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Lighting Your Outdoor Spaces

JJ De Sousa — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:59:03 +0000

WHEW! Sure glad that spring is over! What a horrible, wet, yucky, gloomy (well, you get the picture) season it has been. I’m ready to get outdoors, not just to work in the garden and make it pretty, but to sit in the garden, have a cocktail, and enjoy the company of my husband and [...]

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Lighting Your Outdoor Spaces

Lighting in the 21st Century

Robin Rigby-Fisher — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:28:06 +0000

The kitchen can be the most challenging room to light. Your surfaces need to be bright enough to be able to see where you are chopping, soft and inviting for conversation and midnight snacking, and in many cases, available to show off collections or family heirlooms. Accent lighting, task lighting, and ambient lighting work together [...]

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Lighting in the 21st Century

Full Spectrum Lighting — A Few Short Stories

Kay L. Newell — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:59:05 +0000

The best part about being the “Lightbulb Lady” is the stories my customers share when returning to Sunlan Lighting to obtain more full spectrum light bulbs. They teach me the value of light and new ways to use them. Here are a few from people who use full spectrum lighting. Dogs and Cats One of [...]

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Full Spectrum Lighting — A Few Short Stories

Power and Lighting Trends

Arti Lilien — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:29:34 +0000

My column this issue will focus on two technology trends I see as we move into the second decade of the 21st century. Number one on the list is battery power. This trend has gained tremendous traction in the past 10 years in the world of cordless tools, cell phones and laptop computers, with the [...]

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Power and Lighting Trends

Re-Boot Your Lighting Without Re-Wiring: A Room-by-Room Guide

Susan Rich — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:55:56 +0000

Changing the lighting in your home generally requires some re-wiring, and for that you should consider hiring a licensed electrician. However, there are some simple solutions that allow you to make some changes using existing fixtures and outlets. In an average-sized room, you need three points of light, explains Jennifer Roos, owner of Jennifer Roos [...]

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Re-Boot Your Lighting Without Re-Wiring: A Room-by-Room Guide

Outdoor Lighting

JJ De Sousa — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:59:01 +0000

Boy, it sure is dark outside. Doesn’t it just seem like the short days, the leaf drop and the rain all started at exactly the same moment? Weird. I guess there is just one thing to do and that is to get ready for the holidays, which makes it just the right time to light [...]

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Outdoor Lighting

Spotlight on Sunlan Lighting

Nancy Hill — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:52:09 +0000

It’s no secret that the best place to go for lighting needs in Portland is Sunlan Lighting, Inc., a small, non-descript store on N. Mississippi Avenue, Portland, OR. While the windows of the shop display a jumble of lights, and a retro-looking sign bearing an image of a large, single bulb juts out of the [...]

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Spotlight on Sunlan Lighting

Change a Light, Change the World

Michelle Steinback — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:31:31 +0000

The simplest thing everyone can do to make a difference in global warming is to replace incandescent lightbulbs with more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs. These lightbulbs produce more light than heat with the electricity they use. As a result, they can provide the same amount of light as standard incandescent lightbulbs but use only one-quarter [...]

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Change a Light, Change the World