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Light emitting diode is a fast-growing technology that many businesses and consumers are embracing. LEDs provide a long life, enhance visibility, reduce energy use, and provide 50,000 lifetime hours. But one barrier that the technology still needs to overcome is the price. While it costs more compared to fluorescent or plasma lighting, LEDs still have […]

Help the Empire State Building shine brighter when you vote for the color of the LED lights. The historic building is letting voters choose the official standard colors for its new LED tower lights. Designed by Philips Color Kinetics, the new LED lighting system allows customized lighting from a palette of more than 16 million […]

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 […]

It's that time of the year again where holiday lights are strung on the roof with care. And if you're like most Americans, you're using lights that aren't exactly the most energy efficient. According to the United Laboratories and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, using LED rather than incandescent light strings uses 75 percent less […]

According to a recent study by ESource, energy efficiency could become a $60 billion opportunity. The study found that businesses waste a collective $60 billion a year, or 30% of the power consumed by U.S. industrial and commercial facilities. The report goes on to look at the details of certain industries including restaurants, health care, data […]

Light emitting diodes (LED) technology has grown to rival the most efficient white light sources, and the benefits are great, but just how efficient are LEDs? First measure is color quality. LEDs have very high correlated color temperatures (CCTs), often above 5000K for a cold bluish light. However, warm white LEDs (2600K to 3500K) have improved […]

This is the final post in a series about lighting maintenance.   The first and second part of this series on lighting maintenance covered the principles and policy that should be placed for an efficient system.   Providing proper training should also be included in a lighting maintenance plan. This includes understanding procedures such as […]

This is the second in a series of posts about lighting maintenance. In the first part of this blog series, the principles of lighting maintenance were discussed as a proactive solution to reducing energy usage. The second part of proper lighting maintenance is developing a policy. A lighting maintenance policy is a set of written procedures […]