Renaissance Lighting Named 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Winner

Renaissance Lighting, a leading innovator in the development of solid-state downlight fixtures, has been selected to the 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Top Private Company List. The GoingGreen East 50 recognition is given annually to privately held, emerging companies that create new business opportunities in green technology.

Renaissance Lighting was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team as a winner in the energy efficiency and energy management category based on its ground-breaking technologies, elegant product design, overall market potential and its compelling, highly energy-efficient family of LED lighting fixtures.

“The GoingGreen East 50 companies have demonstrated their tenacity even in the toughest economic conditions that the technology world has ever encountered,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “We applaud their success in pushing the boundaries of innovation, creating market opportunities and transforming the industry even in the earlier stages of their businesses.”

“The winners in our energy efficiency category also demonstrate how cleantech is probably a countercyclical sector, as the winners all promise cost-effective innovations that will deliver more usable energy for the same amount of raw energy input,” said AlwaysOn Greentech Editor Ed Ring.

“A winner in this category is Renaissance Lighting, developing spectacular and energy-sipping solid-state lighting that is almost invisible, like wallpaper, yet can be controlled with extraordinary flexibility to emit user-defined colors and intensities,” Ring added.

Renaissance Lighting offers an impressive portfolio of architectural-grade, solid-state downlights that includes both RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and White LED-based downlight fixtures for various specialty and general illumination applications. Renaissance Lighting’s latest product introduction gave the industry its most efficient, architectural-grade LED RGB downlights with improved flexibility, more finish options and up to 96% more lumen output than its predecessor fixtures. As a result, these fixtures are poised to change the way architects and lighting designers look at solid-state lighting. In addition, the company also introduced its Rhapsody™ Color Management System – a complete solution for unleashing customer creativity using Renaissance Lighting fixtures that includes easy-to-use software and easy-to-use wall-mounted controllers.

“Renaissance Lighting is honored to be selected as a GoingGreen East 50 winner,” said Barry Weinbaum, Renaissance Lighting CEO. “Our new generation of energy-efficient solid-state downlights is the result of continued breakthroughs in the application of LED technology based on Constructive Occlusion®, our patented technology for the unique mixing and blending of multiple LEDs into one powerful light source and more efficient products. This recognition is yet another demonstration of Renaissance Lighting’s innovation and product leadership within the global solid-state lighting marketplace and our unrelenting commitment to green technology and energy efficiency.”

Renaissance Lighting an the other 2009 GoingGreen East 50 winners were selected from among hundreds of technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders following a rigorous three-month selection process.

About Renaissance Lighting:

Renaissance Lighting is a global leader in the development of next-generation solid-state architectural downlights and controls, the result of on-going breakthroughs in the application of LED technology and Constructive Occlusion®, patented technology for the unique mixing and blending of multiple LED light sources. The company’s innovation and unrelenting commitment to green technology are key forces driving the development of highly creative lighting products that deliver the solid-state industry’s purest light source with exceptional appearance, superior efficiency and glare-free illumination for all architectural applications. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA, Renaissance Lighting deploys a revolutionary approach to product engineering and design that is supported by 29 patents including its optical and feedback control technologies. For more information visit www.renaissancelighting.com.

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Contacts

Renaissance Lighting
Joe Arimond, 847-381-1205
jarimond {at} renaissancelighting(.)com