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MaxLite AE Switch Area Lights

William Attardi on June 1, 2026

The MaxLite AE Switch Area Light offers tremendous selectability and controls capabilities. Besides CCT and Wattage choices, it expands its versatility to include changing distributions between Types III, IV and V. Now available with the ability to change CCT and Distribution with a remote control from the ground! It covers wattages ranging from 75W-300W in either 120-277V or 277-480V using two low EPA housings. It also offers a variety of mounting options along with visor accessories. All of this is available with robust surge protection and Maxlite’s proven quality bringing you great value in a competitive Value Series package. AE Switch Area Lights

Post Top Area Light Z10 Ready CCT3 PST by naturaLED

William Attardi on January 10, 2025

naturaLED® has designed a sleek, contemporary post top fixture with three vertical arm that creates a clean look. Easy installation to retrofit on standard 2-3/8″ tenons, 3” Pole. Saving time and money by upgrading to LED. Our DLC premium open round post top light fixture replaces up to 250 watt metal halide fixtures and produces up to 12,000 lumens. The preinstalled Z10 Receptacle allows easy plug-and-play control upgrades during installation or at a later time. Applications: Corporate Campus, Education, Healthcare, Parking Structure, Parks, Hospitalities, Walkways, Commercial office buildings, Landscape lighting. POST TOP AREA LIGHT Z10 – naturaLED 

Spec Sheet: https://naturaled.com/assets-led/flyer/PST_Z10_CCT3_9726_9728_9730.pdf

It’s Back to School – How Some of Our Most Acknowledged Universities Got Their Name – Who were the true visionaries who would donate half of their estate to sculpting the minds of the future. These stories are monuments to history and culture. Let’s take a stroll through academia’s memory lane and uncover the origins of these storied university names!

  1. Ah, Harvard! The Ivy League giant was once a small college in the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlement called New Towne. But where did “Harvard” come from? Enter John Harvard, a clergyman who, in 1638, decided to bequeath half his estate and his library (a whopping 400 books!) to the fledgling college. Grateful for this generous gift, they promptly named the institution after him.
  2. A gem of New Haven, Connecticut, Yale is another Ivy League powerhouse known for its prestigious law and drama schools. It owes its name to Elihu Yale, a wealthy merchant who, in 1718, donated a modest shipment of goods (including portraits, books, and textiles) to a struggling collegiate school. Those goods were auctioned off, raising a much-needed £562 –a small fortune at the time.
  3. Dartmouth is renowned for its beautiful rural setting, nestled in the picturesque town of Hanover, New Hampshire. It was named after the Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, a British nobleman who supported the college’s founding –despite never actually setting foot in America!
  4. Brown, this Rhode Island Ivy University, known for its open curriculum and emphasis on student choice, was founded with a mouthful of a name – the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It was renamed in 1704 for Nicholas Brown, Jr., a prominent merchant whose family donated generously to the school.
  5. Perched atop a hill overlooking Ithaca, New York, Cornell is celebrated for its diverse academic programs and its stunning natural surroundings. Founded by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, this university was unique for its commitment to practical education, allowing students the freedom to choose their own course of study. It was a revolutionary notion at the time, which would guide a curricular reform across the country.
  6. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford is renowned for its entrepreneurial spirit and its close ties to the tech industry. But this California powerhouse has a touching origin story. Leland Stanford, Jr., the founder’s son, tragically died young from typhoid fever. His father Leland Sr., railroad magnate and former state governor, and his mother Jane, founded the university in his memory, ensuring his legacy lived on through the pursuit of knowledge.
  7. This North Carolina research giant, known for its strong medical and law schools, underwent a bit of a name change in its history. Originally called Trinity College, it was renamed Duke University in 1924 after James Buchanan Duke, a tobacco and electric power industrialist who founded the American Tobacco Company. He established The Duke Endowment, to which he donated throughout his life and left half his estate after his death.
  8. Nestled in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt is a renowned research university with a vibrant campus life. It owes its name to “The Commodore,” Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and railroad magnate, who provided the initial gift to establish the university.
  9. Texas businessman William Marsh Rice provided the initial funding for this Houston university, but did not live to see its opening. He was murdered by his valet as he slept, in a plot to forge the man’s will. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, Rice University flourished through the years, becoming an institution known for its strong engineering and science programs.
  10. Who was Harvard named after? Origin of university names