“If you can show us how LEDs create an advantage in the total cost of ownership over fluorescent lights, we’ll choose the LED’s!” A school system in Chicago was in the process of deciding between fluorescent or LED lighting. One technology had a lower price while the other would cost less to ... Read More »
More Ways to Save Energy Than Just Lighting
“Customers are figuring out that they can buy fewer electrons, use them more productively, and produce more of their own, and it’s a good idea to sell customers what they want before someone else does.” Armory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute A client recently told our CEO “we have lots of people ... Read More »
LEDs Spark Energy Retrofit Projects
“LED use in commercial applications is expected to be most apparent in retrofit projects, where older lighting is often replaced specifically to improve efficiency,” Navigant Research Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are becoming a driving force for the launch of commercial property energy retrofits. ... Read More »
The Advantage of LED Lighting Retrofits!
"If I were to recommend one upgrade, lighting retrofits leveraging the emergence of LED use are the simplest for most building owners to execute and provide an easily calculable ROI that will only improve as pricing falls." Gary Brennen - Syska Hennessy Group I read Gary Brennen’s quote last week ... Read More »
The Benefits of Replacing Fluorescent Bulbs with LED Lighting
There are many exciting innovations taking place in the lighting marketplace and most of them have one thing in common – they reduce energy use and expense. Since lighting makes up a large percentage of the energy used in the commercial / manufacturing setting, using cost effective alternatives can ... Read More »
Choosing Energy Efficient Lighting Without Toxicity
The Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) was positioned to become the energy efficient replacement for the incandescent light bulb that loses 90% of energy to heat. As the usage of CFL's grew, the bulb's list of negatives grew also. One of the biggest negatives associated with CFLs is the mercury they ... Read More »