May 10 2011
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; "Company"), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, has announced the introduction of the acculamp(TM) product line, the Company's first-ever offering of LED lamps.
The new product line consists of a broad range of LED lamps for commercial and institutional applications, including retail, hospitality and education. The introduction of the acculamp line is a result of the previously announced business collaboration between Acuity Brands and Neonlite Electronic & Lighting (HK), Ltd.
Available in the United States and Canada through Acuity Brands' sales representatives, the inaugural acculamp product line, the S-Series, includes LED versions of PAR16, PAR20, PAR30, PAR38, MR16 and AR111 lamps, in multiple color-temperatures (CCTs) and various beam patterns. Lighting designers and specifiers now have true replacement options for halogen and ceramic metal-halide sources. While providing the full benefits of LED light sources, including long service life and overall energy-efficiency, each product in the specification-grade acculamp S-Series provides excellent high center beam candela power, high color rendering index (CRI) and overall quality of light, designed to direct light on task.
"We have introduced acculamp because our customers demand a complete portfolio of performance-driven LED luminaire solutions, and this includes LED lamps," said George Mcilwraith, Acuity Brands Lighting Senior Vice President, Luminaires and Lighting. "Most of today's LED lamps lack the performance required for effective illumination in many critical accent lighting applications. Our new acculamp line has proven to be a preferred illumination choice after extensive customer validation tests and complements our industry-leading portfolio of lighting and controls solutions. The acculamp line also offers customers the look associated with traditional lighting sources with unsurpassed optical control, excellent value in terms of service-life and energy-efficiency, and the confidence of a 5-year warranty backed by an industry leader," continued Mcilwraith.
The new acculamp S-Series, along with prototypes of omni-directional acculamp A-lamps, will be exhibited at the LIGHTFAIR(R) International Tradeshow in the Acuity Brands booth, #1801 as well as the Megaman US booth, #2726, May 17-19, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa.