Nothing sets a festive holiday tone better than a Christmas lights display. And nothing sparks the seasonal spirit in an office, retail store, or other business like commercial lighting for Christmas!

The clever elves at TCP have gathered some delightful Christmas décor ideas that will fill your workplace with cheerful brilliance. However, they avoid a Grinch-sized utility bill, thanks to the cool efficiency of environmentally friendly LED lights.

Ready to take your business to the next level with Christmas lights that change color, smart bulbs that set a welcoming ambiance, and outdoor LED lights that brighten these longer nights?

Check this list twice for professional Christmas lights inspiration that elevates the season for your colleagues, customers, and clients.

Benefits of a Christmas Lights Display at Work

Your bottom line enjoys the benefits of switching to LED lights all year. And we know you’re feeling generous, but don’t toss out all those savings just because it’s the holidays! Commercial Christmas light displays bring a lot of benefits to your business. Lights help increase foot traffic, boost sales on seasonal items, and lift morale among your employees. Who doesn’t get a jolly feeling when they see twinkling holiday lights?

Welcome the brilliance of commercial Christmas lights into your business for the lift it gives your brand image and staff. Then revel in the gift of lower energy use and more light color temperature choices.  They also give zero worries about replacing burned-out bulbs amid the festivities. For all these benefits, choose LED over incandescents or other light bulbs.

Ideas for LED Commercial Christmas Lights

Give your office, retail store, warehouse, restaurant, bar, or any business a seasonal lift with a Christmas lights display. Glow up your holiday business with these indoor and outdoor LED Christmas light ideas:

Flip the Script on Retail Displays

You’ve set your audio playlist to Mariah Carey, festooned your storefront with garlands and snowflakes, and arranged all your seasonal merch for easy access. What more can you do to make your retail store more festive? Flip your lighting from the usual cool white to a fun color with TCP ColorFlip bulbs! Each of these light bulbs provides two different lighting colors with the flick of a switch — so you can transition from cooler white light during inventory to warmer white light when shoppers arrive. Or you can go from neutral light to a fun color, like green or red, without replacing the bulb! Use these Christmas lights that change color to attract curious shoppers, highlight sale items, or add a colorful glow to your other holiday décor.

Create a Festive Office Mood

The holidays seem to ramp up the need for multitasking. Whether you’re picking up gifts on your lunch break or juggling responsibilities while a colleague is on vacation, doing more than one thing at a time is a seasonal staple. Upgrade your overhead panel lighting with Accent panels. These decorative light covers fit all standard 2×2 panel lights and come in dozens of eye-catching designs. Customize them with your company logo, an uplifting message or a holiday-themed image for bespoke Christmas commercial lighting.

Get Smart About Your Christmas Lights Display

Take control of your commercial Christmas décor with TCP’s SmartStuff. This Bluetooth-compatible system lets you turn lights on and off, dim the lighting, group lights together, schedule lighting and more directly from your digital device. That kind of power guarantees that your LED Christmas lights display is visible when you need them to be with zero hassle for you or your team.

Let Holiday Gatherings Take Shape

Need an easy way to add commercial Christmas décor to your bar or restaurant without impeding servers or creating a messy headache? Swap out the regular bulbs in your pendants, floor lamps, and tabletop lights for our LED Shape Filament lamps. These beauties feature filaments shaped like snowmen, reindeer, fir trees, and other fun images inside clear glass bulbs. They’re available in our standard E26 base size to fit existing fixtures, and they’re safe to use as outdoor LED Christmas lights in protected spaces like covered walkways or patios. Bonus: They deliver even light dispersion, use little energy, and require zero cleanup after the holidays!

Give the Gift of Healthier Lighting

Show your team you care this holiday season with commercial Christmas lights that support better mental and physical well-being. Reduce the amount of blue light that causes eyestrain and headaches with the health benefits of Anew lighting — the line we designed to replace incandescents so you can keep your existing fixtures. Create a more energetic and vibrant atmosphere with SOListic lighting that mimics daylight, eliminates blue light spikes, and renders color remarkably true. Avoid the uptick in illness call-offs during cold and flu season with our PurEssentials line of air-purifying lights that nix airborne germs while brilliantly illuminating your workspace. These are professional Christmas commercial lighting choices that transcend the holidays to keep giving healthy benefits all year.

Brighten Longer Nights With LED Outdoor Lights

Circling back to the idea of multitasking commercial Christmas décor, consider how you can increase your business visibility with outdoor lighting this season. Shorter days mean longer nights, which means your customers and workers need better lights for safety. Position outdoor LED lights to highlight Christmas décor, showcase sale signage, or lead the way to overflow parking. An outdoor Christmas lights display draws attention to your brick-and-mortar location, so make sure you choose high-quality LED options from TCP for the truest color temperature, most reliable weather resistance, and longest lifespans.

Rock Around the Christmas Lights With TCP

Ready to shine brilliant LED commercial lighting on your business’s holiday spirit this season? TCP has indoor and outdoor options to level up your commercial Christmas décor without damaging your bottom line. Reach out today to get started designing the best Christmas lights display yet for the festive enjoyment of your colleagues, customers, and clients.

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Regardless of our chronological age, we become wide-eyed children in the bright, colorful glow of Christmas lights. Capture that magical feeling this season with our suggestions for eco-friendly Christmas light bulbs that spread holiday cheer — without the anticipation of a huge January utility bill dampening your spirits.

Benefits of Light Bulbs Over String Lights

It seems like string lights are everywhere these days. And we love their sweet twinkle as much as the next reindeer — but they’re not always the best choice for Christmas decorating. Why? For one thing, if they’re incandescents, they’re going to get hot, which is dangerous for your other decorations, like the tree, wrapping paper, tinsel and anything else combustible. Plus, they suck up a lot of power to produce those tiny points of light. And that means you’ll ring in the New Year with a Grinch-sized utility bill.

But if your heart is set on using string lights for home accents, LED Christmas lights could be the solution. Our residential LED bulbs are available in a variety of base types that fit many string light sockets available at retail. Just check the packaging before you buy to make sure you can swap in E26 or E12 LED bulbs.

