by Fred Bass | Aug 13, 2019 | Blog, Bluetooth, LED
When the first Bluetooth LED lamps were launched over five years ago, it felt a bit like they had taken the market by surprise, rather than ‘by storm’ – as many had expected. What had seemed like an excellent idea – Bluetooth speakers were gaining traction, why... 
by Fred Bass | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, LED, LED Lifetimes
Much like light itself, LED lifetime accuracy reduces the further you look outside the LED chip. If lighting was simply a case of fitting an LED chip to a wall, we probably wouldn’t be having a debate about LED lifetimes. A 25,000 hour LED chip bought from a quality... 
by Fred Bass | Apr 25, 2019 | Blog, LED, Streetlighting
The advancements in LED quality, new smart controls and the potential development of smart cities has seen the roll out of LED street lighting continue apace. Amazing new schemes are springing up with regularity, across the globe. According to CSIL lighting... 
by Fred Bass | Mar 11, 2019 | Blog
The lighting industry has seen huge change in the last five to ten years. Whatever your views on the legitimacy of LED lifetime claims, customers are making the switch to LEDs and they are lasting at least long enough to effectively wipe out the lamp resale market.... 
by Fred Bass | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
It used to be that there were only three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and that switching to LED was good for the environment. But now we’re further along the adoption curve, worrying trends around failure rates, serviceability and damage to the circular economy...