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The Lighting Quotient makes luminaires that connect people to place. Creativity comes from within: Our gifted designers and innovative multi-disciplinary engineers design precision optics inside unique forms for advanced function and control. 

The Lighting Quotient is 100% privately owned, now celebrating 105 years in the lighting industry.  We are... Lighting iQ Rising.

A Legacy of Lighting

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1942

Founder Sylvan (Sy) Shemitz attends the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

1946

Sy takes on leadership of the family electric supply business, New Haven Electric.

1948

Sy becomes a member of Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) of North America.

1950

Sy visits GE's Nela Park facility and begins to formulate ideas on uses of lighting in architecture.

1957

Sy's first lighting showroom.

1963

Sy launches lighting design practice Sylvan R. Shemitz & Associates.

Accreditations

We choose to adhere to the most rigorous standards and best practices prescribed by the industry’s leading organizations and governing bodies.

AIA
Ansi
Ashrae
CSA
ETL
GSA
IES
Made_in_USA
NEMA
UL
IALD
Union_Made
BAA/BABA
WBE
Recovery
RoHS