Published documents by Beth Guide

2009

Many contractors, sole proprietor lighting design consultants, and do it yourself landscapers often fail to include sign lights in their commercial lighting systems. Many times this is because they misperceive them as an unnecessary expense. Actually, commercial sign lights are extremely important and a wise investment that brings many returns. These lights will advertise a brand...

Types Of Commercial Lighting Fixtures For Your Business(Part 2) Published on 10/09/2009

Commercial lighting fixtures feature the highest commercial grade lighting fixtures in all major light sources used for building exterior lighting, site lighting, security lighting, warehouse interior lighting, roadway lighting, and security lighting systems. Light Sources and Lamp Characteristics Mercury Vapor (MV) Mercury vapor lights were the first HID commercial lighting fixtures...

The Right Lighting Fixtures To Light The Trees In Your Commerical Landscape Published on 10/09/2009

Landscape lighting contractors can offer this elegant, sophisticated, and ingenious lighting technique as a line item on their proposal and gain an immediate competitive advantage if they use the right equipments and installation methods. Mercury vapor lights that feature superior commercial grade engineering and photometrics are the best fixtures to use. They emit a blue-white light that...

Products And Supplies You Need For Your Exterior Architectural Lighting Project Published on 10/09/2009

Exterior architectural lighting must compliment natural and architectural aesthetics with luminaires whose fixture designs reflect the geometric themes and subtle nuances of surrounding structures and landscapes of your business. These luminaires must also operate with optimal efficiency and provide the same level of quality that purely functional site lighting fixtures and general lamping...

Industrial & Commercial Interior Office Lighting Fixtures Published on 09/09/2009

Office lighting plays a very important role in morale and motivation. People tend to associate light with positive energy and activity, and they tend to be very alert and enthusiastic in a well-lit office environment. Office lights also represent a significant portion of the companys overhead because they rank among the highest consumers of electricity. Ideally, they should be as energy...

Wall Mounted Lighting Fixtures Commercial Area, Security, Accent & Area... Published on 09/09/2009

Wall mounted lights perform three important functions integral to effective outdoor commercial lighting. First, they create general lighting for pedestrian around buildings and outdoor structures. General lighting should provide enough visibility to allow people to clearly differentiate between objects and judge distances accurately. Wall mounted lighting also plays a major role in accent...

Lighting Your Business With Compact Fluorescent Lights Published on 09/09/2009

Compact fluorescent lamps are designed to replace incandescent lamps and reduce the carbon footprint of a building. Most are capable of retrofitting into existing light fixtures formerly occupied by incandescent bulbs, making it necessary only to buy the lamp and save on the cost of replacement fixtures. This shift toward CFL retrofitting is part of a global movement to produce the carbon...

What To Look For In Lighting Systems For Your Commercial Space Published on 09/09/2009

Commercial lighting systems are often much more complicated than they appear at face value. A significant number of factors influence the selection of equipment, placement of fixtures, and levels of illumination appropriate to structures, terrain, and activity. Most facility managers/business owners in todays recession fear the costs associated with a commercial lighting system and seek to...

Outdoor Commercial HID & Metal Halide Wall Pack Lighting Fixtures Published on 09/09/2009

The best way to determine the type and number of wall packs your commercial space or client is going to need is to have commercial lighting specialist conduct a detailed photometric analysis of the facility. This analysis is using some of the worlds most advanced lighting design software to enable the calculations necessary for foot-candle density around the building, the lumens per watt...

Effectively Lighting Your Gymnasium Published on 09/09/2009

With few exceptions, metal halide high bay and low bay lights are the best luminaires to use for gymnasium lighting. They are common in school gyms, clubs, and recreational basketball courts and provide a robust source of white light with a high CRI. In smaller gyms where color rendering is not as important and budget is limited, high pressure sodium fixtures can be substituted. Because...