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Why you should conserve before you generate

Being in the energy efficiency business, we are seeing a real trend towards businesses looking to install solar systems. While we’re 100 percent behind this movement and the many benefits…

Calculating your subsidy

Often prospective clients will ask how much subsidy they will receive through Victorian Energy Upgrades (formerly VEET scheme) or the ESS prior to us assessing their site. Unfortunately, it’s not…

21st September 2017

Introducing the H-Flux Mk3 LED Highbay

When we were looking to update our flagship product the H-Flux highbay, we had a number of aims that we wanted to achieve. Firstly, it was compulsory that the new…

20th September 2017

The importance of beam angles in lighting

As the resident, in-house lighting designer here at Shine On, I thought it necessary to share the importance of light beam angles when looking to upgrade the lights in your…

How to improve your NABERS rating

Earlier this year, Victoria achieved its first six-star NABERS rating for a building, with 171 Collins Street, Melbourne taking the accolade. It’s just one of two commercial office buildings in…

30th November 2016

How LEDs can reduce your power demand costs

This blog aims to teach you how energy efficient lighting retrofits can reduce your power costs through power demand cost reduction – and how this process works. Power demand summary…

20th September 2017

Secure your business with safe lights

Most businesses in Australia will testify that the safety of their people and customers is at the forefront of their strategy and the operations of their business. Businesses are constantly…

12th September 2016

Why you need to know about IP codes

IP codes are important in lighting as they help you understand a light’s level of protection against the elements, including solid objects such as dust and fingers, and liquid such…

How do LED lights work?

Technological revolutions are not always apparent as they unfold. But just as surely as diesel and electric locomotives replaced steam engines, or DVDs replaced video tape cassettes, so LED lighting…

2nd August 2016

Why lighting lumens matter

If you talk to an LED lighting professional about light output or read any light spec, you will most probably encounter the word lumen. Lumen or the meaning behind it…

What happens to decommissioned lamps?

We often get asked about what we do with old lamps once they have been replaced by our own energy efficient LEDs. The proper removal and decommissioning of old lights…

9th February 2017

Introducing our market-leading flat panel

Exciting news. Today we released our new flat panel LED light, the Omera Mark II. The Omera Mark II includes a number of enhancements over our previous panel, with the…

25th January 2017