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X Series Downlights Named 2024 Sustainable Product of the Year

X Series recognized for sustainability

May 22, 2024

X Series Downlights Named 2024 Sustainable Product of the Year

Awarded by Green Builder, X Series 2-inch downlights excel in energy efficiency, eco-consciousness, and more.

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.

DMF is dedicated to saving our earth through eco-friendly practices, including energy-efficient design, recycled material usage, waste reduction strategies, and a post-warranty refurbishment program.

Learn more about our Sustainability Commitment.

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DMF's Commitment to Sustainability

Shining a light on sustainability

April 22, 2024

DMF’s Commitment to Sustainability

 

Shining a light on sustainability

DMF is dedicated to saving our earth through eco-friendly practices, including energy-efficient design, recycled materials usage, waste reduction strategies, and a post-warranty refurbishment program.

Designed to the Most Rigorous Standards

Energy Efficiency – Based in California, all our products are LED and designed around the most stringent local mandates and energy codes, like Title 24 ensuring optimum energy efficiency.

 

Declare Listed, Red List Compliant Since 2020 – DMF was one of the first downlighting manufacturers to become Declare Listed and today all product SKUs proudly carry the Declare Label.

 

Sustainably Designed – We continue to be at the forefront of sustainable design.  Universal, junction box-based housings are designed free of electronics ensuring a future-proof solution.

Manufactured for Optimum Performance

Non-Waste Sheet Metal – By design, all of our sheet metal punch outs and excess scrap metal are utilized for smaller components minimizing waste and cost.

 

Alternative Material Sourcing – Our H Series housings are manufactured in the United States out of PET plastic making them not only recyclable but incredibly lightweight, providing for more efficient transport.

 

20% Aluminum Reuse Policy – 20% of the diecast aluminum parts used in our light fixtures are recycled to provide a sustainable footprint while at the same time ensuring we are not sacrificing the integrity of the material or performance.

Filling Orders, not Landfills

Recyclable Packaging – All DMF packaging is made of recyclable cardboard and additionally, any used packaging we receive is shredded and repurposed as filling for future packages.

 

Bulk Packaging – Available upon request to help you minimize job site waste.

End of Life & Long-Term Maintenance Commitment

90% Recyclable Components – All metal, steel & plastic components in our product are recyclable, additionally DMF will recycle your retired electronics free of charge if you send them back to our factory.

 

Post Warranty Refurbishment Program – Housings from our product can be reused to update spaces sustainably with little labor impact.  You can be confident there will be new products that will support your upgrades for years to come. DMF is committing to circular product solutions, ensuring you have a solution for your fixture when it reaches the end of its life.  For any product sold from 2024 and on, DMF’s refurbishment program will rework or offer a backwards compatible product 5 years after warranty to give you the most sustainable solution.

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Announcing a New Hospitality & Multifamily Series

A new series specifically focused on DMF application solutions for mixed-use spaces

January 17, 2024

Announcing a New Series on Multi-family & Hospitality Solutions

Photo Credit: Emphatic Creative Media

DMF has been the go-to downlighting solution for multi-family and hospitality spaces for over a decade and continues to tailor and develop products specific to the needs of these mixed-use spaces. As a way for us to share with you the knowledge we have gathered through the years, as well as a way for us to synthesize all of our brand-new product offerings into a digestible format we are excited to launch DMF Digest, our Multi-family & Hospitality Insights Newsletter. Multi-family & Hospitality Insights will be a compilation of new product overviews, space-by-space application guides, technical bulletins, case studies, and more. All delivered to your inbox on a monthly cadence.

 

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Living Building Challenge Compliant Since 2020

DMF downlights surpass international sustainability standards, helping clear the path towards multiple regulatory incentives

June 5, 2023

DMF Lighting is proud to have its LED Downlight System and Surface-Mount LED carrying the Declared Label and be Living Building Challenge compliant since 2020. The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program. Similar to LEED, Green Globes, and other standards recognized by local, state, and international governments, it’s the world’s most rigorous proven performance standard for buildings. People from around the world use its regenerative design framework to create spaces that give more than they take.

