There is no doubt that occupancy sensors have a myriad of benefits. From reducing the energy bills at offices and warehouses, to helping combat climate change by minimizing the energy needed in commercial buildings, these little sensors have proven to be incredibly useful. But what if they could be made even more useful? Even easier to install and maintain? Here are the three most important ways that built-in high-bay motion sensors have raised the bar over traditional occupancy/motion sensor systems.
Lighting within your own home or other residential spaces is greatly influenced by personal preference, aesthetic vibes, and living space functionality. Industrial or manufacturing space lighting is much more considerate of safety and productivity. When lighting a commercial space like an office building, hospital, or retail store, a blend of these approaches comes into play.
The history of the lightbulb is long and varied. Lighting technology has evolved drastically since Sir Humphrey David discovered in 1802 that a piece of heated carbon connected to his new power source (the earliest incarnation of a modern-day battery) glowed with light! The term incandescent refers to light that is produced as a result of intense heat. And it served gallantly as the only way to produce light for many, many decades.
I’m a rule follower. I quite like the structure rules and laws impart to my existence. I might not always agree with the minute details of every mandate I encounter, but I find the most peaceful solution is to just cooperate and respect the guidelines set forth by people I hope have only my best interest at heart. Considering the current topics of the day, you might easily assume I am talking about face masks or physical distancing. Well, guess what? I’m talking about buying light bulbs!
During a power outage, can you count how many times you’ve walked into a darkened room and instinctively flipped the switch? Let me do the math for you—except the answer is not a number, it’s a word . . . COUNTLESS!!! We’ve come to rely on the power of a lightbulb so much, we never even truly appreciate it until it’s unavailable. And if you’re sitting in the dark long enough, you may come to contemplate the light bulb and how it came to be.
Outdoor lighting, including site, parking and street lighting, is a rapidly growing market for LED-based solutions. Municipalities, commercial property owners, and utilities are considering replacing existing high-intensity discharge (HID) lighting with LEDs. However, the main question they face is how to meaningfully compare LED-based solutions with traditional technologies, not only on the basis of light source efficacy but as a system and, more importantly, as an application.
The term “beam angle” leaves much to interpretation: wide angle, narrow angle, spot light, flood light, basic lighting, accent lighting, decorative lighting, etc. Who can keep track of all these different descriptions and how exactly would each impact the look of your space? In this post, we’ll break down what makes each beam angle unique and how to use it to achieve your desired results.
LEDs, or Light Emitting Diodes, are light sources that have changed the way we think about lighting. They are compact, efficient, efficacious (if you keep track of that kind of thing, that is a Scrabble word!), durable, extremely functional, and less expensive to operate. Incandescent bulbs in contrast, are inefficient, not nearly as functional, and fairly short-lived.
If you have watched some of our more recent Product Spotlight videos, you may have heard the term polymethyl methacrylate (or PMMA) mentioned. Though it’s a bit of a mouthful to say, PMMA is actually a very important feature for many commercial fixtures. If you haven’t heard of PMMA before, you aren’t alone. In fact, we’ve received a lot of questions asking about it. So in today’s post, we’ll explain what PMMA is and what makes it so important.
We get a lot of questions from customers about dimmers. Sometimes they are looking for a specific model to use with a bulb or fixture. More often than not, however, they have something that only gives a type of dimmer and not an actual model number. This can be extremely confusing, especially if you aren’t aware of the different types of dimmers or what they are called. In this post, we will take look at the different types of dimmers.
The wall pack has been the fixture of choice to provide security around the perimeter of almost any building. Traditionally these luminaries were equipped with metal halide or high pressure sodium lamps, using hundreds of watts each. The industry did offer an energy saving alternative as recently as two decades ago with the advent of compact fluorescent light bulbs, but typically with a trade-off in light output. Now, however, it's difficult to imagine anything other than an LED fixture filled in this role. Dephen Solutions has a strong lineup of both traditional wall packs in various sizes and a few that will give you even more versatility.
