Based in New York City on the Lower East Side, The Bowery Mission is one of the most historic and dedicated non-profit organizations, serving and helping those facing homelessness, hunger, and other hardships for over 150 years.

With the doors open 365 days a year, The Bowery Mission services 1,000 to 1,200 people a day, providing food, clothing, counseling, shelter, and a tranquil place for its clients. Last year alone the organization provided over 320,000 meals, 66,000 nights of sleep, 45,000 showers, and 32,000 articles of clothing while treating every person who steps through its door like family.

George Oliphant, host of NBC’s home renovation show “George to the Rescue,” recently surprised the center with a well-deserved renovation. Working alongside general contractor SilverLining, Inc., Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, and generous contributors including DMF Lighting, the team transformed the building’s life-changing career center, along with a lounge area, into comfortable and rejuvenating spaces with next-level amenities for its hardworking volunteers, staff and clients.

DMF was proud to donate its M Series recessed downlight and wall washers to assist with the renovation.

Watch the episode of “George to the Rescue” to learn more about this wonderful organization and project. The Bowery Mission story was also recently featured on a TODAY Show segment.

The FacilitiesNet Vision Awards honor innovation and excellence in products that contribute to the efficient, profitable operations and management of institutional and commercial buildings in the United States.

“The Vision Awards are a great indicator of the trends and challenges in facility management today,” said Editor-in-Chief Dan Weltin, Facility Market. “Every winner is a solution that can solve a problem or make buildings more efficient.”

Emerging victorious in the Lighting category, the M Series Commercial Downlighting Collection meets all site requirements and ceiling heights with lumen packages from 750 up to 3500, while providing continuity in aesthetics and performance across an entire property.

The 4-inch architectural collection’s modular design features tool-less, field-interchangeable trims, LED light engine modules, and optics, providing exceptional serviceability and flexibility when aiming a project or making design changes, as they can be easily swapped onsite from below the ceiling from fixed to adjustable to wall wash.

The M Series Commercial family was chosen by an independent panel of facility executives and influencers including members of the Building Operating Management and Facility Maintenance Decisions Editorial Advisory Boards, and other prestigious facility managers.

To view all winners and learn more, click here.

What is TM-30?

TM-30, developed in 2015 by the Illumination Engineering Society (IES), is an advanced method for measuring the color rendering capabilities of light sources. It addresses the limitations of the older Color Rendering Index (CRI) by providing a more comprehensive and accurate evaluation of how well a light source renders colors.

TM-30 is particularly beneficial in environments where precise color rendering is essential. It allows designers and lighting professionals to make more informed decisions, ensuring that the chosen lighting enhances the desired colors and ambiance of the space.

We’re proud that our X Series Downlights have been recognized as one of the world’s most distinguished brands for performance, aesthetics, and impact by the 200+ member jury of industry leaders who are actively shaping the world.

Every architect and designer appreciates that it takes spectacular products and materials to make their designs a reality. The A+Product Awards honors the elements behind the globe’s most inspiring contemporary buildings — as chosen by the architects and design professionals who specify them every day. It’s a true celebration of the best and most innovative building products worldwide.

Electrical Wholesaling has been educating electrical distribution professionals on the latest technologies that are driving the over $100 billion electrical market for more than 100 years.

We’re excited that the editors have named our 4-inch round and square Retrofit Conversion Kits as a Top 10 Product Pick for August.

Designed to upgrade existing 6-inch round downlights to more architectural 4-inch fixtures or uniquely change a 6-inch round aperture to a 4-inch square downlight, the 4-inch Round and Square Conversion Kits are ideal for 120-volt applications wanting TRIAC/ELV smooth dimming down to 1%, such as hospitality, healthcare and light commercial projects desiring an architectural upgrade.

To learn more, click here.

Showcasing products that provide significant technical advancement in the art and science of lighting, the X Series Modular Downlighting System has been accepted into the 2024 Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) Progress Report for its uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry.

The X Series 2-inch downlight’s modular design (housing, module, and trim) features the industry’s first LED light engine module integrated with a DALI-2 driver for the rapidly growing Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) lighting control protocol.

A DALI Config App allows simple DALI setup and reading without power and stores original settings for device upgrades, changes, or replacement using NFC cloning.

The downlights’ cleverly engineered Cross Beam Total Internal Reflection (TIR) Optics maximize light efficacy (up to 105 lm/W) while minimizing glare and ensuring no cutoff when combined with a pinhole trim. To learn more about the benefits of the optics, watch the video below.

Learn about:

• Ideal applications
• Installation changes with DALI compared to 0-10 volt
• DALI 2 vs. DALI
• Pros and cons DALI vs. DMX
• System limits
• Specifying fixtures
• Is DALI the control solution of the future?

DMF Lighting’s X Series 2-inch downlights have been selected by Green Builder’s editorial team as a 2024 Sustainable Product of the Year, which represents today’s most innovative products that make homes more efficient, resilient, healthy, intelligent, and safe.

Providing the ultimate in performance, installation, serviceability, and sustainability, the downlights are Title 24 JA8 and RoHS compliant, and Declare listed — free of toxins and harmful chemicals deemed non-sustainable. The energy-efficient LED downlights are also ENEGY STAR® rated and consume only 9.5 to 14.3 watts, based on the selected lumens.