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Track Lighting Design That’s Smart and Sustainable

Savvy Salon Style With Grip Lock Lighting and SORAA LED Bulbs: Smart track lighting solutions for a smart design-a true story about sustainable track lighting design. Calleis Salon and Spa. Photography by Wandering Albatross Photography Concept: an Aveda Salon, Calleis Salon and Spa, wanted an image of their space to work functionally and to have…

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What is Specular Lighting and When Is It Good?

Specular lighting is a reflective light which causes highlights upon the object(s) it is lighting-that bright spot that you see on the object from the reflective light is what is known as specular light. OK, so now you are asking me, “why is this important to me?”.  You might not care about the fact that…

Now-A Showcase Light that Won’t Give You Meltdowns!!

Now, you can get an energy efficient showcase lighting that will not melt chocolate. Really? Really. This LED light fixture is ideal for many applications-it is perfect for all around showcase lighting needs and better still for those glass display cases that are difficult and limited in space. Remember that saying, ‘dynamite comes in small…

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The “KISS” Method: Keep It Super Simple

Many of you are familiar with the “KISS” method? Keep it super simple (well, there is another version out there-the “keep it simple s—–“, but we won’t use that language here!) Sometimes simple is the best. One of our clients that does large trade shows in the fashion industry came to us with a dilemma….

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The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down: lumens versus watts

And, what does this mean to you (WDTMTY)? Or, more accurately, WDTMTM (what does this mean to me)? This article is an abbreviated version of the article called, “LED, Incandescents, CFL’s, Oh No!! (Or, Watt’s Up?). But first, I have to share with you what started that article to begin with. In a phone conversation…

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LED, Incandescents, CFL’s, Oh, No!! (Or, Watt’s Up??)

(Grab your cuppa coffee or tea and sit down with it as you dig in to this article…) So, ‘watt’s’ up with the new light bulb law coming into effect in January 2012 (which is named the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007)? Will incandescent light bulbs be outlawed? Will we be ‘forced’ to…