King Innovation
Making the Right Connections in Outside Lighting Jobs
Solar-powered exterior lighting has certainly gotten more popular over
the last decade or so, given how inexpensive the fixtures are and how
easy it is to install. But there remains a strong market for the
hardwired variety in shady areas, where more powerful light is required
and when you want to be sure the light works when you need it, even
after a cloudy day.
Acuity Brands Lighting
Today’s Sensors Bring New Savings to Light
Occupancy sensors are quickly becoming a regulatory requirement in many
commercial spaces, thanks to evolving energy codes seeking to wring out
kilowatt-hours of energy savings anywhere it’s possible.
Halco Lighting Technologies
Downlights Go on a Diet with LED Technology
The beauty of recessed can downlights is their seeming sleekness. They
barely interrupt the ceiling plane, which can be an especially big bonus
in homes with lower ceiling heights and in clean-lined contemporary
room plans.
LSI Industries
Courting New Business? Check Out Pickleball
They look a lot like a whiffle ball – and sound like one, too – but that
thwok, thwok, thwok sound now resounding through cities and suburbs,
alike, is probably coming from a pickleball ball, the centerpiece of a
sport soon to be coming to a court near you (in the unlikely case that
it hasn’t already), and possibly even to an Olympic arena, if proponents
have their way.
TCP Lighting
Humans Love Lumens. But Plants? Something Else.
It took a while, but people finally understand that watts don’t measure visible light output.
Lumens do.
Watts
has to do with energy consumption, not light output. Getting some folks
to understand that was a tough nut to crack, and I’m guessing some
still don’t have a handle on it.
RAB Lighting
LED Lighting and Controls: A Rhapsody in Bluetooth
A decade ago, LED lighting was still fighting for acceptance among
designers, contractors and consumers. Early product generations suffered
from quality control problems, flickering and light that was too far
into the blue end of the visual spectrum.
