The first outdoor night baseball game was played in Massachusetts in 1880, when event organizers erected 36 lamps to generate approximately 90,000 foot-candles of light onto the playing field. Sports promoters quickly came to appreciate how illuminating playing fields would open their sports to a broader audience that would not otherwise be able to attend […]
The Rapid Growth of LED Technology in the Middle East
As we coast further into 2016, countries in the Middle East are experiencing record population growth, which is creating an unprecedented demand for infrastructure developments and improvements, including LED Technology in the Middle East. The Middle East is rich with oil resources but that resource wealth does not translate into a profligate attitude toward energy […]
How LED Lighting Improves Mood and Health
Most people have an innate understanding of how LED lighting improves mood and health, as it can affect the overall mood of an environment. They install dimmer switches in dining rooms and other parts of their homes to set a warmer feel when lights are dimmed. In the dark days of winter in northern climates, […]
Field Tests Show LED Lighting Benefits Beyond Energy Efficiency
The energy efficiency of LED lighting is often cited as the primary motivating factor for switching from incandescent or other traditional lighting sources. However there are several other important LED Lighting benefits beyond energy efficiency. Traditional light sources dissipate up to 80% of their energy input as heat, with only 20% of that input converted […]
California Lighting Standards Raise the Bar for LED
California has long been at the forefront of adopting regulations to reduce carbon emissions and encourage the adoption of eco-friendly products. California standards that were adopted in 2013, and are beginning to be phased in, will affect lighting product energy and energy use decisions for both new construction and existing structures throughout the state. Although […]
Interior Lighting Design Tips & Inspiration
Everyone wants to transform a house into a home. On the other hand, business owners want to ensure their premises have an inviting and welcoming ambiance. All these can be achieved by having proper Interior lighting design tips for your premises. Besides enhancing visibility, interior lighting can enhance the design and aesthetics of your interior […]
A Complete LED Rollout Would Cut Global Emissions by 2.3%
The Climate Group, a global non-profit group that advocates a lower-carbon emission world economy, has adopted a worldwide initiative to replace incandescent and fluorescent lighting with LED lighting systems. The Group has calculated that a complete LED rollout, by replacing all existing lighting technology with LED systems will remove 735 million tons of carbon dioxide […]
5 Reasons to Make the Investment in LED Now (Not Later)
The adoption of new technology in any industry often runs into a number of common objections from all but the most ardent of early adopters. Resistance to new technology tends to be driven by fears that all the bugs have not yet been worked out of new systems or that subsequent generations of a new […]
The LED Lighting Revolution is Here
LED Lighting Revolution has been called the greatest innovation in electrical illumination since Thomas Edison developed the first incandescent light bulb, more than 130 years ago. In slightly more than fifty years since the first LED bulb to produce visible light was created by a GE engineer, LEDs have expanded into commercial and manufacturing space, […]
Durable LED Fixtures for Oil Field Lighting
Oil Fields are inherently high-risk work environments. Oil field operators have a number of different options for safety improvements. One of the more effective and straightforward options is to improve oil field lighting with LED fixtures. In addition to providing the safest lighting for hazardous oil field environments, durable LED fixtures reduce operating and maintenance […]
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