TradePro

Q & A

• Does Alcon Lighting offer a trade discount?

  Yes. Alcon Lighting offers architects, lighting or interior designers, electricians and contractors reduced wholesale pricing. Please fill in fields on your TradePro profile or the Bulk + Trade Discount profile on our product pages.

• What's required to verify my eligibility?

  Alcon Lighting requires a business license or some type of qualified equivalent as proof of eligibility. In many cases, a letter on company letterhead will suffice.

• Which industries and professions qualify as trade professionals?

  Alcon Lighting offers architects, lighting or interior designers, electricians, and contractors reduced wholesale pricing. Please fill in fields on the TradePro profile or the Bulk + Trade Discount profile on the product pages.

• How do I place an order or receive reduced pricing?

  If you are an architect, lighting or interior designer, electrician or contractor, please fill in fields on the TradePro profile or the Bulk + Trade Discount profile on the product pages. Upon receipt, you will receive a price quote or estimate from one of our lighting sales consultants within 24 to 48 hours. You may use the quote to place an order via telephone.

• What can I expect from e-news, quarterly and annual reports?

  Alcon Lighting strives to educate and enlighten the public with articles, interviews, profiles and other features about architecture, design and history including an annual disclosure of our challenges, achievements and goals for innovation.

• What is a Revit file?

  Revit is the registered trademark term for Autodesk’s proprietary building information modeling program used to create 3D building designs. Revit refers to a file — with the .rvt extension — which can be opened using Autodesk Revit or Autocad architectural software.

• Does Alcon Lighting offer revit files?

  Alcon Lighting currently does not provide revit files for floor plan and other modeling to create 3D building designs. However, we offer standardized IES data files to show the light output of a luminaire.

• What are IES files?

  Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) developed a photometric plain file extension that contains standardized lighting data for architectural software that simulates light. These programs can use the IES files to display projected lighting patterns for roads and buildings.