For Rent: Lighting as a Service
A combination of rapidly advancing technology and a change in U.S. accounting standards is encouraging a new business model for financing lighting and other energy-system upgrades. The new [...]
Future Looks Bright for Consumer and Industrial Applications of LEDs
For many reasons, use of LEDs in both consumer and industrial applications looks bright. So believes Richard Evans, an engineer who has talked to environmental groups about consumer use of LEDs [...]
Shine On, You Crazy Lightbulbs
The other day I found myself at a loss in the light bulb aisle of my hardware store. I might as well have been shopping for a carburetor. There were too many options with too many symbols and [...]
Part One: Advances In Lighting Technology Give Facility Managers New Options For Savings
For facility managers who have taken basic steps to reduce lighting system energy costs, the ability to wring savings out of lighting systems doesn’t end there. Advances in technology [...]
Apartment Complex in College Town Switches to LED Lighting
As the original developer of all their residential properties, Kaiserman Properties knows each unit down to the stud. With a portfolio consisting of urban high-rise and suburban garden and [...]
Lighting Like an Incandescent, Except It’s an LED
By Gregory Schmidt In the debate over the merits of incandescent light bulbs versus compact fluorescent lamps, LED bulbs have become a viable alternative. Switch Lighting is hoping to ride the [...]
Is This The End of T12 Lamps and Ballasts?
What’s Happening? Manufacturers are phasing out production of T12 lamps and ballasts. Less availability of T12 lamps and ballasts. Increased costs, up to triple the normal price, because of [...]
