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When Niagara Falls was first lit up way back when in 1860, just 200 lights were involved. Now, thanks to the wonder that is LED lighting, it’s been given a bit of a makeover (to the tune of $3 million), with the LEDs helping to make the beautiful colours of the falls up to 14 times brighter than before. Speaking to CBS News, chairman of the Niagara Falls Illumination Board…

LED panel lights could be perfect for outdoor use as they are less likely to attract insects, according to the latest research from The University of Bristol. Mosquitos are attracted by lights in the summer, but the risk associated with mosquito bites has become a lot more serious since the rise of Zika virus in South America. The Zika virus is considered responsible for causing defects in babies born to…

Christmas is coming, which means households, businesses and venues all around the country will be adorning their walls, trees and brickwork with pretty lights. While many might be dusting off their old set of bulbs from previous years, 2016 may be the time to invest in new, modern LED lights instead. Here are just a few benefits of doing so:   1)   More lights Connecting many sets of lights to one…

More than four kilometres of LED lights have been used to help create the magic of this year’s Longleat Festival of Light, with 25,000 individual lights being used to help recreate famous excerpts from Beatrix Potter’s wonderful series of books. This year’s event is intended to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the renowned children’s author’s birth, with figures of Jeremy Fisher, Squirrel Nutkin and more all handmade by a team…

Green-fingered experts are starting to use more LED lights to help their plants grow, as this type of lighting is becoming more preferable to traditional lamps. A report entitled the Global LED Lighting Market for Horticulture Application was recently released, demonstrating the growing popularity among horticulturalists and farmers for this new lighting technology, particularly those in Nordic countries and North Central Europe where there is little sunlight during the winter.…

Whether you run a cucumber business or simply want to win the top prize at your local village fair vegetable-growing competition, you might want to invest in some LED lights as it seems these can actually help your veggies grow. Crops specialist Piet Hein van Baar from Philips Horticulture revealed that LED lighting in cucumber glasshouses can actually help to increase sustainability and productivity at the same time, Horticulture Week…

If you’re considering investing in LED panel surface mounting kits, take inspiration from Bracknell Forest Council which just last month (October) revealed that it intends to update all its street lights (some 14,500 of them) to LED lights to save £8 million over the next 25 years. According to the BBC, the local authority could spend more than £7.3 million on the project to cut back on costs of maintenance…

Solihull Council has invested a lot of money into LED lights recently, as it is in the process of swapping 5,300 streetlights with new bulbs. The local authority recently announced its Street Lighting Replacement Programme, which will see thousands of the old 150W and 250W lamps replaced with energy-efficient LED lights. Each bulb could save the council between £30 and £100 each year, and the council expects the programme will…