The original genesis for our business, Dupre Group Lighting Design and Contracting now Clime5
LED Inc., began all the way back in 2002 while we focused on real estate investing —specifically
south Florida waterfront home rebuilds with tropical vacation home rental capability.
After purchasing multiple properties, our team quickly recognized the need for
professional, durable, and comfortable exterior lighting.
Homes, landscapes, and pool areas without impressive illumination clearly
degraded the lifestyle experience we were looking to provide. We
came to understand that achieving a "5-Star Caribbean Resort" like feel only came about with
properly designed and implemented lighting. Without it, no mater how grand or comfortable the property
was the owner or vactioner was to be left wanting at nightfall. Thus began our quest and development
of exterior lighting design skills.
Nearly a year into our "enlightened"
development and after a few missteps along the way by us and by the use of
creatively challenged contractors and builders, we realized that as a team,
our exterior lighting design capability had reached a prefessional threshold.
We proved that our designs were clearly worthy of being compared some of the best in the field and
our implementations could stand the test of time.
For us in Southwest Florida (and maybe the case in most parts of the country), we learned implementing outdoor lighting was better done by our team since:
* Electrical Contractors - are competent with line voltage electricity but had
little to no interest in style or environmental factors we were seeking.
* Landscape Architects & Dock Builders - again are competent in their respective
professions but world class lighting design was clearly not a focus nor a capability of theirs.
* Commercial Lighting Designers & Engineering firms - by reputation are professional, technical,
and competent in lighting design and execution, but individual homeowners and single store front businesses generally were not their
interest or focus --at least on the limited scale that we were dealing with.
* DIY (do it yourselfers) - without an initial and combined professional skill
level in electricity, architectural design, landscape design, pool design, dock design, and
most importantly residential lighting design, this option quickly becomes frustrating and
costly or quality results won't be forthcoming. As we have learned, this approach requires
much patience, perseverance, study, training, and most importantly, the time to see projects
through multiple iterations.
Thus our journey, though as challenging as it has been, has resulted in a team that is both
knowledgeable and capable in the application of light to exterior and interior spaces --particularly
in unforgiving coastal environments and using solid state LED lighting technology.
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