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ON or OFF
If you’re in the lighting business, you probably get asked every now and then whether you should turn the light off every time you leave the room. The answer depends on the type of lamp and how long...
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Beyond UL Certification: EPCO Products ETL Certified
Because UL is a well-known testing laboratory that also develops standards and test procedures, people have a misconception that a UL standard is exclusively tested and certified by UL. This is not the...
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LED Technology Has Come a Long Way
In addition to overcoming early performance problems with heat, moisture and color, improvements in LED technology have significantly lowered the cost of LED luminaires and lamps. Not only are today’s...
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LED Strikes the Perfect Balance in Parking Garage Lighting
When considering how to make a parking area easier to navigate, safer and more cost-efficient, lighting can have a tremendous impact on the look and feel, as well as the bottom line. Inadequate...
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Understanding LM-79 Report
LM-79 testing captures performance characteristics of EPCO’s solid-state LED luminaires. This testing provides a snapshot of our LED luminaires performance under specified operating conditions...
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Part II: To Invest or Not to Invest? Solving the Facility Manager’s Quandary...
This is the second in a series of posts designed to help facility managers build a case for spending money on lighting system upgrades. Another way to justify a lighting system upgrade is to look...
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Part III: To Invest or Not to Invest? Solving the Facility Manager’s Quandary...
This is the third post in a series designed to help facility managers build a case for spending money on lighting upgrades. Combining lighting upgrades with other capital projects can show greater...
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Part IV: To Invest or Not to Invest? Solving the Facility Manager’s Quandary...
This is the fourth and final in a series of posts designed to help facility managers build a case for spending money on lighting system upgrades. Making a strong case for funding a lighting system...
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Defining the Life of White LEDs
One of the main benefits of LEDs is their very long life. But just how long do LEDs really last—50,000 hours or even 100,000 hours? What is the useful life of an LED? Over time, all electric light...
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