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Deciding between fluorescent and LED tubes? Check out our Linear Lighting Playbook for insider advice

Posted by Jules Tompkins on Aug 9, 2017 12:46:16 PM

Linear fluorescent lighting has for decades been the workhorse light source for so many applications, thanks to its long life ratings and relatively efficient use of energy. But the emergence of linear LED technology over the last decade or so has really changed the landscape, making buying decisions for linear applications more complex.

We get questions all the time about linear lighting. Is it risky to invest in LED lighting products? Are more fluorescent phaseouts ahead? What linear lighting products does Regency suggest?

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Topics: LED, Restaurant Lighting, Fluorescent, Retail Lighting, Parking Garage Lighting, Hospital Lighting, Office Building Lighting

What is R9 color rendering value?

Posted by Erin Gussert on Jun 6, 2017 9:09:00 AM

If you're responsible for determining the right ambiance and light quality of your application, then you probably already know how important understanding Color Rendering Index (CRI) and Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) is.

Here's the problem: CRI and CCT are anything but easy to understand.

Color Rendering Index is calculated based on how well a light source renders eight specific pastel colors. The theory is if it light renders these colors well, it should render all colors well. CRI is a simple and helpful lighting spec to predict how good the visual output of a lighting product will be.

Correlated Color Temperature (CCT or just color temperature) gauges how yellow or blue light appears. It’s measured in Kelvin and usually falls in a range between 2200 and 6500 Kelvin degrees. Warm light sources have low color temperatures (2200-3000K), featuring red, orange, and yellow colors. Cool light sources have high color temperatures (>4000K) and feature blue light.

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Topics: Lighting Design, Restaurant Lighting, Retail Lighting, CRI, Hospital Lighting, Color Temperature

Tunable LED lighting is being used to better patient wellbeing at dementia medical centers

Posted by Jules Tompkins on May 20, 2016 4:15:28 PM

Two medical practices that care for dementia-stricken individuals in Europe have installed tunable LED lighting systems with the aim of resetting the circadian rhythms of their patients and creating a more serene, calming atmosphere.

The centers –– which are located in London, United Kingdom and Neuss, Germany –– used separate products to pursue the same initiative.

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Topics: Hospital Lighting, Lighting Tidbits

LED lighting advantages for businesses

Posted by Matt Chesla on Jan 12, 2016 12:00:00 PM

There are numerous LED lighting advantages for businesses, even though it may seem that we’re bringing to light a lot of instances when LED lighting may not be the best choice lately. We talk with many clients who question if switching to LED lighting is the right investment for their company and, truthfully, more often than not, it is.

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Topics: LED, Restaurant Lighting, Movie Theater Lighting, Energy Efficiency, Retail Lighting, Parking Garage Lighting, Hospitality Lighting, Hospital Lighting, Multi-Family Lighting, Office Building Lighting

8 places where LED lighting will pay for itself

Posted by Bob Croucher on Dec 3, 2015 10:57:00 AM

LED is an exciting technology, but completely changing the lighting in your building over to LED may not always be practical nor the best choice today. We still get a lot of questions from customers asking where in their buildings are the best places to convert to LED.

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Topics: LED, Savings, Payback, & ROI, Restaurant Lighting, Movie Theater Lighting, Retail Lighting, Parking Garage Lighting, Hospitality Lighting, Hospital Lighting, Multi-Family Lighting

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

Deciding between fluorescent and LED tubes? Check out our Linear Lighting Playbook for insider advice

What is R9 color rendering value?

Tunable LED lighting is being used to better patient wellbeing at dementia medical centers

LED lighting advantages for businesses

8 places where LED lighting will pay for itself

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