Street and parking lot lights are designed to deliver bright and effective illumination for large outdoor areas. Light poles provide lighting solutions for a variety of locations. These include...
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The Complete Guide to Digital Marketing for Electrical Contractors
As an electrician, you provide an essential service that is always in demand. But, depending on your location, it is a very competitive industry. Therefore, you need to stand out among the...
The Complete Guide to How LED Lights Are Made
LED Lights – What are They and How Do They Work? LED lights are currently the best and most energy-efficient lighting systems available. Because of this, all other types of lighting are being phased...
The Top 12 Facility Maintenance Software Applications
Real estate is a business’s most expensive asset, so your job is to ensure that your buildings are functioning properly. It is also important to extend their lifespans as much as possible. Each...
The Difference Between Maintained and Non-Maintained Emergency Lights Explained
Whether it’s a power outage, a fire, or any kind of natural disaster, it’s critical that people in any kind of facility know how to evacuate to safety. Their path needs to be properly illuminated...
The Complete Guide to Building Your ESG Strategy
ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. It is a framework that helps stakeholders know how an organization is managing risks and opportunities related to environmental, social, and...
The Difference Between Clear and Frosted Lenses
Did you ever look to purchase LED lamps or fixtures for a lighting project and notice that there are clear and frosted lens options for the same thing? Choosing the right option is important because...
The Difference Between Shunted and Unshunted Tombstones
What are Tombstones? Have you ever heard the term “tombstones” when people talk about lighting, but you didn’t know what it was referring to? It can be confusing because it describes the appearance...
The Complete Guide to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
A whole new way of driving a car has begun with the advent of the modern electric vehicle (EV). Unlike a car with an internal combustion engine, one major advantage of an EV is that you can charge...
The Top 11 Lighting Industry Publications to Keep Up to Date With
The lighting industry is competitive and ever-changing. Whether you’re a manufacturer, distributor, designer, installer, or have any other connection to the industry, it’s essential that you stay...
FUPC of Dale City’s Parking Lot Retrofit Project Increased Efficiency & Reduced Maintenance
The Complete Guide To Electrician Salaries by Specialty
Electrician jobs are in demand across the United States. They play an important role because electrical systems are vital to the management of many things. They include lighting systems,...
Wayne’s Electric Service Indoor Pool Lighting Upgrade: Better Light Levels & A Satisfied Customer
TBCS’s Gym Lighting Upgrade: Improved Player & Spectator Experience
Healthy Living Technology Reduces Costs & Increases Fixture Longevity After Upgrading to LED
Conyers Electrical’s Softball Lighting Project Increased Light Levels By 87%
Warehouse Lighting Update Results In Energy Savings Improvement of 73%
Commercial Shop Lighting Buyer’s Guide
Some settings require special lighting configurations and workshops are among them. The tasks that are performed in workshops need to have bright, high-quality lighting because they require...
Buyer’s Guide to Outdoor Wall Pack Lights
The term “wall pack lights” describes the outdoor lighting that is commonly mounted on the outside-facing walls of buildings. Wall pack lights are generally used to provide a wide swath of...
Modern Electrician Podcast Featuring LED Lighting Supply
Let There Be Photometrics: Podcast TranscriptNeil Peterson from LED Lighting Supply recently joined Doug Powell for the Modern Electrician Podcast to talk about photometrics and LED lighting’s rapid...
Damp Location vs Wet Location Rated Lighting Comparison Guide
While searching for lighting for your facility, you may have noticed that some fixtures are rated for wet environments while others are rated for damp environments. Is there a difference? Yes, there...
LED Lighting Equivalency Chart
If you know anything about LED lighting, you likely know that LEDs are considered to be energy-efficient fixtures that help save money on electrical costs. And, although that is not the only benefit...
Office Lighting Design Guide
Upgrade Your Office Lighting with LEDs Office lighting is more complex than you might think at first glance. It needs to do the obvious, provide lighting. However, it must also accomplish many other...
Guide to Factory Lighting
Understanding the right lighting that spaces like manufacturing plants, factories and other facilities need is very crucial for the owners as well as the electricians who carry out the process. The...
Guide to California Lighting Regulations: Title 20
The California Energy Commission (CEC) was put into place by the Warren-Alquist Act in 1974. At the time, a growing need for energy in the state led to a need for a modern energy policy to reduce...
Recommended Foot Candle Chart
What is a Foot Candle? A great place to start is with the definition. For those of you who may not be familiar with them, a foot candle is how light intensity is measured. One foot candle is...
Guide to Industrial Lighting Design
As any facility manager knows, industrial facilities pose very unique lighting challenges. From lumber and metal production to the aerospace industry, the term “industrial” encompasses many...
Vapor Proof Lighting Buyers Guide
Vapor proof lights are luminaries that are shock-proof, waterproof, and dustproof. They come in many different styles and varying levels of water and dust protection. An LED Vapor proof light takes...
Lighting Audit Checklist
If you’re a facilities manager, you likely perform periodic checkups of the heavy machinery and other equipment that you use daily. But there might be a large aspect of your daily operating...
How to Become an Electrician
Electrician Career Path: Let's Get Started! As one of the largest industries in the country, the electrical contracting industry is worth more than $130 billion each year. There are 70,000 +...
Color Temperature Explained
Although people overlook it, they should always consider the difference between color temperatures. This is a very significant factor when you install new LED lighting fixtures. It’s possible for...
5 Cost Effective Ways to Convert Fluorescents to LED
When fluorescent lighting options became available on the lighting market, they were considered to be highly efficient. They were a better option at the time when compared to High Intensity...
Color Rendering Index Explained
Things to know about CRI. If you’ve been shopping for LEDs, you may have come across the term "CRI" or “Color Rendering Index”. Knowing what CRI is, and how important it is, will help you make a...