Archive for March 2010

I was just recently sent a link to Shanghai Hong Yuan Lighting & Electric Equipment Company Ltd, a professional ISO certified LVD induction lamp manufacturer located in Shanghai. The company provides a wide variety of induction lamps and fixtures. They also have a fantastic video that was filmed by the Discovery Channel that shows how induction lamps are made.

• Happy horses in PA will soon be trotting under new T5HO riding arena lights from http://RelightDepot.com. #
• Great article: "Energy Efficiency: the Industrial Sector’s Best Friend" | EE Global 2010 Blog http://tinyurl.com/ycgvbkw #

• Scientists propose naming a unit of electricity savings after Bay Area physicist Arthur Rosenfeld. – SJ Mercury News http://bit.ly/aCbmV1 #
• 1 Rosenfeld = electricity savings of 3 billion kWh/year, equivalent to the annual generation of a 500 megawatt coal-fired power plant #
• Metrus Energy: Efficiency With No Up Front Costs! Another Energy Efficiency Financing Alternative http://bit.ly/aa7jWy. Call us for details. #
• In the market for new aircraft hangar lighting? We can help! Lowest prices and free lighting design. http://relightdepot.com/hangar-lighting #
• #FollowFriday @ReutersGreenBiz Thanks for following us, too! #
• @CarbonContest Thanks for adding us to your list! #
• Here's one from EC&M: Survey Shows Big Gap Between Awareness and Adoption of Green Lighting Technology http://bit.ly/a7ZCTL #
• Very good article on carbon markets in Europe: Carbon Markets: Trading to Stop Climate Change « Triple Pundit http://tinyurl.com/ykwt9tj #
• I spotted these while driving between client facilities in N. Ohio. There's something majestic about a wind farm. http://twitpic.com/195on0 #
• Toshiba ends production of general-use incandescent lamps – LEDs Magazine. http://bit.ly/96CvPz #
• Interesting companies featured in Wired Science's 10 Companies Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure. http://bit.ly/9gSXlK #

For far too long, the standard for lighting warehouses, industrial facilities, manufacturing facilities and other high ceiling height applications has been the 400 Watt Metal Halide fixture. Advances in ballast technology and the improvements of the T5 High Output (T5 HO) Linear Fluorescent lamp have led to many new light fixtures that are targeted specifically to replace old HID high bays.

The following article details the many benefits that the T5 HO high bay fixture offers over traditional 400 Watt Metal Halide high bays.  These include energy efficiency, improved lumen maintenance, instant start, more usable and better quality light and improved color characteristics.  To find out if T5 HO high bay fixtures are the best choice for your application, don’t hesitate to contact us.
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• Great photos of T5HO high bay #lighting in NYT's "Tons of Machinery…" wind turbine mfg Slide Show. Check no. 2,4 & 9 http://nyti.ms/bu8voF #
• DOE issues Blanket Waiver to ‘Buy American’ for lighting products. Fluorescent ballasts included. Via NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9SRjYn #
• The Home Depot sets energy use and greenhouse gas emissions targets for self and entire supply chain. http://bit.ly/92qwrn #
• FPL Group to bolt 75 MW solar thermal array on to nation's largest fossil fuel plant in innovative hybrid design. http://nyti.ms/bPHe0q #
• New Jersey is getting 96,000 Induction Street Lights thanks to $50M PSE&G infrastructure project. http://bit.ly/8Z6g9d #

The vast majority of existing warehouse space in the US is lit with inefficient high intensity discharge or magnetically ballasted T12 fluorescent light fixtures.  Unfortunately, lighting is one of the few areas that is often overlooked when investigating cost reduction opportunities.  Owners and managers blindly budget tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for utility bills without realizing that switching to more energy efficient warehouse lighting can provide a tremendous opportunity to reduce energy demand and therefore cut utility costs.  Many believe that the only option to lowering the electric bill is to shut off all the lights in the facility which results in an unsafe work environment.  We have had major advances in lighting technology that allow for warehouses lighting systems to be optimized for bulk storage and rack aisle applications.

This application guide outlines warehouse lighting requirements and best practices and gives practical examples you can use as a basis for your warehouse lighting retrofit project.  As with our gymnasium lighting application guide, we will use examples to illustrate these guidelines that are based on typical warehouse layouts.  If you have any questions or need any clarifications, don’t hesitate to contact us.

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• @heatherwestpr thanks for adding us to @heatherwestpr/energy. I'm in very good company over there. Great list! #
• In DC on 3/10? Check out the Great Energy Efficiency Day event hosted by @ToSaveEnergy. Wish I could go: http://bit.ly/clMNzQ #
• Energy Efficiency Must Be at the Center of International Climate Change Approaches in 2010 « EE Global 2010 Blog http://bit.ly/9BaLzh #
• How To Cut Costs Through Energy Efficiency > Triple Pundit http://bit.ly/bqU0X2. Lighting retrofits have fastest ROI. #
• Walmart to cut supplychain emissions by 20MT & already oversees energy audits and retrofits at its suppliers’ factories http://bit.ly/bWn6wb #
• We're helping a small gym in Dallas,TX improve light levels with just 12 6-lamp T5HO gym fixtures. We can help you too: http://bit.ly/9LLD4c #