Greenlight Initiative, New York's source of LED Lighting
Greenlight Initiative
13-15 37th Avenue
Long Island City NY  11101

Phone: 888-788-LEDS
Phone (718)-784-4440
Fax: (718)-228-8202

Northeast and U.S.
sales@lednyc.com

Southeast U.S.
SE.sales@lednyc.com

Midwest U.S.
MidUS.sales@lednyc.com

Central U.S.
CUS.sales@lednyc.com

Canada
Cdn.sales@lednyc.com

Balkans & Greece:
glieuro@americaled.com
News

3/01/09
Greenlight Initiative can reduce your lighting energy from 30%-88%. We have consistently shown our clients returns capable of outperforming their equity and passive investments. Contact us to start a pilot install, or to place an order.

2/27/09
Greenlight Initiative to sponsor the SSL Design Summit of 2009, see the link on our home page for more information.

4/15/08
Ensuring that every product we represent receive the "Greenlight Initiative Seal of Approval" is a time consuming process. We are constantly expanding our line card to reflect only the top SSL companies in the industry. Contact us to hear about the great products that we currently represent, and how GLI can help you with your solid state lighting projects.

-If you are a manufacturers interested in joining a line card that unwaiveringly adheres to a principle of un-hyped SSL marketing, you will want to contact us while there is still "space available".

4/08/08
Greenlight Initiative is a solid state lighting solutions company. We provide lighting and sustainability decision makers with strategies and support that simply do not exist in today's lighting industry. Our initiative is setting a new standard and raising the bar for the competition. Solid state lighting is the future, and our initiative is committed to make it a successful journey for our manufacturers and clients alike. Contact us with your product info or inquiries at: info@lednyc.com

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LED Lighting Applications

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highbay_640_1.jpgIf you choose a properly manufactured product, LED Lighting can be used to replace many current lighting applications. Once used primarily as indicator lights, LED technology continues to break boundaries in general lighting applications. See the list below for just a few possibilities.

  • LED Cove Lighting- Use LED lighting for hard to reach lighting applications, reducing maintenance. Advantages over fluorescents, or cold cathode lighting are clear. Albeo Technologies Atmosphere product is the perfect SSL cove light in price, performance, ease of install, uniformity and durability. See how the AC Resort changed their "Atmosphere" here.
  • SIGN and Display- the advantages over traditional fluorescent sign lighting are incredible. Visibility, durability, greatly more efficient, and extremely low maintenance. Greenlight Initiative has provided the perfect answer for back and internal signage lighting for real world apllications. See one of our success stories here.
  • Museums- No forward heat, no UV radiation, makes it perfect for sensitive artwork. Qualified, Greenlight Initiative replacement SSL lamps are perfect for musuem retrofit applications.
  • Office lighting- put an end to high maintenance, tiresome fluorescent lighting. No need to store lamps and ballasts. Brilliant light keeps your workforce feeling pleasant & productive. Greenlight Initiative has reduced the lighting energy in office spaces for their clients as much as 40% over the incumbent fluorescent systems.
  • Hotels and Restaurant- always lit, always costly. LED lighting products greatly reduce operating costs. Systems are very versatile, bright or warm, colorful or crisp. There longevity and brilliant appearance can add beauty you establishments all the while putting your operating expenses back on your bottom line. See the Greenlight Initiative qualified downlights and replacement lamps, and call for a quote today.
  • Stairwell Lighting- Often a requirement to operate for 24 hrs a day, but used infrequently, stairwells in major metro areas are usually an afterthought. These are the same reasons that smart building operators and management companies call on us to plug that hole in their budget. We have reduced stairwell lighting energy up to 60% while providing continuous safe lighting levels.
  • Elevators, Corridors - and other infrastructure lighting add up to terra Watts of neglected energy waste.
  • Outdoor, Security, Pathway- Cold weather often renders fluorescent lighting useless. This leaves high maintenance options like HID or halogen lighting. LED lighting offers unparalleled maintenance savings when compared.
  • Parking Lots & Garages- Once again, these facilities incur high lighting energy and maintenance costs. We have proven performance over HID and fluorescent sources in parking garages, and outdoor parking areas. Contact us to start a pilot or receive a quote.
  • Hospitals and Health Care Facilities- put the money where it is needed and not into your lighting system and energy bill. We have qualified successful SSL retrofits for for the beds, corridors, back of the house, & hospital grounds.
  • Factories and Large Facilities- Lighting is crucial in keeping a productive facility. Put the light on the workspace and stop paying for wasted lumens and heat loss. Keep your maintenance staff focused on other duties, forget lamp storage, and high maintenance costs.
  • Roadway Lighting- Small and large municipalities alike have realized the benefits of LED lighting systems in their traffic signals. Recently, some have gone the next step and have begun purchase of street and roadway lighting, saving taxpayers money for other programs. With the new economic stimulus dollars spreading through every state in our nation, be sure to contact your local politician and ask for a $$ saving, environmentally friendly, SSL Street Lighting to be installed in your area. If you are the local politician, contact us to learn more about saving your constituency long term energy and maintenance dollars.
  • Bridges and Tunnels- Vibration, wind, weather, temperature fluctuations, no matter what man or nature can throw at LED lighting, it will stay lit. The Holland Tunnel in NY/NJ estimated savings in maintenance and energy of over $300,000 per year! George Washington Bridge will realize annual savings of $49,000. Link to report here.
  • LED lighting is the future of light. As solid state lighting evolves, it will replace most of the existing lighting on the planet. This will lead to tremendous overall energy and maintenance savings as well as unprecedented reductions in carbon emissions. The future is of lighting is incredibly bright, and Greenlight Initiative will be there to provide our customers with the latest available technology with the best service possible.

