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The Lighting Issues• High Energy Costs • Employee Health / Productivity• Carbon Footprint / Global Warming• High Maintenance Costs • Availability Issues• Compliance with government regulations • Budget Restraints
Energy Efficiency = Lower Energy Cost
Traditional light bulbs and tubes utilize less than 25% of the energy used to convert energy into light, the balance is burned off in the way of heat.
Temperature of Lighting
Lamp Temperature Test
Bulbs Wattage Lumens Life Span in Hours Running Temperature
Promlite LED 7W 700 50,000 87.1°
Ecosmart CFL 14W 800 10,000 134.1°
GE Incandescent 60W 580 3000 196.2°
Promlite T8 4' Tube 15W 1500 50,000 86.3°
GE Ecolux T8 4' Tube 25W 1860 12,000 113.2°
With traditional light bulbs and tubes unused electricity is converted into heat requiring additional energy to run air conditioning to counter the added heat in a room or building. Depending on the climate this could add up to substantial additional costs for each bulb or tube compared to LED lighting.
The Issue – Carbon Dioxide
U.S. Carbon Dioxide – Emissions, By Source
Part of the cause – Wasted energy
In the US, one kilowatt-hour of electricity will cause 1.34 pounds (610 g) of CO2
emission. Assuming the average light bulb is on for 10 hours a day, one 40-watt incandescent bulb will cause 196
pounds (89 kg) of CO2 emission per year. The 6-watt LED equivalent will only cause 30 pounds (14 kg) of CO2 over the
same time span. A building’s carbon footprint from lighting can be reduced by
85% by exchanging all incandescent bulbs for new L.E.D.’s.
Lower Maintenance Cost
With a life span of 50,000 hours or better LED lights last up to 5 times the lifeSpan of comparable Florescent tubes. The results are fewer maintenance hours used changing bulbs.
Budget FriendlyEnergy Management Contract
Services include:
• Energy efficiency audit• Energy conservation project design• Retrofit current lighting to energy
efficient LED lighting• Operation maintenance• Training• On going conservation monitoring
Benefits include:
• No upfront cost• No maintenance cost• No replacement cost during
Contract period• Minimum 10% savings from first
month• Not a loan• Lifetime warranty