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Lighting Design Houston
Gone in the blink of an eye
Flickering lights can cause dizziness, nausea, headaches, and in some extreme cases, seizures. It works subconsciously, so you often can’t even identify the reason it is happening.
In the bad old days, when computer monitors were first invented, they were little more than very basic television screens. They had low “refresh rates” meaning that the picture wasn’t redrawn very quickly.
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You can live with it, but can you live with it?
There are surprisingly few ways of designing lighting perfectly. Unfortunately, the possibilities for doing a bad job are almost infinite. It doesn’t seem fair, but those are the facts.
One of the clearest signs of imminent disaster is when someone says: “Heyyyy… You know what would look good over there…?” Much as we would like to equate spontaneousness and
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Light temperature is not about heat
Because Kelvin degrees do not use the little degree symbol (°) like we do with 0° C and 32° F, people sometimes get confused. In science, Kelvin is usually used to measure temperature, but when we use it to measure the color of light, it is not the temperature of the lightbulb itself, but how hot something would have to be to make it glow that color by heat alone.
It is an
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To boldly go where millions have gone before?
LED technology has already proven itself. It is an established fact that it can be as much as 90% more efficient than the filament-based lighting which was invented in the late 1800s.
It is versatile, beyond what most other lighting styles can accomplish. It is like a panacea for every lighting problem—it might be shorter to create a list of things that LED lighting
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They are NOT all the same
Right off the top, let’s get this out of the way: LED selection and Dimmer-compatibility should not be undertaken by amateurs. That is the road to frustration, poor functionality, and massive disappointment.
LED bulbs are not like standard, power-hungry filament bulbs. You may see claims on the retrofit bulbs stating that they will work with a conventional dimmer switch—but if they work,
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Great LED Lighting For All Your Needs
Be seen in the right light!
There are so many ways to install any lighting badly. We’ve all seen bad choices from Do-It-Yourselfers (DIY) that don’t grasp the difference between color temperatures, wattages/lumens, and dimmer compatibility.
Even when you hire somebody, if the installers lack an artistic flair, or a sense of composition, it gets worse. Is this the sort of
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Upgrades and Renovations
LEDs Lead the Way!
Texas organizations like CoServ Electric Cooperative (for example) offer their customers rebates of $2 per LED bulb when replacing less efficient lighting. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has a similar plan for its customers, and your own utility likely has some sort of offer.
The payback for LED lighting is already surprisingly short, but those who are interested in
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Henry Ford didn't build the first car; Thomas Alva Edison didn't build the first light bulb. What the pair did have common was taking previously dubious products and turning them into everyday items for ordinary people.
Gas-guzzling monsters have been replaced by energy-sipping Prius and Tesla-type cars. The old-fashioned incandescent bulb, which turned 10% of its energy into usable light and 90% into wasted
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Did you Know These Trucks are Driven by Some of the Best Licensed Houston Electricians?
You see our trucks all over town, but you may not be aware of everything that our Houston electricians can do for you. Because we have branded ourselves as a design firm specializing in custom home lighting, many people assume that all we do is lighting.
In actuality, the majority of our physical labor is dedicated to wiring
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Houston electricians Must be Licensed by the State of Texas and Should be Permitted to Work in Your Municipality
The State of Texas defines electrical work as "Any labor or material used in installing, maintaining or extending an electrical wiring system and the appurtenances, apparatus or equipment used in connection with the use of electrical energy in, on, outside, or attached to a building, residence,
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