Lighting by application
Start from the space, not the fixture. Each guide covers illuminance targets, fixture selection, controls, and the datasheet values that matter for that environment.
Classroom Lighting
Specifying LED lighting for K–12 classrooms — visual comfort, color quality, board and display zones, vacancy sensing, daylight response, and a practical procurement checklist.
Troffer · Panel Light · Linear · Downlight
Commercial Corridor Lighting
A commercial corridor lighting specification workflow for visual continuity, glare, controls, accessibility, emergency operation, and field commissioning.
Downlight · Sconce · Linear · Emergency
Commercial Kitchen Lighting
A foodservice lighting specification workflow for prep, cooking, warewashing, cold storage, cleaning, controls, and commissioning.
Panel Light · Linear · Downlight
Commercial Lobby Lighting
A commercial-lobby lighting specification workflow for arrival, reception, accessible circulation, daylight response, emergency egress, and commissioning.
Downlight · Pendant · Linear · Sconce · Cove · Emergency
Commercial Restroom Lighting
A commercial restroom lighting specification workflow for entry, vanity, stall, cleaning, controls, accessibility, egress coordination, and closeout.
Downlight · Panel Light · Linear
Commercial Stairwell Lighting
A commercial stairwell-lighting specification workflow for safe circulation, emergency operation, signage, sensor coverage, maintainable equipment, and commissioning.
Emergency · Sconce · Linear
Commercial Stairwell Lighting
A code-aware stairwell-lighting specification workflow for tread visibility, emergency egress, occupancy controls, glare, maintenance, and commissioning in commercial buildings.
Emergency · Linear · Sconce
Data Center Lighting
A data-center lighting specification workflow for rack aisles, air-management coordination, controls, emergency egress, maintenance, and commissioning.
Troffer · Linear · Panel Light · Emergency
Electrical Room Lighting
A commercial electrical-room lighting specification workflow for clear working spaces, safe manual control, service access, emergency coordination, and commissioning.
Linear · High Bay · Emergency
Emergency & Exit Lighting Specification
A code-aware workflow for documenting egress illumination, exit signs, emergency power, controls, testing, and closeout without treating a catalog fixture as a complete life-safety design.
Emergency · Wall Pack · Linear
Food Processing Lighting
A practical lighting-specification workflow for food manufacturing and packaging — task visibility, contamination protection, washdown coordination, controls, and closeout.
High Bay · Linear · Emergency
Gymnasium Lighting
A practical lighting-specification workflow for school and recreation gymnasiums — court visibility, glare review, multi-use scenes, equipment protection, controls, and closeout.
High Bay · Linear · Emergency
Healthcare Lighting
A room-by-room LED lighting specification workflow for healthcare facilities — clinical task light, patient comfort, glare control, controls, cleaning coordination, and closeout documentation.
Troffer · Panel Light · Linear · Downlight · Sconce · Emergency
Hotel Lighting
Specifying lighting for hotels — guest rooms, corridors, lobbies, and restaurants. Warm-dim downlights, CRI requirements, layered scenes, and recommended products.
Downlight · Linear · Panel Light
Laboratory Lighting
A laboratory-lighting specification workflow for bench tasks, fume hoods, controls, emergency egress, cleanability, and commissioning.
Troffer · Panel Light · Linear · Downlight · Emergency
Loading Dock Lighting
A practical commercial loading dock lighting guide for safer truck approaches, dock edges, trailer thresholds, and indoor staging areas — with fixture, control, glare, and commissioning checks.
High Bay · Flood Light · Wall Pack
Office Lighting
Specifying LED lighting for open-plan and cellular offices — UGR limits, illuminance targets, panels vs linear, daylight integration, and recommended products.
Panel Light · Linear · Downlight
Parking Garage Lighting
A commercial parking-garage lighting specification workflow for driving transitions, pedestrian visibility, accessible routes, controls, emergency operation, and commissioning.
Area Light · Wall Pack · Emergency
Parking Lot Lighting
How to specify LED parking lot and area lighting — foot-candle targets, IES distribution types, pole heights and spacing, BUG/dark-sky limits, and controls that satisfy energy codes.
Area Light · Wall Pack · Flood Light
Retail Lighting
A practical LED specification guide for retail sales floors — ambient and accent layers, merchandise color, vertical light, aiming, controls, and a submittal checklist.
Track · Downlight · Linear · Tape/Strip
Warehouse High Bay Lighting
How to specify LED high bay lighting for warehouses and distribution centers — mounting heights, lux targets, aisle optics, sensors, and recommended fixtures.
High Bay · Linear