Specialty and Architectural Lighting

Ceramic xenon light bulbs provide enhanced precision for specialty applications. These bulbs are designed for applications such as endoscopy, video projection, microscopy, spectroscopy, solar simulation and machine vision. With their unique construction and powerful illumination, ceramic xenon bulbs play a pivotal role in improving the quality and efficiency of tasks...

One of the distinct advantages LED bulbs have over CFL is their better performance in winter and in cooler environments. A big complaint of older compact fluorescent lamps was that they took an excessively long time to warm up to usable brightness in the winter, making them impractical for outdoor...

For many business and homeowners, the frustration of not having sufficient light in the office, living room, or any other space can be aggravating. This is a common problem for many people, but you can easily solve it without spending a lot of money in the process. If this is...

With the cost of employing people orders of magnitude more expensive than the cost of operating a lighting system, it is important to strike the right balance between energy efficient lighting and the productivity of employees. It is no secret that light affects people in a multitude of ways. Some...

Now that both incandescent and halogen bulbs are disappearing from the market, many people want to replace their current household lighting with the LED light bulbs. This is a great option for many because the price of LED bulb keeps decreasing and lighting companies become more efficient and the cost...

There are different types of light bulbs with a variety of shapes, bases, wattages, voltage, and more. Some of the best quality bulbs are MR light bulbs. MR is an abbreviation for "multifaceted reflector." These light bulbs are most often low voltage halogen MR reflectors which come in different shapes...

With a variety of lighting applications and lamp types, schools have many opportunities to both improve the quality of the lighting in their facilities and reduce operating costs. In addition to higher efficiency traditional lamps and better controls, LED lighting retrofit opportunities have reached a point both in the maturity...

Have you ever wondered why your eyes and head sometimes hurt after sitting in your office for awhile? Look up at the lights for a possible answer. You may not notice anything other than a fluorescent fixture. But what's happening inside the fluorescent tubes is fluctuating light output. Input power...

Infrared light is typically the most discussed form of light within the spectrum. In basic terms, infrared light can be termed as heat; it is the type of radiation where the wavelengths cannot be seen by naked human eyes, but instead it is felt by the body as heat. Infrared...

Since the early 1990s, governments around the world have been increasingly concerned about the types of lighting citizens use in their homes and businesses. Large regulatory bodies, from the US government to the European Union, have been eliminating common inefficient forms of lighting in an effort to reduce energy usage....

Everyone knows that the only thing more annoying than sitting in an office without a window is sitting in an office with a window in a cold, featureless basement after being demoted. And not surprisingly, the government has made it a practice of shunting inconvenient employees into windowless, basement offices....

Before you head off to your favorite store, online or brick, to buy LED light bulbs to replace those short-lived incandescents, you should read on. When LEDs first came on the market, there was wild talk about how these bulbs will last forever... or at least 100,000 hours which is...

While summer is fast approaching in the US, Canada, Europe, and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, the other half of the globe is entering its colder, darker months. And with less sunlight means more risk of being sad and getting SAD, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD was...

When it comes to upgrading to LED lighting, owners of small retail businesses may assume that bottom line benefits accrue primarily to large operations retrofitting with hundreds or even thousands of LED lamps. While scale and buying power certainly help larger businesses justify major light upgrades, locally owned retailers will...

The idea that light can have a biological effect on humans first appeared with research on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). People living in northern parts of the U.S., where hours of daylight are significantly reduced in winter months, reported tired, depression-like symptoms. When sufferers of SAD made an effort to...