Shine Lighting Professionals

LED technology has come a long way in recent years. Though the lights first started being produced back in 1962, light-emitting diodes, commonly known as LEDs, have finally come to be a major part of the lighting business. Many of the most prominent lighting companies have made LEDs a big part of their business, producing everything from home lighting to massive warehouse and stadium lighting using LED technology. The reason for this is efficiency. When it comes to energy-saving lighting, LED lights really take the cake. The technology combines long life with low energy usage, which means that consumers and businesses alike will save time and money by making the switch to LEDs. Continue reading →

  Many businesses around the United States have been upgrading to LED technology over the past few years, and Shine Retrofits has been happy to supply them with their new lights. A majority of these businesses have used retrofitting to make the process as efficient and cost-effective as possible. Instead of investing in the purchase of brand-new fixtures, retrofit technology allows a business to update their existing fixtures in order to accommodate the LED bulbs they’d like to install in their space. Continue reading →

General Electric, or GE for short, is a company that is well known not only in the United States, but all across the globe. They are one of America’s oldest and biggest businesses, rated as being the fourth largest in the world in 2012, and have been around since the early days of electricity, just when the technology was starting to change human life. Born out of a shared innovative spirit in April 1892, with founders that included the inventor Thomas Edison, GE is involved in various industries around the world, including software, aircraft engine manufacturing, and healthcare. One of their cornerstone businesses, though, which goes all the way back to the beginning of their company, is their lighting division. Continue reading →

It’s been a long time since fluorescent lighting was the energy efficient new kid on the block—in fact, the first commercial fluorescent lighting solutions were sold in the late 1930s, making commercially available fluorescent technology around 80 years old! It would be wrong to think that fluorescent technology is out-dated and no longer a strong choice for your energy-efficient lighting needs. It’s actually the age of the technology that makes it a great choice for many lighting situations, as it’s reliable, affordable, and easy to install! Continue reading →