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Why choose LED?

5/31/2016

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Advantages of LED
The advantages of LED lighting over traditional light sources are numerous:
  • High efficiency providing substantial energy savings
  • Long lifetime reducing maintenance needs and costs
  • Instant start and higher resistance to switching cycles
  • Low operating temperature creating additional potential savings on air-conditioning
  • No hazardous material, 100% mercury free
Tungsten or Halogen sources produce light as a result of an electric current heating a filament within the light source. Unfortunately, this lighting process is inefficient because most of the current is not transformed into light but transformed into heat instead. Due to the intense heat of the filament, the lifetime of Tungsten or Halogen is very short, averaging between 1,000 to 2,000 hours. Tungsten and Halogen lights are the most easily replaceable by LED products because LED lighting can match most Tungsten or Halogen on a one to one basis. This is GREEN CREATIVE’s primary retrofit target.

Another commonly used lighting source is fluorescent, where mercury atoms are excited by an electric arc. The result is the emissions of ultra violet radiation that hit a phosphor coating inside a tube to produce light. This form of lighting is more efficient than halogen or incandescent, however, the main drawback of this source is the hazardous material content, the low resistance to switching cycles, limited efficiency, slow starting time, and shorter lifetime than LED.
The biggest issue with fluorescent lighting products is that they emit light in all directions resulting in most of the light getting lost within the fixture. Therefore, fluorescent cannot replace halogen PAR or MR type sources where high light intensity is needed. The LED chip on the other hand emits light in only one direction, maximizing the amount of useful light for each application.

Currently, the only drawback for LED is the initial investment. However, the electricity and maintenance cost savings offer an average ROI below 12 months (See ROI section). This payback period excludes utility rebates that are applicable for our products.

​(above provided by Green Creative)


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Green Creative releases DLC qualified HID replacement universal replacement lamps

5/19/2016

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GREEN CREATIVE, the commercial grade LED lighting manufacturer proudly announces the launch of its HID LED 45W and HID LED 27W universal voltage lamps.
The HID LED lamps run on universal voltage 120-277V and replace various HID lamp types, including metal halide (MH), mercury vapor (MV) and high pressure sodium (HPS). The HID LED lamps’ high lumen output, exceptional efficacy, fully omnidirectional beam angle and enclosed fixture rating make them an ideal choice for post top lighting.
“With the addition of these new HID replacements, we are now able to provide a more extensive range of lighting retrofit solutions,” says GREEN CREATIVE Product Manager, Taylor Schaberg. “The CoolSink design and high lumen output of these lamps ensures that like our other products, these lamps will outlast and outperform their traditional counterparts.”
All HID LED EX39 base lamps feature the CoolSink passive cooling system that allows air to flow freely through the lamp. This unique design helps reduce the operating temperature of the LED and power supply, thus resulting in longer lamp life and lumen maintenance.
The 45W version replaces up to a 70W HPS, 100W MH or 175W MV lamp, and the 27W version replaces up to a 50W HPS, 70W MH or 100W MV lamp. All new HID LED lamps are DLC qualified, turn on instantly, last 50,000 hours, are suitable for use in totally enclosed fixtures and are available in both 5000K and 3000K CCT. Installation of the lamp requires bypassing the existing ballast.  

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ABOUT ECOSOLVE™

5/18/2016

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Some of you may be wondering, why does an Industrial Lighting Wholesaler carry an Industrial cleaner. That's actually pretty simple. We get requests about cleaning highbay fixtures, fluorescent fixtures to name a few and a lot of our customers have restaurants, car and industrial shops which all have a lot of grease, oil and other such substances which make it into the air and onto the fixtures. Thats where EcoSolve comes in. It is the only cleaner which is 100% natural that does the job.

 
Made completely from a natural plant banana extract, EcoSolve™ is not only a powerful hard surface cleaner, but it’s an effective disinfectant, eliminating strong odors by killing odor causing bacteria. Tested in Canadian Certified Laboratories, EcoSolve™ anti- bacterial properties effectively killed the toughest strains of bacteria including Staphylococcus and E-Escherichia Coli (E-coli), on contact, and continued to control and eliminate new growth over time, making it one of the only organic cleaners with powerful, effective, and safe disinfectant qualities.
EcoSolve™ eliminates the need to purchase these four cleaning products in the household: hard surface degreasing cleaners, metal cleaners, glass cleaners and harsh chemical based disinfectants. While non organic cleaners contain harmful solvents, chemicals and ammonia in order to work effectively on contaminated, oily and greasy hard surfaces, EcoSolve™’s amazing degreasing properties makes it the cleaning and disinfecting product of choice for all hard surfaces, metal appliances and glass surfaces as well as eliminating and controlling odors.
EcoSolve™’s goal is to provide organic cleaning products for the household, pet, sport and industrial marketplace that are non-hazardous, safe, natural, and effective and can be branded with the 100% Organic Ingredients Seal.

​We strongly urge all of you to give this product a try and we are confident that you will be 100% satisfied with the results.


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This week our focus is on the Global Electric and Industrial Products Division

5/18/2016

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Give us a call for stock, pricing and availability. 604-372-2400.
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New NaturaLed LED T5 Instant Fit Lamps. Our Instant Fit LED Lamps are also available in 2, 3, 4 and 8ft Slim line and HO. Call us at 604-372-2400

5/11/2016

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Surrey, BC
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