Lighting Leader Releases 2009 Catalog Detailing Cost-Effective Systems That Reduce Energy While Maintaining Style UNION CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Finelite, a leader in designing and building high-performance, environmentally sustainable lighting systems, is pleased to release its 2009 product catalog highlighting technological advancements in integrated classroom, office, and personal lighting systems. A commitment to innovation and research has transformed the company from simple lighting vendor to highly knowledgeable technical resource, especially valuable at a time when project teams are forced to do more with less. “As architects, designers, and facility managers carefully evaluate each project component for return on investment, it’s important to have a technical expert like Finelite that they can trust when assessing proper lighting,” said Terry Clark, Finelite’s CEO. “Independent research supports our claims of delivering proper illumination levels while dramatically reducing energy and our team is available whether you need pre-job, installation, or ongoing support,” said Clark. The 200-page, hard-bound catalog provides project designers with detailed information about Finelite’s products for office, school, or personal use including a user friendly method for choosing products based on luminaire shapes. Perhaps even more important, the catalog provides full-page, full-color application photography to demonstrate Finelite’s products in action. The catalog itself is printed on paper certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council, verifying that it’s made of wood from well-managed forests and meets strict environmental and social standards. Finelite’s lighting products are regularly used in some of the most notable green building projects around the country. Chartwell School located in Seaside, California, and Sidwell Friends Middle School, located in Washington DC, both received the highest green building rating – LEED Platinum – from the US Green Building Council, and incorporated Finelite’s advanced lighting. In fact, two of the projects identified by Business Week and Architectural Record in a list of “Best Business Architecture of 2008” specified Finelite products. Finelite’s use of advanced LED technology regularly receives praise from industry and government researchers for its ability to revolutionize today’s lighting design. Finelite believes that the design and manufacture of tomorrow’s lighting solutions requires a systems-based approach, one that recognizes that the whole is larger than the sum of the parts. This philosophy has enabled the company to decrease energy consumption by 52 percent over traditional classroom lighting, and reduce lighting consumption in offices by 56 percent or more compared to current energy standards. “We understand that energy efficiency is the single most cost-effective way to address global warming, and our products make a significant contribution to reducing energy consumption in lighting systems,” added Clark.
