Elegant Illuminations | a Denver Lighting Blog

Denver: The second most Gentrified city in the U.S.

A study conducted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition has revealed that Denver is the second most gentrified city in the United States. The study found out that gentrification was not only contributing to the growth of the city but also impacting the lives of people.

Posted in July 2020 by Matt Holovach

How Different Countries Celebrate (or Don't Celebrate) Christmas

Christmas is traditionally a religious celebration for the birth of Jesus Christ. Throughout the years, it has become a more secular holiday that is celebrated on a much more cultural level. It has become a season of giving and cheer, and is even celebrated throughout the month of December in ...

Posted in May 2020 by Matt Holovach

How to Flock a Christmas Tree

Getting the Christmas tree just right takes patients and a little knowledge. One thing that helps lift the spirits during the holidays is having a snowy tree. This is the reason you should learn how to flock your tree, which the following will help with.

Posted in May 2020 by Matt Holovach

How to Care for a Christmas Cactus

Having beautiful flowering plants in the home can definitely add to its ambiance. There are so many options to choose from. Christmas cacti are certainly a worthwhile choice. When properly maintained, these plants will bloom multiple times a year and their bright, festive flowers can be enjoyed all year long.

Posted in April 2020 by Matt Holovach

LED vs Halogen Lighting on a Job site

Most people use different types of bulb-based lighting on their job sites. Although LED technology was started several years ago, very few construction companies have taken up the technology. The truth is that LED lighting has a lot of advantages.

Posted in April 2020 by Matt Holovach

16th Street Mall Reconstruction Rising Concerns

In 2019 there were reports of an ambitious project to reconstruct the 16th Street Mall. The reconstruction work included among other things the removal of the median from the 1.2-mile stretch that lies between Broadway and Market street in order - to create more space on both sides of the ...

Posted in March 2020 by Matt Holovach

Current Denver Warehouse Projects

Denver is growing, and real estate development in the area is flaming hot in 2020. What’s happening? What does it mean for developers, businesses, employees, and consumers? Let’s take a look.

Posted in March 2020 by Matt Holovach

Use of LED lighting to kill germs

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has published the results of research regarding the use of continuous disinfection technology using ultraviolent LED emission in the UV-A ban. The research used Solid-state lighting (SSL) luminaries obtained from GE current which appeared to destroy pathogens on the surface after ...

Posted in February 2020 by Matt Holovach

How Long Do Christmas Trees take to Grow?

There is a high demand for Christmas trees in the United States every year. People purchase millions of these trees during the Christmas holiday.

Posted in January 2020 by Matt Holovach

Christmas Traditions Around the World

Christmas is one of the world’s biggest and most celebrated holidays. This holiday honors the birth of Jesus Christ and good will toward all people. Millions of people from different cultures, different religious beliefs and different ideologies enjoy the Yule Tide season in their own unique way. We will now ...

Posted in January 2020 by Matt Holovach

UCSB sues 5 Huge Retailers over LED Light Bulbs

LED lighting is quite popular in many venues these days including trendy restaurants and other places of food and drink. This type of LED lighting is the bulb that has clear glass and surrounds the lit filament. Even though they are fashioned according to the ones that Thomas Edison had ...

Posted in August 2019 by Matt Holovach

Will Delaying Tariffs Save the Christmas Shopping Season?

With the Christmas shopping season quickly approaching, many retailers have been worrying about President Trump's proposed tariffs on China and how they will affect sales this season. With this in mind, earlier this month President Trump decided to delay the imposition of tariffs on certain Chinese-made goods from September 1 ...

Posted in August 2019 by Matt Holovach

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