Another reason to choose LED Christmas light bulbs over string lights is your home lighting color temperature. We’re not talking about colored lights here — this is about creating cozy indoor ambiance with warmer white light, energizing vibrance with cooler white light and dazzling outdoor Christmas decorations with neutral white light. You simply cannot get that kind of custom lighting effect with incandescent string lights.

Easy Home Accents: LED Christmas Lights for Everyone

When it comes to welcoming the holiday spirit into your home, Christmas lights deliver dazzling joy like nothing else. Whether you’re brimming with Buddy the Elf-level enthusiasm, or you prefer the quieter joy of Elf-on-a-Shelf, we’ve got great ideas for using LED Christmas lights to create the look and feel you crave inside and outside your home this season.

Outdoor Christmas Lights Ideas With Zero Cleanup

The worst aspect of outdoor Christmas light displays is the chore of taking them down when the holidays are over. That’s usually when the cold weather makes the job truly miserable — not to mention the danger of icy buildup on eaves, gutters and ladders. Skip those headaches by choosing TCP’s LED Christmas light bulbs for brilliant displays that require zero cleanup!

Swap In Festive Porch Lights

Looking for the easiest, fastest outdoor Christmas decorations ever? Look no further than our fun and festive Smartstuff Light Bulbs. These beauties can be paired to your phone and allow you to choose any light color! Go with traditional red & green, a golden glow or even an icy blue! Once the holidays are over, Smartstuff Light Bulbs can easily transition to the next holiday.

Highlight Your Outdoor Christmas Decorations

If you invested in backyard lighting for brilliant entertaining this summer, you’ve set yourself up for easy and elegant holiday décor! The color-changing lights you draped around your gazebo will look even better as the trees lose their leaves, and those submersible LEDs in your swimming pool will glisten like festive gems through long winter nights. Step it up with architectural lighting that highlights your landscaping and outdoor Christmas decorations. Wall wash lighting makes wreaths glow, uplighting transforms any fir into a Tannenbaum, and feature lighting can make a spectacle of a gushing fountain, swagged columns or blow-up holiday décor.

Clear a Path for Guests – and Santa

Welcome guests, carolers and even the Man in Red to your home with the warm glow of hardscape lighting on pathways, patios and stairways. These downward-facing lights clear the way for safe stepping amid snow and ice while amplifying the radiance of your Christmas lights. Choose low-voltage fixtures to extend the life of your outdoor LED pathway lights for worry-free illumination 24/7 that uses 75% less energy than old-fashioned incandescents!

Indoor Christmas Light Ideas: Welcoming Warmth

The best part of Christmas decorating is that moment when you get to relax and soak in the festive look of your home. Christmas lights don’t always have to be colored — the holidays are the perfect time to consider how home lighting color temperature matters for the overall vibe of a room. Simply switching to bulbs that are lower on the Kelvin scale — in the 2000K to 3000K range — will bring in a softer glow that feels cozier and more welcoming than cooler light temps.

Once the scene is set with warm yuletide ambiance, consider these LED Christmas lights for home accents with seasonal charm:

Match Your Lights to Your Décor

No rule says indoor Christmas decorations have to be red and green. Home Christmas lights look just as festive in subtler tones of silver, gold and white. Create a winter wonderland that complements your existing décor with stylish Accents pendants. These beauties add an upscale feel to a room that features a mantel or Christmas tree decked in string lights and white or green pine garlands. Of the three styles, two shapes and three finishes available, we like the round mesh in gold the best for the way it reminds us of traditional Christmas tree ornaments.

Set the Mood for Every Gathering

Are you hosting a cookie exchange, family gathering or other party in your home this season? Do you also plan to wrap presents, bake treats and watch holiday movies in your home? All these activities call for lighting that sets a particular mood, from energetic to welcoming to peaceful to romantic. Switch the vibe from bright neutral white light to a fun and festive color with ColorFlip color-changing light bulbs. These clever LED Christmas lights are available in red, green, blue, purple and yellow, which means they’re not only great for Christmas light displays — they’ll come in handy for other holidays, like New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day, too.

Don’t Have a Blue Christmas

Give your family the gift of better health by understanding the impact of blue lighting and ways to reduce it in your home. Too much exposure to blue light can lead to vision problems, poor sleep and mood disruptions — but TCP has wrapped up some LED light options that can keep you and yours from experiencing a Too Blue Christmas! Nix those blue light spikes by using Anew light bulbs in any fixtures that previously took incandescent bulbs. Or step up your household’s defense against cold and flu season with PurEssentials, the health lighting that does more than illuminate. These multitasking bulbs feature a fully enclosed UVC light that kills germs and a built-in fan that recirculates purified air. The standard LED light they emit makes Christmas decorating and entertaining a safer group activity.

Christmas Lights From TCP

Ring in this holiday season with festive, cost-effective, eco-friendly LED Christmas lights from TCP! Whether they’re enhancing your indoor or outdoor Christmas decorations or simply casting a warm, welcoming glow throughout your home, our innovative Christmas light bulbs will keep you feeling merry and bright through this magical time of year.

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What are these light rebates all about? Is a rebate a discount from the distributor you purchase bulbs from? Are LED rebates the same as tax incentives for upgrading a commercial building’s HVAC system? How can you find the lighting and utility rebates that are available in your state?

The light pros at TCP have you covered. As an industry leader for over 30 years, we’ve maintained active membership in multiple professional lighting associations, including Energy Star and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This keeps us on the cutting edge of legislation that affects both our manufacturing processes and the needs of our customers, like the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — aka the driving force behind the most recent utility and light bulb rebate surge.

We break down what, exactly, light rebates are and how they can help your business reap all the benefits of switching to LED lights while also saving money on both upfront costs and long-term utility bills. Then we walk you through top-quality LED options for each industry, from retail to manufacturing to healthcare, to help you save money on lighting that illuminates a brighter future.

What Are Light Rebates?

In essence, a lighting rebate is a partial refund of the purchase price of light bulbs or light fixtures that meet certain government specifications for energy efficiency. Utility rebates can take the form of either partial refunds of paid utility services or a lower rate at which future energy use will be charged.

The idea behind utility and lighting rebate programs is to offer consumers an incentive for upgrading to a higher level of energy efficiency. One of the biggest benefits of rebates is how they encourage businesses and homeowners to invest now in energy-saving technologies that they might not have considered, either due to the upfront costs or because of the newness of the technology.

