Healthcare facilities are created to focus on one thing: providing quality care for patients. Unlike other commercial buildings, hospitals and medical centers require lights on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means a constant schedule of replacing burnt out light bulbs.
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Topics: LED, LED retrofit, Healthcare lighting
4 energy-saving strategies for commercial offices
When you're catering to the needs of an entire facility, it can be challenging to save on energy costs. Commercial office buildings might contain several different companies, which means you're trying to serve all of their lighting and energy preferences the best you can.
Topics: LED retrofit, Lighting controls, Commercial office lighting
Why you shouldn't use those fluorescent tubes before upgrading to LED [Calculator]
If you operate a large facility, you probably keep stock of fluorescent tubes so you can promptly replace any failed bulbs. Often times, we talk to customers who want to use up their existing fluorescent tube stock before they move forward with an LED upgrade.
This had us curious. What's the cost of waiting to switch to LED?
Topics: Energy savings, Fluorescent light, LED retrofit
Energy is one of the fastest growing costs in the hotel industry. Think about it: there are now more electronics and perks expected in a hotel room than ever before. Energy Star estimates that hotels spend $2,196 per room every year on energy alone.
Topics: Hotel lighting, Energy savings, LED retrofit
HID to LED retrofit solutions that will save you money [Pros and cons]
When is the right time to retrofit your HID lighting to LED? It can be an expensive project, and you're probably wondering if the energy savings are worth it.
HID (or high intensity discharge) replacement bulbs aren't the cheapest. Plus, because of their high light output, they're usually in hard-to-reach areas like stadiums, gyms, warehouses, and parking lots or garages. Even changing a light bulb can mean extra costs.
Topics: Parking Garage Lighting, HID, LED retrofit
NYC Energy Conservation Code: Lighting requirements to meet by 2025
In recent years, New York has made big plans to go green. By 2030, the city hopes to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions by 30%.
That’s a lofty goal for a city that has nearly a million buildings. But it turns out, about 22,000 buildings use nearly half of the energy citywide. That makes it a little more manageable, right?
Topics: Building inspections, Energy savings, LED retrofit
Does bypassing the ballast with an LED tube void the UL rating on a fixture?
Unlike fluorescents, some linear LEDs do not need a ballast to power up and produce light. So, a lot of our customers have been asking us about the safety of just bypassing the ballast and direct-wiring their LED tubes.
Topics: Ballast, LED retrofit, Commercial office lighting
There is no other way to put it – the lighting industry is becoming increasingly complicated.
New companies continue to come onto the scene with bright LED lighting innovations and sometimes unbelievably low prices.
Topics: LED, Energy efficiency, LED retrofit
The perfect hotel lighting needs to be functional, aesthetically pleasing, and efficient. It can be difficult to find lighting that achieves all of these things, but our team is here to cut through the complexity.
Topics: Energy efficiency, Parking Garage Lighting, Hotel lighting, Hallway lighting, LED retrofit
Common light bulbs and LED upgrades for parking garages
Proper lighting is key in providing a positive tenant, guest, or shopper experience in any parking garage. In many respects, it's a first impression for the people visiting your facility and shouldn't be overlooked.
This lighting typically remains on 24/7, so it’s important to have long-life bulbs to avoid burnouts at the wrong time. Additionally, these 24/7 burn-time light fixtures present a quick payback on energy-efficient LED upgrades.
Topics: Parking Garage Lighting, HID, Hospital lighting, Fluorescent light, LED retrofit, Commercial office lighting