July 2, 2025 - The Residential Contractor’s Guide to Layering Light
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The Residential Contractor’s Guide to Layering Light

Too often, lighting plans default to the basics: a central ceiling fixture here, a few recessed cans there. Functional? Sure. But memorable? Not even close. That’s where knowing how to layer light comes in — a deceptively simple design principle that adds depth, mood, and polish to every space. With a few strategic choices, you can elevate the look and feel of an entire home — and position yourself as a contractor who delivers more value for your clients. This guide breaks down how to layer light like a pro — no design degree required, just a sharper approach to lighting planning.

Magic Lite: How to Solve the Most Common Challenges in Landscape Lighting Projects
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Magic Lite: How to Solve the Most Common Challenges in Landscape Lighting Projects

Landscape lighting is far more than just enhancing aesthetics — it plays a critical role in improving safety and security, extending outdoor functionality, and increasing property value. Yet, architects, contractors, and real estate developers consistently face key challenges when specifying and installing outdoor lighting. The wrong fixture choices or poor planning and installation can lead to…

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Lighting Design International Calls for Greater Sustainability Across Lighting Design Projects

February 19, 2024 Leading lighting design consultancy, Lighting Design International (LDI) has been raising awareness of the need for greater sustainability across the built environment. LDI’s Associate, Arianna Ghezzi, shared these principles as part of a panel discussion at the recent and most successful Surface Design Show. The talk focused on Circularity in Lighting, and…

How to Detect Problems In Your Warehouse Using Artificial Intelligence
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How to Detect Problems In Your Warehouse Using Artificial Intelligence

November 15, 2023 David Gordon Warehousing is core to a distributor’s value proposition. Customers expect distributors to carry inventory. The 2023 NAED PAR report (2022 data) stated that, on average, 72% of distributor sales emanate from their warehouse. Given the importance of a warehouse to distributors, managing costs and reducing errors is critical to profitability….

Appropriate Planning and Support for a Global Transition to LED Lighting: Position Paper by the GLA
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Appropriate Planning and Support for a Global Transition to LED Lighting: Position Paper by the GLA

November 2, 2023 The Global Lighting Association (GLA) is committed to the reduction of mercury (Hg) in the world’s-built environment through a successful worldwide transition to LED light sources and phasing-out the use of fluorescent lamps.   The fluorescent lamp was introduced as an improvement over incandescent and halogen lamps. The mercury vapor in the…

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Acuity’s Steve Roe Talks Value of Embedded Controls

September, 10, 2023 Commercial lighting specifiers have a tough job. The task of delivering light that satisfies users has become ever more demanding, particularly as energy codes increasingly require controls to maximize energy savings. In substantial ways, this hard work is to the benefit of buildings and their owners and users. By ensuring light is…

Meteor Shines a Light on Wallwash Lighting Design Practices
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Meteor Shines a Light on Wallwash Lighting Design Practices

May 1, 2023 Wallwash lighting can help illuminate unique wall textures, artworks, and center pieces. Discover how to optimize your lighting design with this in-depth guide to creating the perfect wall wash ambiance with our REV Flex Series. Lighting plays a significant role in setting the mood and tone of any space. One effective lighting…

DLC Non-Energy Benefits
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Evaluating the Non-Energy Benefits of Advanced Networked Lighting Controls

March 24, 2023 The Benefits As energy efficient LED technology has become mainstream, the quantifiable gains from controlling smaller lighting loads may appear to have diminished at first glance. The truth is, while direct energy savings from controls alone represents a smaller portion of savings compared to the savings from LEDs, the use of networked…

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Circadian Light Research Center Survey Confirms Harmful Health Effects of Blue-Enriched LED Light

BOSTON (January 23, 2023) Many of the lights sold today are causing major health problems, including obesity, diabetes, and breast cancer. Why? They are blue-enriched LEDs, which play havoc on people’s circadian rhythms during the evening hours. Today the Circadian Light Research Center released the results of a consensus survey of 248 leading scientists, which confirms that human circadian clocks are highly…

LEDVANCE Outdoor Lighting Case Study: Bellingham International Airport
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LEDVANCE Outdoor Lighting Case Study: Bellingham International Airport

December 19, 2022 Goal: To upgrade the outdated metal halide lighting illuminating two outdoor parking areas at Bellingham International Airport in Bellingham, WA and deliver improved lighting quality, uniformity, and sustainability while significantly reducing energy usage and maintenance costs Product Installed: 100 SYLVANIA LED Area Lights from LEDVANCE Benefits: SYLVANIA LED Area Lights reduced the airport’s lighting…

D4i: Standardizing Luminaire-Level Control
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D4i: Standardizing Luminaire-Level Control

November 23, 2022 By Craig DiLouie The DALI Alliance recently extended DALI-2, which standardizes interoperability and control of LED drivers and sensors, with a version that more finely addresses the needs of the Internet of Things, which calls for individual device addressability, connectivity, and two-way data exchange. Called D4i, the standard enables real-time data acquisition for measuring…