Atlanta Airport Saves $.5 Million A Year

Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has found a way to trim more then half a million dollars from its annual operating costs, upgrade the lighting in it's parking garages to LED lights. Hartsfield-Jackson is replacing all 4,342 of the 210 watt metal halide lights with super efficient LED lights that use only 80 watts. The move will save the Worlds Busiest Airport $500,000 a year in electricity and thousands more in reduced maintenance costs. LED lighting is quickly becoming the obvious choice for saving money by reducing energy consumption. LED lights are perfect in applications that use high wattage lamps, are on more then four hours a day or have a limmited power supply. Consider using LED lights for parking garages, for public buildings or even LED lights for boats and RV's.

Diamond Jo Shines With LED Lighting

Diamond Jo Casino in the Port of Dubuque,Iowa has replaced incandescent down lights in the casinos gaming floor, hallways, reception and meeting rooms with energy-efficient LED lighting. The 188,000 square foot casino has upgraded 750 of its existing down lights to LRP-38 LED lamps from Cree. The Cree lamps will last 35,000-50,000 hours, eliminating frequent bulb replacement and use only 11 watts of power instead of the 100 watts used by the original PAR-38 incandescent lamps. Diamond Jo Casino expects to save more than $46,000 in lighting costs a year along with an estimated savings of 60 hours a month in maintenance costs associated with replacing bulbs. Payback of the initial investment in LED lighting is expected to be one year. After that Diamond Jo Casino will reap an ongoing annual savings of nearly $70,000 for another 3 to 4 1/2 years.
Diamond Jo Casino is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, making it an excellent candidate for super efficient, long lasting LED lighting. LED lights may still to expensive for infrequently used fixtures and lamps. However, in areas where the lights are on for many hours a day, they can pay for themselves in a two years or less. They are also perfect for battery powered applications such as RV and underwater boat lights where conserving energy is a must.

Collingdale Cuts Light Bill In Half

The borough of Collingdale, PA is expecting to cut its lighting bill in half by retrofitting existing fixtures in municipal buildings with energy-efficient LED lighting. Collingdale will retrofit interior lighting fixtures in the the borough's police station, library and school with LED light fixtures from Stouch Lighting, the Aston Pa lighting distributor. Stouch will retrofit T-12 fixtures that use 4 lights with T-8 fixtures using only 2 lights. The lighting retrofit will improve light quality in the buildings while greatly reducing energy caosts and maintenance costs. The project was funded by an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block grant through the American Recovery Reinvestment Act.

Malls Control Costs By Going Green

This well written article by Jennifer Popovec gives suggestions on how retail center owners can greatly reduce operating costs by improving energy management. Miss Popovec gives some key facts about present day energy costs, gives forecasts about future costs and gives suggestions on the best ways owners and managers of retail centers can cut future costs. At the top of this list is reducing lighting costs by switching to LED lighting and using sophisticated lighting control systems. She gives real world examples on ways some retailers are drastically reducing lighting costs and how they did it. I would suggest this article to anyone who owners or manages any kind of commercial building. The facts presented in this article will work for any type of retail, storage or office building. Restaurants and hotels can further reduce lighting costs by switching to energy efficient underwater LED dock lights.

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