Living Buildings are:

  • Regenerative buildings that connect occupants to light, air, food, nature, and community.
  • Self-sufficient and remain within the resource limits of their site.
  • Create a positive impact on the human and natural systems that interact with them.

 

“An LBC certified building has to use construction materials – including lighting equipment – that do not contain certain toxins. Using an LBC Compliant product meets this mandate, eliminating adverse environmental, health, and social impacts.”

Benjamin Chen
Product Architect, DMF Lighting

DMF’s commitment to better living

Efficiency and sustainability are core values at DMF, pushing us to design ever-more energy efficient lights and informing the materials we use to build our products. Projects using DMF’s downlight system and surface-mount cylinders, are on the pathway to reaching the top classification of Living Certified.

LBC Red List Approved under the Declare program, DMF’s downlight and cylinders fulfill the disclosure credit requirements under LBC Materials Petal Imperatives in fostering a transparent materials economy free of certain toxins and harmful chemicals deemed non-sustainable. In addition, the Declare program is also an officially recognized compliance path in LEED v4 under the Building Product Optimization credit.

Regulatory Incentives

Developers who choose to become LBC compliant ensure the sustainability of their project, and may even qualify for certain regulatory incentives. “In Seattle, projects in certain zones with LBC certification could build up to 25% more floor area and height than regulations allow,” stated Chen. While in Miami Beach, LBC compliant projects may be eligible for a full rebate on mandated sustainability fees. Moreover, LBC certification increases a building’s long-term value, and makes it more desirable for clients interested in reducing their environmental footprint. Compelling incentive case studies can also currently be seen in Vancouver, Washington, Ohio, and Oregon.

Using non-LBC compliant  products puts developers and designers at risk of including toxic materials in a project. By using LBC Declared and compliant products like DMF’s LED lighting solutions, projects are one step closer to pursuing the highest level of sustainability and regenerative design.

For more information on DMF’s Living Building Challenge compliance, please visit our Declare Products page.

Learn more about the International Living Future Institute.

 

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Green Builder Recognizes H Series for Sustainability

DMF’s home downlighting solution named to 2023 Sustainable Products of the Year list

April 25, 2023

DMF Lighting is excited to have the H Series named in the Honorable Mentions of Green Builder’s 2023 Sustainable Products of the Year. The annual list recognizes prominent, enviro-friendly products while honoring companies that encourage sustainability and go above and beyond in manufacturing items through innovative technology.

The H Series brings downlighting with stellar efficiency and a sustainable design to the whole home. The downlight goes beyond standard efficacy requirements and is both California Title 24 JA8 compliant and ENERGY STAR qualified. Manufactured in the US, the housings are recyclable and free of non-sustainable, harmful toxins.

DMF Lighting is committed to better living, pushing us to design ever-more energy efficient lights and informing the materials we use to build our products.

Learn more about the H Series.

 

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H Series Featured on The Build Show

Host Matt Risinger shows off some excellent mechanicals on a budget

March 8, 2023

Check out the latest episode of The Build Show where host Matt Risinger shows us around an in-progress project that’s near and dear to him — the home of one of his project managers. He provides tips on how to install an excellent mechanical system at the best possible cost, including utilizing DMF Lighting’s H Series 4″ modular downlights as a key part of that strategy.

Matt and his team start off with the HVAC system and start discussing electrical at the 18:28 mark.

 

 

Learn more about H Series — the lighting solution for the whole home.

 

About The Build Show

The BUILD Show is dedicated to building science and fine craftsmanship. Matt Risinger is a Builder in Austin TX who is passionate about High Performance Construction and his goal with every home he builds is for it to be a bit better than the last home. On this channel you’ll see him talking about Building Science, Insulation, Air Sealing, HVAC, Fresh Air, Healthy Buildings, Framing, Hidden Door, New Building Products, Reviews, and Tours of well built homes under construction.

