Sentry Electric Introduces New LED Street and Area Luminaire

FREEPORT, N.Y. - Aug. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- With its symmetrical proportions and gently arching crown, Sentry's Downtown luminaire provides contemporary inspiration for boulevards and public spaces while its innovative optical design delivers the many benefits associated with solid state lighting technology.

The Downtown luminaire’s unique combination of refractive borosilicate glass optics and LED modules is a groundbreaking advance in the evolution of solid state technology used for street and area lighting. The downward facing LEDs have an unobstructed path to the illuminated surface, delivering over 9300 lumens with an exceptional efficacy of 93 lumens per watt.

When compared to traditional high intensity discharge (HID) lighting, Sentry’s Downtown LED luminaire offers the following improvements:


  •  Longer life
  •  Significantly reduced rate of lumen depreciation
  •  Elimination of the use of mercury and other hazardous materials
  •  Increased optical control and uniformity
  •  Improved system efficacy (lumens per watt)
  •  Improved color rendering index
  •  Integration with dimming and lighting control solutions

The Downtown luminaire is ruggedly constructed of cast aluminum and utilizes high gloss Super Durable polyester powder coat paint. Combined with borosilicate glass lenses and built in surge protection, the luminaire’s durability and reliability are unsurpassed.


About Sentry Electric:

Sentry Electric is North America’s most responsive source of standard and custom exterior lighting, completely committed to end-to-end project success. The company’s specification grade luminaires, cast iron and aluminum bollards, poles, brackets and accessories are installed across America’s prestigious municipal street, park and university settings, including deployments at Yale University, New York’s Battery Park City, Indianapolis’ Lower Canal Park, George Bush Library, UCLA, and Ellis Island. Lighting designers and engineers, architects and urban planners all rely on the company’s commitment to end-to-end project success and its unparalleled knowledge of architecturally significant exterior lighting, honed over the past sixty years.

Sentry’s catalog is comprised of a range of luminaires in a variety of styles that incorporate many different light sources.  These include LED, high intensity discharge (HID), compact fluorescent, induction, and incandescent, for high efficiency, photometric performance, service life and energy use.

Sentry has produced award-winning outdoor lighting products, including the SCP Central Park tulip luminaire, the winner of a Central Park Conservancy design competition and a 2013 Product Innovation Award from Architectural SSL Magazine. Building Operating Management Magazine selected Sentry’s LED bollards for a 2013 Top Product Award.  Several Sentry products were pre-eminently recognized in 2011, 2012, and 2013 by Buildings Magazine for offering unique, Money Saving features.