How to Find Lighting and Utility Rebates for Your Business

A main goal of the Inflation Reduction Act is reducing carbon emissions, which means maximizing energy efficiency. Incandescents are no longer being manufactured in the U.S. because they burn up a lot more energy (watts) than the small amount of brightness (lumens) they produce. Replacement bulbs must meet some of the highest efficiency standards ever required by law, and LED lights are among the few that make the grade.

Another goal of the legislation is to save consumers money while boosting cleaner domestic energy production. To achieve these twin aspirations, local governments have been empowered to promote utility incentives — aka utility rebates — that encourage both commercial and residential customers to invest in making their businesses and homes more efficient with upgrades to lighting, insulation, weather sealing and more. Some utilities may also offer light bulb rebates or incentives for consumers who opt into getting their power from clean energy producers.

The complicated aspect of all these utility and lighting rebate programs is that they differ from state to state. Find your state’s program in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency, operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University.

Commercial building owners, home builders and homeowners can also explore federal tax credits and incentives for going greener through Energy Star’s website. Some of these programs are retroactive to cover improvements made in 2022, and many of them have been extended to apply to upgrades made through 2034.

How LED Lighting Rebates Save Businesses Money

The bottom line here is that now is the right time to take advantage of the many ways TCP LED lighting levels up your business. The state and federal LED rebates add tangible savings to the already impressive benefits of using LED lighting in any commercial space, which include:

Reduced Everyday Lighting Costs

Thanks to the clean, cool, efficient light production of light-emitting diodes, it costs less to illuminate your workplace with LEDs to the same brightness levels as incandescents. Plus, LEDs don’t emit the heat those old bulbs did, so your HVAC system won’t have to work so hard to maintain a steady temperature in your building. You’ll save money on lighting, cooling and heating every day.

Lower Long-Term Energy Use

The front-end purchase isn’t the only place you can reduce lighting costs with LEDs. Their energy efficiency means your facility will consume less electricity over time, translating to lower amounts due on your bills. That puts less demand on utility companies, which means less stress on our limited natural resources and the wider global environment. That’s the kind of long-term, widespread energy savings that supports a leaner, more nimble business strategy for the long haul.

Less Frequent Light Bulb Replacements

When your maintenance crew doesn’t have to spend so much time replacing light bulbs and your building manager doesn’t have to keep restocking them, your entire team becomes more efficient. That’s one of the less obvious benefits of rebates and incentives for lighting upgrades!

Recouped Costs of Upgrade Investments

If you’ve wanted to make the switch to commercial LED lighting but hesitated because the price tag for retrofitting your facility seemed too steep, these state and federal lighting rebate programs could convince you to take the green leap. Between the tax credits, the individual light bulb rebates and your state’s utility rebates, you stand to recoup a substantial portion of your upfront investment. And your colleagues, clients and customers will continue to enjoy brighter, healthier illumination — while your brand gets an eco-friendly lift — for the foreseeable future.

Businesses That Can Take Advantage of Lighting Rebates

Wondering how much money you can save on lighting that delivers so much to your company’s bottom line? Use our ROI Calculator to get a solid handle on the overall benefits of rebates and incentives for your specific project.

And if you need help choosing which TCP lighting options will work best in your commercial application, check out these suggestions for energy-efficient brilliance organized by industry:

Small Businesses

The recent public health crisis was particularly hard on small businesses. And many consumers are still feeling wary of in-person experiences, even as they crave human connection. Show them your company is committed to providing the safest browsing, dining or shopping possible with PurEssentials. Our newest line of multitasking LED lights features a built-in, fully enclosed UVC light that neutralizes airborne pathogens, like COVID-19 and influenza. You get purified air and energy-efficient LED illumination in one fixture! Choose from panels, downlights and A19 bulbs to elevate every space in your small business.

Industrial Factories

Want an easy way to increase productivity, improve quality control and enhance morale while reducing accident incidents in your warehouse or factory? Our top-quality LED industrial lighting helps meet safety standards set by OSHA, and it can elevate the atmosphere of your facility for healthier, happier workers. We offer a wide variety of high bay LED luminaires, including easy-to-install solutions and selections that are appropriate for extreme conditions. Also find floodlights, microwave motion sensor options, emergency signage and more among TCP’s industrial portfolio.

Office Buildings

If you’re not sure light bulb rebates are enough to justify improved office lighting, LED options from TCP just might change your mind. Our flat panels, pendants, color-selectable tubes and recessed lighting options deliver vibrant, natural-looking illumination that helps employees stay focused and engaged all day long. You’ll see higher productivity, lower utility bills and an elevated brand image when you choose to save money on lighting that’s greener and brighter.

 Retail Stores

The importance of quality retail store lighting cannot be overstated. Whether yours is a tiny boutique, a mid-size shop or a large grocery store, your lighting choices influence who walks through the door and how much time and money they’ll spend there. Customers need to be able to find your brick-and-mortar location, so outdoor and landscaping lights are important. But retail lighting must also create a welcoming ambience while allowing shoppers to see merchandise clearly. You may need to consider lights for your emergency exits and parking lots, as well.

Healthcare Facilities

From hospitals and urgent care centers to doctor offices and elder care facilities, the healthcare industry presents unique challenges for lighting. Rebate programs allow you to upgrade your facility with the life-saving reliability of our LED Pro Line Panel. These high CRI LED lights deliver bright, continuous light for up to 50,000 hours. Also, these mercury-free lights are extremely energy efficient compared to traditional fluorescent lights, which means less maintenance and a tranquil environment for patients or residents. They’re an excellent choice to layer into any comprehensive hospital or nursing home lighting design plan.

Building Trades

Light rebates may not seem like a top priority for contractors and builders. But your clients will appreciate your insight into ways to increase efficiency and reduce lighting costs on their project, be it new construction or retrofit. Check with the local government and utility offices in your service area to get details on their home energy audits and lighting rebate programs. Sharing this information with homeowners or corporate contacts helps underscore your expertise and build your brand authority. Your residential projects in particular can benefit by including Anew LED lighting, the incandescent alternative from TCP. We designed Anew light bulbs with the familiar A19 shape most people recognize and the E26 base that fits most existing fixtures. Plus, they deliver full-spectrum light with perfect dimming and no blue light spikes for a warm, versatile glow.

