Acuity Brands Receives Multiple 2019 ControlTrends Awards
January 16 2019 - 2:34PM
ATLANTA – January 16, 2019 – Acuity Brands, Inc.
(NYSE: AYI) (“Company”) today announced that Distech Controls®, an
innovation leader in energy management solutions, received
ControlTrends’ Vendor of the Year (Large Manufacturer) award and
the Company’s nLight® AIR wireless lighting control system won
ControlTrends Lighting Solution of the Year. In addition,
Stefani Szczechowski received ControlTrends’ Woman of the Year
award in her role as regional sales manager for Distech Controls.
The awards were announced during AHR Expo (International
Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Expo), the world’s largest
HVACR event with more than 2,100 exhibitors and 60,000 attendees.
“The Vendor of the Year award recognizes the
ability of our solutions to go beyond energy savings with a
streamlined, connected building offering that is available across
industries and can also leverage an HVAC infrastructure for IoT
capabilities such as indoor positioning,” said Martin Villeneuve,
President, Distech Controls and Acuity Brands Lighting Senior Vice
President, Distributed Building Technology. “We offer our customers
a breadth of solutions that work together -- end-to-end --
transforming their building from a cost center to a strategic
asset.”
“Acuity Brands’ digital lighting controls create
a communication network for a dynamic, connected building, which
enables the flow of data from systems such as HVAC, LED lights,
sensors and controllable devices,” said Trevor Palmer, Acuity
Brands Lighting Senior Vice President, Digital Lighting Controls.
“When a building is equipped with Distech Controls and nLight
solutions from Acuity Brands, an occupant can change the
temperature, lighting level, sunblind function and other
environmental considerations in the space.”
Judged by a group of independent industry
professionals, ControlTrends Awards honor innovation in the
development of products for the HVAC and building automation
industries. Click here to see the full list of winners.
About Acuity Brands
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is the North
American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of
lighting and building management solutions. With fiscal year 2018
net sales of $3.7 billion, Acuity Brands currently employs
approximately 13,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and
Asia. The Company’s products and solutions are sold under various
brands, including Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Aculux®, American
Electric Lighting®, Antique Street Lamps™, Atrius™, DGLogik™,
Distech Controls®, DTL®, eldoLED®, Gotham®, Healthcare Lighting®,
Hydrel®, Indy™, IOTA®, Juno®, Lucid®, Mark Architectural Lighting™,
nLight®, Peerless®, RELOC® Wiring, ROAM®, Sensor Switch®,
Sunoptics® and Winona® Lighting. Visit us at
www.acuitybrands.com.
Media Contacts:
Monica
Sanchez770-860-2948monica.sanchez@acuitybrands.com
Lauren
Scott514-291-9255lscott@distech-controls.com
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