Monthly Archives: June 2010

Have you ever heard of the floating islands of garbage around the world? Most notable is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but there are more growing within every major ocean gyre (pictured at right). These garbage patches are where things … Continue reading →

Though we talked to a lot of fellow lighting experts at BuildingsNY/GreenBuildingsNY 2010, some people who stopped by the LED Waves booth admitted to not understanding a lot about LED technology and they had some very good questions for us. … Continue reading →

(BuildingsNY/GreenBuildingsNY 2010 Recap Part Deux coming soon. This news was just too big to sit on.) In a big twist for the lighting industry, the Federal Trade Commission has ruled that by mid-2011 all light bulb packaging must have a … Continue reading →

The BuildingsNY/GreenBuildingsNY show this year was hopping, with more consumers than ever interested in sustainable energy solutions for their buildings and homes. The LED Waves booth saw a lot of visitors thanks to our dazzling array of light fixtures that … Continue reading →

A friend of mine recently told me about a Thai restaurant that he frequents with his girlfriend. They go to this place at least once a week, and the last time they were there they struck up a conversation with … Continue reading →

A recent New York Times article has thrown some light on an unfortunate trend in high-end restaurants: exposed-filament light bulbs. If you’ve been to any new restaurant in the past five years you’ve probably noticed these tiny glowing amber coils … Continue reading →

Our CEO Joel Slavis recently traveled to West Virginia on a mission. With the help of Mining Controls, he went down into a coal mine to gain insight on how to integrate LED lights into their work. Look at him … Continue reading →

Perhaps the most commonly voiced concern about switching to LED lights is the price. We all know that they have the potential to save us a ton of money on energy bills and maintenance, but the upfront price can be … Continue reading →

Recently we received a letter from a customer asking for some sort of metric or a conversion tool for determining watts to lumens ratios. Unfortunately, there is no real way to accurately compare the two because they measure different things. … Continue reading →

Today I want to talk about a lighting issue that seems to keep coming up in LED discussions and is becoming more relevant as we ease into the dog days of summer: heat. Lots of LED sellers brag that their … Continue reading →