The lamp market is about to become exciting, challenging and even a little confusing. The Electrical Distributor magazine (TED) recently offered a brief overview of where individual lighting technologies are heading: Incandescents currently account for 45% of all installed lamps. Consumers...

In our two-part blog series, we’ll evaluate the growth of LED technology and subsequent need to properly evaluate products not only for energy efficiency, but overall performance as a lighting solution. This first post reviews programs that are currently available to help lighting...

Signed into law by President Bush, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) created new energy-efficiency standards for 40W to 100W incandescent general-service lamps. On January 1 of this year, 100W lamps were required to become at least 28% more efficient – or be...

Here’s a hint: it starts and ends with service. While all contractors are concerned with price, it’s almost never what they talk about first. They talk about service – distributor practices that can contribute to a successful project. Here are some recurring themes...

We recently shared that Prescolite’s AKT6LED3 was included in a round of CALiPER testing – and the results matched our product performance and efficiency claims. The September issue of The Electrical Distributor provided a detailed overview of CALiPER’s Round 12 testing,...