TCP’s Lighting Rebate Program

Let the pros at TCP help you find rebates in your area. The types of lighting rebate programs differ from state to state — sometimes from utility company to utility company within a state! And the details of light and utility rebates are constantly changing, like the amount you’ll get back, expiration dates and more. Our trained and certified team can demystify the difference between prescriptive and midstream rebates, simplify the paperwork and fine print, and help you get the best savings possible without investing hours of your time in the process.

Save Money on Lighting Upgrades With TCP

TCP is committed to helping businesses reduce lighting costs while saving time, money and maybe even the planet. Our commercial LED lighting options bring efficient, cost-effective brilliance to your business every day. Let our decades of experience as an industry leader take your company’s brand image to the next level while leading us all into a brighter, safer, greener future.

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That means it’s time to transition our wardrobe from shorts and tanks to jeans and sweaters — and to switch from freewheeling summer lights to more thoughtful fall lighting options.

Have you already started decorating for fall? Are you weighing warm vs cool autumn lighting choices for your interior or exterior décor? Do you need insight into how fall LED lights can illuminate the longer nights without inflating your utility bills?

The light-obsessed pros at TCP have lighting ideas for every season of the year! Fall might be one of our faves, though, for the cornucopia of opportunities it presents for creating a warm, welcoming glow.

Check out our ideas for adding versatile, cost-effective, earth-friendly TCP lighting to your fall décor in ways that embrace and celebrate this season of change.

Why Add Lighting To Your Fall Decorations?

Amid all the pumpkin-spiced lattes, school supply lists and football games, the autumn season is generally defined by one thing: progressively less daylight as we head toward the winter solstice. That makes it the perfect time to pay particular attention to the link between fall lighting and our physical health and emotional well-being.

The amount and type of light we’re exposed to every day can affect our health and sense of wellness in profound ways. Without enough natural sunlight, we can experience disruptions to our sleep patterns, problems with our vision and a host of health problems.

But taking just a bit of effort to incorporate healthy lighting ideas into your fall decorations can help you and your family enjoy the season while sidestepping those complications.

Welcome Fall: Lighting Up the Season

From fall colored lights that ease that changeover into the holidays to smart lighting that lets you control ambiance from your phone to multitasking lights that help protect against seasonal viruses, we’ve got amazing autumn lighting ideas for everyone! Use our fall lighting tips and tricks to elevate your home’s indoor and outdoor spaces during this transitional time of year.

Outdoor Autumn Lighting Ideas

The cooler temps may drive you indoors, but your home’s exterior could still benefit from thoughtful autumn lighting. Highlights of our outdoor lighting dos and don’ts include:

• Do create layers of light from multiple fixtures, like spotlights and sconces, rather than relying on a single outdoor light source.
• Do use warm rather than cool white light to ensure that landscaping and fall decorations appear naturally vibrant.
• Don’t forget to install ample pathway lights that point downward to make sure visitors and trick-or-treaters can safely navigate your property.
• Don’t waste money and energy on inefficient outdoor lights when LED fall lights stay cooler and cost far less to keep on through those long autumn nights.

Fall Themed Front Porch

This might not seem like the freshest fall décor idea, but hear us out. We’ve been decorating for fall with gourds, cornstalks and mums arranged artfully on a bench or front stoop forever — and we’re not stopping anytime soon! But we like to give the entire tableau a fresh twist by swapping the standard porch ceiling light for a stylish chandelier or pendant light. Opt for a traditional style with an Americana feel and use LED bulbs in the 2700K range for warm autumn lighting that makes your decorations glow.

Light Up the Walls and Walkways

Take advantage of these longer nights to highlight your home’s defining features with energy-efficient LED outdoor lighting ideas, like uplighting, wash lighting, soffit lights and more. Use TCP’s exterior architectural lighting design ideas to:

• Make outdoor stairways safer and more sophisticated looking
• Create welcoming, well-lit pathways around or through your property
• Draw attention to columns, brickwork, archways, fountains or other architectural elements

Al Fresco Entertaining With Fall LED Lights

There’s still time to combine decorating for fall with al fresco entertaining, especially if you have an outdoor fire feature to keep the chill at bay. Make sure you’ve got layers of residential outdoor lighting to brighten the season with an even, welcoming glow. That means including a mix of hardscape autumn lighting — aka lights that illuminate manmade features like patio areas, pathways and architecture — and landscape lighting that highlights colorful changing leaves and evergreens.

Indoor Fall Lighting Ideas

Now that your home’s exterior glows with well-chosen autumn lighting and fall décor, it’s time to get cozy with indoor lighting design ideas that will take you effortlessly through this transitional season. Start by understanding why lighting color and temperature matter in your fall lighting choices. We’re not talking about colored light bulbs — we’ll get to those beauties in a moment! This is about choosing between warm white, neutral white and cool white light for the rooms of your home. If the fall LED lights in your living spaces are between 2000 and 3000 Kelvins, you’ll get a warm, welcoming glow. For the kitchen and laundry rooms, bump that up to between 3100 and 4000 Kelvins.

Here are some interior fall lighting design ideas for your home:

Fall For Colored Lights

Now is it time to talk about using fall colored lights? If you mean an innovative and smart lighting option that lets you flip from neutral white light to a festive color with the flick of a switch — yes! Our ColorFlip line includes user-friendly color bulbs for every season with options available in blue, red, green, purple and yellow. The E26 base fits any fixtures that your old incandescents worked in, so pop one into your covered porch’s flush mount for ghoulish green or purple tones that beckon trick-or-treaters. It’s the easiest fall décor ever because there’s literally no cleanup!

Give Your Master Suite a Luxe Glow

Who says decorating for fall is restricted to pumpkins, leaves and scarecrows? Not us! This time of year puts us in a nesting mood, which translates to upgrading the lighting design of our most intimate spaces. See your master suite in a luxurious new light by hanging TCP Accents Series pendants above your nightstands, in a reading nook or inside the walk-in closet. Choose from three styles, two bulb types and three finishes to achieve a custom look that invites long, cozy evenings enveloped in a warm, vintage-inspired glow.

