A BUG Rating stands for backlight, uplight, and glare. Backlight (B) is the light directed behind the fixture, uplight (U) is any light directed upward above the horizontal plane of the luminaire, and glare (G) is the amount of light emitted from the luminaire at high...
Placing light where you need it – and only where you need it – is essential to ensure that you are not contributing to light pollution. One of the four components of light pollution defined by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is light trespass...
With the shortest days (and longest nights) of the year in the northern hemisphere, December tests the limits of solar lights. For many areas, like the Pacific Northwest where First Light headquarters is located, this time of year is combined with prolonged wetter...
10+Solar Power – A Marine Corps base in California is striving to reach a goal of 50% of its onshore operations being powered by renewable energy sources by 2020. So, when nearly 3 miles of recreational pathways were in need of lighting, a solution that was...
Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, needed a solution for lighting one of its parking lots. Home to a championship golf course that plays host to the PGA Tour’s Sony Open, the club wanted a product that was reliable, sustainable and able to provide the...
Solar Park Lighting The City of Beaumont, California opened Nicklaus Park in the Fairways community in 2016. This previously undeveloped piece of land had no electrical connection for lighting and building one for the sprawling park would have been costly for the...
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