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About LED Roadway Lighting Ltd.
Overview
LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. (LRL) is a leading designer and manufacturer of LED (light-emitting diode) based street and area lighting fixtures and control systems. LRL is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, with research and design facilities in Halifax and a 55,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Amherst.
LRL offers a complete range of LED based street and area lighting fixtures that meet or exceed IES (Illuminating Engineering Society), CIE (Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage) and IDA (International Dark Sky Association) requirements. LRL’s products are RoHS compliant (free of lead and mercury), provide energy savings of up to 80% and substantially reduced maintenance costs.
To provide the most energy efficient and maintenance-free outdoor LED lighting solutions; helping our customers save money and improve their lighting with a positive impact on the environment.
LRL’s founder and CEO Chuck Cartmill has a strong track record in the creation, management, and operation of diverse businesses. His first venture, a manufacturers’ representative firm focused on lighting products, was founded in 1974 and is still in operation today, as are his numerous other business ventures focused in the electrical and electronics industries. Mr. Cartmill’s leadership and entrepreneurial spirit has been recognized by numerous organizations including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2006 – Atlantic Region), and he has been frequently named as one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs by Atlantic Business Magazine. Mr. Cartmill’s business approach, includes being debt-averse, empowering employees, encouraging innovation, and most importantly, building strong and lasting customer relationships has been the cornerstone to his success, and the success of LRL. Mr. Cartmill is guided by a management team with a wealth of experience in diverse industries and by members of a board of directors that are highly respected in their fields.
LRL’s Satellite series fixtures have been designed for maximum efficiency, performance, and reliability. Under the direction of CTO Dr. Jack Josefowicz, LRL’s design team has created an LED fixture with a true 20 year design life. Drawing on his extensive experience in the aerospace field, Dr. Josefowicz determined that commercial-grade, off-the-shelf components cannot provide the life expectancy demanded by municipal and other users. LRL also recognized that the most common failure point in an LED fixture is not the LEDs, but rather the power supply (driver). High failure rate components were eliminated from the fixture design (optocouplers, commercial-grade capacitors, potting, etc.) and instead, aerospace and automotive-grade components were employed. Our approach is based on the concept of “reliability, rather than replaceability”. The end result is that the life of the power electronics is consistent with the expected 20 year life of the LEDs.
LRL’s in-house design team has developed no less than 12 articles of intellectual property related to the Satellite series fixtures. These innovations include our unique optics system, which delivers maximum target lumens to the roadway surface; our high-reliability power supply, and our thermal management system. All elements of LRL's fixture are designed to be replaceable, upgradeable and recyclable (eg. power supply, light engine, etc.).
All power supplies and light engines used in Satellite series fixtures are designed and manufactured by LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. to ensure reliability and total process control. LRL is the only manufacturer providing LED power supplies that are independently tested according to Telcordia SR-332, the globally dominant standard for assessing reliability of electronics assemblies. With Telcordia SR-332 tested MTBF values of up to 3.302 million hours, LRL power supplies are the most reliable in the industry, and this is supported with independent test data.
Single Source Responsibility
LRL’s level of vertical integration is another reason to select Satellite series fixtures. All power supplies, light engines, and electronics are designed, manufactured and tested in-house. When selecting LRL for your project, you are dealing with the manufacturer, not an integrator of third-party components. We offer true single source responsibility.
All performance data provided by LRL is supported by independent test reports, including LM-79 and LM-80 data. We also provide our customers with a layout service, which includes detailed layout creation, as well as customer-specific requirements such as side-by-side comparisons, ROI calculations, and environmental impact reports.
Controls and Monitoring - Streetlight IntelligenceTM
Our Streetlight IntelligenceTM adaptive lighting controls are compatible with LED, High Pressure Sodium, Metal Halide and Mercury Vapor lighting systems. The Streetlight Intelligence system includes dimming capability, fixture outage reporting, energy consumption management, supports innovation and reduced time to market. Our CEO is active in the day to day operation of the business and highly responsive to customer demands.
Responsiveness
LED Roadway Lighting Limited is small enough to be flexible and responsive to individual customer requirements, yet large enough to support your projects now and in the future. Our in-house design and manufacturing, combined with an empowering management, supports innovation and reduced time to market. Our CEO is active in the day to day operation of the business and highly responsive to customer demands.
A partial listing of installation locations is found below:
● Canada (installations in all provinces and 2 territories)
● U.S.A. (installations in 25 states)
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Facts and Figures
Company Organization:
Privately Held Corporation
Headquarters:
Halifax, NS, Canada
Design Office:
Halifax, NS, Canada
Manufacturing Locations:
Amherst, NS, Canada
55,000 ft2 (5100 m2 ) Facility
Mooresville, NC, USA
(in full compliance with Buy America requirements of ARRA)
South Wales, UK
Experience:
Manufacturing LED-based products since 2003
RoHS (lead-free) manufacturing
certification: 2005
Number of employees: 150+
First street light installation: 2008
Number of municipal and utility installations globally:
More than 300 clients in more than 25 countries
Local sales and technical support provided by factory representatives based in Canada, the U.S., and UK, as well as a network of more than 40 independent rep firms and distributors in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, and Australia
Applications:
Street lighting, outdoor area, pathway, building exterior, parking area, security/perimeter, outdoor retail (e.g. automotive dealership), bridges and tunnels.
LRL’s SAT-S luminaire
for street and area
lighting applications.
Nitrogen-fed soldering
process for lead-free
solder joint integrity.
XRF analyzer for analysis
of component chemistry.
Independent Verification
of Results: Read the
third party report detailing
our 1,100 fixture pilot in
Nova Scotia (available
on our website)
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