Take Control of Your Fall LED Light

Ever get to the office and wonder if you remembered to turn off the kitchen lights at home? Want to return home to a well-lit walkway and entryway — but don’t want to burn electricity all day long with the lights on? Take control of your home’s fall LED lights with TCP SmartStuff bulbs and apps. Directly from your device, you can turn lights on or off, control dimming, schedule timed lighting and more. It’s the perfect way to make sure you’re getting the most from your smart LED lighting from TCP.

Make Smart Lighting Choices for Seasonal Health

Autumn is also widely known as cold and flu season, so any lighting ideas that help support good physical health are smart lighting choices. The two newest innovations from TCP take on the challenge of avoiding seasonal illnesses with multitasking technology:

• Choose PurEssentials for healthy lighting that does more than illuminate. These panel lights, downlights and A19 bulbs feature a built-in fan that draws air in and across a fully enclosed UVC light that neutralizes common pathogens, like flu and COVID-19. Purified air is then recirculated into the room while only non-UVC, standard LED illumination lights up the space. They’re the perfect choice to help protect your family’s health during the seasons when we tend to keep the windows closed.
• Trying to cut down on the blue light in your life? The health benefits of Anew Lighting include exactly that! We’re all guilty of spending far too much time on our digital devices, which exposes us to huge amounts of blue light. That exposure can interrupt our natural sleep cycles, leading to a cascade of negative health outcomes. Avoid the blue light spikes of some other LED options and swap those energy-sucking incandescents for Anew bulbs that deliver the full spectrum without excessive blue light. They were designed with the familiar A19 shape and E26 base of incandescents, so they’ll fit in all your existing lamps, sconces and other fixtures!

Autumn LED Lighting Options From TCP

Ready to embrace the season and welcome these fall lighting ideas into your home? Get started today creating the warm, cozy, healthful autumn lighting that showcases your home’s abundance and beauty with innovative, cost-effective solutions from TCP.

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The light-obsessed pros at TCP have the info you need. We’ve been leading the lighting industry toward innovation for over 30 years, so we’re no stranger to changes in technology.

We break down what you need to know about the incandescent light bulb ban and how it will impact residential and commercial lighting options in the coming year. Then we offer sound insight into LED alternative lighting choices that will save you money and time while illuminating a brighter future for all of us.

Why Were Incandescent Light Bulbs Banned?

Incandescent light bulbs are incredibly inefficient. In fact, they produce more heat than light when they warm that iconic tungsten filament. And the familiar warm glow they emit is not the brightest, weighing in at about 15 lumens (a measure of brightness) per watt. Plus, they don’t last very long, generally burning out after about 1,200 hours (less than 2 months) of illumination.

The incandescent light bulb ban that became effective August 1, 2023 targets all these shortcomings with an emphasis on energy efficiency. It stipulates that all “general service lamps” (aka, household light bulbs) must emit a minimum of 45 lumens per watt. Built into the law were step-down periods that allowed manufacturers and distributors to adjust production and retailers to sell their last incandescent stock in stores through July. Another bill is set to go into effect in 2024 that raises the minimum to 120 lumens per watt, effectively catching up with the California CFL ban.

The goal of this regulation is twofold: conserve natural resources and save consumers money on utility bills. Department of Energy designers of the legislation predict that over the next 30 years this law will:

• Reduce carbon emissions by 222 metric tons — or about as much as 28 million homes create in a year
• Save businesses and homeowners $3 billion in utility costs

Note that this law does not make buying and using incandescent light bulbs illegal — it prohibits manufacture of bulbs that don’t meet the minimum stated standards, which will end up simply making them unavailable to consumers looking for replacement bulbs.

Benefits of LED Alternative Lighting Options

Looking for the silver lining in all this legislative talk? Here it is: The best incandescent alternatives are Light Emitting Diode bulbs, aka LED lighting. And we are always delighted to shine a big ol’ spotlight on the many benefits of switching to LED lights!

As you make the transition to more sustainable lighting options, like LEDs, you can expect to enjoy:

Higher Efficiency

What exactly does it mean when we say LED lighting is more energy efficient than incandescent light? It means that LED bulbs put out more light energy than they consume to produce that light. And when it comes to your business or household budget, that means you’ll have to pay for less energy to keep getting all the brightness you need. Need that in more concrete terms? Check out our LED Savings Calculator to see clearly the ROI a switch to LED lighting can generate for you.

A Cleaner Environment

How can replacing light bulbs translate to a cleaner environment? TCP has been committed to designing and producing the most environmentally friendly lights possible since our very inception. Among other things, that means submitting to rigorous testing at third-party EPA-recognized labs to make sure our products meet or exceed safety, performance and packaging standards, as well as demonstrating an absence of toxins like mercury. We also work hard to offer outdoor alternatives to fluorescent light bulbs that can help businesses achieve Dark Sky Compliance for the improved health of humans, animals and our entire ecosystem.

Less Frequent Replacements

If you’ve ever been inconvenienced by an incandescent light that burned out after only a month or so, this incandescent light bulb ban should be welcome news. LEDs are called sustainable lighting for several reasons — one of them being a lifespan of up to 10,000 hours. How does that translate to your everyday life? Think of it this way: Incandescents typically need to be replaced in less than 2 months, but most LED lighting options are good for more than a year. Specifically, you can expect more than 400 days of worry-free illumination before you’ll have to replace most LED bulbs. That’s particularly valuable for heard-to-reach lights, like those in stairwells or high ceilings.

More Control Over Ambience

Most of the people we’ve encountered who bemoan the incandescent bulb ban cite the “warm glow” they love from those old-fashioned bulbs. And we are the first to admit that there’s been a learning curve in that aspect of sustainable lighting. But the latest technological breakthroughs have helped us create a broad spectrum of LED lighting options that put you in direct control of the mood in any space. From understanding the importance of high-CRI light bulbs for keeping colors true to developing color-selectable LED lighting that lets you change a room’s lighting temperature with the flip of a switch, we’re proud to deliver alternative lighting that outdoes incandescents at every turn.

Find Incandescent Alternatives at TCP

Rather than allowing the incandescent light bulb ban to darken your outlook, embrace it as an opportunity to level up your everyday illumination. We’ve rounded up our strongest residential and commercial alternative lighting recommendations to help you make the switch without missing a beat.

