lighting controls

Smarter Lighting at the Minneapolis Convention Center: High Performance Without the Premium Price

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Large public venues face a constant balancing act: delivering exceptional visual experiences while managing long-term operational costs. The Minneapolis Convention Center recently demonstrated how smart lighting decisions can achieve both—by replacing expensive specification-grade downlights with high-quality commercial-grade downlights that deliver clean, high-output illumination at a fraction of the cost. The result? A modernized lighting system … Read more

Lapham Hickey Steel – Warehouse/Production Area LED Highbay Upgrade with Sensors

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Customer Profile: Lapham-Hickey Steel is a strong partner that you can rely on. They are a family owned, financially secure company with a storied history dating back to 1926. Lapham-Hickey offers an extremely diverse product line and specializes in a wide variety of value-added processing services. Lapham-Hickey has a distribution network of ten processing facilities, … Read more

Imagine The Lighting Possibilities!

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Keystone Smartloop in action!

What do you get with over 700 people working in a facility? Over 700 different opinions. Now factor in something that is persistent for 8+ hours of their day – lighting. Lighting can range drastically from output to color to overall aesthetics of the space. While its difficult to satisfy everyone, facilities now have an … Read more

Minneapolis’ Ambitious Street Lighting Proposal vs. Dark Night Skies

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In the span of 10 days, the Star Tribune first posted an article about Mayor Frey’s Ambitious 9 Million Dollar Street Lighting Program and then followed that up with an article about cities in Minnesota that have been instrumental in implementing Dark Sky-friendly lighting. It is clear that this is a battle that is going … Read more

Lighting Controls in Action at Walker Methodist Parking Garage

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These days in lighting there are all kinds of sophisticated control systems. From LiFi to BlueTooth Mesh, lights are now able to be controlled individually or as a group by the touch of a button or through a phone app. But there is also something to be said for simple lighting controls that save additional … Read more

10 Reasons to Use Lighting Controls

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As their name suggests, lighting controls include all the various technologies you can use to manage the different lights in your home or business. For instance, common types of controls are dimmers, motion or occupancy sensors, and photosensors. There are even all encompassing lighting systems that allow you to customize a wide range of options, … Read more