Lighting Services in Ogunquit, Maine

Exterior lighting in Ogunquit has to cope with salt air on almost every lot. Fixtures in solid brass, copper or marine-grade coated finishes with sealed lenses hold up far better than standard steel, and outdoor boxes need gaskets and in-use covers. On older cottages and guest houses, lanterns and sconces that suit the building's age look right and can still use efficient LED lamps. Shielded fixtures that aim light down keep glare off neighbors on the village's tight lots and off the water, which matters in a town where the shoreline itself is the main attraction.

Inside, cottages and older inns often have low ceilings, plaster and beams that call for careful fixture choices, such as surface-mounted LED lights, low-profile recessed fixtures rated for insulation contact, and under-cabinet lighting in small kitchens. Homes and units from the 1980s and 1990s are usually easier to update with recessed lights, dimmers and ceiling fans. For seasonal homes, smart switches and timers let owners run lights on a schedule through the winter, and motion lighting at entry doors helps caretakers who arrive after dark. Replacing old halogen track lights and incandescent fixtures with LED also reduces heat in small rooms during summer, when many of these houses are full.

Security lighting on garages, parking areas, sheds and long driveways helps on the wooded roads away from the village center. Low-voltage landscape lighting along stone paths and garden beds is safer to run through planting beds and can sit on a photocell or timer. Where a project changes the outside of a building that goes before the Planning Board, the Ogunquit Historic Preservation Commission's design review may apply. Goodnow Electric installs recessed, under-cabinet, outdoor, landscape and security lighting, ceiling fans, dimmers and controls, and files the electrical permit the town requires for new work. Inns and guest properties along Shore Road and in the village often benefit from LED retrofits of walkway, parking and sign lighting, which cut power use through the long summer season.