Staff Photo by Danielle MooreMark Benson, owner of Southern Cabinets and Lighting poses for a portrait at the new showroom on Gunbarrel Road in Chattanooga. Mr. Benson decided to move the store to the new location between Target and Earth Fare in August 2009.
Mark Benson wants to light up your life.
As owner of Southern Cabinets & Lighting on Gunbarrel Road, Benson said proper lighting is essential. And “proper” now includes “going green” in many cases, he said.
“We have several applications of LED lighting. This is the way of the future in being cost-efficient and achieving great lighting,” he said.
In June 2009, President Barack Obama launched an energy-efficiency effort that would dictate major changes to energy-conservation standards in commercial lamps and lighting equipment, according to www.energy.gov.
In other words, the way we light up our lives will change.