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DMF Recognizes PLS as the 2021 Brilliance Award Winner
Pacific Lighting Systems named DMF'S Best Representative of the year
July 8, 2022

Each year, DMF honors a special selection from our network of representatives for all the great work they do. The Brilliance Awards celebrate not just great performance, but a partner’s outstanding dedication to reflecting all that DMF stands for, from knowledge and partnership to loyalty and professionalism.

Join us in congratulating Pacific Lighting Sales as this year’s top representative.

W. Rodgers Hill, Founder and Principal of Hill Residential Systems, accepts their DMF Brilliance Award trophy from DMF’s Andy Wakefield, Senior Vice President

Diamond Award

The Diamond Award celebrates representatives without equal. Diamond Award winners excel at communicating with the whole DMF organization and are constantly learning more about our products and policies. Their excellence reflects amazing sales performances, especially across different business segments. Their passion and dedication makes them more than just partners, it makes them key members of the DMF Family.

Winner: Pacific Lighting Systems

 

Crystal Award

The Crystal Award recognizes Representatives, who achieve their agreed sales quota goals. Such commitment and achievement are essential to our DMF business success. Crystal Award winners help us invest consistently in our business, growing our products, people, and impact to the market. Their partnership excellence is recognized and greatly appreciated.

 

Congratulations to the recipients

Our manufacturer’s representatives are the cornerstone of our business and we are proud to bestow the very best of them these Brilliance Awards. Congratulations to the winners and thank you everyone for your effort and dedication.

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DMF Wins Product Innovation Award
New DRD Series recognized by Architectural SSL for Product Innovation
January 26, 2022

We are honored to have our next-generation DRD Series selected by Architectural SSL magazine as a Product Innovation Award winner. The distinguished panel of 18 designers and lighting specialists were especially impressed by the system’s high versatility and great flexibility.

“Modifications made easy. Swapping from fixed to adjustable is as easy as changing a light bulb.”
– Judging Panel

We designed a single product family that can support 98% of downlighting use cases and are proud to have it recognized by the lighting and design community.

About PIA

The Product Innovation Awards (PIA) recognizes innovative LED and solid-state luminaires and fixtures on the market, while also spotlighting the players behind the components that make up these light sources.

With judging and evaluation of products and systems conducted by a panel skilled in a product evaluation, the PIA program awards manufacturers based on attributes, qualities, functionality and/or performance beyond industry standards.

View the entire list of winners in the latest issue of Architectural SSL.

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2021 Design Awards
And the Grand Prize Winner of the inaugural DMF Design Awards goes to ...
September 1, 2021

A celebration of beautiful lighting projects, the very first DMF Design Awards featured dozens of entries showcasing some of the best DMF Lighting applications from across the country.

Projects competed in five different categories, with one Grand Prize Winner selected from the Category Winners. Our esteemed judges reviewed the entries based on four criteria (Lighting Application, Lighting Creativity, Photography and Project Summary) and their composite score was used to determine the winner.

The winners of the 2021 DMF Design Awards:

 

 

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Best Commercial Lighting Application

Submission: Rachel Levy Designs
Project: Politan Row
Location: Atlanta, GA
Product(s): DCD3 Higher-Lumen Fixed Downlight, DRD2 Fixed Downlight with Warm Dim, OneFrame

Congratulations Rachel Levy designs!

The 2021 DMF Design Award Grand Prize goes to the Levy design team for their work on Politan Row, a chef-driven food hall built specifically for Midtown Atlanta. The project features a variety of open air spaces and is energized from day to night, providing unique lighting challenges. Judges were impressed with the creative use of layered lighting and Warm Dim to address these needs.

“DMF’s Warm Dim is wonderful for an environment that needs to be bright and slightly cooler during the daytime, yet, needs to easily transform into a warmer, romantic space space in evenings. Additionally, I love their clean lines, even fields, ease in which to install, and competitive price point!”

