BABA & Buy American Act Compliant Lighting
Built for America’s Infrastructure
LEOTEK is proud to support America’s roads, cities, and communities with lighting solutions that align with the nation’s infrastructure priorities. All LEOTEK roadway and traffic lighting products are designed and manufactured to support compliance with the Build America, Buy America (BABA) provisions and the Buy American Act, helping public agencies invest in American jobs, American manufacturing, and long-term national resilience.
From local streets to major transportation corridors, LEOTEK lighting is trusted by cities and transportation authorities across the United States. Our commitment goes beyond performance and efficiency — it reflects a belief that America’s infrastructure should be built with American expertise, American accountability, and American pride, delivering safer, smarter, and more reliable lighting for generations to come.
Honored for Smart & Sustainable Innovation
LEOTEK Shines Bright with Edison Awards
LEOTEK has earned three prestigious Edison Awards for leadership in AI-driven, human-centric, and eco-friendly technologies. In 2022, we received Gold for our Human-Centric Smart Lighting System, enhancing roadway visibility with minimal glare, and Bronze for our Ecological Conservation Smart Lighting, protecting biodiversity with wildlife-friendly illumination. In 2025, we won Silver for the Interlux™ AI Traffic Signal System, which optimizes traffic flow and reduces emissions. These honors reflect our mission to pioneer smarter, safer, and greener roadway intelligence worldwide.
Recognized for Building a Trustworthy and Positive Workplace
LEOTEK Earns Great Place To Work® Certification
LEOTEK is proud to be certified as a Great Place To Work®, a globally recognized benchmark for workplace excellence. This achievement reflects our commitment to fostering a culture of trust, fairness, and employee well-being, validated through independent surveys and assessments. It underscores our dedication to creating an environment where people feel valued and empowered, helping us attract top talent, strengthen our employer brand, and drive long-term success through a positive workplace culture.
Empowering Smart Cities with AI
LEOTEK Becomes NVIDIA Inception Program Partner
LEOTEK is proud to join the NVIDIA Inception Program as an official partner. This collaboration reflects our commitment to driving innovation and leveraging advanced AI technologies to shape the future of smart and sustainable cities. Through the support and resources provided by NVIDIA, we aim to accelerate development, foster collaboration, and contribute to a global ecosystem of forward-thinking solutions. Becoming part of the Inception Program is a significant milestone that reinforces our vision of creating smarter, safer, and more connected communities worldwide.
VersaTEK® Medium — One Platform. Endless Applications.
Introducing the VersaTEK® Medium Series
The VersaTEK® Medium Series from LEOTEK is a high‑performance LED lighting solution engineered for ultimate project versatility. Delivering up to 65,000+ lumens with efficacies reaching 190+ LPW, VersaTEK combines power, precision optics, and rugged durability in a lightweight, installer‑friendly design. With 14 mounting options, field‑adjustable performance, advanced control compatibility, and a standard 50°C / IP66 rating, VersaTEK simplifies asset management while minimizing total cost of ownership across flood, site & area, and off‑roadway applications.
KarbonCobra®
Built for Cities. Engineered for Savings.
VersaTEK® Series
Versatility by Design
GreenCobra® Series
Lighting That Set the Standard
Arieta® Series
Lighting That Set the Standard
IL6-P3 Series
Reliable Performance at Every Intersection
SPC Series
Built for Clarity, Safety, and Long-Life
InterLUX™
Predictive, Reliable, and Future-Ready Traffic Signals.
LEOLINK® ILS
AI-driven Intelligent Lighting System (ILS)
Streetlight Total Cost of Ownership: Building a Defensible 20-Year Model
Streetlight total cost of ownership is the present-value cost of buying, operating, maintaining, and eventually replacing a lighting system over a defined period. It compares alternatives that deliver the same required lighting service using the same documented assumptions.
Fixture price and nameplate wattage matter, but neither establishes the lowest municipal lighting cost. A useful comparison starts by defining the lighting service required, then applies the same study boundary and accounting method to every alternative.
Streetlight Digital Twin: A Practical Guide for Cities
A streetlight digital twin is a structured digital representation of roadway assets and their relationships, maintained from authoritative records and, where appropriate, selected current or historical operating data. It can support better visibility and planning, but its value depends on the quality of the data, the purpose of the model, and the controls around how people use it.
Streetlight CMS Architecture Explained: Nodes, Networks, Gateways and Central Management Systems
A streetlight CMS architecture connects field controllers or nodes to a communications path and a central management system (CMS), where authorized users can view assets, receive status information, and send control actions. A gateway may sit between nodes and the CMS in some designs, but it is not universal: the topology depends on the selected system and communications method.
Seasonal Dimming Schedules for Wildlife-Sensitive Areas
A wildlife lighting schedule is a documented, site-specific seasonal dimming plan that changes roadway or public-area lighting timing and levels during recurring periods of wildlife sensitivity while retaining lighting needed for the location. It should be built from local habitat information, the purpose of the lighting, applicable requirements, field validation, and a review process, not from a universal preset.
Spectral Power Distribution vs. CCT for Ecological Outdoor-lighting Evaluation: Why SPD Matters More
For ecological outdoor-lighting evaluation, spectral power distribution (SPD) is more informative than correlated color temperature (CCT) because it shows how a source’s output is distributed across wavelengths. CCT describes apparent color, while ecological effects also depend on the amount, direction, timing, duration, setting, and organisms exposed to the light.
Validating AI Anomaly Detection for Roadway Assets
AI anomaly detection for streetlights should be validated against a documented baseline and field-confirmed conditions, not judged by the number of alerts a system produces. For a city or transportation agency, the useful question is whether alerts help the operations team find, assess, and resolve defined asset conditions with an acceptable level of error.
