Each purchase is different and depends upon height of ceiling, fixture hanging height, spacing, illumination requirements within work areas, voltage, money available, energy savings potential, potential energy rebates available, tax credits, improved work environment, better production from employees, lowering shipping errors due to low lighting levels and finally, who do I purchase or work with to get these fixtures. Will they provide an energy audit, help with rebates, provide installation or is that up to the buyer, and what is the timeline for everybody involved.
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Now that spring is here and we are moving into the warmth of summer, the advantage of LED lighting becomes very apparent. LED’s produce less heat than traditional lighting with HID’s or Fluorescents. This is one hidden cost factor that most do not consider when considering new lighting systems, the AC system has to counter balance the heat produced by the lights and the weather.
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IES (ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY) publishes two new LED standards for indoor and outdoor lighting. Lighting for exterior environments (RP-3314) and lighting for parking facilities (RP-33-14) which helps focus upon safety standards and new lighting levels. (LED magazine, 2/11/15)
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As we end 2014 and look around, we find that we are surrounded by lights everywhere, every day. We wake up with them, have them around us throughout the day and go to bed with them. Sometimes they stay on all night when we forget to turn them off.
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