Energy Efficient Lighting

More than ever we are being asked to make our purchases greener and more environmentally friendly. We pride ourselves in stocking a diverse range of energy efficient products, for both interior and exterior applications.

Our staff are continually educated on the most recent advancements in lighting and regulations, we will try an answer your questions as best we can and if we don’t know, we’ll make it our priority to find out!

Alternatives to traditional incandescent lighting are:

• T5 Fluorescent: T5 Tubes are thinner and slightly shorter than the T8 Fluoro tubes we are all used to, however they provide a higher light output and use less power. They use an electronic ballast and are now being bought out in many fittings suitable for home and commercial use.
• Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL’s): The most commonly known energy efficient globe is available in many different shapes and sizes. Did you know that these globes come in 3 different colours, Daylight, Cool White and Warm White, and that dimmable options are now available? Many companies are now producing lights that will take CFL’s exclusively including downlights, spotlights and even pendants.
• LED: An emerging technology in lighting, once only used in applications where minimal lighting was required it can now be used to light entire homes. We have a wide range of LED options in store ranging from exterior lighting, downlights, steplights and furniture lighting. Our LED display unit looks great and will really get you inspired with landscape lighting for the spring and summer.
• Halogen IRC: How many downlights are in your home or office? Each traditional halogen downlight globe uses 50Watts of power each (not to mention the 10-12 watts for each transformer) Our new IRC globes produce a better light output and less heat than traditional globes, and run only 35Watts, imagine how much you could save by installing IRC globes.
• Solar Lighting: This form of lighting has traditionally been used for soft landscape lighting, but advancements in solar panel technology is making way for brighter light outputs. Solar lighting requires no wiring so is ideal for DIY.