Nevada Saves $300,00 / Year With LED's

The State of Nevada is helping communities save a combined $300,000 annually in energy costs by switching streetlights and traffic siginals to LED lights.Funding for the project is being provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and an Energy Efficiency and Community Block Grant. “The funding allowed a large initial capital investment in LED street lights, which otherwise wouldn’t have been possible in the current economy.” said Fallon City Engineer Jim Souba.

Switching to LED streetlights and traffic lights will allow cities and towns around the state to reduce operating costs. The LED lights will not only slash energy bills, they have an expected lifespan of 15-20 years. The old high pressure sodium bulbs used now last only 3-5 years. Communities will save thousands more each year through reduced maintenance and replacement costs. The LED streetlights also produce a more natural white light compared to the yellow light of HPS streetlights providing better visibility for drivers. They also focus there light more on the street where it is needed reducing light pollution into the sky and neighboring windows.    

LED Traffic Lights Saving Lives, Money

This story out of Massillon, OH tells about how new LED traffic lights being installed in Western Stark County will save energy while reducing accidents. The new signals feature black back plates outlined with reflective yellow tape and brighter, more energy efficient LED lights. The new design is said to increase visibility of the signals especially at night and during bad weather. The 17 watt LED bulbs in the signals are brighter then the older 135 watt incandescent bulbs they replace and are expected to last many times longer. Older incanescent traffic signal bulbs last around a year. The new LED bulbs will last 7 to 10 years. One local resident left a comment about LED streetlights, "I nearly ran a red light when I was unable to decide what light was lit. We have the LED signals in our area. Perhaps I am spoiled." Read the entire story at www.indionline.com.
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LED's Chill US Cold Storage Energy Costs

LED's Chill US Cold Storage Energy Costs

Refrigerated storage and distribution services company, United States Cold Storage, Inc. will save 541,000 kWh Per Year with an LED lighting retrofit at their Tracy, CA, cold storage distribution center. USCS retain an energy audit by SmartWatt Energy, Inc. that recommended replacing all of the lighting in their cold storage room with new, energy efficient LED lighting from Albeo Technologies, Inc. The new Albeo LED lighting, installed by SmartWatt, will not only save USCS substantial amounts of electricity per year, the project came with a utility incentive from PG&E of $69,222 & an EPAct 2005 tax deduction of $117,619.

“As part of our company-wide sustainability program, we conducted an IRR analysis of various supply side energy savings options—wind, solar, etc.—and none of them made financial sense. The paybacks were just too long,” said Danny Dietrich, Project Engineer for USCS. “After SmartWatt proposed their value engineered LED lighting retrofit using top of the line Albeo fixtures, we knew we’d found the right project—the IRR was 35.2% and it’ll pay for itself in just 1.6 years.”

SmartWatt Energy, Inc. is a leading nationwide provider of turnkey energy efficiency solutions. We are dedicated to lowering business’ operational costs through demand-side energy reduction strategies. Albeo Technologies, Inc. manufactures high quality, long-lasting LED lighting products for commercial and industrial facilities.

Dallas Reduces Energy Costs By 60%

The City of Dallas is leading the green initiative in Texas  by converting five downtown parking garages to energy efficient LED lighting. They are setting the standard for energy efficient lighting technology that reduces energy consumption and operating costs. The City expects a 60% reduction in annual energy use and expects to substantially  reduce maintenance costs over the lifetime of the fixtures. Lumetech Group, a leading provider of commercial LED lighting solutions, and Lighting Science Group, a leading American maker of LED lighting, are installing Lighting Science Group’s long-lasting and ultra-efficient Flat LowBay LED fixtures in garages at Dallas City Hall, Dallas Public Library, the Jack Evans Police Building, the freight terminal beneath Thanksgiving Square and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.

