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USAI Lighting
USAI manufactures specification-grade LED downlights, adjustable recessed fixtures and pendants at its New Windsor, New York plant. The company is family-run by the Littman family.
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About USAI Lighting
USAI manufactures specification-grade LED downlights, adjustable recessed fixtures and pendants at its New Windsor, New York plant. The company is family-run by the Littman family. Also listed as USAI.
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| Catalog | Current catalog → |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Headquarters | New Windsor, New York |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Price tier | Architectural / spec-grade |
| Manufacturing | Made in the USA |
| Website | usailighting.com |
| Availability | Quoted to order — or I can quote a substitute from the SESCO card |
USAI Lighting is based at New Windsor, New York and is operated by Bonnie Littman as chief executive. She is a third-generation member of the Littman family, whose lighting heritage the company traces to 1939, when the inventor William Littman manufactured the fluorescent fixtures General Electric introduced at the World’s Fair. The company designs and manufactures its own LED light engines and optical systems in-house.
The catalog is recessed downlighting and its relatives: recessed LED downlights, pendant cylinders, surface mounts, retrofit, multiples, and tunable and color-changing fixtures. The named families are unusually distinctive — the LittleOnes and the LittleTwos for very small apertures, BeveLED Mini, BeveLED 2.2 and BeveLED Block, Small In One, TrueZero360, Micro Multi-Cell, SliverLED and Primary NXT.
What people specify USAI for is color quality at small aperture. Its branded technologies — Classic White, Warm Glow and Color Select — address the same complaint from opposite directions: LED that renders skin and materials badly, and LED that stays cold as it dims. On a South Florida residence or a hotel suite where the ceiling should show almost nothing but the light must still flatter the room, that is the whole specification. USAI offers Buy American products, Title 24 and JA8 compliant product, and publishes Revit and IES files.
- Headquarters: New Windsor, New York
- Leadership: operated by Bonnie Littman, CEO; third-generation Littman family lighting heritage traced to 1939
- Ownership: independent
- Categories: recessed LED downlights, pendant cylinders, surface mount, retrofit, multiples, tunable and color-changing
- Families: the LittleOnes, the LittleTwos, BeveLED Mini, BeveLED 2.2, BeveLED Block, Small In One, TrueZero360, Micro Multi-Cell, SliverLED, Primary NXT
- Technologies: Classic White, Warm Glow, Color Select; in-house LED light engines and optics
- Compliance: Buy American product, Title 24 and JA8 compliant options; Revit and IES files published
- Typical projects: residential, office, healthcare, education, hospitality, arts and culture, transportation, retail
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Quoting USAI Lighting?
Pricing on this line comes from the agency that holds it — the rep directory shows who that is. Send me the project anyway if you want a read on the fixture before you specify it.
Request a Project Quote Call 786-395-1222Who handles this line here
USAI Lighting is represented in South Florida by Power & Lighting Systems. If you are specifying it here, they are who to call — and if you want a second opinion on the fixture, that is what this site is for.
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Building outside South Florida? USAI Lighting publishes its own representative locator — use it to find the agency holding the line in your territory.
Why ask me about it
Thirteen years in lighting in this market, most of it on the distribution side and now on the rep side of the desk. I know which lines hold a spec, which ones slip on lead time, and what the substitution is going to be when value engineering starts.
Common questions about USAI Lighting
Who handles USAI Lighting in South Florida?
Power and Lighting Systems handles this line in South Florida. If you are specifying it here, they are who to call. If you want a second opinion on whether it is the right fixture for the job, that is what this site is for.
What do I quote from the USAI Lighting line?
Most often recessed downlights, pendants and linear and architectural fixtures. That is what I see on jobs, not the whole catalog. If you need something from USAI Lighting that is not listed there, send the model numbers and I will check it.
Can you supply USAI Lighting outside South Florida?
Not outside South Florida. SESCO holds this line for Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties, and I am the rep here. For a job elsewhere I will point you to the agency that holds it in that territory.
How do I get pricing on USAI Lighting?
Send the fixture schedule, the drawings or a list of model numbers through the quote form. You will get a line-by-line price and current lead times, usually within one business day. The takeoff costs you nothing.
What is USAI Lighting known for?
Small-aperture recessed downlighting with exceptional color quality. The LittleOnes and BeveLED families are the signature product, and the company designs and manufactures its own LED light engines and optics.
What is Warm Glow?
Warm Glow is USAI’s dim-to-warm technology — the color temperature drops as the fixture dims, the way an incandescent source behaved. Classic White and Color Select are its other branded color technologies.
Who runs USAI Lighting?
Bonnie Littman is chief executive and a third-generation member of the Littman family. The company traces its lighting heritage to 1939, when inventor William Littman manufactured the fluorescent fixtures GE introduced at the World’s Fair.
Does USAI provide Revit and IES files?
Yes, both are published in its technical resources, along with Title 24 and JA8 compliant product and Buy American options. That makes the line straightforward to document at submittal stage.
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