Find the Right Step, Egress, and Wayfinding Light for Your Theater, Auditorium, School, Gym, or Stage
StepGuard™ products offer illuminated solutions with no glare or light pollution. Change the way you think about step, wall, and aisle lighting for theaters, auditoriums, and lecture halls by using electroluminescent (EL) lighting. From egress lighting to wall guidance or walkway lighting, StepGuard™ is commonly utilized in commercial venues but is also perfect for your home theater. Explore our product options below and find the perfect fit for your space.
Direct View Illumination
Light Tape® lamps make direct-view illumination possible. Our proprietary electroluminescent light source does not produce a glare or create light pollution.
SG 45
The SG 45 is our most popular nosing product! It features one Light Tape® at a 45–degree angle on the front edge. The step lighting is only visible when someone is walking up the steps. Guests will not be distracted by the step lights while seated. On the way down, each step illuminates, as if they were being turned on just for you!
SG 30
The SG30 (or StepGuard™ 30) is a specialized stair nosing profile manufactured by Light Tape that features a single continuous line of light positioned at a 30-degree angle flush with the step’s nose
Immersive Experience
Cast a glow on the step tread, not your screen or stage. The SG Max Immersive is the best for designing a truly immersive experience for your patrons.
Max Immersive
The Max Immersive is our flagship immersive solution designed with the ultimate immersive experience in mind for a visionary customer. Light Tape is used in this profile to guide the light toward the landing of the step. Because Light Tape is not as bright as traditional LEDs the light is pointed more toward the landing of the step highlighting it clearly, but not so bright as to distract from the movie or show. Heavily influenced by IMAX’s top lighting designer, this option eliminates all direct-view lighting. The MAX Immersive creates an even glow at the base of each step for navigation with a gray insert on the 45-degree nose for minimal contrast as you ascend.
Revolutionary Dual Illumination
Step lighting moved from the tread to the wall with the introduction of LEDs, long before today’s high-definition projection systems and immersive theater environments. In modern venues, shining light across the walkway creates unwanted glare and light spill that distracts from the viewing experience.
Our lighting systems are designed to maintain immersion while clearly defining the leading edge of every step — the most effective way to reduce overstepping and falls. Proper nosing illumination is critical, and we offer multiple downlight options tailored for both standard and stadium seating applications.
Climax Duo
Our most popular model that combines the best features of our Classic and Max designs into the perfect step light using our proprietary Light Tape lamps. By focusing illumination at the top edge of each step, it clearly defines the leading edge to help reduce falls without creating glare or causing overstepping during descent.
The integrated downlight position, based on the Max profile originally designed for an immersive IMAX experience, casts light onto the landing tread to clearly reveal the full width of each step. Together, these lighting elements provide confident, precise foot placement with every step.
Climax Stadium
Ideal for modern stadium staircase designs with integrated luxury seating, the Climax Stadium system replaces traditional Light Tape downlighting with high-brightness LEDs engineered to project light farther and evenly illuminate wide transition areas approaching the next level of steps.
The downlight LEDs feature a glare-control shroud to prevent light spill onto the screen and are fully dimmable. For wider landings and transition zones, optional puck light solutions provide additional coverage while minimizing glare.
Classic Stadium
The Classic Stadium uses our classic profile with an LED downlight shooting straight down, and Light Tape for the top light to highlight the top of the step.
Puck Lighting with Wayfinding
When navigating large entranceways, platforms, or the gaps between longer runs of step lighting, you need a solution that prioritizes patron safety without sacrificing your venue's aesthetic. Meet the Cyclops - our newest wayfinding solution designed to seamlessly combine custom branding with essential life-safety illumination.
Cyclops
The Cyclops is a dual-purpose puck light that features customizable, brilliantly illuminated signage on top paired with a rotationally adjustable, high-bright LED module underneath. It provides pinpoint downlighting for safe floor navigation while simultaneously displaying your venue’s name, row letters, or custom messaging.
Wall Accent Lighting
Change the way you design and think about wall accent lighting. Direct view is the way to go, Light Tape produces no glare. Look directly at the light, fully dimmable to zero without a flicker.
No more cove lighting and having to hide your LEDs. Your patrons want a clean crisp look; the same Light Tape with a modern look as seen in the movie Tron. Cool and easy on the eyes.
Ambiance 100
The two-part Snap-N-Light mounting system with integrated Light Tape delivers seamless lighting runs up to 100 feet from a single connection. The base mounts directly to the wall, with optional stanchions for curtain or offset applications.
Install the Light Tape lamp in the base and snap on the protective lens for secure, perfectly even illumination with no diffusion required. Hundreds of feet can be powered from a single driver with no voltage drop.
Aisle Illumination
The StepGuard™ Aisle lighting system is designed to be mounted on the floor to provide linear wayfinding illumination.
SG Aisle
StepGuard™ Aisle lighting is a two-part system that evenly illuminates the aisle(s) of lecture halls, theaters, churches, auditoriums, and more.
Wall Wayfinding
From the entrance to the aisle, safely guide patrons through your auditorium, church, lecture hall, or theater with our wayfinding systems.
WallGuide DL
The StepGuard™ WallGuide with Light Tape® downlight offers the perfect amount of light for navigation while preserving an immersive environment.
WallGuide Stadium
The StepGuard™ WallGuide Stadium system with LED downlighting is designed to be mounted on the wall to provide navigation illumination for entranceways and stairs. The LED illumination makes this product ideal for public or government facilities that require high brightness in entrances and hallways.
WallGuide Mini
A compact evolution of our WallGuide system, the WallGuide Mini uses a high-grade aluminum profile to deliver focused illumination exactly where it’s needed. Rather than installing long continuous profiles, the Mini provides an efficient solution for targeted lighting applications.
Integrated Row Numbers
Direct patrons with our Integrated Row Number systems that blend seamlessly into the tread of our StepGuard™ profiles.
SG Step Row Number
Our Step Row Numbers come pre-assembled for easy installation and are great for high foot traffic areas.
Signage
Elevate your venue's navigation with our custom Light Tape® signage solutions, which can be seamlessly integrated into our aluminum stair nosings, mounted to existing seats, or used as floor fixtures. Whether you need illuminated row numbers, handicap section markers, or custom branding, these low-profile fixtures provide crisp, glare-free backlighting to guide your patrons safely
Signage
Designed to eliminate the harsh screen glare and light pollution caused by overly bright LED or “nuclear” glow-in-the-dark options, our Light Tape exit signs provide a striking, uniform glow that keeps your theater safe. This innovative solution delivers clear, reliable egress marking without distracting from the movie or ruining the dark, immersive cinema atmosphere
Contact Us to Try StepGuard™ Lighting Systems
Give StepGuard™ safety lighting products a try and you will understand the difference electroluminescent lighting makes for safety and accent lighting in your space. If everything else in your cinema, church, performance venue, or auditorium benefits from the latest technology, why not have the best step, aisle, and hallway lighting? Contact us to try StepGuard™ safety lighting products.
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