Using bollard lights is a great way to enhance your landscape's appeal and provide aesthetically pleasing lighting in your pathways, walkways, and other outdoor areas. Below, we're going...
Winter arrives with colder times, heavy rains, snow, cold breezes, and many holidays that can increase the energy demand with lighting-filled decorations. The electricity demand varies between...
Understanding the Summer PeakWhen we look for the definition of the word peak we can find: "reach the highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time". The Summer Peak,...
Light poles play a major role when it comes to illuminating outdoor spaces. Light poles enhance visibility by supporting lighting fixtures at elevated heights, which improves illumination, security,...
We know that many of the LED Lighting Supply blog's avid readers are facility managers (along with contractors, government employees, and other decision-makers). Along with all of the...
One of the big questions, once you've purchased LED Grow Lights or LED Lighting for Greenhouse Commercial Growing, is how to get them up and how far they should be away from the top of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 lighting industry is competitive and ever-changing. Whether you're a manufacturer, distributor, designer, installer, or have any other connection to the industry, you must stay informed...
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,...
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...
The term "wall packs" describes the outdoor lighting that is commonly mounted on the outside-facing walls of buildings. Wall pack fixtures are generally used to provide a wide swath of...
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...
While searching for lighting for your application, you may have noticed that some fixtures are labeled "rated for wet environments" while others are "rated for damp...
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...
They're there when you need them most, but essentially unnoticeable otherwise. Exit signs are an essential component of a safe environment, and every industrial and commercial facility needs...
Upgrade Your Office with LED LightingLighting and offices are more complex than you might think at first glance. It needs to do the obvious, provide lighting. However, it must also accomplish many...
Understanding the industrial lighting that spaces like manufacturing plants, factories, and other industrial spaces need is very crucial for the owners as well as the electricians who carry out the...
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...
What is a Foot Candle?A foot-candle measures light intensity, equivalent to one lumen of light per square foot. It measures the light that reaches a surface, while lumens measure the quantity of...
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...
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...
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...
Today we're talking about commercial lighting, and just to make sure you're in the right place, we'll give you a quick definition. Commercial lighting is a general term that refers to...
Licensed 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...
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...
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...
Things to Know About CRIIf 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...
