NOWATT Lighting

Today we were introduced to NOWATT LIGHTING for the first time. They make autonomous, intelligent light fixtures operating with solar power. 

We looked at the 4.6" dia. CRYSTAL STUD, an inground uplight, and the ONYX family, which comes as a projector, wall, bollard, and pole mount. Available in RGBW ($800 retail) and with Mesh control ($1000 retail) as options.

Standard finishes are argent and graphite. They offer custom RAL and monochromatic ($720 retail) finishes. 

What's interesting about the CRYSTAL STUD is that it requires NO CABLING! Available in Amber, 3000K, and 4000K.

In the ONYX family, the adjustable exterior rated wall mounted fixture is not ADA compliant and is not lockable*. Available beam spreads are 5, 20, 40, 50, 40X60. It can run up to 60 hours without charging (solar).

The bollard option has the same specification as the wall-mounted, but it is lockable. 

In general, what we liked about their products was the light source's aesthetic, discreet solar panel placement, and finish options. 

Lead time: The Projector is available in under 2 weeks and wall & bollard in 2 to 6 weeks. 

Near future plans: Façade lighting fixture ( Light Fair 2022) and Power Bank.

LIGHTFAIR 2021

A brief look at LightFair 2021, held at the Javits Center in NYC. Overall, there weren’t many participants and we’d already seen many of them in virtual presentations over the year.

The one worth highlighting was the ORIGAMX. It is a specification-grade architectural lighting system that was developed by BLACK TANK.
ORIGAMX office is located in Atlanta - Mainly custom made - based on request. Their mono-point features are Hybrid Driver Technology (PWM/Current Control), RGBA LED (2000K-10,000K), and White Light or Color Mixing in one Light.

We also enjoyed seeing the PURE EDGE LIGHTING Saber Suspension in person.

N8 LIGHTING

Today we looked at the new updates to the N8 LIGHTING downlights, including the 800 Series NEW tunable white option.

The adders for warm-dim and tunable are just $20 and $80. We also reviewed the smooth dimming curve in warm dim and standard white with N8’s DIM1 standard driver.

The mono-point now comes with four (4) stem lengths and round or square shapes, installed with a 4” Jbox with an integrated driver. A new remote driver option comes with a 1” canopy. (NOT AVAILABLE AS TRIMLESS BUT it’s very thin, just 1/8”. ) Available narrow spots are: A true 10 degree beam (not in WD), 15 degree (available with WD), NOT AVAILABLE in 2700k BUT this CCT can be achieved with colored lens accessories.

All the downlights have Cree LED chip except the mono-points.


ERCO

Today, we looked at an overview of new ERCO product.

Eclipse Fixture: Single-chip, available in 4 sizes with dark light technology.

Offered in 11 different distributions (in field replaceable) - White& Black are standard finishes.

Below are the spot and oval flood distributions - rotation is lockable in place.

Zoom Feature: The light beam diameter can be infinitely adjusted from spot (15°) to wide flood (65°) by simply turning the lens.

The 2700K and 3000K available in 92CRI and 97 CRI

The 3500 and 4000K available in 82CRI and 92 CRI

Available accessories: Snoot, color filter, honeycomb louver, 4 & 8 leaves barn door options.

*What’s unique is that the framing projector is now an accessory (about 20% output drop).

Wall-washer fixture: we looked at a row of four mounted on a 10ft ceiling, set 3'-3" from the wall and 4’-0” apart. It’s very forgiving in spacing - 1:3 spacing

COLOR TUNING is now available through the Casambi system, Osram chips, RGBW 1700K to 10000K

*Another cool feature is in-field replaceable dimming options: potentiometer dimming (onboard), Switch, and Casambi (Bluetooth) - 0-10V, Dali,& DMX dimming.

TRACK: 48V Mini in 1” X 1” and Standard large system - Available mounting are suspended recessed (flanged, trimless), surface.

ZANIBONI

Zaniboni stopped by our office today to present their new products.

Starting from their downlights, They have increased their lumens output from 400lm to 600lm.

*they are expecting to reach 700 delivered lumen by the end of the year.

  • The downlights require no equipment for interchanging optic and lens in the field.

On Cylinder Family:

The top part in older fix/adj downlight is reduced to 0.25" height, right beneath the J-box.

20° internal adjustability

The warm-dim has a nice, smooth dimming. It goes down to 0.01%, Bluetooth control.

 

  

The narrow optic

*The narrow optic  has large fading ring

The Trimless for Millwork:

The design is interesting. It allows the adjustment after the mudding from the behind to move the optic forward and back.

It's available for 1/4" to 1" and 1" to 3" thick ceiling installation options.

 

*The 2 knife edge in this fixture is unique!

Pinhole Downlight:

  • Comes in adj/fix options.
  • Mud-in, flagged, flangeless.

The multi-head fixtures:

Wet rated

It's not feres

3 sizes: 500lm, 1000 lm, and 2000lm.

Recessed, surface, pendant, and corner mountings.

On cylinder family, the M series allows variable heights, from 4".

The smallest cylinder shape fixture has 350lm. It can be from 4" to 9'! long.

Accept different accessories on the bottom. ( clear, milky, sanded,...etc Acrylic part from 1" to 3' long)

 

 

 

General Notes:

Not in stock products has a lead time of 3-4 weeks.

All products use the 2-steps Cree chip onboard LED.

 

 

 

 

Litelab

Today, Litelab stopped by our office to present their updated products.

The new track lighting has 800lm, a zinc cast body which gives better thermal handling and is 20% to 25% heavier than aluminum.

They estimate that they can go up to 2000lm (probably by January 2019)

The zoom option has 1º and 10º indicators in the side for adjustment,

The C70 Series:

The M37 fixture's driver is on board, seating on the track fitter and the M55 version has a recessed driver.

20º, 40º, and 60º optic

(*it has recently been used in MOMA)

  

The M61 family:

  • The max lumen is 1000lm with MR16 housing size.
  • It’s available with a fixed optic in 4º and 7º pin spot.
  • Available in 2700K and 3000K.
  • The 10º and 30º zoom versions are coming out by March 2019.

Wallwasher family:

It currently requires closer than 1:1 spacing but they are working on it to improve it by January 2019.

The M61 family:

    • The max lumen is 1000lm with MR16 housing size.
    • It’s available with a fixed optic in 4º and 7º pin spot.
    • Available in 2700K and 3000K.
  • The 10º and 30º zoom versions are coming out by March 2019.

They are working on a new linear product with micro-optics. the followings are photos of the prototype:

This fixture has a snap-in driver underneath the LED board. It accepts different lenses for different light distribution. (coming on March- April 2019)

*Currently, the lenses are not interchangeable and we have noticed a slight halo.

*it requires more work to develop this fixture (the light is leaking out from some spots

Some of their recent projects are British Gallery, Cultural society in Huson yard, and museum of fine art in Hudson.