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WESCO Solutions Create a Healing Environment
- Customer need
- Quickly and cost-effectively renovate and expand the Poly-Trauma Rehabilitation Wing of a Hospital expecting a large influx of new patients from Iraq and the war in Afghanistan.
- Issues
- Limited funding and tight time frame
- Approach
- Assist client in a consultative renovation process to update new wing with latest state of the art lighting system
- Solution
- WESCO lighting specialists developed a creative plan using a design capabilities approach, (lumen per square foot related to dollars per fixture and energy savings). resulting in addressing all their project electrical needs (approximately $70,000+)
- Value to Client
- Opened the new wing on time and under budget to rave reviews of the facilities department, staff, soldiers and their families. Solution gave the space a strong sense of wellness and a healing environment that will have more positive outcomes according to the staff. WESCO capabilities / value add savings of the project for the customer was $30,000+.
WESCO Energy Audit provides a 427% return on investment
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- Customer need
- Opportunity to reduce energy costs at a hospitality inn built to house family members of ill patients.
- Approach
- WESCO partnered with Philips Lighting to execute a lighting audit
- Solution
- New lamps were installed in all the down lights, table lamps, and chandeliers, converting all existing incandescent lamps to compact fluorescents.
- Value to Client
- Savings of approximately $90,000 over the life of the lamps resulted in a 3 month return on the client’s investment of 427%. Additionally, the client realizes that there is an energy savings opportunity in all facility locations within this healthcare system.
