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If you’ve never heard the terms ‘colour temperature,’ ‘warm white,’ or ‘cool white’ before, that’s because these things weren’t important considerations in the era of incandescent light bulbs. All light bulbs were more or less the same. With the development of various lighting technologies in recent decades, colour temperature now plays a big part in...

Despite the standard incandescent light bulb becoming all but extinct, the association of brightness to wattage is still an ingrained part of our selection process for finding the right lighting product. As LEDs become the standard in lighting, it’s important to understand the difference between watts and lumens, and how to determine what’s a sufficient...

LED lighting used to be considered for commercial use primarily. But, as the technology has advanced, it has quickly become more popular in residential homes as well. As LEDs continue to gain share of the lighting marketplace over incandescent and fluorescent options. It’s important to know what LED terms mean so you can select the...