A Qualitative Policy of Urban Lighting in the Master Plan [Understanding Urban Context when Developing a Lighting Plan?]

A Qualitative Policy of Urban Lighting in the Master Plan [Understanding Urban Context when Developing a Lighting Plan?]

Analyzing the context is the first step in establishing a lighting plan on a site. The context is of course first the site’s physical environment, its morphology: the location of the site on a promontory or in a valley, its alignment flush with or indented from the street, its proximity to a body of water or a large park..

Lighting the Way to Demand Creation

Lighting the Way to Demand Creation

Most distributors are perceived as demand fulfillers, waiting for a customer to generate an order, be it from a contractor or an MRO opportunity. Few have mastered the skill of creating demand while also fulfilling customer needs. Typically, these few have added sales specialists (automation, lighting or vertical market focused). These companies are considered the innovators and entities that can drive profitable growth for themselves.

 

Evaluation Guide: 4 Steps to a Successful Lighting Evaluation (Part 2)

Evaluation Guide: 4 Steps to a Successful Lighting Evaluation (Part 2)

In the March 25 issue of Electrical Industry Newsweek, Aaron Kless laid out the first 2 parts of a 4-part guide to assessing the costs and benefits of various lighting solutions, incorporating lessons learned from more than 100 million square feet of installed intelligent LED systems across many of the most challenging production environments worldwide. Step 1 identified various evaluation criteria; step 2, identifying incentives and tax deductions. Appearing below are the remaining 2 parts.

 

Evaluation Guide: 4 Steps to a Successful Lighting Evaluation (Part 1)

Evaluation Guide: 4 Steps to a Successful Lighting Evaluation (Part 1)

Worldwide, leading facility managers and operations professionals are scrutinizing their energy use and re-evaluating traditional lighting choices — even high-intensity fluorescent (HIF) — in search of energy savings. In fact, rapidly escalating energy costs are often the catalyst for considering a lighting upgrade project, and LEDs are now part of the mix for most facilities.