“The City of Dallas is committed to acting in the best interests of its taxpayers and to improve the efficiency in which it operates." said Ron Natinsky, Dallas Council Member. "I hope that our actions compel the leadership of other cities and private sectors to follow suit,”

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Better Lighting For 90% Less Energy

Americold an Atlanta, GA based provider of temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics to the food industry that owns and operates over 182 temperature-controlled warehouses around the world, has teamed with Groom Energy and Digital Lumens to install Digital Lumens’ Intelligent LED Lighting Systems at Americold facilities located in Massachusetts, Utah and Wisconsin. The new upgrades produce higher quality lighting and reduce overall energy consumption up to 90 percent or 2.3 million kilowatt hours (kWhs) annually. Over the coming months, Groom Energy and Americold are scheduled to upgrade facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois and Texas. The projects will reduce an additional 3.3 million kWhs and 3.25 million pounds of carbon dioxide annually.

Groom Energy developed customized configurations for each location, managing all installation, system commissioning and training. The design delivers lighting “on demand,” producing evenly distributed high light levels when operators are nearby, then automatically dims to “nightlight” levels after operators have exited the area. The mesh networked lighting system continuously tracks and reports energy consumption and savings. “Americold’s feedback during the development process was invaluable to our successful product design. In addition to broad improvements in light quality and energy efficiency, Americold is also leveraging LightRules management software for a detailed view into the facilities’ operational performance and to measure progress toward company-wide sustainability objectives.” said Tom Pincince, president and CEO of Digital Lumens.

Our teams are very pleased with the increased light levels, functionality and the significant energy savings,” said Americold’s Vice President of Engineering, Fred Walker. “From the earliest days of the project, Groom Energy has been working with Americold to design the most effective and efficient lighting system for their facilities, we have been able to provide measurable savings and exceed corporate objectives for light quantity, quality, safety and the overall functionality.”said Bob Kirby, executive vice president and co-founder of Groom Energy Solutions.

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University Of Miami Evaluates LED's

The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida is working to create a "greener" campus by evaluating LED lighting and other energy efficient products for both interior and exterior applications. The U of M has installed 20 LEDway, BetaLED™ fixtures to illuminate walkways on the main campus and is evaluating LED lighting for interior applications such as conference rooms, hallways and classrooms. Initial installations used for lighting conference rooms and hallways is saving as much as 70 percent on energy costs. The university will use these instalations to evaluate the performance of the LED lighting and other sustainable technologies for future use.

BetaLED, a division of U.S.-based Ruud Lighting Inc., provides the lighting market with high-quality, specification-grade LED luminaires for interior and exterior applications.

Redbird LED's Receive ETL Listing Mark

Atlanta, GA based Redbird LED, has received the ETL Listing Mark for their Cardinal™ brand family of LED linear lighting for commercial buildings. These lights have an internal power supply that allows retrofits of existing fluorescent light tubes. Because Cardinal™ linear lights use the same shape and form factor as fluorescent bulbs old fixtures can converted to LED by simply bypassing the ballast and installing Redbird LED linear lights.
The ETL Mark is a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) certified by OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to test products to the specifications of applicable product safety standards. "We are thrilled that Intertek has tested and certified our LED linear lighting products,” said Jonathan Eppstein, President of Redbird LED."This is an important step in our growth to become a leading provider of value priced high performance LED lighting.”

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Cree XLamps Now In Warm/ Neutral White

Cree, Inc. of DURHAM, N.C., now has XLamp XM-L LEDs available in neutral- and warm-white color temperatures (2600-K to 5000-K CCT). In warm-white (3000-K), XLamp XM-L LEDs provide up to 117 lumens per watt at 350 mA and 108 lumens per watt at 700 mA. The neutral-white (4000-K) XM-L LEDs provide up to 138 lumens per watt at 350 mA, 128 lumens per watt at 700 mA and 84 lumens per watt when driven at 3.0 A.
Unlike competing LED's that use large-footprint packages and diffuse optical sources to deliver hundreds of lumens, XM-L LEDs use a compact footprint and small optical source size allowing manufacturers to control light output and place light exactly where it is required. “Cree is the only LED manufacturer currently delivering production volumes of warm- and neutral-white LEDs at these performance levels,” said Paul Thieken, Cree, director of marketing.
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