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Empire Lighting Resources® recently completed an energy-efficient lighting upgrade at the Coral Springs Christian Academy’s gymnasium.

Coral Springs Christian was dealing with high energy costs and inefficient lighting levels. Empire Lighting Resources® designers came up with a new lighting layout for the gym. We removed 48 458 watt metal halide fixtures and replaced them with only 36 222 watt high-bay fixtures with enhanced Miro4 reflectors. The reduction of fixtures was made possible by using our Viz-A-Lite® high vision T8 lamps which are 70% brighter than standard T8 lamps.

The result of the upgrade gave the gymnasium 50% more foot candles, better visibility and a 64% reduction in energy. Additional savings were achieved due to reduced heat load. Metal halide fixtures operate at over 200 degrees, the new high bays, slightly above ambient temperature. All told, monthly savings are estimated to be almost $900.00 per month.

As a side note, the operations manager told us shortly after the completion of the upgrade that their teams, playing under the new lights, had won seven straight games. Sounds like a real home court advantage, on the court and in the accounting office!

Originally posted 2011-03-11 12:00:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Highlands Christian Academy, with a student enrollment that ranges from 3-K through grade12, utilizes their gymnasium all day. Due to soaring energy and maintenance costs, Highlands looked for ways to reduce expenses. Empire Lighting Resources suggested replacing their 36 existing energy consuming 455 watt metal halide fixtures with 192 watt hi-bay T8 fluorescent reflector fixtures with Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps.

By replacing the fixtures, Highlands will save over $7,000 per year in energy costs derived from the combination of the energy-efficient fixtures and heat load reduction. Also, a result of the greatly enhanced brightness of the new lighting system, Highlands will need to only light one-half of the fixtures during daily use. This translates to additional savings of up to 80% of their current overall lighting costs.

Originally posted 2009-05-02 13:24:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

 

Empire Lighting Resources, has recently completed a lighting retrofit project for St. Petersburg Christian School. The objective was to reduce soaring electrical costs, provide improved  lighting quaility for a better learning atmosphere in the classrooms and  turn the gymnasium from dull and dark to bright and dramatic.

In the classrooms, existing fluorecent fixtures were de-lamped, and replaced with Empire Lighting Resources VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps, which are 70% brighter than standard fluorescents.  In the gymnasium, all existing 458 watt metal halide fixtures were replaced with 192 watt open Hi-Bay fixtures utilizing Empire Lighting Resources VIZ-A-LITE High Vision T8 fluorescent lamps. 

St.Petersburg Christian, as a result of the upgrade when comparing 2009 to 2010 same month electrical expenditures, saved over $3000.00 in the first month.

Originally posted 2010-07-07 13:02:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources has completed an energy saving and security enhancing project with Anytime Fitness of Tampa, Florida. ELR  replaced the existing energy consuming 458 watt metal halide fixtures with 192 watt hi-bay T8 fluorescent reflector fixtures with VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescent lamps.  

Anytime Fitness, open 24/7, will consume 60% less energy to light their facility, saving over $8,000 per year. The savings are derived from the combination of the energy-efficient fixtures and heat load reduction. Anytime Fitness’s security has been greatly improved as result of the no-glare high vision lighting that enhances what the surveillance cameras pick up.

Originally posted 2009-08-27 12:48:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter