LED Lighting for Your World

New lighting technology is changing our environments while saving energy. It has shifted entire categories and created new ones. The smaller LEDs are designed, the more creative their applications! The tiny computers, called cell phones, allow us to control the technology in our homes off site! We have become so accustomed to this convenience now. I think it is becoming easy to forget how recently none of this existed. As technology expands “ the sky if the limit “ literally. The Cloud holds everything needed to make our lives manageable in the most amazing ways!

As our Digital world expands the possibilities seem endless! The trend developing is exploding

LEDs” popularity due to it's connectivity! They continue to drive forward style options, energy efficiency, and controlling home and our office lighting on our mobile devices. It is common now to control our lighting from our cell phones and tablets. How convenient is that? With this technology even the old “light switch” is giving room to new options. WiFi connectivity and off sight connections are creating off site options never available until now. A new trend tied into the new popularity of LED lighting is connectivity. Smart phone owners enjoy the convenience of controlling the lighting in their home remotely on their mobile devices. Far beyond the rocker switch we have all used to decades, new ways of controlling speakers and even charging phones and tablets by setting them in under cabinet charging cradles is being developed. WiFi capability is on target for future cabinet accessories too. 

Kitchens may be the most challenging room in a home to light effectively. The need for various types of lighting is challenging. The old way of walking in to the kitchen, switching on the one ceiling light fixture in the center of the room is gone. The 1990's introduced the excellent feature of under cabinet lighting. The innovation of 3 to 4 inch “puck” lights changed how we approached food preparation.

Being able to dim them after dark for ambiance and a soft nightlight for midnight snacking became standard design immediately. When LED came on the scene, this technology exploded. Lighting the entire counter evenly using very little electricity is the norm now. Gone is the need for dimmers, expensive wiring and multiple electrical outlets. As these lights have become smaller and less visible the impossible seems to have been the result. The illumination has increased to excellent standards not available even five years ago. Smaller drivers for the LEDs mean more compact fixtures they can fit into. This technology allows what used to be a minimum of six inch rounds to as small as only two inches in diameter. The edge trim on these new innovations can be plastered flush with the ceiling, making them virtually invisible! It is expected the new applications for LEDs  will ultimately replace traditional light sources! Amazing! Like all other categories of technology, LED lighting becomes more affordable as the popularity grows. The more widely utilized and available, the lower the cost becomes.  

Kitchens are always the most multifunctional room in any home. It serves as an office, a place to do homework, cooking, preparing food for cooking, entertaining, and just general family connectedness. 
Balancing the lighting to meet each of these required needs is becoming a new genre of engineering.
It is truly amazing how much everything has changed in lighting.

As I research new trends, I find myself continually amazed at all the new inventions and applications to make our lives more organized, stress free, and efficient. Keep coming back. You never know what new information all this discovery will give me to share with you!