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Color Light Streams from S.R. Smith
S.R. Smith (Canby, OR) manufactures Color Light Streams, a line including laminar jets, star-floor systems…
Accent Lights from Lightcraft Outdoor Environments
Lightcraft Outdoor Environments (Chatsworth, CA) has introduced a line of 12-volt, LED, flush-mounted step and…
FX Luminaire Releases LED Lighting Controller
FX Luminaire (San Marcos, CA) offers Luxor ZDC, an LED lighting controller with zoning, dimming…
Burning Sensations
If you've been a contractor for any length of time, it's likely that you've installed more 500-watt incandescent lamps (and the niches, rings and glass lenses that enclose them) than you can easily count. These fixtures aren't installed as commonly as they once were, but there are
Zodiac Pool Systems Expands Lighting Line
Zodiac Pool Systems (Vista, CA) has introduced wet-area LED lights that can be installed within…
Pentair Commercial Offers Energy-Saving Pool Lights
Pentair Commercial Aquatics (Sanford, NC) has introduced AmerBrite – white LED replacement bulbs that can…
Hayward Commercial Expands White LED Pool Lighting Line
Hayward Commercial Pool (Elizabeth, NJ) announces the extension of its Universal CrystaLogic white LED lighting…
A Pool-Lighting Primer
In far too many cases, lighting in and around backyard swimming pools is an afterthought – and sometimes I get the impression that there’s not much thought involved at all. As I see it, our clients deserve better than an easy, one-size-fits-all approach, and that’s the main reason I developed the brief video presentation linked below:  I wanted to give homeowners a bit of information that would help them understand both the importance of good lighting and get them ready to discuss a variety of available design solutions. As I suggest in the video, the old-style, under-the-diving-board placement of a 500-watt incandescent bulb should never
Cooper Announces New LED Landscape Fixtures
  COOPER LIGHTING (Peachtree City, GA) announces the Lumière Eon line of architectural indoor and…
Light-Emitting Deficiencies
No matter the field, keeping up with the latest product developments is critical to supplying clients with state-of-the-art results.  It’s also important to track current design and application trends and to distinguish innovations of true value from those that don’t add up or aren’t far enough along the developmental curve to warrant broad acceptance. Using my field of landscape lighting as an example, the past quarter century has seen a small clutch of products and technologies that have made the grade – the chief among them being