As the age of incandescent light bulbs draws to a close, you may still be looking for the best replacement. A good-quality LED does far more than incandescent bulbs ever did, and technology has dramatically enhanced the lights since they first came onto the market.

As a retail real estate owner, you have to make purchases that will benefit your retail tenants and your property overall. Lighting and digital signage are especially important purchases for your retail property. Choosing LED is the best way to get the most out of your money spent.

IHS Technology and LEDinside both predict 2015 will be a successful year for LED lighting manufacturers. This is due to the new technologies, like the patented innovations in our Parking Lights and Top Lights,  that are evolving in the industry.

Most existing commercial buildings employ fluorescent drop lighting. The problem building owners are facing is a path to move into greener lighting solutions that do not require a complete retrofit of the existing building. To compensate, LED companies offer drop-in tube replacements, variously referred to as tube LEDs, Ballast LED and Ballast Bypass LED Tubes. There is no doubt that these tubes are the fastest and easiest replacement, but are they the right solution for your company?

With the rising electricity costs, it is totally reasonable to start thinking about switching to more energy-efficient methods. Part of the switch is incorporating LED lighting to your business. This will save your business money each month and ultimately you will save the profits that waste away in form of electric bills.

Happy Halloween! October has been another strong month for LEDs and Digital Out of Home Advertising news. From the Nobel Prize for the LED blue light to a scary digital sign that jumps out at you, here are this month's top 10 stories, handpicked by the Ultravision team.

10.The Haunted Poster 

Every aspect of a student's learning environment is vital, even the lighting! In fact, next to sleep and nutrition, lighting has the most powerful impact on a student's ability to learn and perform. Here are some reasons why you should consider LED lighting for your school, university or learning center. 

The Power of Light
Intuitively and metaphorically, humans know light is powerful. We understand this best when in the dark. The absence of light drastically affects us cognitively and behaviorally. Concurrently, the presence of light has a profound and positive effect on human behavior. Here is a list of benefits that are the result of proper lighting conditions:   

• Essential for healthy activity and rest pattern (Wurtman, 1975)
• Visual performance increases (Grangaard, 1995)
• Essential for cognition (Taras, Potts-Datema, & Pearson, 2005)
• Essential for positive moods (McColl, 2001)
• Alertness increases (Wright, Sherman, Jones 2004)
• Enables important hormone production (Leproult, Colecchia, L’Hermite-Baleriaux, & Van Cauter, 2001)

Maintaining a distribution center or warehouse isn’t an easy chore, especially since these operations are typically quite large and require more time and effort when compared to other businesses. 

You hear more about the advantages and benefits of the energy efficiency of LED light emitting diodes vs traditional lighting every day. When you compare them to other energy-saving lighting methods that are available on the market today, you will find that LED lighting is by far the most energy efficient, money-saving, smart solution.

New efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent light mean that the traditional bulbs are  gradually being phased out. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 outlines the guidelines for bulbs that will no longer pass energy standards.