Have you ever been hurrying out of your home and leave two, three, or maybe four lights running all day? By 30 days, the lack of making a two-minute walk through your home can become costly.  For hospitals or hotels, the failure to flip the switch to off is multiplied.          Lighting controls ...Read More...

Have you ever been in a dark and gloomy parking garage or entry way? How did that make you feel? If I had to guess, it probably didn’t create an environment that was pleasant for you. Choosing lighting that creates a positive experience for customers is super crucial for business owners.  The right ...Read More...

The myriad financial benefits of a well-designed LED lighting system can be organized into 2 categories - obvious and non-obvious.    Obvious The obvious financial benefits include lower utility and maintenance expenses (i.e., for lighting and HVAC) as LED fixtures consume less energy, last longer, ...Read More...

Valet is introducing a tongue-in-cheek blog thread called "Light Shame".  The purpose is to bring attention to blunders we stumble across in the wild, and use them less as opportunities to shame those responsible than to educate folks on lighting efficiency principles.  Topics will be left up to chance ...Read More...

What's wrong with the image? All the lights are on and no one is home. This is a massive corporate campus on a Saturday morning with about 6 cleaning personnel on site, yet all the lights were on.  It makes you wonder if they ever turn off.  Maybe they're controlled by a panel with a timer.  Maybe ...Read More...

We've all worked in settings somewhere between a dungeon and dentist chair on the uncomfortable scale, so we know how this impacts our capacity to focus and overall output per unit of time.  The importance of employee comfort cannot be overstated as the cost of people is generally two orders of magnitude ...Read More...