If you have ever reached over to turn off the light before going to bed and accidentally grazed your arm on a flaming hot incandescent light bulb, you’ll know it’s the stuff of (minor) nightmares. One of the key reasons LED lighting is today’s lighting technology is it’s energy efficiency. Being so energy efficient has…
Brighten up the dark, winter days with an energy-saving lighting project! Check out how Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein recently took advantage of incentives for an upgrade to the LED lighting in their gymnasium. LEDs and lighting controls provide the biggest opportunity for savings, giving your customers the ability to manage the lighting needs…
Every industrial space has various lighting needs to meet every aspect of their operation. This means on both a macro and micro-level. While a room needs to be filled with light, there are many processes which need better visibility or more specific lighting requirements which cannot be met by general lighting alone. Here’s how LED…
Safely running a welding shop requires many precautions. Industrial welding operations intensify this need, but even small welding shops need to consider various aspects to make business both profitable and safe. The welding process itself has very specific lighting requirements. OEO shows you how LED lighting benefit various aspects of running a welding business. …
No part of your business is going to be 100% efficient. You can never get out all that you put in. Yet striving for such efficiency is the goal of any good business. The benefits might seem obvious in terms of productivity and success, but how does that apply to lighting? At OEO, we show…
Whether you run a commercial aircraft hangar, have a small hangar for personal use or even work in a military run operation, lighting is imperative. Even small aircraft hangars will need high-bay lighting to meet all of its needs. These high-bay ceilings are needed to get access to every part of the aircraft, but filling…
If you are considering updating your current lighting to LED, it’s probably because you have seen the lighting on the wall. The US Department of Energy has projected that 84% of the lighting market share will be taken by LED lighting by 2030. There are many reasons to update current high-pressure sodium lamps to LED, but…
As we have discussed before on this blog, there are different ways to measure light output. The unit of measurement used depends on various factors. In industrial settings, the light output was measured in watts as it was helpful to know how much electricity was used per bulb. With the rise in LED lighting, this…
Outdoor lighting needs to be durable. Even the most pleasant of climates will cause wearing of fixtures which can be difficult and expensive to replace. This fear of having to replace fixtures can cause understandable trepidation for businesses with parking lots or similar outdoor spaces. Here’s why there’s nothing to fear. Why Upgrade to…
In the home glare is annoying. It obscures the TV and gets in your eyes at the dinner table. In industrial settings, it can be dangerous and cost you money. Reducing glare is tricky because you need to maintain brightness and not sacrifice light quality. LED might just be the solution to the problem of…
