Kerri Funderburk • 3/13/2024Breathing New Life into Vacant Buildings through Adaptive ReuseAdaptive reuse refers to the process of repurposing an existing building for a new use other than its original purpose. This involvesmodifying the structure, layout, and potentially the exterior to suit the new function. It’s essentially giving an old building a second life and a new…
Kerri Funderburk • 1/25/2024 • 4 min. readHow Healthcare Professionals Can Prioritize Visual Accuracy and Minimize Visual Errors in Surgical SettingsAs a company that designs, engineers, and manufactures lighting for technical applications, such as operating rooms and surgical suites, we recognize that it is crucial to emphasize the potential risks and consequences that can arise…
Hospital Light Fixtures Are Not “One-Size-Fits-All” Hospitals are a myriad of rooms, many of which serve distinct purposes and have variable lighting requirements. Patient rooms, emergency rooms, surgical rooms, and MRI suites depend on high-quality LED lighting designed to particular criteria to meet varied requirements and needs. Energy-efficient lighting is necessary for the medical industry…
Tamper-Proof Lighting Protects Prison Population KURTZON™ provides tamper proof and damage resistant light fixtures designed to withstand the abuse often found in prison cells, and other high traffic public areas. Learn more about these industry leading products. There are almost 2.3 million people within the American criminal justice system according to PrisonPolicy.com and maintaining safety…
Lighting Plays a Healing Role in Modern Behavioral Healthcare Facilities Behavioral health facilities depend on lighting to provide a safe and secure environment while maintaining a residential atmosphere for the patient. Nearly gone are the unfortunate decades-old perceptions of behavioral health facilities as cold, prison-like institutions with concrete walls, bars on windows, and the ever-present…
What Is Hazardous Location Lighting? Hazardous location light fixtures are engineered to withstand harsh environmental conditions in manufacturing and industrial facilities. These locations may include chemical plants, laboratories, oil and gas refineries, mining operations, and other industrial sites that contain extreme temperatures, combustible materials, and corrosive liquids or vapors. Because light fixtures are electrical devices,…
Lighting Requirements in Food Prep and Processing Areas The Center for Disease Control (CDC) lists processing, distribution, and preparation as three of the four steps in the food production chain where contamination can occur. In each of these three phases, light fixtures in the facilities are subject to food processing lighting requirements. Food safety and compliance are scrutinized and heavily regulated…