– Rachel Levy
Lighting Designer

 

CATEGORY WINNERS

Best Residential Lighting Application

Submission: Illuminated Design
Project: Pelican Bay Residence
Location: Naples, FL
Product(s): DRD2 Fixed Downlight, OneFrame Concrete

 

Best Accent and/or Task Lighting Application

Submission: Colina West
Project: Simi Estiatorio
Location: Austin, TX
Product(s): DRD2 Fixed Downlight, DRD4 Adjustable Downlight, DCCX Cylinder

 

Best DCC Cylinder Application

Submission: Service Tech
Project: Britt Design Group
Location: Austin, TX
Product(s): DCC2 Cylinder, DCC4 Adjustable Cylinder

 

Best Multiple DMF Products Application

Submission: Premium Digital Control & Automation
Project: Ritz-Carlton Residences
Location: Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Product(s): DRD4 Adjustable Downlight with Warm Dim, DCC4 Adjustable Cylinder, DRD5S Surface Mount

 

CONGRATULATIONS
to all the winners!

 

Thank you to all those who participated. Stay tuned as we’ll be sharing more from these incredible projects very soon.

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New Learning Center Showcases the Latest DMF Technology
New ProSource Lighting Technology and Learning Center features the latest in DMF Lighting technology, including the award-winning CI channel exclusive DID Series, OneFrame, SquareFrame, DCC LED Cylinder, and DRD5 LED Downlights
April 13, 2021

We are proud to partner with ProSource to be featured at the brand-new, state-of-the-art Lighting Technology and Learning Center. Located in the Dallas Market Center, the space provides an opportunity for retail and design-build customers to learn about lighting applications and advancements in an immersive setting.

DMF’s latest innovations, including the award-winning DID Series lighting modules, OneFrame and SquareFrame recessed lighting systems, the DCC LED Cylinder, and DRD5 LED downlights, are the perfect pairing for the new Learning Center.

“DMF Lighting impressed us right out of the gate with their unique OneFrame system, and we are thrilled that they are a part of the LTLC Experience Center,” said David Warfel, Chief Evangelist, Light Can Help You.

“We love the modularity and clean engineering of their products and chose their trimless fixtures because of their easy installation. We have been huge fans of the DRD4 adjustable LED module in our design practice and are even more excited about the integrator-only upgrade, the DID4.”

The Learning Center was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 23, 2021, at the start of the popular Lightovation trade show. Dave Workman, president and CEO of ProSource, presided at the opening festivities.

Eventually, the Learning Center will be available for hands-on, live Level 2 curriculum of the ProSource Lighting Technology Certification program, which was launched earlier this year through ProSource University.

DID Series

The all-new, award-winning DID Series improves on every major metric by which quality lighting is judged and delivers unmatched performance and adaptability. The DID Series was designed specifically to enhance the appearance and installation of home integration projects and is exclusively available through custom integration dealers. 

DCC Cylinder

By combining a suite of customizable features with our highest performing LED modules yet, the DCC provides brilliant illumination and beautiful design versatile enough for whatever your project needs. The DCC centers around a modular LED lighting system, so it’s easy to specify, install and maintain.

DRD5S

The DRD5S redefines what’s possible for a surface mount downlight. Packed with technical breakthroughs, the ultra-thin DRD5S matches the elegance of a high-end recessed downlight. In addition, it’s more versatile because it can fit more applications, even those with limited plenum space. 

About ProSource

ProSource is a cooperative, member-governed, not-for-profit buying group representing more than 550 specialty retailers and custom integrators. With annual sales of more than $6 billion, ProSource is the largest specialty and consumer-electronics merchandising group in the United States, which allows it to negotiate stronger programs with manufacturers, help independent dealers stay relevant to consumers, and keep the specialty A/V channel competitive. Learn more about ProSource.

 

 

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