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Crunching the Numbers of Home Lighting
As energy costs continue to rise, savvy homeowners and property managers are
increasingly turning to energy efficient lighting to save money. A landmark
study from the Department
of Energy released in December 2012 thoroughly demonstrates just how much
more efficient LED lighting is, and how much money it can save the average
household.
Crunching the Numbers
By carefully analyzing home lighting patterns throughout the entire United
States, the scientists working for the Department
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28th Apr 2015
LED Lighting Wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
Image provided via the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)LED lighting has revolutionized
residential and commercial lighting solutions, offering an energy efficient
technology that is more efficient, durable, long-lasting, and versatile than
both compact fluorescent and incandescent lighting. In fact, this technology is
so important that its inventors -- Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura, and Isamu
Akasaki -- were the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the
creation of the blue LE
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26th Apr 2015
What Makes Cocoweb Art Lights Special
Not all art lights are created equal. Paintings hold drastically
different effects depending on the picture lighting of employed. Too little
light and the painting will appear flat; too much light and the picture will
appear washed out. A properly lit picture will draw more attention to itself
and less to its external environment. When illuminating the painting with a
picture light, it will make the picture emanate an irresistible presence, and
any visual competition will dissolve into
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23rd Apr 2015
Visit us at HD Expo: A hospitality design event (May 13th to 15th)
HD Expo: A hospitality design event
Curious about our products but not sure if you want to make a purchase quite yet and/or want to know more about us in person first? At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas we'll be hosting a booth at the HD Expo show from May 13th to May 15th among dozens of other professionals in the hospitality industry along with interior designers, architects and more. HD Expo is a premier trade show and hospitality conference dedicated to showing off the latest innovations in pro
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17th Apr 2015
Lighting in Interior Design
When you come home after a long day of work, all you want to do is go home to a place that is both aesthetically pleasing and cozy, right? What is the most important part of a room? Some may say the furniture or the art displays, but I would disagree and say that good lighting makes the biggest difference.
The lighting in a room determines the impression the room leaves and how the size of the space is perceived. The use of lighting can add to or subtract from the overall colors of a
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6th Apr 2015