The holiday shopping season is one of the most important times of the year for retailers. Stores are busier, displays are more elaborate, inventory moves faster, and customers spend more time comparing products and making purchasing decisions. While merchandising, promotions and staffing get much of the attention, lighting can have a significant impact on the […]
Frank has over 30 years of product management and marketing experience with lighting manufacturers including decades in general lighting and specialty lighting with traditional and LED sources. He currently serves as on the Fanlight / NaturaLED® marketing management team and resides in the Chicago area.
Chromaticity: The Science Behind the Color of LED Light
When we talk about LED lighting, we often describe light using familiar terms such as color temperature (2700K, 3000K, 4000K, 5000K etc.) and CRI (80 CRI, 90 CRI). These specifications are important, but they don’t tell the entire story of what color a light source will actually produce. At the center of that story is […]
Insure Your Investment With A Good Lighting Maintenance Strategy
One of the most overlooked pieces of a lighting upgrade is the future life and performance of the item AFTER Installation. Lighting upgrades are not an “install and forget it” process. They need to be maintained. A consistent lighting maintenance plan helps your business run smoothly. It reduces surprise breakdowns, keeps your lights bright and […]
Top Lighting Safety Tips for Consumers
What is Human Centric Lighting and Why Should I Care? When quality and compatible fixtures are installed and maintained properly, good lighting will not only be comfortable and efficient, but safe. Let’s take a look at a consumer-focused guide to lighting safety, so you can reduce or eliminate electrical and fire risk, and avoid eye/health […]
What is Human Centric Lighting and Why Should I Care?
What is Human Centric Lighting and Why Should I Care? If you’ve been in the lighting industry as long as I have you’ve seen a lot of evolution and even some revolution: from incandescent to fluorescent, from HID to LED, from watts to lumens, from bulky components to miniaturization and so on. Now, the conversation […]
How is AI Changing the Lighting Design Landscape
Lighting design has always felt a bit like solving a puzzle—one where art, science, and practicality all must click together just right. I remember the days when getting that puzzle right meant long hours tweaking layouts, running calculations, waiting for software to churn out results, and then doing it all over again and again. It […]
Are LEDs aging out? When to replace older generations
LED lighting technology has revolutionized commercial and industrial illumination over the past two decades, offering unprecedented energy efficiency, long service life, and reduced maintenance costs compared to traditional lighting sources. However, as the earliest generations of LED fixtures and lamps approach or exceed their rated lifespans, facility managers and engineers face critical decisions about when […]
What if businesses didn’t have to buy their lighting at all: LaaS (Lighting as a Service)
The lighting world has experienced big transformations in the past decades. Technological advancements have dramatically turned the industry upside down. It leads a person to wonder, what’s the next big thing. Could that “next big thing” be driven by a simple but powerful idea: what if businesses didn’t have to buy their lighting at all? Lighting-as-a-Service (LaaS) takes […]
Off-Grid Lighting: Technologies, Applications, and Why It Matters
Do you remember the days when Off-Grid lighting meant big clunky flashlights or camping lanterns? When the power went out at home and you searched the “junk drawer” to find the emergency flashlights and candles. It’s certainly not like that anymore. In recent years, off-grid lighting has become one of the most important and accessible technologies for […]