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In order to minimize facility liability and enhance users’ perceptions of safety, it is important to have high quality lighting in parking lots and garages. Since it is perceived as less ‘a part of the building’...

The advantages of LED-based technology for LED outdoor signs include not just energy savings or longer lifetime, but an entirely new paradigm in flexibility and styling options. Signage selection is always a complex set of trade-offs and decisions. When it comes to commercial and entertainment signage, the key factors to consider...

Our expectation is that solid state lighting will replace all other primary lighting, and in order to do so it must be practical, affordable, and also unique. To this end, we are diligent in developing ways to emphasize solid state lighting (SSL), as well...

The concept seems easy enough: Unscrew your incandescent or CFL light bulb and screw in an LED-based retrofit. The reality is a little more complex due to two key factors. First, the nature of LEDs is that they are highly directional. In the case of a PAR-type flood or spot light,...

The advantages of LED-based technology in lighting include not just energy savings or longer lifetime, but an entirely new paradigm in flexibility and styling options. The solid state lighting US Energy Star program, effective as of September...

Fixture selection is always a complex set of trade-offs and decisions. When it comes to recreational and entertainment luminaires, the key factors to consider are visual appeal, maintenance and reliability, and in some cases, safety. Recreational...

The advantages of LED-based technology in lighting include not just energy savings or longer lifetime, but an entirely new paradigm in flexibility and styling options. In terms of energy savings, the US Energy Star program has been completed and takes effect for solid state lighting as of September 30, 2008. The...

Public safety, the environment, and the economy are important factors in making decisions about interior and exterior lighting utilization. The choices must positively affect affordability, environmental well-being, and preservation of...

The nature of LED technology allows numerous possibilities in application. The robust characteristics of solid state lighting make them a great maintenance saving alternative. An added feature is their environmental friendliness. For architectural LED...