An Introduction to Motion Sensor Controls “Smart” has recently become every marketing departments favorite word. From smart homes, smart watches, smart fridges, to smart cars; it’s almost impossible to find a consumer product that doesn’t have a “smart” offering. Many feature types fall into the broad category of “smart” but perhaps the most fundamental isRead more
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In this LED Mini Series installment, we will briefly review how LED is different than other other lighting technologies and how this translates to lower energy use. Previous lighting technologies relied on several different methods to emit light: burning oil (old), heating an element (incandescent / 19th century), heating an element inside of a gasRead more
This post is an introduction to a larger series known as the LED Mini Education Series. The series is designed to provide key LED knowledge needed to better manage an investment in LED lighting for your commercial building. The goals for this program are to better equip anyone responsible for a major LED lighting purchase inRead more
INTRODUCTION Ambient and decorative lighting consists of the following characteristics that can be utilized differently in different spaces (e.g. retail space, office space, residential space, warehouse space, etcetera.) 1. Brightness & Contrast 2. Light Color 3. Color Rendering 4. Uniformity The following article gives a brief explanation of these qualities and their application as wellRead more
By now the energy-saving benefits of LED lighting are well known. (If they are not familiar to you, see this short blog post.) What is sometimes overlooked are the other benefits an LED system can bring to a building and the activities that take place there. ENLIGHTEN recently completed a project to replace the lightingRead more