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Improving the Heat Sink in Modern LED Fixtures
Many people understand that LED lighting uses fixtures that are cooler to the touch than traditional incandescent light bulbs. LED lights do not generate light in the infrared spectrum and are, in fact, both cooler and more efficient than incandescents. Unlike trad...
Thermal Management for LED Lighting Efficiency
From its first inception, artificial lighting has been notoriously inefficient. The first generations of incandescent lighting converted less than 5% of electrical power input into light, with the remaining power being dissipated as excess heat. Over time, efficien...
Adjusting Street Lighting to Accommodate the AMA’s Health Concerns
A recent study published by the American Medical Association (AMA) might have dimmed the ardor of municipalities that have been considering retrofitting their street lighting to LED systems. The AMA has specifically cautioned that because of their brightness, LED l...
The Slow Death of Metal Halide Lights
Metal halide lights have been the de facto standard for illumination of outdoor and large indoor spaces for more than fifty years. Sports arenas, in particular, have relied on metal halide and similar technology to illuminate playing fields and arenas, but as that ...
How Television Broadcasts Benefit from LED Lighting
The advent of high definition television broadcasts marked a quantum leap in television broadcast technology and quality. Producers of those broadcasts have scrambled to retrofit other parts of their broadcast platforms to match high definition quality. Transitioni...
LED Lighting for Department of Transportation Compliance
The United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) lighting standards for commercial traffic and other motor vehicles place a priority on safety to ensure transportation compliance. For example, Standard 108 under Part 571 of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety ...
Museums are Using LED Technology to Preserve Paintings
In 2015, Germany’s Aachen Cathedral, joined the growing list of art museums and other historical heritage sites to transition to LED museum lighting. The Cathedral, which is the burial place of Prince Charlemagne, maintains a collection of art and artifacts that ...
Assessing the Strengths of LED Lighting for Hazardous Environments
Selecting the best and most appropriate lighting for an area that has been designated as a hazardous environment involves more than simply choosing a light bulb or fixture that illuminates the area. OSHA regulations for hazardous environment lighting are very speci...
Three Reasons the Oil and Gas Industry is Turning to LED Industrial Lighting Fixtures
Notwithstanding adverse public perceptions of the profitability of the oil and gas industry, many companies in that industry operate on very thin margins. Like companies in all other industries, oil and gas production companies need to control and reduce costs to m...
Designing Class I Hazardous Lighting Fixtures
Regulations adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) generally define Class I hazardous locations as any industrial environment in which flammable vapors are present. Class I locations are further subdivided into Divisions and Zones, but the...
People Report Feeling Safer on Streets Lit with LED
Parents typically tell their children from an early age to avoid dark and abandoned streets and to stay on well-lit and populated thoroughfares when they are out at night. As children gain experience and maturity, they inherently understand that they will be safer ...
Explore Cost Savings With LED Lighting for Car Dealerships
Even with a flood of information and ratings about every car that is available for purchase in the current market, automobile buyers typically make their final decision on the basis of a car’s exterior appearance and curb appeal. Automobile dealers know this and ...
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