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Wrap up 2012 with the top energy statistics from the year. It was a big year for energy efficiency with the ban of T12 fluorescent lights, the rise of natural gas, and the steady adoption of renewable energy. So here's a quick list of some of the top statistics of 2012: 96% increase in electricity […]

The lighting retrofit industry is quickly evolving, improving, and gaining traction. Business owners are beginning to see the benefits of upgrading their lighting systems to more efficient ones. And while you plan for energy efficient solutions next year, there are still some misconceptions among those who are unfamiliar with products and the technological advances that have been […]

Missing the 100 watt light bulbs that are notorious energy hogs? Now you can get LED bulbs that roughly match the 100-watters for size and brightness, but use far less energy according to the Associated Press. Since the 100W bulbs have nearly disappeared, compact fluorescent bulbs seemed to be the only alternative. But "most people […]

You've heard of their benefits, but do you know enough about installing light emitting diodes (LED)? Unlike fluorescent lamps, LED light fixtures contain powerful LED light sources that include plastic lenses to reduce glare. And some light sources are already becoming too bright to look at directly. As LED technology continues to grow, fixture manufacturers still […]

Color rendering index (CRI) is a light’s ability to produce all the colors of the spectrum. This quantitative measure is used for lighting fixtures to determine how closely the light can produce the colors and a bright white light. T8 lamps, the efficient counterpart to the obsolete T12 lights, have four types of CRI: 835, […]

LED lighting is quickly becoming the must-have lights when it comes to energy efficiency. Here are some quick things to know about LED bulbs: Incandescents are dead. Inefficient lighting such as the T12 are being phased out and are no longer being produced or manufactured in the U.S. There are other substitutes for incandescent, but […]

Don't wait until your lights go dark to find your business needs to upgrade its lighting technology. The recent phase out of T12 lighting is sure to catch a lot of businesses off guard, especially now that the common lamps will no longer be imported or manufactured in the U.S. "Right now inventories are still […]

A recent article claims that more efficient lighting could save the U.S. $10 billion by replacing existing fluorescent lighting. According to a study commissioned by the Department of Energy, commercial buildings were found to have the largest share of lighting energy use, about 51%, followed by residential and industrial buildings. The two largest commercial lighting energy users […]