Technical
The importance of proper ventilation
It’s something that can easily be overlooked, but proper ventilation is key to ensuring a healthy home. Without it, air quality is reduced and results...
Choosing the right exhaust fan
Exhaust fans are integral in bathrooms, ensuites and powder rooms for preventing and removing moisture, odour and generally maintaining a pleasant env...
The difference between lumens and lux
If you're looking to understand and measure a luminaire's brightness, it's easy to get tripped up between two commonly used yardsticks - lux and lumen...
Choosing the right globe
You're confronted with a sea of boxes touting a variant of bases, lumens and wattage. Where do you start? Here's our quick, easy to follow guide to ch...
What is LED Lighting
Electric light first ‘lit up’ our world in 1802 when English chemist Humphry Davy connected his battery to a piece of carbon, causing it to illuminate...
Lighting Options for Glare Reduction
Derived from either a direct light source or a reflection, glare is the ‘loss of visual performance or discomfort produced by an intensity of light in...
Who is Kelvin – K ratings explained
Not met Kelvin yet? Scientifically speaking, he’s the ‘SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius’ *, or for ...
What IP Rating is best for outdoor lighting?
Like most life pondering questions, this one comes with the obligatory ‘it depends’ clause. What your lights will be used for and where they are locat...