Acuity Brands, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, production, and distribution of lighting fixtures, lighting controls, and related products and services in North America and internationally. Its lighting equipment includes indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. The company markets its lighting products under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Mark Architectural Lighting, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Gotham, Carandini, SpecLight, Metal Optics, Antique Street Lamps, Tersen, Synergy Lighting Controls, Lighting Control & Design, Sensor Switch, Dark to Light, and ROAM. Acuity Brands sells its products through independent sales agents, factory sales representatives, distribution centers, regional warehouses, and commercial warehouses to electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, national accounts, electric utilities, utility distributors, municipalities, contractors, lighting showrooms, and energy service companies. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.