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Top Mobile (Apple & Android) Apps for Lighting Contractors

Top Mobile (Apple & Android) Apps for Lighting Contractors
The whole world has gone mobile. It’s estimated that two-thirds of the more than six billion people on planet earth own a mobile communication device. In America, the proportion is ever higher, and those in the lighting industry can benefit greatly from having lighting audit software at their fingertips. There’s nothing like having a lighting audit worksheet along with a calculator in the palm of your hand. Mobile devices armed with a lighting audit app or energy audit app will have many benefits over the traditional laptop computer with similar software. They’re lightw … Continue reading

July 26, 2013 by Ray De Varona.

Everything You Need to Know About Lighting Audits

Everything You Need to Know About Lighting Audits
When most people hear the word “audit,” they might imagine the IRS going through their financial statements while tax assessors ask all sorts of nerve-racking questions. Fear not; a lighting audit is nothing like that. In fact, it’s a good thing. For facility managers, commercial property managers, or anyone who is in charge of a large facility with commercial office or industrial-style lighting, a lighting audit is the first step in determining what kind of lighting retrofit options may be available. In a nutshell, a lighting expert will come to your facility and con … Continue reading

June 13, 2013 by Ray De Varona.