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Keep Your Outdoor Fixtures
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But Maximize Energy Efficiency with LED Retrofit
Historically outdoor lighting fixtures have been manufactured and installed with High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting such as High Pressure Sodium and Metal Halide. The reaso n for this is until recently HID lighting was the only source that could provide proper outdoor lighting. With advances in technology LED lighting is now the optimal solution for outdoor lighting.
That is great for new construction projects, but what about all the existing buildings and especially all of the building built in the last 5-10 years.  Many times these facilities have nice fixtures in place that do the job, but use more energy than they need to. There are now LED retrofits available where you can keep your existing fixture housing and convert the inside to LED. That is exactly what Premier Lighting recently did at Polaris Industries Inc.
Within the last 10 years Polaris Industries Inc. moved into a recently built facility in Wyoming, MN and in the last 2 years doubled the size with an addition. On the existing facility and the new addition they had nice outdoor fixtures, but they were using HID technology. As an environmentally conscious co mpany, Polaris Industries Inc. worked with Premier Lighting to determine where they could save energy in their facility. Premier Lighting conducted a lighting energy analysis of the entire facility and determined areas inside that they could save energy as well as outside. The results were a payback of less than 1.5 years to convert their indoor HID fixtures to a combination of fluorescent and LED and their outdoor lighting from HID to LED. In most areas outside, Premier Lighting lowered their cost by 80% while maintaining or exceeding light levels!
To see how you can maximize the energy efficiency in your facilities lighting give us a call at 651-490-0886 or email to: sales@premierltg.com.
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 The long life and energy efficiency of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) has sparked excitement from consumers, manufacturers, and energy conservation groups. In fact, the US Department of Energy predicts that by gradually switching to LEDS over the next 20 years, the nation could save around $250 billion in energy costs and cut our lighting electricity consumption by half. That's a big deal!
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Difference Between Energy Star and DLC
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 If you've compared different energy efficient light bulbs, you may have noticed some are identified as Energy Star products while others have the DLC label. Sometimes buyers get confused on what these two energy efficient groups are all about and why some lights have the stamp of approval from one group but seemingly not the other. So, let's clear the confusion by explaining what these organizations do and how they are different from each other. Read More... |
