Bringing your Landscape to Life at Night
We live in an age where energy conservation is paramount. Contemporary outdoor lighting systems are a smart investment. Professionally installed and maintained outdoor lighting systems will increase the value and resale of residential and commercial properties while simultaneously making it the showcase of the area.
Properly installed low voltage lighting casts a beautiful glow while remaining extremely economical and safe to operate especially when compared to their line voltage system counterparts. Provided that the low voltage lighting apparatus is adequately and appropriately powered, it can produce two-and a half times as much light as produced by the line-voltage incandescent lamps. Putting this in simple words, a 50 watt low voltage lamp would be more than sufficient to generate as much light as produced by a 125 watt line voltage lamp.
The per lamp savings for each 1,000 hours of operation can reach up to $7.50 based on a kilowatt/hour rate of 10 cents/hr. A 20 fixture design could save you $600.00/ year.
New to the landscape lighting market is the LED (light emitting diodes) Concept
LED accent lighting, deck, patio, path and step lights allow for complete energy efficient installations without compromising the quality of the light output or color temperature. Light emitting diodes (LED’s) use 75% less energy resulting in lower operating costs and a reduction of light pollution in the environment. LED’s also virtually eliminate voltage drop issues. Professional grade housing teams with 40,000 hours (approximately 20 years) of life before replacement is needed. LED Landscape Lighting also provides dramatically reduced operating costs, ultimate precision in lighting design and reduced costs in transformers required for the installation. The new LED will make the neighbors green with envy and the planet green with pride, reshaping the way you think about Accent Lighting.
Swimming Ponds
Have you ever seen how many pounds of chemicals go into a typical swimming pool? Have you ever read the warning labels on the chemicals used to sterilize typical swimming pools? The basic philosophy behind water quality in a typical swimming pool is to kill everything short of killing the swimmer.
There is another way.
Visualize you are lazily floating, toes up, in a pond of sparkling clear running water, surrounded by wild grasses. Hummingbirds land on nearby trumpet flowers and the scent of jasmine and mint is in the air. Is this a dream or some mid-day fantasy? Neither. You may just be part of a new trend in swimming the natural way without chlorine or other harsh chemicals in the water.
