Monthly Archive for February, 2009

Elemental Gets Charitable!

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Elemental LED Raises the Bar by Donating LED Light Bars to Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua


At Elemental LED, we don’t just focus on improving the design of our LED light bars; philanthropy just so happens to be a key element of our philosophy, too. We love lighting and we also love the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from providing people in need with economical lighting solutions. So naturally, when on a recent kite surfing trip in Nicaragua, Elemental founder and CEO Max Darling was excited to find out how he could help the villages he visited there - by providing some LED light bars. After a bit of research, Max contacted the founder of the Blue Energy Group, a nonprofit organization that provides sustainable energy solutions to marginalized communities in Central America, and together, the two companies brought some LED TLC to Nicaragua.

We’re proud to announce that we’ve donated ten 20-inch Waterproof LED light bars to Laguna de Perlas, a small village in Nicaragua with a population of about 11,000. Most villagers in Laguna de Perlas live “off-grid,” meaning they rarely use electricity for their daily activities. But as modern technology becomes more prevalent in the area (electricity is now available from 9AM to 1AM), the need for lighting options is growing. And in a community like Laguna de Perlas, where a typical energy bill might eat up resources that could be very well spent on other important provisions, the availability of efficient, economic lighting is crucial.

Luckily, our waterproof LED light bars just so happen to be one of our most efficient lighting solutions—they only use three watts of energy and cost as little as $8 per year to power! The lights are being put to good use in Laguna de Perlas, ecologically illuminating nighttime activities like cooking and socializing. It feels good to know that our LED light bars are giving villagers access to more light for less money, and will allow them to more easily afford other necessities, thereby improving their quality of life.

The fact that our 20-inch bars function in and ship so well to Nicaragua is a testament to how durable they are—the lights were unscathed by the shipping process, and they’re waterproof, a key requirement in the humid, tropical climate of the Nicaraguan coast. And of course the LED light bars come with mounting hardware and easily chain together to provide as much light as needed, though with their 120-degree angle of flooded viewing, a little light goes a long way. Just ask Laguna de Perlas!

Learn more about the waterproof LED light bar.

Color LED Lights and Home Decor

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on February 18, 2009
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Innovative Ways to Use Color LED Lights in Your Home

Create an attitude for your home by using color LED lights.

Bring a coolness factor into your home with Color LED lights. It’s the latest trend in interior design. Illuminating areas and objects in your home can bring them to life and set a mood for your entire life. Whether you’re adding a splash of color to the bedroom, the kitchen or a bookshelf, Color LED Lights can turn something old into something new overnight.

When you buy Color LED lights, you’re creating ambiance and bringing the coolness factor into your home. In some ways, Color LED lights add functionality, with others, they set the mood.  And Color LED lights are no longer just for the privileged few; more people can buy color LED lights as they are now more affordable than ever.

These new and innovative ways to use Color LED Lights show that light can be used as a focal point of design:

•    Cove Lighting – Color LED lights provide cove lighting for those who are looking to add more than just light. Color LED lights add character.
•    Home Theater Lighting –  Buy color LED lights to add performance and Pizzazz. Reduce eye fatigue while increasing the home movie experience  with Color LED lights
•    Bar Lighting – Turn you basic bar into a hip club with color LED lighting
•    Bookshelves - Highlight the classics and put a spotlight on new favorites with Color LED lights.

You can also buy Color LED Lights to create mood lighting for parties or special occasions.
No matter how you spin it. When you buy Color LED lights – it’s a cool move. Not only will Color LED lights add to your life’s design, it was put you on a carbon diet. Everybody could slim down when it comes to energy consumptions and Color LED lights use up-to 90% less energy than standard bulbs. And besides, who wants to be standard?

Set the Mood of Your Restaurant with RGB LED Lights

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on February 11, 2009
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RGB Lighting for Restaurant Design

Setting the Mood with RGB LED Lights

There are a lot of things to consider when designing the look and concept for a new restaurant. One important aspect which will affect the mood and feel is the lighting. The perfect lighting scheme is critical; you not only set the mood of your new restaurant - you have a direct effect of how your guests will look at your restaurant and how they will look in your restaurant.  Many lighting design professionals are utilizing the latest technologies in light and installing RGB LED lights in the chic dining rooms of the trendiest spots. RGB LED lights provide flexibility in color, brightness and affect.

