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The Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA in the greater New York City area is shining a little brighter these days. The 65,000 square foot building upgraded its lighting system last month.   The updated lighting includes the pool and surrounding area, which received minimal natural daylight.   Switching from their existing fluorescent and incandescent lamps, the YMCA opted […]

  Administrators at the Cherokee Elementary School in Scottsdale, Arizona are hoping that LED light fixtures will help students focus more; particularly special education students.   Educators found that students in the special education classes were often bothered or distracted from the continuous flickering and buzzing of fluorescent lighting. To fix this, the classrooms were […]

  Add two more to the list of cities that have switched to LED. Eden Prairie and Brooklyn Park are two communities in Minnesota that are making the switch from traditional streetlights to modern, more efficient LED models.   The street superintendent for Brooklyn Park says that the retrofit of 4,300 lights will save the […]

  In Lordstown, Ohio, the GM building is now home to the world's largest LED retrofit project of its kind.   So far the project involves more than 1,600 fixtures which has reduced energy consumption by more than 80 percent at one factory in the complex. And there's still another 4,000 fixtures to go.   […]

  This past May, the price of LED light bulbs declined globally by 1 percent. LEDInside, a research division of TrendForce, found that the most obvious price reduction was in Taiwan, but the U.S. also experienced a decrease as well.   The cost of LED light bulbs is higher than older incandescent bulbs, but is […]

  According to a report by IDTechEx, OLED lighting will account for just 1.3 percent of the market size of LED lighting in 2023.   The difference between the two lighting technologies is that OLED lighting is a surface emission device. While OLED lighting offers unique design features, it may only find a niche market […]

Centrinex, a call center in Lenexa, KS, recently had Worldwide Energy install a lighting control system to allow them to monitor and control lighting in their facility. The lighting control system allows Centrinex to monitor lighting based on what spaces are being used by employees and what are not. They can also control lighting switches […]

Automated lighting can come in handy to businesses looking to reduce the costs of lighting systems. Lighting controls rely on consistent programming to ensure the lights are off when there are no occupants, and that lights stay at the appropriate level. "Automated lighting isn't limited to one design. Whether it's an independent fixture control, a […]

For a building manager, managing lighting costs can provide major energy savings. Lighting systems account for up to 35 percent of a commercial building's total electrical load, so an efficient lighting strategy is essential if you're looking for savings. There are some simple measures that building managers can take for further energy savings. Check the […]