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    How Do Solar Lights Work?

    Traditional lighting fixtures continuously consume power resources and increase carbon emissions. In contrast, solar lighting becomes more and more popular. With the development of green energy technology, solar lights have shown strong market potential in multiple application scenarios such as outdoor lighting, landscaping and public facilities. Compared with traditional lighting equipment, they have the advantages of easy installation, low energy consumption and low maintenance cost. Solar lights can provide convenient and efficient lighting solutions. So, how do solar lights work? This article will reveal its core components, advantages, and its working secret.

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    Intermatic: Converting to LED? Tips for Choosing the Right Photocontrol

    Conversion of traditional light fixtures to LEDs provides lasting energy savings and lower operating costs. However, if LED fixtures are paired with thermal photocontrols instead of electronic photocontrols, that cost savings is quickly lost due to premature failures and unplanned maintenance costs. Be sure you’re planning for long-term success with your next LED conversion project with these tips.

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    Guidelines for Converting LED-to-LED: What Turnkey Lighting Contractors Need to Know

    As turnkey lighting contractors know, the wave of LED upgrades that swept across commercial and industrial buildings over the past decade brought major improvements in energy efficiency and maintenance reduction. But many of those first-generation LED systems installed between 2015 and 2020 are now entering a phase of performance decline that creates a ripe opportunity for LED-to-LED retrofits. A decline introducing risk of impending issues for building owners/managers as the system may have low light levels, performance issues (flickering) or even failure. These opportunities often go unnoticed by building owners and facility managers. After all, they were sold on the promise of “long-life” lighting. And while it’s true that LEDs last significantly longer than legacy technologies like fluorescent or HID, many early systems are now running at 70-80% of their original light output. Add in driver degradation, evolving code requirements, and the emergence of more efficient designs, and it becomes clear: a strategic second-generation retrofit is not just justified, it’s often essential and cannot be simply ignored. So, how should contractors approach LED-to-LED conversions? Below are key guidelines to ensure you deliver value, preserve lighting quality, and position yourself as a trusted advisor.

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    35 Collection: A New Era of Lighting Design

    Lighting plays a crucial role in shaping the aesthetics and functionality of a space. Whether it’s for a commercial, hospitality, or residential setting, the right lighting can transform an environment, adding depth, atmosphere, and a sense of character. From hidden to revealed, the 35 Collection can be subtly incorporated into architectural details or stand as the striking centerpiece of an installation. The collection consists of three distinct yet complementary series: 35 Linear – A profile emitting 360° of light, divided into indirect uplight and direct illumination. 35 Track – A 48V track system combining indirect uplight with customizable inserts like spotlights, pendants, and accent lighting. 35 Candela – A suspended luminaire that creates vertical traces of light, ideal for double-height spaces.

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    Bold, Programmable Lighting Upgrade Helps Draw Visitors to Key Destination Point in Calgary

    The CF Chinook Centre (more commonly known as Chinook Centre) was always destined to be a major destination point for Calgary. Opened in 1965, it is conveniently located near the city center and is only 20 minutes from Calgary International Airport. Over the years, it grew to become Calgary’s largest shopping mall with more than 250 stores and restaurants. Beyond providing a sublime shopping experience, Chinook Centre offers numerous dining options, including seven full-service restaurants, and fun entertainment options, including a 16-screen movie theatre with IMAX, a nostalgic handcrafted carousel, and a bowladrome for bowling enthusiasts. It is also well known for its special features that include a towering Albertosaurus, imaginative flying machines and a time capsule located at the center of the mall’s four-story rotunda. Despite an overall bleak forecast for shopping malls in both Canada and the U.S., Chinook Centre is thriving with numerous new and expanding tenants added just since late 2022.

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    Infrastructure Lighting Fixtures: Why Scale Matters

    In infrastructure projects, the size and scale of outdoor lighting fixtures are critical—not just for aesthetics, but for functionality, safety, and long-term performance. Whether lighting a streetscape, transit hub, or civic plaza, appropriately scaled fixtures help create environments that are both visually coherent and effectively illuminated. Public lighting plays a role in shaping how spaces feel after dark. Well-proportioned fixtures contribute to a unified visual experience that reinforces architectural character and community identity. Oversized poles or luminaires can overwhelm pedestrians and detract from historic or human-scale environments. Undersized fixtures, on the other hand, may get lost in the landscape or appear out of place in large open areas.

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    What You Need to Consider When Choosing Data Center Lighting

    When operating a data center, the lighting syst​em is often not the most concerned part. Actually, lighting system performance directly influences whole electricity consumption and operating costs, especially in a 24-hour non-stop data center. This article will delve into the key factors to be considered when choosing data center lighting. For enterprises that are planning to build new data centers or considering infrastructure upgrades, these insights will help you make more informed decisions.

