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It should come as no surprise that some LED product lines perform at a higher quality than others, and in determining which are statistically at the higher end of the market in advance of a system purchase …
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The quality of electric lighting is a matter of color, and the industry has broken it into 14 shades. When a fixture is rated, each of these shades is judged through a testing method designed to assess how …
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We like to keep in mind that the purpose of electric lighting is to enable human beings to see. While that would seem to be self-evident, as facilities professionals it’s possible for us to focus on optimizing the …
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An LED lighting system buyer has a myriad of considerations to concern him/herself with when confronted with fixture product line decisions, and the type of materials selected for that fixture, and its finishes, are an important piece to …
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Control and distribution of the light emitted from a light fixture can be accomplished through use of a lens, and there are attributes specific to each type of material available, and its surface texture, that the Facility …
Distributing Electric Light with Lenses Read More »
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What makes a string of LEDs light up? What gives the diodes the ability to dim, adjustable to the human hand, or perhaps per a preset regime of electronic settings? It’s a device known as a driver, and …
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Sometimes an acronym can become so strong that we lose sight of the words behind the letters that form it, at which point its meaning can become diluted. ‘LED’ is one of those, so a refresher might be …
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Contrary to what some believe, the world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as people discover they share a common cause, a vision if you will, and begin to build relationships with other like-minded people.…
