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TRENDING SMART LIGHTING CONTROLS
The digital revolution is transforming outdoor lighting designs just like everything else in our lives. Smart lighting is trending up across the board. The term “smart lighting” is a broad one which refers to two related paths of innovation. Lighting systems and system components that can be controlled from the owner’s smartphone are one approach, […]
BACK TO THE FUTURE: LED CONVERSIONS
If an outdoor lighting installation was put in before 2013, it could well be a line-voltage system powering halogen bulbs with 120-volt house current. If it’s older than 2010, it’s nearly certain that’s what it is. These systems were state of the art as recently as then, and still serve to produce spectacular outdoor lighting […]
LIGHTING WATER FEATURES
Water features fall into four broad categories: pools, fountains, waterfalls, and streams. Each of these presents a particular set of lighting challenges and opportunities, but all can provide spectacular results. The most basic lighting design question for a water feature is whether the aim is to preserve and enhance the feature’s daylight mood or to […]
Uplighting: Different Types of Up Lights
There are many different types of uplights that hold a wide variety of bulbs. Each has a specific function in outdoor landscape lighting. When used properly, the desired look will be accomplished. We will be covering interchangeable LED outdoor lighting fixtures. The most commonly used type of LED uplight is the MR16 fixture, which measures […]
Outdoor LED Light Fixtures: Integrated vs. Interchangeable
Before 2010 if you hired a professional outdoor lighting company to install low voltage lighting around your house or yard there was some version of an interchangeable halogen fixture implemented into the system. If you were trying to light up a house, tree, statue, water feature, or pathway, the interchangeable halogen fixture was considered the […]
Moon Lighting And Its Many Uses
Moonlighting is a very universal way of lighting, some might call it the swiss army knife of lights. Moonlighting appeared in the early 1990’s in Houston and became popular because of how beautiful and warm it looked and all the different ways it could be used. Unlike regular low voltage outdoor lighting at the time, […]
Finding the Right Outdoor Lighting Company
The phrase outdoor lighting means many different things. Accent lighting, landscape lighting, security lighting, and hardscape lighting are just a few of the different types of ways you can use lights around your home, business or commercial property. Every project is unique and different, but selecting the right outdoor lighting company, one that is able […]
CURB APPEAL: ACCENTUATING YOUR HOME’S BEST FEATURES
Your home’s curb appeal, it’s attractiveness when viewed from off-property, stirs your own sense of pride but the other important audience comprises visitors, neighbors, and when the time comes, potential buyers. The excellence and the uniqueness of your home’s architectural and landscaping features attract admiration that ought not set along with the sun. Not when […]
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING
Safety and security aside (we’ll address these important considerations in another post) landscape lighting design is shaped by three aesthetic and practical criteria. The main goal in landscape lighting is to make your house/yard look amazing at night. Second, is for the lights to be invisible during the day. Lastly, to have the equipment stand […]