Understanding the terminology used in the lighting industry is crucial for selecting the right products for your needs. Here’s a glossary of common terms and definitions:
Bollard Lights: Short, sturdy fixtures for outdoor pathways and spaces. Typically made from metal or concrete, these lights provide directional lighting with optional accessories like photocells and timers. Explore our range of bollard lights.
Bulkhead Lights: Also known as wall packs, these fixtures are mounted on walls or ceilings in commercial and industrial settings. They offer bright general illumination with options for motion sensors and photocells.
Canopy Light Fixtures: Designed for overhangs or canopies, often seen in gas stations or parking garages. They provide broad illumination and can include features like motion sensors. Explore our canopy light fixtures.
Clouds and Puffs: Fixtures that diffuse light to create soft, even illumination, ideal for commercial settings where harsh lighting may be uncomfortable.
Cobraheads and Street Light Fixtures: Outdoor fixtures designed to illuminate roads and sidewalks, typically featuring a cobra-shaped head. These fixtures may include motion sensors and photocells. Explore our street light fixtures.
Emergency Lights: Lighting fixtures that activate during power outages, commonly used in commercial settings. They often include battery backup and automatic testing features. See our selection of emergency lights.
Emergency Lighting Inverters: Devices that provide backup power to emergency lighting during an outage, essential in critical settings like hospitals.
Exit Signs: Illuminated signs directing people to emergency exits, often featuring battery backup and automatic testing. Check out our range of exit signs.
High Bay Fixture Types: Designed for high-ceilinged spaces like warehouses, providing bright directional lighting. Accessories may include motion sensors and mounting hardware. Explore our high bay fixtures.
LED Retrofit Kit: A kit to upgrade existing fixtures with energy-efficient LED technology, often including replacement LED bulbs and necessary hardware. Check out our LED retrofit kits.
Light Pole: A tall pole used to mount outdoor lighting fixtures, commonly seen in parking lots and along roadways.
Landscape Lighting Types: A variety of fixtures designed to illuminate outdoor spaces such as gardens and pathways. Explore our landscape lighting.
Linear Lighting Fixtures and Wrap Around Lights: Long, narrow fixtures providing even illumination, often used in commercial settings. Check out our linear lighting fixtures.
Parabolic Fixtures: Ceiling-mounted fixtures with a parabolic reflector to reduce glare, commonly used in offices.
Pendant Mount Lighting Types: Fixtures hanging from the ceiling, suitable for spaces like kitchens and commercial areas. Explore our pendant lights.
Post Light Fixtures: Outdoor lights mounted on a post, used for lighting driveways and walkways. Check out our post-top lights.
Puck Lights: Small, circular lights typically used for under-cabinet lighting. See our collection of puck lights.
Shoe Box Fixtures: Outdoor fixtures used in parking lots and roadways, mounted on walls or poles.
Steps Lighting Fixtures: Installed in steps or staircases for safety and illumination, commonly used in commercial buildings. Explore our step lights.
Track Lighting: A system with adjustable heads along a track, used to highlight specific areas in a room.
Troffers: Rectangular or square fixtures recessed into ceilings, providing even illumination in commercial settings. Check out our troffers.
Wall Sconces: Wall-mounted fixtures used for ambient or accent lighting, often with a decorative element.