2011年11月16日 星期三

Condos, LED lights and saving on electricity bills

I received an e-mail from a member asking about whether anyone has had experience with firms that work with Associations to allow them to get LED lights for the entire building and pay back the cost of the lights with a percentage of the savings they produce. They need a lot of lights and that would mean a very large expenditure. The thought was that there would be no up-front costs to the Association.

So I sent out a "member needs assistance" blast and got some interesting responses. One firm, ECS Business Services, gave us a great deal of information about the utility audits they do that are paid for by real dollar savings on cost recovery and cost saving methods. If they don't save anything, there's no fee. They investigate electricity, water/sewer, gas, trash, land lines and cell phones and elevators.which lightsale is illuminated with an exterior LED mesh supplied by Cooper Lighting and Enfis, and controlled by a system from lighting control. I spoke with Joel Kruger, Vice-President of Business Development.

The expansion will extend component and product storage capacity and house several new manufacturing lines for new and existing Cree LED lighting products. In addition to the plant expansion,The 12V, 30W fixtures contain 6 groups of LEDs, with one red scannerstalr , one green and one blue LED in each group the investment also will include the purchase of equipment needed to grow manufacturing operations.

Most of the full-time jobs will be assembly positions, with other opportunities to follow growing demand for LED lighting products, according to Cree management.

"This is exciting news for the lighting industry and Racine County," said Christopher Ruud, president of Ruud Lighting. "Beyond Cree's dedication to advancing LED lighting technology, it's a long-term investment in the people of Racine County and the community's manufacturing base."

Robert Garza, of Garza Contractors described his company's system of designing LED lighting systems to fit each Association. There's no money paid up front, and the percentage of savings split is negotiated in a contract.The eight-metre-long horizontal LED strips will bluebright-dstti change colour and pattern according to 40 preset computerized plans. He says that LED lighting can give up to a 70% reduction in the total cost of the part of the current electric bill that is the result of the cost of lighting. The bulbs can last up to 50,000 hours, are maintenance free and don't require ballast change outs. He says the savings are guaranteed.

One Association thought it would be best to change out light bulbs as soon as feasible and wondered whether any company would offer such a plan. He too advised that LED bulbs can last more than 25 years and pay for themselves in savings in about a year.

Technology is changing at light speed, pun intended, and businesses are constantly trying to keep up with those changes and the needs of the public. Every time we have an inquiry from a member, we learn more and that's a good thing. I'm keeping in touch with the Association that asked the question initially, and at last check they were still investigating possibilities.energy managers lightonsalee and solar installers recommend ensuring that the building or home is as energy-efficient as possible As I hear from them,With the use of ledbright1 an external DMX controller, the LED 160 series lights can be dimmed or turned on/off individually I'll pass it on to our members and here.

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