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Articles

September SSL Summit driving LED lighting quality message

July 8, 2010

Bringing together property/facility decision makers, designers, luminaire manufacturers and enabling technology providers, the 2010-2011 SSL Summit series, hosted by Solid State Lighting Design, has taken a strong stance in its approach to help boost a "quality only" message inside the LED lighting industry. The East coast edition is slated for September 14-15 in New York City, with the West coast follow-on happening January 19-20, 2011 in the Los Angeles area. For 2010-2011, the SSL Summit is sticking firm to a commitment to require participating companies that ...

Mellina Utilizes Lighting Expert Greenlight Initiative for new Marcos Pizza Locations

October 26, 2009

Greenlight Initiative (GLI), an LED-lighting sales and solutions provider based in New York, New York USA , reports that it has completed the installation of an LED-based lighting system for the first of a number of new Marco's Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia. Mellina LLC, the design builder for the Georgia projects says that this first installation has been well-received in terms of quality and energy-savings. It is the first of 80 new locations over the next 3 years to be lit entirely with GLI's qualified LED lighting solutions. <p>Vipul Patel, President of Mellina LLC, commented, <i>"I was personally very ...

Mellina taps LED lighting expert Greenlight Initiative for new Marcos Pizza locations

October 25, 2009

New York, NY /Atlanta, GA USA--Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced the successful installation of a complete LED-based lighting system for the first of a number of new Marco's Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia. Mellina LLC, the design builder for the Georgia projects reports this first installation has been well-received in terms of quality and energy-savings, and represents the first of 80 new locations over the next 3 years to be lit entirely with GLI's qualified LED lighting solutions. <BR> <BR>Vipul Patel, President of Mellina LLC, commented, "I was personally very surprised at how well the ...

Greenlight Initiative Continues US Major-Markets Expansionwith Addition of Chicago Regional Office

September 28, 2009

New York, New York USA - Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, continues to build upon its North American expansion strategy with the announcement today of the opening of its Chicago, Illinois regional office. Bill Hood, a 27-year lighting industry veteran will head Greenlight's Chicago office as regional coordinator. <BR> <BR>Greenlight's continued expansion reflects the already-impressive growth that the LED-based lighting industry is demonstrating to the lighting market. Due to its overall efficiency and economic advantages, the solid state lighting industry has continued to show double-digit growth rates despite worldwide economic downturns. <BR> <BR>LED lighting is allowing an increasing ...

