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

We’ve used this blog in the past to write about the 2013 incandescent light bulb ban enforced by the Energy Independence and Security Act, more commonly known as EISA.

Here’s another topic from the archives: the phase-out of T12 fluorescent tubes.

Why, exactly, were T12s phased out?

All the way back in 1992, another energy conservation act –– the Energy Policy and Conservation Act –– was amended to require the Department of Energy to carefully review energy standards on an ongoing basis and publish new standards as more energy efficient technologies made their way to market. 

We get asked on a regular basis about the best products for different lighting applications. As lighting distributors with access to the product lines of over 1,000 vendors, our approach to answering such questions can never really be one-size-fits-all.

The reality is that the process of narrowing down to the best options requires a true understanding your specific application.

(We’re beginning to outline our recommendations based on the type of business so you don’t have to read between the lines on a more general list of products. Stay tuned for more articles like this geared for specific industries.)