No. 1 Residential Lighting Option: Anew Lighting

We designed our Anew Lighting line to be the go-to incandescent alternative for anyone who’s had a less-than-great experience with other LED lights. These beauties make the switch to LED lighting super easy and stress free with:

• The same recognizable A19 shape as incandescents
• The same E26 base that fits all your existing fixtures
• The warm, full-spectrum glow of incandescents without irksome blue light spikes

By redefining the classic elements of those familiar light bulbs with our contemporary understanding of the links between better lighting and health benefits, Anew lighting makes it easy to support your family’s well being while saving money and helping protect the planet.

LED Lighting That Mimics Sunlight: SOListic

Let the sun shine in your office, classroom, healthcare facility or other business with TCP’s SOListic lighting options. Our advanced LED chip technology allows these bulbs to deliver clear, bright illumination that closely mimics daylight without the spikes in blue light that other LEDs struggled with. Their high Color Rendering Index (CRI) means colors stay true, and the wide variety of bulb types — from shunted tubes to flat-panel luminaires to wide-beam spotlights and more — makes them a perfect match for upgrading to the latest LED commercial lighting trends while staying well within your budget.

More Commercial Alternatives to Fluorescent Light Bulbs

TCP commercial LED lighting options are a sound investment for your company’s brand image, team morale and bottom line. From energy-efficient flat panels for the office to high-CRI high-bay lighting for manufacturing facilities to specialized alternatives to fluorescent light bulbs for classrooms, healthcare facilities, retail shops and more, we obsess over every detail to make sure our innovative technologies help your team work smarter and safer than ever.

Whatever your company’s industry, size or scope, you’ll be surprised at how TCP lighting levels up your business with brilliantly sustainable and cost-effective lighting solutions.

TCP: Your Source for Sustainable Energy and Lighting Solutions

Ready to discover the alternative lighting options that bring safe, energy-efficient illumination to your home or business? TCP is your go-to source for navigating the incandescent light bulb ban with seasoned, innovative ease. Contact us today to start bringing your best life to light with top-quality TCP LED lighting options.

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Plus, the California ban on CFL light bulbs and the end of incandescent bulb manufacturing may have you scrambling to figure out how to illuminate your workplace without those familiar options.

The pros at TCP have you covered! We’ve put together valuable information on how improved lighting helps your team reach its full potential, alongside our fave modern office lighting ideas for a brilliant and cost-effective upgrade.

Read on to see how TCP LED lighting levels up your business with happier employees, a higher-quality brand image and a healthier bottom line.

Why Switch Your Office Lighting?

Apart from the very practical fact that many old-fashioned light bulbs will soon be unavailable, we’ve got several good reasons why this is the right time to make the switch to LED office lighting. You need look no further than how light impacts psychology and mood in offices to see the difference LEDs can make.

If your business has always depended solely on overhead fluorescent office lighting, your workers are likely dealing with glare and shadows that make their jobs much more difficult. Add the flickering and excessive blue light from old lights that can cause eyestrain, fatigue, headaches and irritability — and you’ve got a recipe for high call-off rates, low retention rates and dismal production levels.

Switching to high-quality LED office light fixtures is a cost-effective strategy for elevating the atmosphere in your workplace and ensuring a strong future for your business.

Benefits of Improved Lighting

At TCP, we’re always delighted to outline the many benefits of switching to LED lights. Our commitment to leading the industry toward constant improvements and brilliant innovation that goes easy on the planet has shown us just how valuable LED technology is.

Some of the benefits you can expect as you replace older bulbs with office lighting LED options include:

Lower Energy Costs

LED light bulbs use up to 90% less energy than incandescents and other bulbs — while producing light that’s just as bright or brighter. That means you’ll notice a big difference in the utility bills at your business, especially if you’re in a large facility that keeps the lights on all day and night. But even if you’re super careful about turning off lights in empty rooms, you could never reduce the energy consumption of other bulbs to LED levels. And saved energy at the office means less demand on utility providers, which means less stress on limited environmental resources. That kindness toward our shared planet is why TCP continues to be green in all our business practices.

Improved Employee Health

When you choose office LED light fixtures that mimic sunlight — like the TCP SOListic series — you’re helping improve the overall health of your employees. The cutting-edge technology we embedded in our SOListic light bulbs eliminates the blue light spikes you see in earlier LED iterations, leaving only bright, natural-looking illumination to fill your workplace. Your workers benefit from this improved lighting with stronger circadian rhythms that help them stay focused and engaged at work while getting better sleep at home. And healthier employees tend to translate to a healthier company image and bottom line.

Higher Productivity

Upgrading from fluorescent office ceiling light fixtures to LED alternatives can amp up your employees’ work output. Once you understand the psychology of productivity with lighting, you’ll easily see how improved lighting can cut down on accidents in the workplace and help your team deliver more in less time — and with a brighter attitude.

Elevated Brand Image

Your business is your brand — and poor lighting does not make your brand attractive to potential clients or customers. Choosing LED office lighting illuminates the clear, modern image you want others in your industry to recognize and respect. Whether that means increasing your business visibility with outdoor lighting or elevating indoor spaces with LED office overhead lighting, your investment will pay off with returns of brand loyalty that rival your most successful ad campaigns.

Modern Office Lighting Ideas from TCP

Now that you have a better idea of how improved lighting can make a serious impact on team performance and accounts payable, let’s dive into our fave modern office lighting ideas for various workplaces. We love the latest LED commercial lighting trends that focus on supporting the health and well-being of employees.

Whether you’re looking for easy-to-install lighting that lets you keep your current fixtures or custom options that blend energy-efficiency with bespoke brand imagery, you’ll find a TCP office lighting option to meet — or exceed — your company’s needs.

Retrofit and Easy-Install Lighting Options

Want to keep all the office light fixtures you already have while tossing those incandescents? Need office lighting that’s quick and easy to install without having to buy new floor or table lamps? Meet Anew Lighting: the Incandescent Lighting Alternative. These energy-efficient beauties should look familiar, as they feature the same A19 shape and E26 base as those old incandescents. They also deliver the soft glow you loved from those old bulbs, but the similarities end there. We made TCP Anew light bulbs with cutting-edge LED innovations that stay cool while emitting full-spectrum illumination without blue light spikes. They have a high Color Rendering Index that keeps colors looking true, an incredibly long 10,000-hour lifespan and perfect dimming capabilities.

