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The Darkness News Update 3/28/2024

Get A Grip On Lighting: Purple Lights Inside

Sales Synopsis: Cold Calling, Part 1

Get A Grip On Lighting: When Dimming Matters

Combating Diminishing Returns

By Stan Walerczyk As a follow up to this article, we will discuss new information on soft savings to help end-customers approve lighting retrofit projects, even if the hard savings,…

Should Distributors Focus on Lighting, Controls, or Both?

What should distributors and contractors focus on for profitable and cost effective energy savings in interior spaces? Mainly lighting Mainly controls Both   It really depends. In spaces where the…

Light Meters Will Become the VHS of the Lighting Industry

by Stan Walerczyk, HCLP, CLEP If you really want to be a lighting expert and have an advantage over your competition you need to invest in at least one spectrometer…

LED Troffer Kits Give Fluorescent a Run for the Money

Replacing existing fluorescent lamps with LEDs of the same size and form factor is becoming an increasingly viable retrofit option for their potential to reduce energy use and improve indoor…

Get the Lighting Right: Optimal Distribution

Optimizing lighting distribution can improve lighting quality, energy savings, sales and profitability for distributors and contractors. by Stan Walerczyk, HCLP, CLEP Distribution, distribution, distribution can be as critical as location,…

What Do You Think of the Designlights Consortium?

By Stan Walercyk, HCLP, CLEP It is my impression that most people working for the Designlights Consortium (DLC) and those working for member utilities and rebate organizations dealing with the…

Do Energy Codes Really Save Energy?

By Stan Walerczyk, HCLP, CLEP Let’s focus on the current California Title 24 because: it’s the one I know best, California is the largest state in population, and other energy codes,…

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