| There are buildings we pass by daily on our way to | | | | With outdoor lighting buildings reinvent their |
| work and we don't seem to notice their beauty. | | | | appearance and contribute to the enhancement of |
| Some have astonishing architectural elements, but in | | | | the contemporary cityscapes. Many modern |
| a rush it is hard to notice them. Things change at | | | | institutions choose up-to-the-minute outdoor lighting |
| night when these buildings shine with an imposing | | | | technologies not only for beautification reasons, but |
| splendor: outdoor lighting makes a lasting impression. | | | | also for branding purposes: to gain public awareness |
| Dull buildings need high-tech light sources properly | | | | or to knock off their competitors. The façade |
| integrated within the design, to shine at night with a | | | | of a bank might become the central stage point of a |
| fairytale like brightness. Modern outdoor illumination is | | | | cityscape in a matter of days. |
| no longer reduced to "making light". It becomes an | | | | This new trend in outdoor lighting grows rapidly. Even |
| art; a process that requires skills, talent, knowledge | | | | domestic users spend more time decorating their |
| and the right lighting equipments to create the | | | | homes and gardens with modern outdoor lights. |
| perfect light scenarios. Building owners, architects and | | | | Some are satisfied with single colored luminous |
| light designers spend fortunes on modern lighting | | | | building contours, while others spend more on light |
| technologies to create award-ready light patterns | | | | sources able to change colors and intensity. The large |
| with special light and color effects and digital | | | | choice of solar lights for garden and path illumination |
| appliances able to display real-time images on | | | | help homeowners cut energy costs with up to 20%. |
| enormous video walls. Lighting artists employ special | | | | What does this mean for you? That it is time to |
| software to simulate diverse light effects prior to | | | | change your old DC powered outdoor lights with |
| starting a project. There's nothing left to chance. | | | | solar battery powered lights. |
| One might even think that so much light is wasting | | | | Don't choose the cheapest. You need a good quality |
| the energy resource of a town. But this is not | | | | product to provide light for more than 1-2 hours. |
| entirely true. Environment aware lighting professionals | | | | Many bargain products are made in China. Made in |
| recommend environmental friendly luminaries and | | | | China is not always synonym with low quality. There |
| economical systems. Slowly but sure neon, halogen, | | | | are many Chinese companies struggling for a place |
| tungsten and fluorescent lights are replaced with | | | | among the trusted manufacturers and when it comes |
| non-toxic, long lasting, energy efficient and recyclable | | | | to LED sources in general you can generally trust a |
| LED light sources. The LEDs emit a pure light, close to | | | | Made in Chine product. But, as they say: better safe |
| the natural spectrum, safe for the environment (with | | | | than sorry. Do not purchase unless you are sure that |
| no toxic gas emissions and no UV or IR emissions), | | | | you'll really get what you pay for. Choose a brand |
| controllable and flicker free. The results are often | | | | product, or if you want to choose a bargain product |
| remarkable: serene outdoor lighting patterns, | | | | read carefully the manufacturer's disclaimer and |
| directional accents and balanced light. | | | | carefully read warrantees and quality certificates. |