with the vertical cylinder as well; however the track head is able to be attached to the side. All of these options are great additions especially for display lighting where space is limited.

Another big highlight Janmar focused on is their interchangeable modular solutions. They have incorporated a modular system in all of their lines. This allows for easy adjustments in the field. The system incorporates the lamp, shield, reflector, and all accessories, including lenses and filters held in by rings. The module is then unscrewed and parts can be easily replaced without the use of tools.

Janmar is using the latest LED modules provided from CREE which give them very bright sources, which is nice and when combined with their new lenses produces a nice smooth light. With all of their great additions to their products the one thing that we noticed that had not been updated to their product line is that they do not have the ability to use two-circuit track, which can cause issues when trying to pass code.

Janmar also showed us that all of their fixtures can be located in a recessed housing that can be provided with trimmed or trimless options.

http://www.janmar.com/

Specialty Lighting

O'Blaney Rinker Associates brought Specialty Lighting by with their new LED product line to show us. The new versions of their recessed downlights come with the option of a Xicato module or a GE module. Both have high CRIs that color well so it comes down to preference. With Specialty’s patented technology for their LED housing you are able to easily replace the LED chip as new versions come onto the market. Their recessed fixtures now come with more trim options that let you open up the inside aperture without having to gain in total aperture size. New finish options are also available with their wood lines that let you use their wood samples or customize it to be made of the same sample from the millworker. Specialty also is taking their first stab at a 16° beam spread. It’s a good first start and with the use of a solite lens the light is much smoother and nice. Another fixture Specialty showed off was their new LED linear wall grazer. It can be installed in the ceiling as well as in the floor with a walkover cover which is nice.

http://www.specialtylightingindustries.com/