Our business model compels us to provide the highest quality products and services to our customers balanced with constantly improving operational efficiencies and ongoing efforts to minimize our impact on the environment.

• produces high performance, energy efficient luminaires of the highest quality.

• manufactures a furniture mounted task ambient lighting system that can light an open plan office for as little as 0.6 w/sf.

• produces products with life expectancies of 20+ years which are easily upgraded and refurbished and can be recycled at end of life.

• produces many products that meet or exceed IESNA recommended light levels, meet ASHRA/IESNA Energy Standards and can contribute credits towards LEED certification for projects.

• continues to research and apply the latest industry technologies to our product lines.

• has developed products to work in harmony with daylight harvesting.

• provides a safe, comfortable work environment for our employees.

• offers employees the necessary training, information and support to succeed.

• promotes LEED certification, training and awareness among company design engineers and other employees.

• encourages employee participation in the process of continuous improvement in every product we make.

• has enhanced our surrounding community by restoring a 1903 factory building to full use and turning an adjacent brownfield into a streetscaped parking lot for our employees.

• maximizes the functionality and footprint of our factory facility by following lean manufacturing principals and organizing kaizen teams and events.

• is committed to reducing our waste stream by recycling paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum cans and scrap, wooden pallets, electronics and computer equipment; filtering drinking water to reduce the number of plastic water bottles being recycled; replacing paper coffee cups with ceramic mugs; encouraging paperless transactions and communications.

• works closely with local utilities to introduce energy efficient retrofits into our building mechanicals.

• has instituted water usage savings through equipment and infrastructure upgrades.

• uses techniques such as bulk packaging to minimize waste further along the supply chain.

• strives to be a responsible purchaser of goods and services, sourcing recycled content in materials purchased and regularly questioning vendors about their efforts to conserve and recycle.

Our commitment to the sustainability movement factors into virtually every business decision we make.