What Is the Best Lighting Design for Outdoor Steps?

Posted on January 11, 2011 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

The proper lighting design and illumination of outdoor steps is critically important in preventing falls and injuries. Downlighting or sconce lighting is the preferred design method to ensure that all of the steps are fully illuminated and any dark spots eliminated.

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Park Lighting Project Completed for Piney Creek

Posted on August 21, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Colorado recently completed its latest lighting project for a community park – this time at the Piney Creek Park near the intersection of East Orchard Road and South Joplin Way in the City of Centennial. Three highly efficient 14-foot tall lamp posts using the latest Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) bulb technology were installed to provide long-lasting lighting with a Color Rendering Index (CRI) above 90.

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Innovative Lighting for Backyard Sport/Game Courts

Posted on July 10, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

Many communities in the Denver-metro area and throughout Colorado have stringent lighting regulations with regard to backyard sport-game courts. Some of these communities do not allow line voltage lights (120V) of any kind. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Colorado can help by installing very effective and usable low voltage quartz halogen lighting that is very neighbor-friendly.

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Force of Mother Nature and Outdoor Lighting

Posted on May 27, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

Outdoor lighting systems are designed and installed to operate in all types of weather conditions to provide maximum convenience and safety. Mother Nature, however, can sometimes provide surprises especially when high winds sever overhead power lines that in turn start fires and create high voltage surges.

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What Does it Cost to Operate a Landscape Lighting System?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

Low voltage landscape lighting is not very expensive to operate and it really enhances a home’s safety and security for literally pennies per night.

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LED Entrance Lighting at Diamond Ridge Estates

Posted on March 17, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

Large LED lighting installation completed for the entrance at Diamond Ridge Estates.

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My Landscaper Did the Wiring

Posted on March 12, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

Twice during the last week I heard the five most dreaded words that a lighting contractor can hear from a homeowner - my landscaper did the wiring. They invariably follow that statement by saying that he did a really great job with the landscaping, but that he apparently wasn’t an electrician. At one homeowner’s house, the electrician tapped [...]

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No Street Lights? We Can Help

Posted on March 9, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

We just finished a three-day HBA Home and Garden Show in Colorado Springs last weekend. The low voltage LED landscape lighting fixtures were a big hit at the show. Many visitors to our exhibit commented that the fixtures were beautifully crafted and were so bright and white that they could not possibly be LEDs! There [...]

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Safe and Secure Entry

Posted on March 3, 2010 by outdoorlightingofcolorado

One of the lighting jobs we completed last week included additional work with our Lighting Control Automation™ (LCA) system. This particular lighting scenario is called Safe/Secure Entry. This lighting control can be set up in a number of ways to give homeowners additional security when they arrive home after dark. For example, interior lights can [...]

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