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It's February and Ameren Illinois' Act On Energy ® program is offering a sweet deal!  For all new applications submitted from February 14th through March 31st of 2011 that include electric measures, an additional 15% cash bonus will be added on top of the incentive.  This could improve your project's ROI and increase your incentives for high bay lighting replacements and other non-T12 retrofits.  Since the T12 lighting phase-out program already Read more 15% Cash Bonus for Qualifying Ameren Illinois Lighting Upgrades

EERE News: DOE to Offer LED Lighting Workshop in Dallas http://bit.ly/bPhuTy # Lowe-Martin Group gets kudos for reducing environmental footprint http://bit.ly/cMgYRm The T5 lighting retrofit identified as key component. # NYSEG and RG&E Offering Rebates to Encourage Commercial and Industrial Customers to Become More Energy Efficient - http://bit.ly/d46GTj # Leviton introduces Zipline integrated ballast and lamp holder system for 32/30/28 Read more Latest Twitter Summary

We have just lowered our prices on all of our T8 and T5HO vapor proof high bay fixtures!  These fixtures provide excellent light output even in the harshest environments. The fiberglass reinforced polyester housing includes a closed cell poured polyurethane gasket that completely seals the fixture against humidity, dust, moisture penetration and corrosion. A clear acrylic lens is standard and an optional polycarbonate version is available f Read more New Prices on T8 and T5HO Vapor Proof High Bays

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced support for energy-saving commercial building projects as part of an ongoing effort by DOE to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States. With money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE's national laboratories will select and fund technical experts to provide technical guidance to commercial building owners and operators. The goal of this Commercial Read more DOE Announces New Opportunities to Improve Commercial Building Energy Efficiency

Efficiency Vermont, Vermont's statewide provider of energy efficiency services, has announced a new program promoting the replacement of T12 and HID High-Bay lighting with more efficient technology.  The newLIGHT program is being made available from April 1st to December 31st, 2010, and is offering businesses significantly enhanced rebates for upgrading their old T12 fluorescent and HID high-bay lighting systems to more efficient equipment.  T Read more Efficiency Vermont Enhances Lighting Rebate Program

The deadline to submit your application for Act On Energy's Business Incentive Program and have an automatic 15% bonus applied to qualifying upgrades is the close of business on Friday, April 16th, 2010.   In addition, these projects must be completed before May 31, 2010.  All applications received before April 16 and completed by May 31 that also meet all other program requirements will receive an additional 15% added to the total dollar incen Read more Deadline for Act On Energy's 15% Bonus Is Fast Approaching

We have performed many lighting audits for warehouses and industrial facilities across the country.  In doing this, we have developed a very simple form that captures all of the pertinent information for a lighting audit in a single sheet of paper.  We are happy to share this form with you in hopes that it makes assessing your building's potential for a lighting retrofit easier. The form itself is very simple.  The Customer Information section Read more RelightDepot.com Lighting Audit Form

While doing some research last week, I bumped into this great video that was put together by the folks at ElectricTV.net.  I was surprised to see the logo of one of our sister sites towards the end, so I decided to reach out and ask if they would let us embed the video here.  It's great to see all of the points we've been stressing about T5HO high bay lighting being repeated by a professional organization like NECA and IBEW. ElectricTV.net is Read more T5HO Fluorescent Lighting Video

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. Read more How Induction Lamps Are Made

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 th Read more Benefits of T5 HO High Bays