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    Artika: 5 Advantages of Smart Lighting

    Lighting is arguably one of the most important features of any home. Too bright, and it can be abrasive, increasing your sensitivity to light. Too dim, and it hides the unique characteristics of your home and can have adverse effects on your mood. When you design your home, the type of lighting and fixtures you choose are just as important as selecting a paint color or deciding on what pieces of furniture to buy. Traditionally, the lighting options available to homeowners have been rather limited. But all of that has changed. As people embrace a more digitized world and become more interconnected, smart lighting is revolutionizing the way homeowners can incorporate lighting into their homes. Smart light bulbs aren’t only longer lasting, but they can be customized and controlled by other smart home devices, such as Google Assistant or Alexa.

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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.

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    How to Elevate Your Exterior Living Space with Outdoor Lighting

    LightForm provides their latest outdoor lighting best practices that can help you with setting the right atmosphere, highlighting features and making connections. As warmer weather draws us outside, it’s the perfect time to turn your backyard, patio, or garden into a beautiful, functional extension of your home. With the right lighting, these spaces can shift from simple to spectacular. Outdoor lighting does far more than improve visibility — it sets the mood, highlights architectural features, and invites meaningful connection long after the sun goes down.

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    60-Watt vs 100-Watt Light Bulbs: Brightness & Wattage

    With the widespread use of LED light bulbs, the replacement and upgrade of different light bulbs have also made the concept of “equivalent wattage” more and more discussed. When comparing 60-watt vs 100-watt bulb, the wattage and brightness are the factors that need to be figured out first. Wattage is used to measure the energy consumption while many people mistakenly believe it as a direct measure of the brightness. In fact, higher wattage bulbs don’t always mean brighter light. The brightness of a light bulb is measured in lumens. It should be noticed that different types of light bulbs usually emit light with different lumen ratings even at the same wattage. For example, LED lights can emit the same amount of light while consuming less energy (watt) than Halogen bulbs.​

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    Cooper Lighting: Smarter Streets, Safer Cities

    As cities and utilities modernize infrastructure for the 21st century, LEDs and outdoor lighting controls are becoming a common and critical component of their strategies to achieve energy efficiency, public safety, and operational resilience. Here’s how lighting controls paired with high-efficiency LEDs are helping infrastructure stakeholders meet evolving demands and regulatory goals for the lighting that makes roadways, pathways, parking areas, and public spaces safer for citizens.

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    What is Human Centric Lighting: Benefits & Applications

    Human centric lighting (HCL) is a kind of illuminated way based on human physical and psychological needs. Its core goal is to imitate the changes in natural light to support the body’s circadian rhythm, improve visual comfort, and enhance mood. The key element of human centric lighting contains dynamic ​color temperature adjustment, adjustable brightness, spectrum optimization, and intelligent control. You can adjust the brightness based on what you’re doing, so the lighting is never too harsh or too dim. Thanks to LED technology, the light can be fine-tuned to cut down on harmful blue light, especially at night. It also boosts calming tones like red light. With the help of sensors and smart systems, human centric lighting can even adjust itself automatically throughout the day to match the time and your needs.

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    Contact Delage: Training That Makes a Real Difference

    At Contact Delage, training is more than just a product demonstration. It’s a true value-added learning experience, designed to deepen your knowledge and transform your professional day-to-day. Forget traditional sales-focused training. Their approach is built on the transfer of strategic knowledge, the exploration of practical solutions, and the development of useful technical skills. At Contact Delage, they believe that a well-informed client is better equipped to design, select, and innovate.

  • Luminaire LED’s Seamless Pairing for Behavioral Health

    Maintaining a warm, comforting atmosphere is conducive to patient care and treatment. Of course, lighting aesthetics play a part in that, with light quality deeply affecting how a space feels. Specifiers do not have to compromise on aesthetics to ensure that behavioral health lighting design delivers on a long list of standards. VRDL and VRP luminaires are IK10 for impact resistance, IP66 for water and dust resistance, and are designed to be ligature resistant. VRP panels and VRDL downlights comply with behavioral health requirements. Both feature robust, ligature resistant construction and are NYOMH approved, and NSF listed. They comply with IP66 regulations for dust and water ingress, and this after surviving IK10 test for impact protection against damage. VRDL downlights have an invisible sheet metal “curl” along the lens opening that acts as a failsafe locking mechanism.    

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    LightForm: Estiluz – Versatile Solutions for Sophisticated Spaces

    For anyone seeking high-performance lighting that blends elegance with engineering, Estiluz offers an exceptional range of solutions. This Spanish brand, family-owned since 1969, creates lighting that balances form, function, and flexibility, making it ideal for both bold architectural statements and subtle design enhancements. At LightForm, they are proud to be the exclusive Canadian distributor of Estiluz, offering access to their highly customizable collections alongside the expertise to specify them with confidence.