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  LED Lighting

Three Reasons to Upgrade Your Field with LED Sports Lighting

Facility managers at schools, municipalities, and sports clubs are faced with a wide set of challenges. Maintaining several properties, operating on a paper thin budget, and having enough time to get to each task are just a few. While LED sports field lighting might not solve all of your problems, it will go a long way towards improving your sports facilities, reducing your energy consumption and spend, and cutting considerable amounts of time and money from your maintenance budget. Below we present the benefits of LED sports lighting:

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  LED Lighting

LED High Mast Lights – Three Things to Consider

Outdoor LED lighting, such as LED high mast light fixtures, provide some excellent benefits for large areas or sites requiring illumination because of how they generate and distribute light. However, not all LED lighting is created equal, and as such, neither is every LED manufacturer and supplier. We’re not here to throw stones, but we hear a lot of promises about LED lighting and we think it’s important to be transparent about the benefits (and they are many) of LEDs. In this case, let’s talk about the potential LED high mast light benefits. 

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  LED Lighting

5 Locations Ideal for LED Vapor Tight Lighting

LED Vapor Tight Fixtures are essential for industrial, commercial, and retail buildings and facilities where durable water-resistant lighting solutions are required.  Many locations, such as car washes, convenience stores, manufacturing facilities, and shopping centers need a indoor and outdoor lighting solutions that will operate for many years while withstanding the exposure to cold and wet environments that are prevalent in such applications.  Here are 5 examples where LED Vapor Tight light fixtures are an ideal choice:

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  LED Lighting

Disrupting a Disruptive Technology – LED vs. CFL

It wasn’t that long ago that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) were considered the future of both residential and commercial lighting. And for a little while that assumption held some water. They saved significant energy compared to incandescent lamps, they fit in many existing fixtures, and their longer life were all very strong points in their favor.

But times change and, when it comes to technology, change quickly. The fame and future of CFLs came quickly and left even quicker.

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  LED Retrofit

Everything You Need To Know About LED Lighting

LEDs are a simple invention with huge potential to change the lighting industry for the better. Don’t know much about them? Here are three big things you need to know to get your feet under you:

1. What Does LED Stand For?

LED stands for light-emitting diode.

A diode is an electrical device or component with two electrodes (an anode and a cathode) through which electricity flows - characteristically in only one direction (in through the anode and out through the cathode). Diodes are generally made from semiconductive materials such as silicon or selenium - substances that conduct electricity in some circumstances and not in others (e.g. at certain voltages, current levels, or light intensities).

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  LED Retrofit

Everything You Need to Know About Wall Pack Lighting

What is a wall pack light, and what applications benefit from it?

Wall pack lights or exterior building lights are terms that describe the outdoor lighting that is commonly mounted on the outside facing walls of buildings. This type of exterior lighting is generally used to provide illumination to ground areas frequented by vehicles and pedestrians. They also function well as an added layer of security for property owners. It is not uncommon to see multiple fixtures mounted on a single building or wall, with the fixture spacing designed to provide even lighting around the grounds. Below are a few image examples of conventional wall pack lighting mounted on an exterior wall. 

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  LED Retrofit

Three Benefits of LED Parking Garage Lighting

Parking garage lighting is a term used to describe both outdoor lighting and indoor lighting that is commonly surface, pendant, or recessed mounted to a structure’s ceiling, soffit, or overhang. This type of lighting is generally used to provide illumination to areas for vehicle and pedestrian use. Traditional HID parking garage lights, while common, aren’t the most efficient solution for your facility. 

This post details three benefits of parking garage lighting. They are energy cost reduction, maintenance cost reduction, and improved lighting performance. Read below for more. 

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  LED Retrofit

Three Common Issues with HID Parking Garage Lighting

Parking garage lighting is a term used to describe lighting that is commonly surface, pendant, or recessed mounted to a parking structure’s ceiling, soffit, or overhang. This type of lighting is generally used to provide illumination for vehicles and pedestrian use. There is a wide range of fixture sizes, shapes, and mounting types that can be categorized as lighting for parking garages or canopies. In today’s blog post we will look at three common issues with old (typically HID) parking garage lighting.

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  LED Retrofit

Three Benefits of LED Parking Lot Lighting

When we discuss parking lot lighting, we referencing the pole mounted lights frequently seen in parking lots around the country. These outdoor light fixtures, if converted to light emitting diodes (LED) can provide excellent benefits to both building owners and facility managers alike.

Below we'll discuss three benefits of led parking lot lighting over old parking lot lights. 

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  LED Retrofit

Three Common Issues with HID Parking Lot Lights

Parking lot lighting is a term used to describe the outdoor lighting that is commonly mounted on poles and located in parking lots, pathways, and driveways. This type of exterior lighting is generally used to provide illumination for vehicles and pedestrian to use.

Below we will explore three common issues with HID parking lot lights.

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