Practical advice on commercial lighting from LED retrofits to lighting design.

If you're thinking about upgrading lighting in a commercial office space, chances are you currently have fluorescent tubes.

While fluorescent lighting is pretty energy efficient, there are several reasons why you would want to upgrade to LED.

For decades, scientists have known about the disinfection ability of UV lights, specifically germicidal UV lights (also known as UV-C lights).

In recent years, germicidal UV lights helped stop the spread of numerous pathogens like the flu and the superbug. Can germicidal UV lights also fight the novel coronavirus (or COVID-19)?

We will continue to update this article as we receive more information and better understand the impacts of COVID-19.

A coronavirus, specifically called COVID-19, is impacting communities around the globe. This is a serious situation that is impacting millions of people in different ways. 

Some of us are working from home (with kids). Some of us are currently not able to work. For others, business is booming. No matter the situation, companies are changing the way they operate.

Are you currently retrofitting to LEDs and left with some old light bulbs? Or are you replacing some of your old lights in bulk?

You might be wondering what to do with the pile of leftover lighting products. Do you just pile them up in the back of your building? Do you throw them in the trash? Hopefully not.

As more commercial buildings ditch traditional lighting for LEDs, staying educated about the environmental impact and use of lighting is more important than ever before.

What happens in 2020 could change the lighting industry across the United States.

Right now, there is a big debate that centers around incandescent and halogen light bulbs.

As simple as it might seem on the surface, it's just not easy to maintain lighting.

Millions of Americans experience the unpredictability of lighting maintenance every year around the holidays, when a single bulb on their strand of Christmas lights burns out – oftentimes knocking a section of the strand out. The timing of this is never convenient and usually takes more time to fix than you think it should.

Unfortunately, such headaches aren't exclusive to Christmas decorators. They happen in the professional lighting world all the time.

Whether your multifamily building is apartments, condos, or retirement homes, you're probably facing a common problem: energy costs.

Our team handles thousands of lighting projects every year, and a common question we get is whether a customer should go all-in with a single manufacturer or diversify their lighting across multiple manufacturers.

Here’s a common dilemma: a company hires a general contractor to oversee a large-scale renovation or new construction buildout, or a series of projects. But when it comes to lighting, the company isn’t sure who should purchase the products.

Most of the time an LED upgrade involves unscrewing old light bulbs and screwing in new, energy-saving options in their place. Shocker. But if you’re looking to truly optimize your lighting for the greatest efficiency, this may not be the best approach. And it might cost you more money.