Illumetek Blog

Taking advantage of extended daylight hours is an opportunity to reduce your lighting usage when it comes to operational costs and increasing your energy efficiency.

Recognizing and taking action when you notice an electrical hazard in the workplace is crucial in order for your facility to successfully operate.

We're excited for this new opportunity as a new, combined company and look forward to what's to come!

We have some tips to help you prepare your facility not just for Black Friday, but throughout the holiday season!

Be sure your facility is prepared for the extra lighting hours that are needed as Daylight Saving Time approaches.

Harmful effects of blue light can impact our health and well-being when overexposed, but there are different methods that can be used to protect ourselves.

Maintaining moisture control in buildings can help prevent moisture problems and sustain healthy moisture levels within your facility.

Understanding the difference between wattage VS lumens can help you make lighting decisions to optimize building needs, along with energy and cost savings.

Maintaining indoor humidity levels in the office may seem unimportant, but maintaining these levels goes hand-in-hand with the productivity of your occupants.

A healthy building relies on good indoor air quality, maintaining your ventilation system, and conducting proper cleaning to reduce dust and pests within your building.

Proper use of UV lights that kill germs has and can be extremely effective in assisting with sterilization and sanitization in a variety of spaces. 

Healthy buildings are a contributor to customer and employee satisfaction, and are an essential component of organizational success.

Cleaning, air duct sanitizing, sterilization, and even the use of UV lighting can have a great impact on the environment of your building, energy savings, and indoor air quality.

UVC light emitted at appropriate dosages can eliminate many types of bacteria and micro-organisms.

While our country begins to re-open businesses through phases, Illumetek is here to help with any of your lighting installation, electrical and maintenance projects.

Innovative LED and smart lighting systems are creating more value for property developers, building owners, property managers, and occupants.

Connected LED lighting controls can help you achieve energy savings, productivity, and gain a valuable understanding of your facility's operations.

There are many advantages to LEDs, with applications in retail spaces, office buildings and everywhere in between.

The future of retail is here, and the future of retail is now. Convenience and connection will help create that unique customer experience.

As 2019 comes to a close, we're excited to see what 2020 brings in our 26-year evolution.

We have some tips to help you prepare your facility for the increased Black Friday and holiday season traffic.

The major benefits of electronic shelf labels are their instantaneous update capabilities, reduced operating costs, and creating an engaging experience for customers while increasing profits.

Make sure that your facilities’ lighting capabilities and conditions are ready for the extra “lighting hours” they’ll require as the holiday season approaches.

As the world is continuously moving towards a more digital approach, AI in retail is revolutionizing the industry in more ways than one.

Knowing current retail design trends and leveraging new technology is a must for retailers to survive the highly competitive retail landscape.

Illumetek has moved to a new corporate headquarters, located in Stow, OH!

Here are our 2019 survey results for retailers looking to better understand current industry trends, challenges and needs to LED lighting, controls and electrical projects.

LEDs are now priced so competitively that many lighting rebates have been significantly reduced or discontinued.

The ability to troubleshoot these common issues early will help the success of your LED lighting program

Tips to help you and your organization overcome commercial lighting program management complications

As mentioned in a previous post on cost vs. value, we completed an exercise in market research by surveying trade show attendees over the last 6 weeks. We first deployed the surveys at SPECS in Dallas, then at the EEI National Key Accounts Workshop in Orlando, and finally at PRSM in Nashville.

Survey of SPECS attendees in Dallas provided new insight into how companies are evalauting cost vs value for lighting ROI.

I’m going to be very honest with you: I’m not a lighting expert.

I’m a marketer, I’m a “digital native” (yes, that’s code for Millennial) and I’ve witnessed a significant tech-influenced evolution of the marketing and advertising industry over the last decade – which, believe it or not, is similar to what the lighting industry is going through right now.

Whether you are new to the lighting retrofit business or a seasoned expert, picking the right LED fixture, lamp or kit for your space can be challenging. So, how do you choose?

In this blog, we’ll discuss current and projected benchmarks for the efficacy of LED packages and complete luminaires, as well as provide comparisons to conventional technologies.

LED technology is rapidly changing. While the efficacy of LED continues to improve thanks to new materials, better manufacturing processes, and new configurations, these rapid technological advancements also prompt questions regarding cost, quality, sustainability and ROI.

Whether you are new to the lighting retrofit business or a seasoned expert, keeping up with the pace can be especially challenging. We hope these answers help as you navigate the world of LED.

On January 16th, our own Marci Neal visited AEP Ohio in Wilmot, OH to receive an award. Representing the Illumetek Rebate Team, she accepted an award for “Most Projects Completed”.

The revolution in LED Lighting arrived on the doorstep of the public psyche with an enormous footfall. Rarely does technology leap into our lives and make us say “Wait, when did this even happen?” Your grandmother likely already has an LED bulb in her foyer – the LED revolution happened quickly.

Illumetek had another great year of growth and expansion in the marketplace. We achieved significant wins in the categories of Title 24 implementation, saw our first connected ceiling roll-out, and celebrate the addition of a Controls Division to better manage the expanding needs of our clients.

In the early days of lighting rebates and incentives, the concept of utility companies handing out checks as a reward for more efficient energy programs sounded too good to be true.