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Illumigeddon and the New Age of Lighting Distribution

By Chris Brown Several years ago, I started a project to ‘connect the dots’ of the lighting industry… all the new technology, new manufacturers, new business models, new competition and…

LED Myths, Part II

By Stan Walerczyk Hopefully you already understand some very important facts about LEDs and LED products, but there are several myths that some distributors and contractors take as truth, when…

LED Myths, Part I

By Stan Walerczyk Hopefully you already understand some very important facts about LEDs and LED products, but there are several myths that some distributors and contractors take as truth, when…

Combating Diminishing Returns

By Stan Walerczyk As a follow up to this article, we will discuss new information on soft savings to help end-customers approve lighting retrofit projects, even if the hard savings,…

Should Distributors Focus on Lighting, Controls, or Both?

What should distributors and contractors focus on for profitable and cost effective energy savings in interior spaces? Mainly lighting Mainly controls Both   It really depends. In spaces where the…

Light Meters Will Become the VHS of the Lighting Industry

by Stan Walerczyk, HCLP, CLEP If you really want to be a lighting expert and have an advantage over your competition you need to invest in at least one spectrometer…

LED Troffer Kits Give Fluorescent a Run for the Money

Replacing existing fluorescent lamps with LEDs of the same size and form factor is becoming an increasingly viable retrofit option for their potential to reduce energy use and improve indoor…

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