Everyone is acquainted with toggle or rocker-style lighting switches, but many installers are not as familiar with the dimmers on the market now. Everyone should become knowledgeable with updates to the design and...
When General Electric (GE) inked the deal to sell off its consumer lighting unit in May, the last of that industry’s three original innovators was officially out of the business of manufacturing light bulbs—or “lamps” as...
The source of light pollution and its solutions have changed as outdoor lighting technology advances. While the effort to preserve the night’s dark skies and prevent light spillage into neighboring property has been underway...
The transformation of indoor lighting by advances in LED technology has been swift and dramatic in recent years. Now the fixtures are ready to transform the outdoors. According to Guidehouse Insights, Boulder, Colo., demand...
Commercial lighting rebates remain a popular, enduring incentive for nonresidential upgrades. The majority of rebates are prescriptive, offering a cash rebate per installed product from a utility or energy-efficiency...
From ensuring that merchandise looks vibrant in a retail store to including proper flesh tones in an office space, color quality is a key specification characteristic for light sources. For electrical contractors...
The installed stock of LED products will reach 5 billion units, or 60% of all installed lighting, by 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). By 2035, most projected energy savings will come from nonresidential...
Several times per year, an article—typically based on a research study—is published warning consumers about the potential health risks of exposure to blue light produced by LED lighting. The International Commission on...
There’s no doubt that LED-based lighting has rapidly become the favored option for both consumers and commercial building owners. But many consumers and business owners (and perhaps even a few electrical contractors) remain...
The World Wide Web connects 10 billion devices and counting into a global network. Any network-enabled device can establish a link to the internet, raising the potential to join building systems appliances and more. In...
A marriage is happening. Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting and controls may soon be inseparable. While popular in offices, the combined benefits of efficiency, lower cost and building-operation analysis are extending to...
Color-tunable light-emitting diode (LED) lighting has unlocked enormous potential in lighting design, creating new applications. LED lighting offers the ability to not only adjust light source color appearance (correlated...
