Aerie is a discreet and versatile post-top LED light designed to deliver illumination precisely where and when it is needed, making it an ideal solution for urban environments. Its soft, floating glow provides exceptional visual comfort during nighttime activities, enhancing safety and wellbeing while maintaining a calm and inviting atmosphere. The luminaire’s advanced optical system, combined with smart controls, ensures minimal obtrusive light and compliance with the latest light pollution standards, including optional internal or external louvres to reduce backlight by up to 20°. This makes Aerie suitable for sensitive urban areas, including residential streets and public spaces, while preserving the comfort of nearby residents.
Aerie represents a highly adaptable and sustainable lighting solution, capable of meeting diverse urban projects’ aesthetic, photometric, and control requirements. The luminaire offers a wide range of mast configurations, mounting options, and heights, allowing it to integrate seamlessly into streets, parks, pathways, promenades, and city centers. Its flexible design accommodates demanding environments such as coastal areas and high-temperature settings, while maintaining consistent performance. Aerie’s slim or wide designs, along with a selection of optical cover shapes and finishes—including clear or opal bowls—ensure compatibility with both contemporary and classic urban styles.
Constructed from corrosion-resistant die-cast aluminum (EN AC-44300) with a texturized anthracite finish close to RAL 7043, Aerie meets C5 corrosion protection standards and is available in additional colors via myProduct. Its bowl is made from UV-stabilized polycarbonate, with clear (IK10) or opal finishes, paired with an internal highly reflective white reflector. Pre-wired post-top mounting supports Ø60 mm or Ø76 mm spigots, 120° adjustable fixing screws, and tool-free maintenance from above ensure a smooth and efficient installation process, while the integrated gear tray can also be serviced on-site without specialized tools.
Aerie delivers high-performance illumination with R-PEC or A-PEC optics, achieving efficiencies up to 146 lm/W at 3000 K and 160 lm/W at 4000 K, while offering color temperatures of 2700 K, 3000 K, or 4000 K. Light output ranges from 6,629 lm (2700 K) to 8,000 lm (4000 K), with CRI options of 70 or 80, and a lifetime of 100,000 hours (B10 L95 at 25°C / B10 L90 at 50°C). The luminaire is rated IP66 for ingress protection, IK10 for impact resistance, and includes standard 10 kV surge protection. Thorn’s high-performance optics, combined with the integrated mixing chamber, deliver precise light placement with minimal waste, achieving excellent vertical and horizontal illumination balance. Aerie is compatible with single or group control and is equipped with intelligent lighting solutions such as DALI2, Bi-Power, power-line control, Constant Light Output, Light Reduction Twin Phases, Zhaga interface, motion detection, and radio frequency connectivity.
The luminaire’s integrated motion sensor (available in the wide version) allows light to be emitted only when people are present, reducing energy consumption while enhancing safety. Optional Zhaga connectors located on or beneath the canopy provide future-proof flexibility, allowing integration with new sensors or smart functions as urban lighting requirements evolve. With a variety of mast configurations, mounting options, and heights, Aerie supports both retrofit and new installations in urban areas, enabling designers to create a cohesive lighting experience across streets, parks, pathways, and plazas. Its combination of aesthetics, efficiency, flexibility, and smart controls makes Aerie a benchmark solution for contemporary urban lighting projects.
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