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LIGHTING SOLUTIONS FOR EDUCATION

From elementary schools to universities, the goal of the lighting system is to help facilitate learning. Providing bright, even lighting is crucial in creating a positive teaching and learning environment.

Today's educational institutions are looking for quality products while maintaining a lower overall cost of ownership. Lighting for the task can help create a positive atmosphere while lowering overall energy consumption. From classrooms and hallways to libraries and cafeterias, the lighting needs vary and should be considered when choosing the right light source.

Lamps
Energy Saving Solutions
Long Life / Maintenance Cost Solutions
Environmental & Safety
Tru Color™

Ballasts

Fixtures
Lithonia Lighting®
Cooper Lighting®
Hubbell Lighting®

Control Systems


Lamps — Energy Saving Solutions

Lamp Type

Benefit

Use

DULUX® T/E/IN
Compact Fluorescent Lamps

  • Lower power consumption than incandescent lamps
  • Various shapes, sizes and wattages

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

DULUX® EL
Compact Fluorescent

  • Avg. rated life is 10,000 hrs
  • Easily replaces incandescent lamps
  • Can save up to 75% in energy over incandescent

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Capsylite IR® Halogen PAR

  • Reduces heat and energy consuption by 30%
  • Produces more light with fewer watts
  • PAR 20, 30, 38

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

HaloBright® Halogen

  • Crisp bright light
  • Direct replacement for B10 and G25

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Daylight Plus™ Halogen
A-Line

  • Crisp bright light
  • Shatter resistant
  • Can save up to 25% in energy over incandescent

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Quicktronic® High Effeciency T8 Fluorescent Systems

  • 30-50% energy savings over T12
  • Instant start system
  • Universal voltage

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Metalarc Supersaver®
Metal Halide

  • 15% savings over standard metal halide direct retrofit, no ballast change

Outdoors

Get more detailed information about Sylvania lamps on the Lamps page.

 

Lamps — Long Life / Maintenance Cost Solutions

Lamp Type

Benefit

Use

DULUX® EL
Compact Fluorescent

  • Avg. rated life is 10,000 hrs
  • Easily replaces incandescent lamps
  • Can save up to 75% in energy over incandescent

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

DULUX® L
T5 Compact Fluorescent

  • Up to 20,000 hour avg. rated life

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Metalarc Powerball® Ceramic Metal Halide
Medium base

  • Longer life, higher efficiency than tungsten or halogen

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Octron XPS ECO® & Curvalume XPS ECO®
T8 Lamps and PSX Ballasts

  • Up to 30,000 hour avg. rated life

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Lumalux Plus ECO® — Non-Cycling
High Pressure Sodium

  • Up to 30,000 hour avg. rated life
  • Direct replacement of standard HPS

Outdoors

Lumalux® Standby
High Pressure Sodium

  • Up to 40,000 hour avg. rated life
  • Instant Re-strike

Outdoors

Get more detailed information about Sylvania lamps on the Lamps page.

 

Lamps — Environmental & Safety

Lamp Type

Benefit

Use

Metalarc Pro-Tech® PAR 38 ECO®
Metal Halide Lamps

  • Glass shroud for containment
  • 35% less UVA, 80% less UVB
  • Passes Federal TCLP test

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Safeline® Lamps

  • Shatter resistant coated
  • A-line, T8, T12

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

DULUX® T/E/IN & D/E EOL ECO®
Compact Fluorescent

  • Safety shutdown at end of life
  • Passes Federal TCLP Tests

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Metalarc Pro-Tech®
Metal Halide Lamps

  • Glass shroud for containment
  • Safe for uncovered fixtures

Outdoors

Get more detailed information about Sylvania lamps on the Lamps page.

 

Lamps — Tru Color™

Lamp Type

Benefit

Use

TRU-AIM® MR 16 IR

  • No color shift
  • Better optics, precise beam control
  • 90% maintained light over lamp life

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Capsylite® SPL Halogen PAR

  • Color uniformity lamp to lamp
  • Optimal beam control

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Metalarc Powerball® Ceramic
Metal Halide

  • Minimal color shift
  • UV control to reduce fading

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Daylight™ Incandescent

  • Color enhancing technology
  • Sky blue coating

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

HaloBright® Halogen

  • Crisp bright light
  • Direct replacement for B10 and G25

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Daylight Plus™ Halogen
A-Line

  • Crisp bright light
  • Shatter resistant
  • Can save up to 25% in energy over incandescent

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Octron® & Octron Curvalume 800 Series ECO® and XP/ECO® T8 lamps

  • High lumens per watt
  • CRI as high as 85
  • XP/ECO with 20% longer life

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Metalarc Powerball® Ceramic PAR & E17
Metal Halide

  • Excellent color rendering (82-94 CRI)
  • Use in open fixtures

Outdoors

Get more detailed information about Sylvania lamps on the Lamps page.

 

Ballasts

Ballast Type

Benefit

Use

Centium®

  • Energy efficient, electronic
  • T8 and T12

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Mark 7™

  • 1-10V dimmable
  • Linear fluorescent, T5HO
  • 4-Pin CFL

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Optanium™

  • Optimized lumens per watt
  • Electronic T8

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

SmartMate®

  • Electronic for Compact Fluorescent

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Mark 10™

  • Electronic dimming
  • Ease of installation

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

Mark 5™

  • Electronic, Programmed Start lamps
  • 1-3 T8 lamp, (17, 25, 32W)

Classrooms, Lobbies, Hallways, lounges

F Can

  • Magnetic HID, minimize ballast noise

Gymnasiums

Core and Coil

  • Standard magnetic ballast

Gymnasiums, exterior applications

Encapsulated

  • Magnetic HID

Gymnasiums

DynaVision®

  • Electronic HID
  • 320-400W Pulse Start Metal Halide

Gymnasiums

Get more detailed information about Advance Ballasts on the Ballasts page.