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Decorative Outdoor lighting

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Outdoor Building lighting Light also contributes to creating a living space, enhancing urban beauty, and highlighting a city's culture. This can be achieved by lighting the historic buildings and architectural gems of municipalities with LEDs. Often, the lighting used is colored, with a color temperature that emphasizes the materials. The lights create ambiance and enhance important architectural elements.  Cycle paths The cycle paths are more and more used and must be well illuminated. They should have specific lighting to ensure the safety of users. The lighting should be uniform, with a sufficient level of illumination, without loss of light and glare. Road, signage and other users must be clearly identified, day and night. Opting for a flexible lighting system makes it possible to adapt the light according to the environment, be it narrow spaces or structures that encroach on the traffic. Special Events   Cities are sometimes hosts of spec...

How to effectively illuminate cities?

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Municipalities are increasingly choosing to replace their old LED lighting systems with the goal of improving road safety, saving energy and reducing the need for maintenance. Streets, highways and public roads Street Lights Good street lighting must provide even light distribution and eliminate glare. Luminaires should also be easy to install and require minimal maintenance. The luminous flux of the luminaires should be oriented towards the surface to be illuminated and not towards the sky in order to improve the visibility and reduce the optical losses. In addition, it is preferable to opt for luminaires that diffuse sober and uniform lighting with a perfectly calibrated luminous intensity so as not to create a too important contrast with the dark spaces surrounding, and thus to ensure a visual comfort. Parks and green spaces Have you ever noticed that parks and green spaces have their own lighting? First, the lighting is primarily intended to ensure the sa...

LED in museums and art galleries

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The lighting system is of particular importance in museums: the light must expose the works in their best light while avoiding damaging them. Often, these two requirements may conflict, since exposing the artwork to a powerful light source may compromise its quality. It's about finding the perfect balance between the best viewing conditions and conservation requirements. That's why LED PAR lamps are the ideal solution for solving lighting problems in museums and art galleries. 1) Longer duration of LED bulbs Even though the Light Emitting Diode (LED) was invented in the 1960s, it is only a few years since the technology evolved sufficiently to be integrated into museums and art galleries. Of all the advantages in favor of LED lighting, the most important is undoubtedly its very long life, incomparable to these traditional counterparts, 25 000 hours and more, which is equivalent to about 10 years if we calculate in depending on the typical opening hours of museu...

LED on the streets

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Street Lights The street lights of Canadian municipalities have evolved very little since the invention of electricity ... Yet between the ever-increasing energy costs, the demands of economic restrictions that are increasingly pressing for our country and climate change that upset our planet, reviewing our lighting options should be a priority on the agenda of town halls! Did you know that nearly 50% of a municipality's energy costs are allocated to road lighting? Yet two very simple actions could reduce this bill by nearly 75%: 1) First, replace traditional streetlights with LED technology so you can reduce your municipal energy bill by up to 50%. 2) Combine your new lighting application with a remote control system for streetlights in the city. Thus, you could save up to 75% of your energy consumption! And this without counting the savings you will make on the maintenance of these street lights ... Since you theoretically have changed the light bulbs, on av...

LED lighting: a sustainable and economical solution

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A sustainable and economical solution LED lamps are becoming more popular, and we bet they have not finished talking about them. We understand the excitement they generate when we realize all the benefits associated with these products. We have already discussed the fact that LED bulbs help create a safe, healthy and productive work environment. But that's not all: they also have huge benefits in terms of economy and sustainability. So here are some reasons why LEDs are good for the planet ... and for your wallet. LED energy efficiency LED lighting products are much more efficient and consume less energy than their traditional counterparts. Indeed, LEDs are said to be 80% efficient, which means that 80% of the electrical energy consumed is properly converted to light. The remaining energy is instead transformed into heat. The incandescent, meanwhile, would be effective at 20%. The fact of having lighting systems that emit a lot of heat forces us to remedy this pr...