Greenlight Initiative Selects Array Lighting from Nexxus

May 20, 2009

The Greenlight Initiative, a New York-based LED lighting sales and solutions provider, reports that it has completed the qualification of the LED-based replacement lamp product line from Nexxus Lighting. With testing and evaluation complete, Greenlight and Nexxus have concluded a national and municipal/public works accounts sales agreement for Nexxus' full line of Array products including PAR30, PAR16, MR16 and GU10-type LED replacement lamp products. The Greenlight initiative contends that when compared to compact fluorescent "spiral" bulbs, Nexxus' LED-based lamps provide superior energy efficiency, improved color quality, and vastly improved lamp life of up to 50,000 hours. <p>The LED replacement lamps ...

Greenlight Initiative Completes LED Replacement Lamp Qualification Program - Selects Array Lighting from Nexxus

May 20, 2009

New York -- Greenlight Initiative, a New York headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced today that it has completed qualification of the LED-based replacement lamp product line from Array&trade; Lighting. With testing and evaluation complete, Greenlight and Array have concluded a national and municipal/public works accounts sales agreement for Array's full line including PAR30, PAR16, MR16 and GU10-type LED replacement lamp products. <BR> <BR>According to Nick Nicolakis, President and co-founder of Greenlight Initiative, "LED-based replacement lamps are the most visible application area for solid state lighting, and they have also proven to be the most frustrating in which to find a ...

LED Lighting Expert Greenlight Initiative Taps Lighting IndustryVeteran for Southeastern US Expansion

December 3, 2008

New York, New York USA -- Greenlight Initiative, a New York based LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced today that it has appointed lighting industry veteran, Richard Burton as Director of its Southeastern US office. Mr. Burton has over 25 years of experience in the industry, with extensive experience in lighting retrofit implementations and maintenance projects in support of national retailers. The opening of its newest regional office, in the Atlanta, Georgia area, marks the next phase of Greenlight Initiative's Eastern US and Canadian coverage plan, and allows it to effectively serve the lighting industry's need for LED ...

Fine jewelry designer Scott Kay turns to LED lighting for new national retail display cases

November 19, 2008

Greenlight Initiative, a New York based LED lighting sales and solutions provider, announced today that renowned fine jewelry designer, Scott Kay, America's best-sold bridal brand and the leading men's fine fashion jewelry at hundreds of key retailers nationwide, has adopted an innovative LED lighting system for its new generation of retail display cases. <BR> <BR>Credited with the resurgence of platinum jewelry in America, platinum-smith Scott Kay's designs are offered in over 800 US locations. As part of its successful branding strategy, their lines are now being offered in custom-designed cases that it supplies to key retailer partners. <BR> <BR>The Greenlight solution for ...

Greenlight Initiative Adds Validation Programs for LED Lighting Solutions

September 8, 2008

Manufacturers do not put out all of the testing and specification data that they can about packaged LEDs, LED light engines, and luminaires. Many manufacturers make false claims about performance and testing. A program called the Greenlight Initiative is taking steps to fill the knowledge gap in terms of LED products and testing data. The Greenlight Initiative, a New York City based LED-lighting sales organization and solutions provider has reportedly taken the Department Of Energy's call to action in terms of filling the knowledge gap for lighting designers, specifiers, and lighting decision makers. The Greenlight initiative announced its plans ...

Greenlight Initiative Adds Validation Programs for LED Lighting Solutions

September 8, 2008

New York -- Greenlight Initiative, a New York City based LED-lighting sales organization and solutions provider, today announced its plans to implement full third party photometric testing and qualification for all of its product lines beginning January 2009. This program, intended to independently verify and extend upon any available manufacturers' test data, is in addition to Greenlight's previously announced qualitative evaluation program. <BR> <BR>According to Nik Nicolakis, President and co-founder of Greenlight Initiative, "Based on our participation in the 2008 Solid State Lighting Design Summit, held at the end of August in New Jersey, it became clear that in the eyes of ...

