Why Retrofit Your Lighting System
ENERGY SAVINGS
Lighting typically represents 30-40% of your facilities electric bill. Many lighting retrofits can decrease your
lighting energy usage by 50% or more while improving your overall lighting quality.
BENEFITS
It’s easy to justify and afford a lighting retrofit project. Here is an extensive list of the benefits associated with retrofitting your current lighting systems.
- Reduce Energy Use
- Increase Light levels
- Enhance Light Quality (CRI and Lumen Maintenance- see below)
- Reduce Maintenance Costs with Longer Lasting Product
- Rebates (Limited Time offerings)
- Increase Worker Productivity
- Improve Quality Control
- Lamp Type Consolidation
- Instant On/Off
- Enhance Company Image
- Environmental Impact
- Safety
- Rising Energy Costs
- HVAC Savings
- Product availability (Magnetic Ballasts will be phased out and unavailable in 2010)
- Tax Incentives-EPACT 2005
LUMEN MAINTENANCE
Your existing lighting may be good to start, but over time the light output decreases and can even change colors.
The following graph shows the lumen maintenance curves of the most common lighting sources.
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