Replace fluorescent lamps and ballast in those existing fluorescent strip fixtures with our LED General Purpose Strip Retrofit Kits. Browse 4- and 8-foot options that are easy to install and deliver bright, uniform office lighting with a long lifespan.

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It’s not just about making sure people can see your products, though that is important. The best commercial lighting systems do more than illuminate. They create an atmosphere that appeals to your targeted demographic, encourages browsing and supports your brand identity.

In fact, choosing the right store lighting means understanding how light impacts psychology and mood in showrooms and stores. Lucky for you, the pros at TCP are obsessed with the ways people respond to different types of light, making us your go-to resource for selecting retail store lighting that adds brilliance to your boutique, grocery, discount outlet or other brick-and-mortar shop.

Let’s dive into the bottom-line benefits of switching to LED lights, our pro tips for designing effective retail store lighting and some suggestions for commercial LED lighting options that suit various retail spaces by size, aesthetic and more.

Benefits of Quality Retail Lighting

With our wide array of high-quality retail systems of LED illumination, it’s easy to see how TCP levels up your business. Opting for LEDs saves you money on utility bills, saves the planet with less energy use and saves your employees time replacing bulbs with longer bulb lifespans.

Here are three more important benefits that your business will enjoy when you choose top-quality TCP commercial LED lighting:

1. Increased Brand Visibility

Shoppers can’t support your business if they can’t find it. But if you make increasing business visibility with outdoor lighting a priority, people will recognize your brand instantly as they drive or walk by — and more of them will walk through the door looking to spend money. From wall-washing floodlights to overhead lights that flood walkways with color, our exterior commercial lighting fixtures help you increase brand visibility in creative ways.

2. A More Inviting Atmosphere

A well-lit retail space welcomes shoppers in and encourages them to stay, upping the odds that they’ll buy something. Whether it’s the pendants in your storefront, the warm glow in your showroom or the bespoke ceiling panels that create a cohesive brand message, we have unique lighting ideas to enhance your business with an inviting and alluring atmosphere.

3. Better Safety for Customers and Employees

When is retail lighting more than just a collection of light bulbs? When it enhances the safety and health of your employees and customers! From emergency exit lights to LED commercial lighting with built-in emergency backup batteries to PurEssentials lighting that kills germs, TCP brings you multitasking retail lighting options that create healthier, safer experiences for shoppers and workers.

How to Design Retail Store Lighting

We love that one of the biggest trends for LED commercial lighting in 2023 is “human-centric lighting.” That means embracing retail lighting design principles that support the health and well-being of the people who will work and shop in the space. To achieve retail lighting that fulfills this goal while keeping expenses in check, you’ll need:

Ambient, Accent and Task Lighting

Relying solely on overhead retail store lighting leaves your business largely in the dark. You’ll end up with annoying shadows, dim corners and product displays obscured by glare. A layered approach that amplifies overhead lights with accent and task lighting achieves more even ambient light and focused illumination exactly where you want it. Whether you adjust track lighting to aim at specific products, use spotlights for colorful effects or embrace the stylish look of our Accents Series pendants in commercial spaces, choosing a variety of store lighting options works best.

The Right Color Temperature and CRI

Your customers need to see the colors and details of your products very clearly. If a paint sample, sweater or sofa looks one color in the store and a different color at home, you’ll end up with a huge headache in your returns department. This is where the color temperature and color rendering index (CRI) of your commercial lighting system comes into play. Warm color temps create a welcoming glow, but they can skew object colors with red or yellow tints. Cooler color temps tend to reflect truer object colors, but they can seem harsh or sterile. Our latest Anew LED Lighting, the incandescent alternative, delivers the full spectrum of light without glare or blue light spikes, keeps colors true to themselves and works in most existing interior commercial lighting fixtures.

Energy Efficient Commercial Lighting: LED vs CFL

Long-term savings are always a business priority. Now that California has banned CFL light bulbs and the federal government is nixing incandescents, switching to energy-efficient LED commercial lighting makes better business sense than ever.

How to Choose Commercial Lighting Systems

Your retail store lighting has to do more than illuminate the space. Shopping is often an emotional experience, so it’s important to understand how light impacts psychology and mood in retail settings. The best commercial lighting systems can direct shoppers to certain areas, improve the appeal of your products and generate feelings of comfort, trust and positivity among your clientele.

As you design the retail lighting for your store, remember that there’s no one commercial lighting system that works for every type of business. Keep these store aspects in mind while choosing the right store lighting for your unique retail establishment:

Type of Store: Standalone vs Shopping Center

If you’re located in a strip mall or shopping center, the property manager likely supplies the emergency lighting for your building — but standalone boutiques need to make sure all entrances and exits are illuminated every day and will stay lit up if the power goes out. And unless yours is a new build, you may need to investigate the dos and don’ts of retrofit lighting that will suit your brand and your budget.

Type of Retail: Store Lighting vs Restaurant Lighting vs Grocery Lighting

Large, open spaces like warehouses and grocery stores need vastly different retail lighting than boutiques and other smaller businesses. A gymnasium or supermarket couldn’t function without high lumen commercial lighting systems designed for lightweight versatility and reduced glare in high ceiling installations. Restaurants and smaller retail stores, on the other hand, benefit from options like dimmable recessed lighting, stylish pendant lights and other interior commercial lighting fixtures.

Type of Aesthetic: Boutique vs Discount Outlet

Your brand aesthetic should influence the retail lighting you choose. If you’re illuminating a big-box store or a discount outlet, vibrant overhead lights with a beam angle that diminishes glare and shadows may be all you need. But if yours is a boutique business, you’ll need to consider more carefully the lighting aesthetics and types of lighting you choose. Mid century modern commercial lighting fixtures create a sleek, timeless look while rustic fixtures bring a more relaxed vibe to retail store lighting. From the vintage-inspired feel of Edison bulbs to the glamorous effect of a shimmering chandelier, use your store lighting to enhance a cohesive brand image.

Type of Application: Interior vs Exterior Commercial Lighting

Illuminating the interior of your business is important, but don’t forget about those exterior commercial lighting fixtures! Our outdoor lights are designed to withstand extreme weather, install easily and emit a wide beam angle for maximum coverage. Whether you need area lights for garage and parking lot safety or landscape lighting options for a brighter first impression, customers and employees alike will appreciate your attention to outdoor retail lighting.

