Built for
procurement.

Nous aidons les municipalités et les organismes du patrimoine à transformer monuments et bâtiments historiques en atouts communautaires, toute l'année. We help municipalities and heritage organizations transform monuments and historic landmarks into year-round community assets — energy-efficient lighting that supports tourism, civic events and cultural celebrations.

Ottawa is a government town — CITÉLUX is structured for it. Certified goods, a licensed installation partner, and paperwork that survives procurement review. Managed plans are offered at contract signing.

Compliance, up front: ESA O. Reg. 438/07 — certified fixtures only · installation solely by an ECRA/ESA licensed electrical contractor · client signs fixture approval before any order · liability carried by the party doing the work.

— 11 / Questions fréquentes · FAQ

Straight
answers.

• Do you install the lights yourselves?—

  No — and that's deliberate. Ontario law reserves electrical installation contracting to licensed electrical contractors (LEC). CITÉLUX supplies certified fixtures, bench-tests and pre-addresses them, then programmes and commissions the system after our LEC partner installs. You get one point of contact and a fully legal install.

• Why is pricing quote-based instead of listed per fixture?+

  Because the honest price depends on your building: mounting heights, cable runs, beam spreads and control distances change the fixture schedule. A per-fixture web price would either overcharge simple buildings or under-quote complex ones. Your audit is free, and the written quote is itemised and fixed. Luxury looks. City-smart rates.

• Why do I sign a fixture approval before ordering?+

  Architectural fixtures are ordered in bulk from the factory. Once an order is placed, returning fixtures internationally costs thousands and is often refused outright — so approved orders are final and deposits become non-refundable once ordering happens. The approval step makes sure the exact models, optics and colours on paper are the ones you want, before anyone is committed.

• Can the looks really change automatically all year?+

  Yes. The controller runs an astronomical clock — it knows sunset every day of the year — and your programmed calendar: building hours, seasons, holidays and brand looks switch on schedule with no one touching a switch. Managed plans keep the calendar current as holidays and campaigns change.

• What happens if a fixture fails?+

  Every project includes attic-stock spares of your key fixtures, so a failure is a swap, not a factory wait. Managed plans add scheduled remote diagnostics, so dead channels and offline nodes are usually spotted before your tenants notice.

• Which buildings are the best fit?+

  Dealerships, condo towers and their amenity spaces, retail plazas, hotels and restaurants, municipal and institutional buildings — anywhere the night-time look is part of the brand. If your project is a landmark-scale showpiece, tell us anyway: we'll route it to the right team at intake.

• Do you serve outside Ottawa?+

  Our home turf is Ottawa–Gatineau. We take on projects across Eastern Ontario and the Valley for the right building — travel is itemised in the quote, never buried.

• Do you do lasers?+

  Yes — at commercial scale. CITÉLUX designs and programmes laser features for lobbies and atriums, retail and hospitality moments, and smaller outdoor building spectacles ($1,250/day design & programming, IEC 60825 fixtures only, outdoor shows coordinated with the authorities and insured before dates are confirmed). Bridge-, arena- or district-scale spectacle productions are referred at intake to a specialist flagship team.

• What does it cost?+

  Design + programme packages run $3,500–$6,500; programming is $950/day. Managed plan anchors are Essential $349/mo, Managed $895/mo and Landmark $2,450/mo. Laser design/programming is $1,250/day; Art-Net network design starts at $1,500/site. All amounts are CAD. Final scope and price are confirmed in writing after a free site audit.

• Can a small municipality start small?+

  Oui — c'est le point d'entrée recommandé. A single community memorial, municipal sign, historic clock tower or park feature proves the quality and the public response on a contained budget, and becomes the documented reference for the larger system that follows. Un petit départ, une preuve réelle.

• We don't have a tender out yet — can you still help?+

  Yes. We prepare a concept rendering and an itemised, fixed-scope proposal for an underlit landmark before procurement exists. That vision supports capital planning and revitalization funding discussions — and when a tender is written, it informs the technical language. Pas d'appel d'offres requis pour commencer.

• What exactly is included in a public-sector quote?+

  The total scope, not just fixtures: equipment (fixtures, controllers, power supplies, networking, mounting hardware), design time, project management, programming, commissioning and testing with the licensed electrical contractor, staff training, insurance and overhead — plus a stated contingency for what older buildings hide: old wiring, structural limits and heritage restrictions. Every line is visible before approval.