Outdoor lighting guide
Security, safety and function should all play a role in the way you choose to design your outdoor lighting.
Outdoor lighting can take advantage of...
Indoor lighting guide
The biggest concern with indoor lighting is how to balance daylight with functional, decorative artificial light.
Good indoor lighting blends artificial light with daylight.Interior lighting...
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)
These lamps are more efficient, readily available and burn far cooler that conventional incandescents and halogen globes.
A compact fluorescent lamp, or 'CFL' for short.
Compact...
How to clean light globes
Light globes, particularly those outside, can lose a significant amount of light output if not cleaned regularly.
Regularly cleaning globes can improve your lighting.
Improving...
Lighting maintenance
There's not a whole lot to maintaining lighting, but a little effort once in a while can make a pretty significant difference. Learn more...
MEPS and LCA labels
Find out what those labels and symbols on light globes actually mean, and how to interpret them to your advantage.
The MEPS lable (left) and...
BCA lighting restrictions
Regulations exist in Australia to determine how much electricity you're allowed to use for lighting in your home, based on floor areas. Find out...
How to recycle fluorescent globes
Fluorescent globes contain mercury. Find out how to recycle them safely and avoid harmful pollution.
Fluorescent globes typically contain small amounts of mercury.
Some lamps, in...
Phase out of incandescent light globes
The difference between an efficient light globe and an inefficient one is amazing. To prevent unnecessary waste, inefficient incandescent GLS globes are being phased...
Light switch styles
Light switches come in about as many different styles as you can imagine, and can be suited to any interior design.
There are light switches...