Lighting

Custom Lighting – Liven Up Your Living Space

Custom lighting

A great way to add a little bit of style to your home is to install custom lighting fixtures. Because the light fixtures that are installed standard on most houses are very nondescript, neutral or even boring, this is a very simple change that can have a dramatic effect on the overall look and feel of your living spaces. Because there are so many different styles and varieties of light fixtures, you have any number of options for the different areas of your home. Naturally, because each room has a different purpose, you will want to choose different light fixtures that are best suited to each individual environment.

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Posted in Lighting on January 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Custom Lighting – Liven Up Your Living Space

Home Security Lighting – Preventive Measures to Protect Your Home

Home Security Lighting - Safety and Beauty

One of the important aspects of being a homeowner is making sure that your home is as safe and secure as possible. While some of the simple things, such as locking your doors and securing your windows may seem like no-brainers, outdoor security lighting can be just as important. Whereas locks and other measures stop a burglary in progress, well-placed security lighting serves to both deter would-be criminals and provide you with safe passage when navigating the outside of your home.

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Posted in Lighting on October 20, 2012 | Comments Off on Home Security Lighting – Preventive Measures to Protect Your Home

CFL Lighting – Save Money & the Planet

CFL Lighting - Save Money & the Planet

In honor of Earth Day, Local Electrical will educate you on the value of converting your home’s lighting to the new energy efficient CFL light bulbs. According to ENERGY STAR, “if every American home replaced just one light bulb with a light bulb that’s earned the ENERGY STAR, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year, save about $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to those from about 800,000 cars.”

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Posted in Lighting on April 22, 2012 | Comments Off on CFL Lighting – Save Money & the Planet

Landscape Lighting – Adding Ambiance to Your Property

Landscape lighting

With spring rapidly approaching in the Northeast, we will want to spend as much time as possible outside. Consider installing landscape lighting in strategic locations to enhance your property while giving you more outdoor time. Designed to work with the layout of your patio and yard, landscape lighting can extend your indoor environment outside, giving you a more usable and enjoyable living area.

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Posted in Lighting on March 20, 2012 | Comments Off on Landscape Lighting – Adding Ambiance to Your Property