See The Light
Article courtesy of: Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) /
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Something as simple as changing your light bulbs can offer significant savings in
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1. Replacing your home's five most frequently used light fixtures -- or their bulbs -- with energy-efficient units will help save you money each month.
Not sure where to start? The five most-used lights typically include:
• Your kitchen ceiling light
• Table lamps in your living area
• Floor lamps in your living area
• The bathroom vanity light
• An outdoor porch or post lamp
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ENERGY STAR® Label
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Energy-efficient light fixtures and bulbs are identified by an ENERGY STAR® label. The label is part of a voluntary program by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy to designate products that exceed minimum federal standards for energy consumption by a certain amount.
2. Install timers that automatically turn your lights on and off according to the set schedule. Choosing outdoor light fixtures with motion detectors improves safety and eliminates the need to leave lights on all night.
3. Use compact fluorescent lights (CLFs) instead of standard incandescent light bulbs. They're not only more energy efficient, but they also last up to ten times longer than standard bulbs.**
When you're purchasing light fixtures, choosing ENERGY STAR® qualified light fixtures will also help you avoid unnecessary replacement costs. These models offer a two-year warranty compared to the one-year warranty that is the industry standard.
**Based on a 10,000-hour CFL life and a 1,000-hour incandescent bulb.
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Leviton's Light Almond Collection:
Introducing the largest light almond offering in the industry!
Let the beauty of light almond revive your interior. It's classy, elegant, tasteful and sophisticated. It's light almond... the color choice of decorators, architects, specifiers and consumers. It's the perfect color for contemporary decor. Leviton's extensive selection includes switches, receptacles, lighting controls, wallplates, combination devices and voice and data products to complement the latest trends. With Leviton's light almond collection, you get the top performing wiring device brand in a color that's a natural for boosting profits.
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Leviton's Light Almond Collection
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Nutone QTXEN Ultra-quiet Fans:
The quietest products in the industry. The most stylish options for your home.
The QTXEN line represents the ultimate in bath fan solutions for today's homes. Whether you select a fan or a fan/light version, the QTXEN line brings simple elegance to any bath or powder room. Whether by sight or by sound, you'll barely notice the QTXEN line. Except, of course, when you need just the right amount of ventilation and light at the touch of a switch.
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Nutone QTXEN Ultra-quiet Fans
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Thomas & Betts E-Z Code Series Label Printer:
 A heavy-duty label printer that combines affordability, ease of use, and portability with labels specially developed for tough applications all around your job site facility.
Five print sizes including XS, S, M, L, XL
Automatically underlines 6 and 9 to prevent confusion on labels
Typical applications include labels for:
 -Wire and cables
-Racks
-Enclosures
-Patch panels
-Faceplates
-Electrical outlets
-Other IT infrastructure equipment
The E-Z-Code hard case kit includes a durable carrying case, one black-on-white 3/4” flexible nylon label cassette, one 3/4” black-on-white permanent polyester, impact-resistant bumper, 6 “AA” batteries, Instruction Manual, and AC adapter.
EZL-100 prints on 1/2", 3/8" and 3/4" size labels. For more label and printer kit options. |
Thomas & Betts
E-Z Code Series Label Printer
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Philips Marathon Lamps:
This high-demand, award-winning collection of specialized compact fluorescent lamps is designed to fit the nuances of multiple applications. Featuring medium screw bases for easy incandescent replacement, stable light output over a broad temperature range and a variety of shapes, sizes and wattages. Philips Marathon lamps meet the industry's highest quality standards.
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Philips Marathon lamps. |
Philips Alto Lamps:
Environmentally responsible without sacrificing performance. Since ALTO TCLP-compliant low-mercury Lamp Technology was introduced in 1995, more than 500 million lamps have been installed with rave reviews from thousands of satisfied users who have upgraded their facilities from F40 T12 cool whites, reporting that Philips ALTO lamps consistently deliver superior performance, improve lighting quality, reduce energy and disposal costs and help them do what's right for the environment.
Developed to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 1990 Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure, ALTO fluorescent lamps are a technological breakthrough in low-mercury design and manufacturing. All ALTO lamps feature reduced mercury content while providing the same life, lumens and color as standard fluorescent lamps without an additive or all of the mercury. ALTO lamps are the only fluorescent lamps granted non-hazardous status by the State of California and over forty state regulatory agencies as well. The first fluorescent lamp to pass the U.S. TCLP test, Philips ALTO fluorescent lamps have won many awards and contain the lowest mercury content of any current fluorescent lamp.
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Philips Alto lamps.
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U.S. TCLP test, Philips ALTO fluorescent lamps contain the lowest mercury content of any current fluorescent lamp.
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Color Rendering Index and Color Temperature:
Color rendering is the ability of a light source to produce color in objects. The CRI is expressed on a scale from 0-100, where 100 is best in producing vibrant color in objects. Relatively speaking, a source with a CRI of 80 will produce more vibrant color in the same object than a source with a CRI of 60.
Color Rendering:
The ability of a light source to represent color in objects in called its Color Rendering Index or CRI. Based on a relative measurement which rates light sources on a scale of 0 to 100, the higher the CRI, the more vibrant or closer to natural the colors appear. Light from lamps with good (70-80 CRI) and excellent (80+ CRI) color rendering properties is said to be “high quality light” because objects and people look more appealing and the light level itself is perceived to be higher.
Good CRI is critical in settings where it is important that people appear natural, in retail applications where merchandise must look appealing, and in restaurant applications where food must look appetizing. In office and factory applications, high color rendering can increase visual clarity and create a more pleasing and productive work environment.
Color Temperature:
Color Temperature is the overall color appearance of the light itself. When referring to a source as either "warm" or "cool" the Color Temperature is being discussed. Color temperature is expressed in units of Kelvin. Lamps range from 2100-7500 Kelvin. Lower color temperature (3000K) represents "warm" light, higher (4100K) represents "cool" light.
The actual color appearance of the light that comes from a light source is called color temperature or chromaticity. Also referred to as Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) and measured in degrees Kelvin or “K”, color temperature creates the mood or ambiance of the space you are lighting and can influence shopping behavior or work performance. Imagining a piece of iron in a fire can help you visualize color temperature. At first the iron becomes “red-hot”. Reddish-yellow is the color of the light being generated by the metal at the temperature. In describing color temperatures, this color corresponds to “warm” appearance such as incandescent lamps at 2700 Kelvin. Continuing to heat the metal makes it “white hot”, such as in cool white fluorescent lamps operating at 4100 Kelvin. Heating it further would cause it to become “blue-hot” (like flash bulbs or stars), corresponding to Daylight such as in 5K metal halide sources at 5000 Kelvin.
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Color rendering light source. |
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Note how different these two identical arrangements appear viewed
under different light sources with the same color temperature but different CRIs!
Philips Lighting offers lamps in the full
range of color temperatures suitable
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Whole house lighting systems:
A RadioRA Home Dimming System gives you convenient, one-touch control of all your home lighting. With RadioRA, lights can be turned on and off from anywhere, including your car! Touch the Car Visor Control's "Home" button as you're approaching to turn on interior and exterior lights, safely lighting a path into and through your home.
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RadioRA Home Dimming System |
Dimmer:
There are many advantages to using dimmers, such as the ability to create different moods for different occasions, no need for costly three way light bulbs, reduced energy consumption and longer bulb life.
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