Light plays an essential role in our ability to perceive the world around us; Your lighting system will play a critical role in how guests perceive that space and can even influence how they act in your space.  Here are some tips for using RGB LED lights to make a lasting impression on your patrons.

The first step in producing the right lighting design is to ask what the space is used for. The lighting designer can then determine quantity of light, color quality, brightness and direction.

Lighting in a restaurant should be subtle yet sophisticated. Not so dark customers can’t read the menu, but definitely not too bright.  Here are tricks that lighting professionals use in lighting design.

•    Key Light. When you shine a light on an object from a single point source of light it is called key light; it highlights contours on the object and creates shadows; the exact effect depends on the angle of the beam of light.

•    Fill Light. While this scene affects drama; it can either be directional or diffused. Fill light is less intense than key light and used to create ambience. RGB LED lights are useful in creating fill light – adding both color and ambience to the sense of scene.  RGB LED lights can also change color, adding additional drama.

•    Silhouetting. Suppose you wanted to emphasize the shape of the object as a silhouette. In this event, you would soften or even eliminate the key light and directional fill light, and instead provide only fill light, either intense or diffused, depending on the clarity of the silhouette and the drama you want to produce.

•    Uplighting.  The effect of uplighting is very desirable or very undesirable because it is unusual. Uplighting certain design elements of the décor can create a very intimate affect.

It’s important in today’s environment to consider that a restaurant’s mood is as important as its menu. Think sophisticated.  Take a more stylish approach and focus not only on simply providing utility but adding accent illumination with RGB LED lights to produce memorable and sensual effect.

Shine a Light with Flexible LED Lights

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on February 4, 2009
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Shining Light into the Future with Flexible Led Lights

Move into the future with flexible LED lights

LED lights have come along way from traffic lights and display panels. Today’s LED lights can be used almost anywhere. Flexible LED lights (flexible strips of LED lighting) are just one of the many LED products which are perfect for decorative and accent lighting. Because of this new design movement and advances in technology, LED lights are making the move into many homes. With the flick of a switch, changing over to LED lighting is becoming a do-it-yourself project.

More and more people have discovered the flexibility of this new lighting technology. LED lighting is not just another bulb. The lighting is heatless; making is possible to get really creative. For example, Flexible LED lights can add light and color to almost any area of your home. People are using flexible LED lights to accent myriad place. The can add light to a headboard, be used as cove lighting, turn a bookshelf into a showcase for novels and more. Consumers not only buy flexible LED lights because they last for up-to 15 years, saving them big buck. But they buy flexible LED lights to create ambience and mood.

With environmental concerns growing, people want their homes to look like homes of the future. Not only do LED lights almost never have to be changed, products like flexible LED lights don’t sacrifice décor for dependability and sustainability. They are easy to install, are becoming more and more affordable and will pay for themselves in energy savings.

Flexible LED lights can be arranged and rearranged in a room just like furniture. If you want to rearrange your art, do a quick redecorate in a day, flexible LED allow you the ‘flexibility’ to do so.  People buy flexible LED lights for their creative abilities. Here are some examples of ways to use Flexible LED lights in your home.

•    Lighting art, accent pieces, even wine caves (no UV emissions)
•    Wine Cellars
•    Undercabinet lighting, bookshelves, cupboards, and drawers
•    Lighting their kitchens cabinets
•    Accent lighting for headboards.

Not only will installing flexible LED lights transform the lighting scheme of your home to a modern, sleek look, it will catapult your home into the green future. Just consider the effects of swapping out your kitchen lights: If you buy flexible LED lights, you will experience a 90% savings.  That means that this flexible LED lights will pay for themselves in just one year.  Flexible LED lights shine light into your home. Flexible LED lights shine light into your future.