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The benefits of upgrading a lighting system
Financial Impact- Less than a 24 month payback is achievable on most projects
- Utility rebates and tax credits accelerate cost-savings realized and impact the bottom line immediately
- 50% to 100% returns on investment
- Create safer working environment for employees
- Improved productivity
- Lower facility maintenance costs
- Longer lamp life, fewer change-outs, less labor time
- SKU Reduction: Standardized lighting maintenance inventories
- Lower energy consumption
- Carbon dioxide reduction
- Waste reduction
Methods to Upgrading Lighting Systems
- Lighting upgrades are modifications performed on existing lighting systems of a facility or group of facilities.
- Lighting systems include both interior and exterior lighting
- There are a variety of methods to upgrade lighting systems:
lamp and ballast change |
adding controls to an existing lighting system (occupancy sensors, dimming, daylight controls) |
complete removal and replacement of existing fixtures in a facility |
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The Lighting Upgrade Pathway
- Choose the Right Partner
- Experience Matters
- Paybacks of less than 3 years
- Complete Turnkey approach
- Conduct audits throughout facility
- Proposals including ROI and payback analysis
- Specify solutions to meet all application needs
- Investigate rebates, grants, and tax incentives
- Quality installation
- LEED Projects
- Removal and recycling of old equipment
- Get Buy-in
- Implementation Team
- A good partner will have a plan and execute the retrofit in concert with internal stakeholders within facility.
- Get employees involved
- Worker Environment
- Don’t forget the ones who should benefit from the retrofit
- If done properly, workers in a better lit environment will have boosted productivity
- Control, Control, Control
- Put simply, there is no better way to save money and meet evolving building standards than by turning off or turning down the lights
- Dimming saves energy
- Light controls automate savings
- Automated shades reduce heating and cooling costs
- Ensure lamp life considerations (“program start” versus “instant start”)
- Energy Policy Act 2005 (EPACT) control incentives
- How much does it cost?...
Typically $3 – $4/sq. ft. installed - Many options...
- Occupancy Sensors
- Dimmers
- Daylighting controls
- Wireless technology
- Complete system dimming controls
- Dimming Energy Savings Examples
- Dimming reduces power demand.
- The right light actually improves comfort while saving energy. Few people notice when lights are dimmed by 20%.
- Dimming extends the lamp life
- How much energy savings is possible
- Get the RIGHT Solution Mix
- Not all applications work in harmony
- Consider facility environmental conditions
- Temperatures can impact product life-cycles
- Occupancy levels
- Heavy industrial and corrosive environments
- Highly regulated and controlled environments
- Reach higher to realize greater gains…consider every lit space in the facility
- Commercial office space
- Lobbies
- Entryways
- Hallways and stairwells
- Exterior lighting
- The Right Partner will be your guide
- Flip the Switch and Retrofit
- Energy Savings and ROI
- LEED Credits eligibility
- Improved efficiency and productivity
- Environmental impact!