Greenlight Initiative Company Offers Unique Approach to LED-Lighting Consulting

July 16, 2008

The Greenlight Initiative, a company that advocates LED lighting solutions from many different LED luminaire makers, announced the start of a new qualitative validation and consultation program. The company says its program includes in-house qualitative testing and validation of the industry's current generation of LED fixtures and luminaires. Several leading luminaire and fixture makers have reportedly had their products qualified for inclusion on the list of products that the Greenlight Initiative company will advocate to its clients. The Greenlight Initiative company indicated that it currently advocates LED products from Albeo Technologies, Gallium LED Lighting Systems, i2 Systems, Revlite Technologies, Electro-LuminX, ...

September SSL Summit driving LED lighting quality message

July 8, 2010

Bringing together property/facility decision makers, designers, luminaire manufacturers and enabling technology providers, the 2010-2011 SSL Summit series, hosted by Solid State Lighting Design, has taken a strong stance in its approach to help boost a &quot;quality only&quot; message inside the LED lighting industry. The East coast edition is slated for September 14-15 in New York City, with the West coast follow-on happening January 19-20, 2011 in the Los Angeles area. For 2010-2011, the SSL Summit is sticking firm to a commitment to require participating companies that ...

Greenlight Initiative Continues US Major-Markets Expansionwith Addition of Chicago Regional Office

September 28, 2009

New York, New York USA - Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, continues to build upon its North American expansion strategy with the announcement today of the opening of its Chicago, Illinois regional office. Bill Hood, a 27-year lighting industry veteran will head Greenlight's Chicago office as regional coordinator. <BR> <BR>Greenlight's continued expansion reflects the already-impressive growth that the LED-based lighting industry is demonstrating to the lighting market. Due to its overall efficiency and economic advantages, the solid state lighting industry has continued to show double-digit growth rates despite worldwide economic downturns. <BR> <BR>LED lighting is allowing an increasing ...

Greenlight Initiative Adds Validation Programs for LED Lighting Solutions

September 8, 2008

Manufacturers do not put out all of the testing and specification data that they can about packaged LEDs, LED light engines, and luminaires. Many manufacturers make false claims about performance and testing. A program called the Greenlight Initiative is taking steps to fill the knowledge gap in terms of LED products and testing data. The Greenlight Initiative, a New York City based LED-lighting sales organization and solutions provider has reportedly taken the Department Of Energy's call to action in terms of filling the knowledge gap for lighting designers, specifiers, and lighting decision makers. The Greenlight initiative announced its plans ...

Greenlight Initiative Adds Validation Programs for LED Lighting Solutions

September 8, 2008

New York -- Greenlight Initiative, a New York City based LED-lighting sales organization and solutions provider, today announced its plans to implement full third party photometric testing and qualification for all of its product lines beginning January 2009. This program, intended to independently verify and extend upon any available manufacturers' test data, is in addition to Greenlight's previously announced qualitative evaluation program. <BR> <BR>According to Nik Nicolakis, President and co-founder of Greenlight Initiative, "Based on our participation in the 2008 Solid State Lighting Design Summit, held at the end of August in New Jersey, it became clear that in the eyes of ...

Greenlight Initiative Extends Solid State Lighting Solutions Offerings

July 16, 2008

New York--In a move signaling a coming change in the operational models of many lighting industry representatives and distributors, Greenlight Initiative today announced the launch of its solid state lighting (SSL) qualitative validation and consultation program. Greenlight's program consists of in-house qualitative testing and validation of current generation SSL fixtures alleviating specifiers' uncertainties surrounding this exciting new lighting technology. Leading-edge companies that currently have products qualified for inclusion in "the Greenlight Initiative" include Albeo Technologies, Gallium LED Lighting Systems, i2 Systems, Revlite Technologies, Electro-LuminX, and ilumisys. Additional products and companies are in qualification now. <BR> <BR>Greenlight's program has moved the company beyond ...


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