When you want to enjoy being outside at night, you need to install some bug lights around your property. Doing so will make sure that you aren’t being swarmed by moths and insects so you […]
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Understanding The Difference Between Watts And Lumens
Today there seems to be a lot of new technology developing. Fortunately, there are many ways you can also keep track of these new technologies and how impactful they are on your life. When it […]
What Happens When You Exceed Lightbulb Wattage Ratings
Eventually a light bulb is bound to burn out and when it does, you may want to choose something brighter. This is where bulb wattage comes into play. Their ratings are something you’ll want to […]
Best Practices For Designing Lighting For Offices And Workspace
Considering that we visually process about 80% of information today, you can understand why your choice of illuminance will have a major impact here. Of course, lighting will also influence your well-being, health, performance, and […]
Understanding CRI In Relation To LED Lighting
When you’re dealing with LED lighting, there’s a term that frequently comes up: CRI (color rendering index). Before buying any LED light bulbs it’s important to know what this term means and how it relates […]
How To Use A Lightbulb’s Color Temperature To Light A Room
LED lighting has grown in popularity now that less efficient incandescent lightbulbs have been phased out of stores. When you check out their packaging, you’ll see lumen ratings (brightness), wattage, and correlated color temperature (CCT) […]
How Tunable White LED Lighting in the Classroom Improves Performance
A simple change in lighting can improve your students’ performance. In the past classrooms used fluorescent fixtures that only emitted one color of light that ranged from warm to cool white, without any changes throughout […]
The Lightbulb’s History
Over 150 years ago lightbulbs were first invented. This dramatically changed how we use energy and design buildings. It also lengthened workdays, jumpstarted new businesses, and created new energy breakthroughs (e.g. power plants, electric transmission […]
Sand Producing White Sun-Like LEDs Developed by Spanish Researchers
While LED lighting has truly came a long way over the years, there’s still room for improvement, even today. This is because these light bulbs contain a high amount of blue light, which can really […]
Why LED Light Bulbs are More Cost Efficient Than Traditional Light Bulbs
According to a recent survey by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) switching to LED lights can save the average home $1,000 in 10-years or about $8.33 per month. These numbers are based on the […]