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Back in the early 2000’s new legislation was brought in to ensure that new build properties had specific low energy lighting. The way this was achieved was by installing special pendants (the white circle on the ceiling, bit of flex and lamp holder) so they could only accept certain types of lamps/bulbs. Those of you familiar with my blogs will know the industry pedant in me uses the word lamps but the realist who wants non industry readers to understand me wants to say bulbs. Anyway, these designated low energy ceiling pendants came in two varieties, one to take the...

I'm sure that most people are now familiar with the colour coded energy rating labels present on many electrical items and how that relates to the energy efficiency of the item. Well not anymore, that labelling has now changed and may no longer mean what it used to. It still relates to energy efficiency of the item (in our case mainly lamps and lighting) but the grading has been rescaled and I hope to give you some insight into why this has happened and what it now means. This is by no means an extensive explanation just an overview to...

Today (10th Of January) is cut your energy costs day and I've put together some tips for you to do just that.     This is by no means a complete guide for energy saving their are many things not mentioned here but a lot of them require more time and investment than you could manage in a day so here we are going to focus on quick, simple things you can do that will make a difference from today. Right now we are spending more time at home than ever and our energy costs are of course rising. So...

Lumens, Watts and Kelvins.

What does it mean and how can you choose the right combination for you?