Making the Switch from Halogen to LED

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We have seen a lot of changes and progress within the lighting industry over the past decade. As with everything these days, newer technology and efficiency is developed and becomes available over time. An outdoor lighting system installed many years ago may be becoming old or even obsolete compared to today’s standards.

Halogen bulbs used to dominate the lighting industry. It was not until a few years ago that LED began to take over and become the industry standard. Now, it has become the choice of many outdoor lighting designers.

A few of the advantages of using LED vs Halogen are:

  • Longer Lifetime
  • More Durable
  • Low Energy Consumption
  • Easy to replace
  • They do not attract insects because LED lights emit very little heat and UV light
  • Much more cost effective

In these photos, you can see the before and after of a parking garage that Texas Outdoor Lighting converted from Halogen to LED.

Before Photo of a parking garage using halogen lights in Horseshoe Bay TexasAfter Photo of a parking garage switching to LED lights in Horseshoe Bay Texas

If we haven’t convinced you yet of all the benefits of making the switch to LED, read this article from the Washington Post. Many manufacturers have stopped carrying Halogen light bulbs making it harder and more expensive to replace your bulbs.

Texas Outdoor Lighting offers free consultations to see if we can convert your current lighting system to LED, or one of our designers can work with you to design your dream lighting system. Give us a call today to schedule! (512) 504-3030

Texas Outdoor Lighting added lighting to feature Yippee Ki Yay at the Pease Park Conservancy

Feature Lighting: “Yippee Ki Yay”

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Texas Outdoor Lighting had the privilege of lighting the stickwork sculpture created by internationally acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty that’s entitled “Yippee Ki Yay’.  The sculpture is located in Pease Park in Austin, TX.  Mr Dougherty utilized locally harvested materials to build the stickwork sculptures including depression willow, ash and ligustrum.

Joel Mayor, our lighting designer for this project, used Thomas Kinkade paintings as his inspiration for lighting the structures.  His goal was to create a warm, glowing amber light that appears to be coming from within the structures while also creating a cool, moon-lit feel outside the structures.  

With this artwork being open to the public, Joel had to keep in mind that children may be climbing on and about the structures.  He, therefore, had his experienced lighting installers weave the wiring within the stick structure itself then made sure to place the lights up high, ensuring that tampering with the lights would be difficult.  

Another tricky aspect with this installation was that there was no power source within Pease Park.  While this was a challenge, Joel and the crew were not going to let this stop them.  A crew member, therefore, climbed through a drain tunnel under the street near the park to find a power source on the other side.  Texas Outdoor Lighting won’t let anything stop them!

For more information on our projects, please visit our website.  

 

Photo Credit: Matt Capo

The Alamo

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We are so fortunate to have been trusted to work on such a beautiful piece of history. This 5 acre project in downtown San Antonio took over 700 lights to illuminate. All work was completed at night as to not interfere with the visiting day traffic. Texas Outdoor Lighting worked side by side with an historian in case anything important was dug up during the install. There were so many unique features that we added to The Alamo keeping in mind that we wanted to help enhance the historical features without taking away from the age of the structure. We all felt very humbled by this experience knowing the sacred ground we stood on.