Engineering Light for Every Environment
From subway tunnels to surgical suites — American-made LED lighting systems for transit, construction, healthcare, life sciences, correctional, behavioral health, commercial, and architectural environments. Engineered, manufactured, and supported from our Long Island, New York facility.
BABA/BAA and DLC status varies by fixture series and configuration. View product-level compliance details or contact sales@clearvulighting.com for project-specific certificates.
Built Different. Built to Last.
69 Years of Innovation
From the first commercially successful motion-sensor lighting to the first LED-lit subway tunnel, we've been pioneering lighting technology since 1957.
Vertically Integrated Manufacturing
In-house plastic injection molding, tooling, engineering, and LED assembly — all under one roof in Central Islip, NY. No outsourcing. No compromises.
6 Specialized Markets
Purpose-built solutions for transit, construction, commercial, healthcare, life sciences, and correctional environments. Not generic fixtures — engineered systems.
American-Made, American-Supported
BABA/BAA compliant. Union made. Local sales reps nationwide. Direct engineering support from the people who designed your fixtures.
NYC Subway Enhanced Station Initiative
When the MTA needed to modernize lighting across 15 subway stations, they turned to Clear-Vu. Our team designed, prototyped, and deployed over 20 unique LED fixture products — each engineered for the harsh underground environment. The project includes three-step DALI emergency backup systems and clearNET wireless monitoring across every station.
The transit tunnel lighting library
Three engineering-grade whitepapers and a published op-ed laying out where NFPA 130 falls short, why battery chemistry matters underground, and what "driverless" LED really means for a 25-year procurement.
The Hidden Liability in Your Tunnels
Why legacy emergency lighting can't meet modern NFPA 130 expectations — and how leading agencies are bundling upgrades into capital projects already underway.
Get the whitepaper Whitepaper · Feb 2026When the Lights Must Work
NiMH vs. lithium-ion vs. NiCd in the highest-stakes environment. How a battery fails matters as much as how it performs — especially underground.
Get the whitepaper Whitepaper · Mar 2026The “Driverless” LED
A close read of the patents and physics behind “Direct-AC” tunnel fixtures — and the $3M-$7M maintenance gap a 1,200-fixture install can hide over 25 years.
Get the whitepaperTransit tunnel lighting standards need to catch up
By Daniel Lax, CEO of Clear-Vu Lighting. Why NFPA 130's emergency lighting requirements should be a starting point, not the finish line. Free to read — no email required.
Magazine
Op-Ed by Daniel Lax, CEO · March 2026
“Transit tunnel lighting standards need to catch up.”
A published call to treat NFPA 130 as a starting point, not a finish line — with lessons drawn from 9/11, Sandy 2012, WMATA 2015, and BART 2024.
Read the full articleIndependently honored, repeatedly specified.
Clear-Vu Lighting and Lamar LED, together.
Two American manufacturers. Over 130 years of combined engineering experience. One unified mission — American-made LED solutions for the environments that demand the most.
Pioneers of LED-lit subway tunnels, low-voltage construction lighting, surgical-suite optics, and cleanroom-rated fixtures. Mass Transit Top 40 Under 40 and ENR Top 20 Newsmaker recognized.
- Transportation · MTLx, clearNET
- Construction · FLEX SLS 3.0
- Healthcare · orLED
- Life Sciences · cleanLED
The original BABA/BAA-compliant lighting manufacturer since 1957. Trusted by federal agencies, commercial builders, and industrial specifiers nationwide for architectural, institutional, and high-security applications.
- Commercial & Industrial
- Architectural LED · Linear Lighting
- Occu-Smart Motion Sensor
- Correctional · Sentinel Guard