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Best-in-Class Efficiency: Tunable-white lighting offers nonenergy-related benefits in schools
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In January 2025, the Department of Energy published three guides to adopting LED lighting and controls in school buildings, augmenting the resources available through its Efficient and Healthy Schools program. One evaluates a particularly interesting nonenergy benefit of LED...
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2025 Rebate Outlook: Helpful information needed to be successful
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The 2025 commercial lighting rebate outlook is strong for electrical contractors engaged in the lighting upgrade market. Prescriptive rebate programs are starting to react to LED saturation in their territories by offering bonuses, promoting lighting controls alongside LED rebates and requiring...
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