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Choosing the Best Lighting Fixtures for Your Garage

The garage has several functions in a modern home. While its main purpose is providing a space to park your vehicles, it can also be used as storage space or even as a workshop. For this reason, having adequate garage lighting is very important. The two most common options are fluorescent and LED lighting: fluorescent lamps have a lower upfront cost, but LEDs last much longer while saving energy.

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LED tubes: buying and installation guide

Due to their efficiency and versatility, LED tube lights are one of today’s favourite lighting solution for commercial, industrial and residential applications. More and more fluorescent tube fixtures are being replaced by LED tubes, but choosing the right replacement LED tube can be a daunting task, given the amount of options and considerations. ‘How to choose the right replacement LED tube light?’, you may be wondering. This guide aims to provide the answers, allowing you to better understand your options, according to your needs.

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LED pot lights benefits and installation guide

Pot lights, and LED pot lights in particular, are today’s ‘hot item’ when it comes to efficient and versatile lighting for new constructions and remodeling, in residential, commercial and industrial applications. We often get asked ‘How to change pot lights?’ and ‘How to install new pot lights?’, which is why we have produced this quick, practical guide that will guide you through pot light installation and choice considerations, for results that match your lighting needs and design style.

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Safe disposal and recycling of fluorescent tubes

Disposal and Recycling of Fluorescent tubes:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants that people took advantage of available options for recycling of fluorescent bulbs and tube locally, rather than disposing them in regular household trash. In this article we will discuss why recycling is important, where we can dispose or recycle fluorescent bulbs and tubes, what is Eco fees for fluorescent recycling programs.

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Complete and practical guide to recessed lighting

RECESSED LIGHTS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

Recessed lights, canned lights, recessed spots… whatever the term, recessed lighting is one of the most versatile and efficient lighting solutions available. They are discreet and perfectly suitable for ambient lighting, as well as for task or accent lighting. They are great for residential and commercial environments, and can be used to add depth to a space or to highlight interesting décor and architectural elements or even be used as outdoor recessed lights. However, even though recessed lights are very versatile, a good amount of planning is needed for a successful result. Considerations such as layout, installation, direction, color and others must be taken into account. This guide offers practical advice that will help you understand this technology and draft a lighting plan that truly reflects your needs.

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Recessed Lighting Calculator from Canada’s Lighting Professionals

Recessed Lights are some of the most effective and versatile types of lighting for creating both ambient and task lighting in any room of your home. In the recent years they have gained in popularity and found themselves into most new homes and renovation projects. Because they are for the most part hidden, recessed lights typically make the rooms of home appear larger than they are. Gone are the days where you need to go for large cumbersome ceiling fixtures to light up a room. In short, recessed lighting by the quality of light they provide and their minimalist design bring out the best of just about any home.
Determining how many recessed lights you need and the proper spacing implies that you have already chosen the recessed light you wish to use for your project. If you haven’t chosen your recessed light model yet, below is a list of considerations you will want to look into before you make your choice.

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Why use low-profile recessed lights?

The first step before choosing a recessed light is to know the clearing space in the ceiling. In many cases, such a verification may bring up unknown constraints: what to do with a 2 ½ or 3 inches clearance space when many recessed lights on the market need 4 to 7 inches?

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