Commercial Lighting LED Options From TCP

Check out all the commercial lighting LED options for retail applications from TCP. Our commitment to innovation and decades of experience designing excellent retail lighting bring the highest value to your commercial lighting systems. Contact us today to get started customizing the retail store lighting design that takes your brand to the next level!

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As an industry leader in technical innovations, TCP is always focused on creating energy-efficient lighting options that make people’s lives better every day. That commitment led our designers and engineers to develop a brilliant line of lighting options that can help reduce blue lighting exposure in homes and workplaces: Anew Lighting.

Read on to learn what blue lighting is, how your mood and sleep patterns can suffer from the so-called blue light effect, and why Anew light bulbs are a smart choice to bring serious health benefits to today’s hottest home lighting trends.

What Is Anew Lighting?

Our latest series of Anew Lighting is the incandescent alternative that redefines the classics. These brand-new LED beauties probably look familiar — they retain that A19 shape we all recognize, as well as the E26 base that allows them to fit into all the fixtures you used with incandescents. In fact, the big difference in these light bulbs is actually invisible to the naked eye, but it’s crucial to how LED light and health are connected.

First, let’s touch on lighting color temperature and why it matters. In the clearest sunlight, we see bright, white light. It includes every wavelength, from the longest red wavelengths to the shortest blue wavelengths. Lights that skew a bit red or yellow appear soft and warm, even from LED bulbs that don’t emit heat. Lights that lean toward the blue end of the spectrum seem “cooler,” which often makes them seem brighter. Traditional incandescents put out warm light regardless of wattage, whereas standard LEDs cover the full spectrum while often producing a spike of blue wavelengths.

We need the entire spectrum of light to be healthy overall, but blue lighting is an excellent example of how too much of a good thing can become a bad thing.

We take in blue light from many sources, including our digital devices. And while getting lots of blue lighting from being outdoors or in well-lit spaces during the day is great, exposing ourselves to blue light after the sun sets can have a serious impact on our overall health. That’s why experts now recommend that we limit our screen time, especially right before bedtime, or invest in blue light-blocking glasses or screen covers.

How are blue light and health at odds? Let’s take a look.

How Blue Lighting Can Affect Your Health

The benefits of switching to LEDs include saving on utility bills, replacing bulbs less often and being kinder to our shared planet. But it turns out that many LEDs are also a significant source of spikes in blue light wavelengths.

Eye health experts point to negative blue lighting effects on our health that can include:

Vision Problems

The retina is the incredibly sensitive covering over the back interior wall of your eyeball. All light that passes through the cornea and lens is absorbed by the retina, where it’s converted into images the brain can process. Too much blue light can cause vision problems that range from eye strain and dry eyes to cataracts and macular degeneration — a serious disease that permanently damages the most sensitive part of the retina, resulting in loss of central vision.

Mood Disruptions

Exposure to daylight helps our bodies produce a healthy level of vitamin D, which contributes to our ability to regulate our moods and emotions. When sunlight is in short supply, like during the shorter winter months, we often notice feelings of sluggishness, irritability or depression. But the reverse is also true: Get too much blue light, and your health can suffer by interruptions to your natural circadian rhythms that often put us in a foul mood or evoke emotional upsets.

Trouble Sleeping

The main problem with blue lighting is how it can affect our sleep patterns. Our bodies tend to be naturally wakeful while the sun shines and sleepy when it gets dark — that’s known as our circadian rhythm, and it’s kept regular when our bodies produce a hormone called melatonin. Exposing ourselves to extra blue light by looking at digital screens after sunset disrupts our melatonin production, which interrupts those natural sleep cycles. And not getting enough sleep leads to a host of health problems, like higher risks for insomnia, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Health Benefits of Anew Lighting

To help reduce blue lighting exposure in homes and workplaces, our engineering pros have developed several TCP natural light and low blue lighting options. Anew Lighting is our latest line that connects the brilliance of LED light and health-focused light spectrum adjustments to produce light that closely matches daylight without blue light spikes.

Improve your family’s everyday experience and overall well-being with these Anew Lighting health benefits:

Reduced Eye Strain

Anew light bulbs deliver 60-watt-equivalent brightness with an incredibly high color rendering index (CRI). That means the light from these beauties covers the full spectrum with that familiar incandescent glow — and the colors of objects and skin tones remain true to themselves as they would under bright, direct sunlight. All this without those pesky blue light spikes translates to less eye strain, meaning fewer instances of headaches, dry eyes, blurred vision and neck strain.

Well-Regulated Sleep Patterns

When we reduce blue light exposure on a daily basis, we are upping the odds that we’ll get a better night’s sleep on the regular. And that means not only being in bed for 6 or 7 hours but sleeping soundly without interruption through all the cycles of sleep. When you get a good night’s rest, you’re not only healthier — you feel ready to tackle the world!

Better Memory, Mood and Motivation

We’ve all been there: You didn’t get much sleep last night, and today you’re feeling super irritable, you can’t remember details about your work, and you have zero inspiration to engage in the activities you normally enjoy. Here’s where the rubber meets the road as far as blue light and health are concerned. Less blue light means better sleep, which helps improve your memory, regulate your mood and spark your motivation. By reducing blue light exposure and protecting your natural circadian rhythms, you’re giving yourself, your family and your colleagues the gift of the very best you.

Staying Healthy With TCP

Check out all the health benefits of swapping those old incandescent light bulbs for Anew Lighting from TCP. You’ll feel better and see a brighter future by nixing the blue lighting effect and embracing the clear brilliance of these blue-light-spike-free LED lights.

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TCP is more than a lighting manufacturer – we are your go-to source for lighting inspiration and design. 

Whether you’re inspired by innovative and aesthetic lighting design, your go-to is timeless lighting choices – or maybe sustainability is your priority – our lighting style guides can help you make sure you’re executing on your lighting project in a way that gets you the beautiful result you aim for, without sacrificing function. 

Lighting Style Guide - Minimalism

TCP can help you create modern lighting with minimalist lighting styles… and achieve maximum reviews.

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Lighting Style Guide – Mid-Century Modern

In this lighting style guide, TCP shows you how to incorporate mid-century modern lighting ideas into your next commercial space.

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