5 Things to Know Before Shopping For High Bay LightingLED high bay lighting can be a considerable investment for your company. Taking the time to consider the right high bay lighting that’s going to work for your needs can ensure you end up with a product that’s going to have staying power in your business. Here are some of the top five things that you need to consider before you start shopping for high bay lighting!
Top 4 Advantages of LED Over Fluorescent LightingThere are many differences between traditional fluorescent tubes and the LED lighting that’s used in many commercial buildings today. If you’ve considered changing over to LEDs it’s important to think about the main advantages that you could receive by making the switch. Here are some of the top four advantages that LEDs can deliver over fluorescent lighting!
Top 5 Benefits of LED Warehouse LightingA warehouse manager needs to pay quality attention to all of their overhead lighting needs. Most people in this industry just assume that their lighting is handling all of the needs that they are facing. Poor quality lighting could be seen as a major concern for safety as well as for the efficiency of work. Upgrading to improvements with LED high bay lighting can have a massive impact on warehouse space, here are some of the benefits of LED warehouse lighting and why warehouses are over the world are making the switch.
The Advantages Of LED Hospital LightingWhen we think of hospitals, surgical rooms, and healthcare facilities we think of incandescent lighting and fluorescent lighting throughout the facility. Incandescent and fluorescent lighting have long been popular for illuminate patient rooms, offices, hallways and bathrooms, and more. Using these types of lighting can be considered widely inefficient especially with the newfound availability and cost of LED lighting. Upgrading to LED light bulbs and fixtures could be one of the best alternatives for any healthcare facility. Here are some of the top advantages of using LEDs in hospital lighting.
Are you considering performing a lighting system upgrade for your commercial business? Have you been studying LEDs and have been wondering more on the benefits that they could bring to your business? Working with an informed energy efficient lighting expert can ensure that you can save time and money throughout your retrofit. If you would like to experience the smoothest process for handling your retrofit, you need to consider hiring an energy-efficient lighting expert to oversee your project. Here are some of the top five reasons that you should consider hiring an energy-efficient lighting expert!
LED Lighting And Employee ProductivityHave you ever considered that it could be your lighting that’s holding employee productivity back?
Many employees suffer from reoccurring headaches in the workplace and it’s easy to feel unmotivated when you walk into fluorescent lighting. Fluorescent lighting can often be to blame for a number of workplace hazards. Retrofitting your office with the latest LEDs ensure that your employees experience a boost in productivity, experience less headaches and have a more natural level of light throughout the facility.
10 Reasons Why You Need Proactive Lighting MaintenanceDo you have a current plan in place for your lighting maintenance today? Do you simply wait for your fixtures to go out and then contact the electrician to come in replace them? Is it difficult to get work orders filled for your lighting system? A proactive lighting maintenance program can be an essential solution for your business. If you never thought about using proactive lighting solutions, here are some of the top reasons why you should consider hiring a company to maintain your commercial lighting system before there’s a problem.
The Benefits of Color Changing LED LightingThe color-correlated temperature is a measurement of color for lighting systems. CCT is defined as the measurement of color and the appearance of white light source is based on the temperature value which is measured in K or kelvin. LED lighting commonly has a color temperature range between 2700 K to 5700 K. Every color variation within this temperature is a variation of white. The most noticeable types of LED lighting are warm white which is less than 3000k. Cool white which is valued at greater than 5000k. An LED with a color temperature between 3000 and 5000k is considered a natural white. Here are the benefits of color changing LED lighting.
The color value for each type of LED will often dictate the environment that it’s placed. Warmer color temperature is typical for a residential environment, these are the types of lighting options that are commonly installed in churches, restaurants, homes, and sometimes office buildings. Natural light is a more popular choice for commercial buildings. Cool white is an option that is more common for exterior lighting as well as warehouses.
Visible light communication (VLC) is a wireless method that uses light emitted by LEDs to deliver networked, mobile, high-speed communication similar to Wi-Fi, leading to the term Li-Fi. It can be used as standalone solution or in a supplementary role to radio-frequency (RF) or cellular network communication.
The basis of the technology, conceived by Professor Harald Haas of the University of Edinburgh, involves switching LEDs ON and OFF within nanoseconds at a very high frequency. Haas demonstrated the technology at a TED Global talk in 2011 and went on to co-found PureLiFi, a Li-Fi technology OEM for LED manufacturers.
As the visible light spectrum is 10,000 times larger than the radio frequency spectrum, VLC is regarded as a solution to RF bandwidth limitations. Industry has generated very high data transmission rates, making it competitive.
Though the signal cannot penetrate obstructions such as walls, a direct line of sight is not required as long as long as light is reflected from other surfaces. The LED lighting must be ON for the signal to transmit but can be dimmed to very low levels. VLC has an advantage over Wi-Fi in that transmission does not cause electromagnetic interference.
Applications are broad, but one application has attracted key interest by major lighting manufacturers Acuity Brands, GE and Philips. That is to say, big box retail.
Lighting has long been considered the “silent salesperson” in retail because it facilitates wayfinding and can be used to attract shoppers to key merchandise. VLC introduces a new way to connect retailers and their customers to enhance the shopping experience and improve value.
According to Deloitte Consulting LLP, in 2012, more than 60% of mobile shoppers used smart phones while in the store, and 85% of consumers were using retailers’ native apps or websites during shopping trips. In the solutions being demonstrated by Acuity, GE and Philips, the LED luminaires provide a communication point with shoppers using mobile phones (or camera-enabled tablets) loaded with an app, appealing to a ready market. With VLC, the store’s luminaires communicate with shoppers in two primary ways.
First, VLC provides indoor GPS-like location-positioning functionality that enables wayfinding. Shoppers looking for particular items in their shopping list can be guided straight to them. Second, the owner can deliver targeted information to its customers. As a shopper passes a product section in an aisle, for example, their phone can receive coupons, recipes and other information.
The special lighting needs for older adults are not limited to vision, but also include the biological effects of light on personal health. The non-visual or photobiological effects of light include both light entering the eyes, which impacts circadian rhythm (sleep/wake cycle), and light falling on the skin (vitamin D synthesis so that calcium can be absorbed by bones and tissue). Because of the dramatic growth of the 65+ population, we all need to understand the needs of older adults and provide environments designed to meet their (our) needs.