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Upgrade Your Home or Business: Different Types of LED Lights
The latest trend in the lighting industry involves light emitting diodes, or LED's. The advanced technology has real-life advantages for homeowners, renters, and business owners. With better durability and non-toxic materials, LED's are safer and easier to use. With...
How Does Lighting Affect Office Productivity
We all know how much our environment can affect our ability to get work done. From loud whispers to obnoxious pen clicking, our surroundings can quickly create diminishing returns to our productivity. To maximize productivity levels in any office, it is necessary to...
CFLs: The Phaseout
Just two years ago your two best energy-efficient alternatives to the traditional incandescent bulb were either CFL (compact fluorescent light bulbs) or LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs. Both provided a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective substitute to...
A Couple Questions To Ask Before Choosing Your Next Commercial Electrical Contractor
Picking the right commercial electrical contractor is an integral part of getting the job done well. Whether you’re looking to construct a new commercial building, renovate an existing one, or update the electrical work in your business, the process will always...
Day-Lite Maintenance: 5 Ground Breaking Lighting Products At CES 2015
After a rough 2014 for the lighting and LED industry, 2015 is looking bright. Consumers at CES got a glimpse of what this years brings. Here are a few of the newest lighting products the industry can't stop talking about. Knog Expose Smart While your iPhone's camera...
Regulations and Permits
Neon Sign Repair is Vital for Business Growth Having the right signage can either draw or take away business from you. A well maintained,lit, designed neon or LED sign draws customers to your business. A poorly lit, placed, and forgotten sign will draw business away....
What are the benefits of switching to LED lighting?
Other than complying with new California State Regulations (see our blog post) we can think of four key reasons to why switching to LED lighting will be beneficial to your home, business, or office. Have a big neon sign? If you do, we can bet that you are annoyed with...
California’s New Title 24 Makes Smart Lighting a Standard
The California Energy Commission recently updated its Title 24 Energy Efficiency Standard altering what's "up to code" for commercial buildings. The new standards took effect January 1, 2014. There are many changes under this title that will require local businesses...
California Cities That Are Saving Money With LED Street Lights
Forced to balance their budgets California Cities are turning to slashing expenses over raising taxes and fees. One of the most common ways these cities are able to create jobs, save energy and money has been by replacing inefficient high-pressure sodium (HPS) or...
A cheat sheet to the different types of lighting, bulbs, and light bulb bases.
For many years when heading to the store to pick out a light bulb we would choose based off of the number of watts the bulb produced. Today, our lighting choices have expanded, and we are now shopping based off of Lumens (a unit of brightness). Not sure what makes all...
LED Lighting Health Benefits
Earlier this year at the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vega, NV The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) demonstrated a prototype personal light measurement system based on Google Glass.This system was built to...