Recently the International Facility Managers Association, IFMA published a very informative publication, Sustainability " How To Guide" Series- Lighting Solutions. The publication was written by Bill Conley, Managing Director of Pacific Building Care. The author discusses Retrofits in the chapter on Making the Business Case.The United States DOE has confirmed that lighting does provide the quickest ROI of any energy investment. In some cases this is less than a year.
Estimated Savings From A Lighting Retrofit www.commercialledretrofits.com
" A commercial building of one million square feet that uses T12 Fluorescent fixtures would require about 18.000 lamps or 4,500 fixtures. based on a cost of $ .10/kwh, the cost of the electricity would be approximately $348,300 annually. Retrofitting to T8 lamps with electronic ballasts could reduce these costs by 50 percent."
The author provides a chart with a comparison of retrofitting with T8 lamps with different wattage and types of ballast. The largest savings is with 25W T8 with high efficiency electronic ballasts. The energy consumption per fixture is only 68W. This compares to consumption of 172w per fixture with the T12 fluorescent lamps.
To download your complimentary copy of the publication please visit www.ifma.org
More savings could be realized through a LED Light Retrofit. Redbird LED , an Atlanta based designer and manufacturer of LED Tube lights has recently released a new line of LED Tube lights that provide a high quality lighting source with a lower price point than other LED lights available. For more information on Redbird LED and the benefits of retrofitting your lighting please visit their website- www.commercialledretrofits.com.
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