LIGHTING UPDATE October 17, 2014 Eddie McKnight, Instructor TOUCHSTONE ENERGY COOPERATIVES

LIGHTING UPDATEOctober 17, 2014

Eddie McKnight, InstructorTOUCHSTONE ENERGY

COOPERATIVES

Things are Changing FastFuturist Jim Carroll

2014 NRECA Accounting Conference

7 of 10 preschoolers will work in a job that doesn’t exist today

Half of what a college freshman learns may be obsolete before he graduates

Consumers will soon want to operate their home lighting and electric usage by smart phone… will you be ready?

Lighting – 3rd Highest Single Home Energy User

(www.eia.gov)

Lighting Revolution

Lots of Options

Lots of Confusion Among Consumers

Lots of Messages

Lots of Colors

Lots of Colors

Lots of Styles

Better Prices

Better Prices

BETTER PRICES!!

What Are Lumens?

How Many “Lumens per Watt?”

Color Temperature(Measured in Kelvin)

What To Recommend?Return on Investment?

Bulb Type 1 year 5 years 10 years

Incandescent $6.84 $35.19 $69.39

CFL $6.39 $13.99 $27.99

LED $10.76 $15.92 $22.37

What To Recommend?(Kentucky Version)

Touchstone Promo

Touchstone Promo

Touchstone Promo

Cool Stuff

Cool Stuff

Cool StuffOLED’s?

Final Cool Stuff

Now Available from Touchstone Energy

Energy Efficiency Display Modules

LED-USA special promotion

Technical Lighting Course

Energy Audit Course

NEW: “Essential Energy Conversations” (Two Hour, 3 in one day)*

Service Excellence series

Sources of Information

E-Source

Touchstone Energy Cooperatives

Energy Information Administration (eia.gov)

LEDUSA.com

Lowes

Home Depot

Instructor

Eddie McKnight

eddie@mcknightassociates.net

843.729.6319