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Empire Lighting Resources recently upgraded lighting at one of Pridgen Realty Managements properties. Many of the tenants were complaining of poor lighting and high electric bills. They had already made the switch from 4-lamp T12 fixtures to 4-lamp T8 fixtures on 50% of fixtures. However, additional savings of 50% were achieved by de-lamping the fixtures from 4 lamps to 2 using Empire Lighting Resources VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescent lamps.

With the switch to VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps, Pridgen Realty  dramatically improved the quality of light. In addition, an 81% ROI and 15 month payback made the upgrade a great investment!

Originally posted 2010-07-08 12:27:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources became an ENERGY STAR partner in July 2008. ENERGY STAR is a joint program between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The ENERGY STAR program promotes energy efficient products and practices in an effort to save money and protect the environment. The ENERGY STAR program was formed in 1992 and continues to work with businesses and consumers on energy-efficient solutions.

Empire Lighting Resources, with offices in Tampa and Ft Lauderdale, is a full service energy savings company that provides their customers with innovative solutions to energy-efficient lighting.

Originally posted 2009-05-06 07:30:46. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources has just completed a lighting upgrade for All County Music of Tamarac, FL. The owner complained of high electric bills and that the store was dark and didn’t show his products in their best light.

Empire Lighting Resources replaced 27 outdated parabolic fixtures in the main store with energy efficient fixtures. Wattage consumption dropped from 192 to 80 per fixture while footcandle readings doubled. This was made possible by using ELR’s VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescent lamps. In addition, Empire Lighting Resources upgraded an additional 60 existing four lamp fixtures using standard fluorescents and two magnetic ballasts in the repair and storage areas with two VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescents and one electronic ballast.

By instituting these upgrades, ELR has reduced the lighting energy consumption, including heat load reduction used by All County Music by over 60%. This translates to a savings of over $4,000 per year.

The employees were thrilled with the new look of the store and the owner happily stated after completion, “you changed the look of my business from regular television to HD”.

Originally posted 2009-10-02 14:18:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

On April 1st 2009, Empire Lighting Resources was approved as a Participating Independent Contractor in FPL’s Business Lighting Program.

As an approved Independent Participating Contractor, Empire Lighting Resources can offer upfront discounts to customers for permanent retrofits up to the incentive amount allowed by FPL which meet their requirements.

Empire Lighting Resources can be contacted for a free energy efficiency audit to determine if your company’s retrofit qualifies for the FPL incentives offered.

Originally posted 2009-06-03 12:58:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources, has completed the lighting retrofit for the 360,000 s.f. Pepperidge Farm, Inc. manufacturing plant located in Lakeland, FL. The energy savings initiative was the first for Pepperidge Farm which has nine production facilities throughout the United States.

The production area lighting consisted of 55% 458 watt high pressure sodium fixtures, 35% 455 watt metal halide and 10% 8′ fluorescent strip fixtures. All HID fixtures were replaced with 224 watt enclosed  Hi-Bay fixtures utilizing Empire Lighting Resources VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescent lamps. All existing 75 watt 8′ T12 cool white fluorescent lamps using 30 watt magnetic ballasts were replaced with 59 watt 8′ T8 VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps using normal ballast factor  electronic ballasts. The result, an average of 52% energy savings per fixture and additionally, dramatic heat load reduction, while providing a tremendous improvement in light quality due to the increased CRI (color rendering index) caused by switching from the yellow tinted low CRI high pressure sodium lamps to the high CRI VIZ-A-LITE  lamps.

In the office areas throughout the facility, all existing 2, 3, and 4 lamp cool white T12 fixtures as well as the 3 and 4 lamp T8 fixtures were retrofitted to 2 lamp T8 fixtures using VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps, enhanced aluminum reflectors and normal ballast factor electronic ballasts. The result, an average energy savings of 65% with again, a much improved quality of light. Additionally, all appropriate areas of the plant had occupancy sensors installed to provide additional energy savings.

Estimated annual savings in reduced energy demand will exceed $116,000 with an additional $73,000 in EPACT tax credits.

Pepperidge Farm will reduce CO2 emissions by 1,412 tons per year as well as a reduction of over 5.3 tons in SO2. This is the environmental equivalent of planting 224 acres of trees or removing 197 automobiles from the road, saving of over 100,813 gallons of gasoline and reducing oil demand by 2,400 barrels of oil.

Originally posted 2009-10-19 12:09:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources recently completed upgrading the lighting at the corporate offices of Sansone Corporation in Deerfield Beach, Florida.By converting the existing four lamp fixtures using standard fluorescents with two energy-efficient VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescents, ELR reduced the lighting energy consumption used by 50%, saving  Sansone Corporation almost $4,000.00 per year in electrical costs.

Originally posted 2009-06-05 12:37:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources has completed the installation of energy efficient lighting at Unisex Salon 21 of  North Lauderdale, Florida.

By replacing the standard T8 fluorescents with VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps, Unisex Salon 21 will reduce their lighting energy costs by over 33%. In addition, the lighting upgrade has created a more pleasant atmosphere for their employees and customers.

Originally posted 2009-06-07 13:55:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources recently completed upgrading the lighting at Regency Travel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. By converting the existing four lamp T12 fixtures using standard fluorescents with two energy-efficient VIZ-A-LITE High Vision fluorescents, ELR reduced the lighting energy consumption used by 50%, saving  Regency Travel almost $2,000.00 per year in electrical costs and a payback of only 8 months.

Originally posted 2010-03-13 15:56:31. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Empire Lighting Resources recently completed a lighting retrofit for Carroll Tire Company’s 80,000 s.f. warehouse. Carroll’s primary light sources were from aging, energy consuming 458 watt metal halide fixtures, 300 watt incandescent fixtures and sky lights. As a result, the facility was grossly under lit, especially on cloudy days or when there was no sunlight. This problem was compounded by racking that is filled with black rubber tires which absorb light.

Empire Lighting resources provided a comprehensive lighting plan that provided significantly more light while not using excessive energy. Empire Lighting Resources used 8 lamp fluorescent Aisle Lighters with enhanced aluminum reflectors in the narrower aisles and 8 lamp Hi-Bay Reflector fixtures in the open areas. The installed fixtures all featured Empire Lighting Resources VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps.

The average energy savings will be approximately $4,700 per year, but more importantly, the facility is much brighter and Carroll Tire has happier and more productive employees.

Originally posted 2009-09-30 13:49:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Stone Medical Group, of Boca Raton, Florida was looking for a way decrease operational costs while increasing employee productivity. Empire Lighting Resources® proposed a combination of replacing the existing inefficient 458 watt metal halide fixtures in their warehouse with our energy-efficient 222 watt open high bay fixtures, retro-fitting the 64 watt U-bend fixtures to 30 watts and de-lamping the four lamp T8 fixtures to two lamp. Empire Lighting Resources® Viz-A-Lite® high vision lamps were used in all fixtures.

As a result, the lighting levels in the warehouse increased from an average of 2-3 foot candles to over 20. In the offices and common areas, foot candles increase over 30%. Overall, lighting savings were over 50%, saving Stone Medical an estimated $500.00 per month. Stone Medial Group was also able to take advantage of the U.S. Government EPACT program, which allows companies to write off a percentage of their energy-efficient projects in the same year. So, in addition to the energy savings, Stone will be able to write off almost 70% of the project cost.

Originally posted 2011-03-14 00:48:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter