Acuity Perspectives Blog

Innovative thoughts, ideas and viewpoints on how lighting improves how we work, live and play.

  • Illuminating the Spirit of “Live Greater”: How Architectural Floodlights Bring Vibrancy to Art

    Illuminating the Spirit of “Live Greater”: How Architectural Floodlights Bring Vibrancy to Art

    Big Picture Peoria (BPP) is a grassroots arts not-for-profit organization formed by a group of dedicated volunteers.

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  • Fourteen Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Receive 2025 GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards

    Fourteen Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Receive 2025 GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards

    This is an international competition that celebrates the excellence and the talent of creative professionals and firms who have distinguished themselves through exemplary practice.

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  • Revitalizing a Key Tourist Area in the Laurentians: Creating a Downtown Public Space

    Revitalizing a Key Tourist Area in the Laurentians: Creating a Downtown Public Space

    Since its opening, Espace Public has hosted music festivals, pop-up installations, and shows on a moveable stage

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  • Nine Innovative Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Lighting Selected for the 2025 IES Progress Report

    Nine Innovative Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Lighting Selected for the 2025 IES Progress Report

    Selections were made by an impartial committee that evaluated submissions based on uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry.

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  • Illuminating Washington, DC: A Smart Street Lighting Transformation for Improved Safety, Sustainability, and Community Well-Being

    Illuminating Washington, DC: A Smart Street Lighting Transformation for Improved Safety, Sustainability, and Community Well-Being

    The Washington, DC Smart Street Lighting Project represents an ambitious and large-scale urban lighting upgrade, transforming over 75,000 streetlights into a state-of-the-art, smart-controlled network

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  • Illumination Underscores “Broadway of the Future” in San Antonio’s Cultural Corridor

    Illumination Underscores “Broadway of the Future” in San Antonio’s Cultural Corridor

    The City of San Antonio Public Works collaborated with Sundt Construction, who in turn hired MP Studio Landscape Architecture to drive the design and collaborate on various construction elements.

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  • Navigating BAA and BABA: Expert Insights and Practical Guidance

    Navigating BAA and BABA: Expert Insights and Practical Guidance

    Navigating domestic preference requirements like the Buy America(n) Act (BAA) and the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) is essential for ensuring compliance on federally funded projects.

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  • Lighting Up the Game: How New Court Lighting Revitalized Pickleball at Del Webb

    Lighting Up the Game: How New Court Lighting Revitalized Pickleball at Del Webb

    At Del Webb at Lake Oconee, a 55+ active adult community in Greensboro, Georgia, pickleball is more than a casual pastime – it’s a social institution.

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  • Glacier Hills Elementary Uses Lighting and Architecture Design to Strengthen Community Connection

    Glacier Hills Elementary Uses Lighting and Architecture Design to Strengthen Community Connection

    Glacier Hills Elementary School in Sandy, Utah, represents a transformative approach to educational architecture and design.

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  • The Benefits of DC-Powered Lighting Solutions

    The Benefits of DC-Powered Lighting Solutions

    As military bases and government facilities advance renewable energy initiatives, DC-powered LED luminaire technologies can provide reliable lighting and controls.

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  • Guidelines for Converting LED to LED: What Turnkey Lighting Contractors Need to Know

    Guidelines for Converting LED to LED: What Turnkey Lighting Contractors Need to Know

    Article by George McIntyre - Energy Solutions Manager, Acuity Brands Lighting

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  • Smarter, Healthier Healthcare Facilities – Innovations in Access & Design

    Smarter, Healthier Healthcare Facilities – Innovations in Access & Design

    Listen as Tommy Nichols breaks down how evidence-based design (EBD) is driving better outcomes through smarter use of light, acoustics, layout, and controls.

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  • Illuminating Insights: Conserving our Night Skies and Sensitive Wildlife

    Illuminating Insights: Conserving our Night Skies and Sensitive Wildlife

    Phil Schmalz, LC, Direct Sales Representative; Miami, FL & Andrew Feldman, Regional Sales Manager, Cyclone Lighting discuss conserving our night skies and sensitive wildlife.

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  • Operational Effectiveness Shaping Building Systems for the Future

    Operational Effectiveness Shaping Building Systems for the Future

    Steve Voils, Vice President Engineering, discusses the role of Operational Effectiveness in building operations and the built environment.

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  • Get Smart: The Advantages of Implementing Smart Lighting Controls

    Get Smart: The Advantages of Implementing Smart Lighting Controls

    Final segment of a roundtable discussion featuring Tommy Nichols - Business Development Director - Healthcare

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  • Dynamic Renovation of New York’s Iconic Penn Station

    Dynamic Renovation of New York’s Iconic Penn Station

    As part of an ongoing station rejuvenation, HLB Lighting Design, alongside project partners AECOM, SOM, and Skansa worked together to design a new entry at 33rd Street and transform the LIRR Concourse

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  • Acuity Brands Lighting Showcases New Innovations at LEDucation 2025

    Acuity Brands Lighting Showcases New Innovations at LEDucation 2025

    At LEDucation 2025, Inside Lighting asked four from Acuity Brands Lighting, "if you could choose Just One Product" to tell the world about, what would it be?"

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  • The Impact of Lighting on Aesthetics and Atmosphere in Healthcare

    The Impact of Lighting on Aesthetics and Atmosphere in Healthcare

    Part 5 of a roundtable discussion featuring Tommy Nichols - Business Development Director - Healthcare.

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  • Branding Pickleball in a Whole New Light

    Branding Pickleball in a Whole New Light

    With the popularity of pickleball exploding over the past few years, The Flying Pickle came to being in Meridian, Idaho.

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  • New Construction or Renovation? Weighing the Costs of a Building’s Life

    New Construction or Renovation? Weighing the Costs of a Building’s Life

    Article by George West - Vice President, Global Market Expansion - Atrius®, Acuity Brands. Originally featured on Sustainable Brands.

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