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Southwestern Suppliers is a 50 year old wholesale supplier of construction materials to the commercial building trade. It currently employs over 80 people.

Their 36,784 sq. ft. was lit by 458 watt metal halide and high pressure sodium fixtures. The warehouse, however, was still inadequately lit causing issues with the shipping of wrong materials. There was also the desire to reduce the energy consumption as their electric bill grew.

The solution to both concerns were met with the installation of 192 watt 6-lamp Hi-Bay Reflector fixtures using Empire Lighting Resources Viz-A-Lite high vision fluorescent lamps.  The impact was immediate with the improved lighting dramatically reducing the number of mistakes on orders.  There was also a tremedous energy savings which is currently over $25,000 since the lighting was installed.

Southwestern Suppliers looks forward to implementing similar strategies for their additional locations.

Originally posted 2009-05-21 03:51:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

This existing, Pump It Up, franchise was suffering from being severely under-lit.  Customers had complained how dark and shadowy it was in many areas of the main play arenas.  Ownership learned that several customers had decided to go to other, more distant, locations because of this condition.  The loss of revenue became noticeable.  The client was using 250 watt metal halide and 8′ 2-lamp strip fixtures.

Empire Lighting Resources implemented a lighting plan that brought the arenas up to the lighting standards required by the corporate office, while saving the owner energy dollars. All metal halide fixtures were replaced with 6-lamp hi-bay reflector fixtures using Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps.  The 8′ strip fixtures were repositioned and retrofitted with both an enhanced aluminum reflector and Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps to better utilize the light.  This dramatically changed the brightness of the arenas, eliminating the shadowing and dark areas.  This was all accomplished with a 20% energy reduction.

In the non-arena areas ELR took the 2 x 4 lay-in fixtures from 4 lamps to 2 lamps per fixture using Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps. This resulted in a 50% energy reduction.

Originally posted 2009-05-02 09:49:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Alro Metal Services was seeking ways to improve production while lowering costs. Empire Lighting Resources responded by de-lamping their 4-lamp 4′ T12 fixtures with 2 T12 Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescents which reduced energy consumption by 50%. We also replaced the 455 watt metal halide fixtures in their production/warehouse areas with 192 watt hi-bay T8 fluorescent reflector fixtures and Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps. Yearly savings derived from these changes will allow Alro Metal Services an energy savings of almost $10,000 per year.

Originally posted 2009-05-02 06:35:31. 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

Pinnacle Building Group, Inc., a cabinet manufacturer, was looking for ways to curb office energy costs and to improve the lighting in their manufacturing area.  The manufacturing area was under-lit and needed additional fixtures, while the office needed a better quality of light. By using Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps, Empire Lighting Resources was able to reduce from 4 to 2 T12 lamps in each of the office ceiling fixtures.  This change resulted in an energy savings of 50% while increasing the usable light. In the manufacturing area, Empire Lighting Resources increased the number of 8′ fixtures from 4 to 12. The 2-lamp T12 fixtures, with Enhanced Aluminum reflectors were re-configured to best light the critical work areas.  The manufacturing area benefits included greater productivity, increased safety, decreased errors and injuries.

Originally posted 2009-04-02 13:31:06. 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

Empire Lighting Resources has just completed the makeover of Badar’s Hair ‘N’ All, a full service hair salon. The staff regularly complained about the poor lighting. The owner thought she had solved the problem by adding more fixtures and still more fixtures until the salon looked cluttered.  ELR, using VIZ-A-LITE High Vision lamps, implemented a design to give the staff the light needed to do their detailed work and reduce the layers of light fixtures. 

The result of the makeover is a brighter, less congested and more pleasant atmosphere for both the employees and patrons.

Originally posted 2009-09-29 11:20:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Continental Manufacturing was looking for ways to improve on their poor lighting while lowering their soaring energy costs. By using Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps, Empire Lighting Resources was able to reduce from 4 to 2 T8 lamps in each of the office ceiling fixtures. In the warehouse, they replaced 455 and 1080 watt metal halide fixtures with 192 and 256 watt hi-bay T8 fluorescent reflector fixtures and Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps. Although the warehouse was not air conditioned, the employees working conditions were greatly enhanced due to the reduction of heat discharged from the metal halides. Between the offices and the production/warehouse areas, Continental will save approximately $9,500 per year.

Originally posted 2009-05-02 07:33:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Atlas Party Rentals, an event planning company based in Boynton Beach, Florida was looking for ways to increase productivity, light quality and reduce energy costs. Color matching was very important as they create theme settings and linens for their clients.

Empire Lighting Resources®, using our five year guaranteed Viz-A-Lite® high vision lamps, was able to de-lamp all of the four lamp T12 lay-in fixtures, reducing wattage from 192 watts to 96 watts per fixture. Also, all of the 8’ T12 fixtures were retro-fitted to 8’ T8, reducing wattage from 185 to 103 per fixture. With the changes, Atlas Party Rentals lighting costs were reduced by over 50%.

In addition, Atlas financed the entire project for two years with no out of pocket costs. The monthly payments were paid for by the savings generated by the lower energy costs. After the two years, Atlas will have over $200.00 per month in energy savings.

Originally posted 2011-03-30 09:50:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

This, Pump It Up, is a new franchise location with a build out that had to meet specific lumen requirements as per the corporate guidelines.

The original plans developed to meet these lighting minimums called for 138 (2-lamp T8) fixtures in the 2 main activity arenas.  In the non-arena areas the plans called for 57 (4-lamp T8) lay-in fixtures.  The owners were concerned about energy consumption and the maintenance cost required on so many fixtures, especially with a 19′ ceiling height.  Empire Lighting Resources was called in to re-evaluate the lighting plan.

We determined that the 2 arenas could be effectively lit with 42 (4-lamp) hi-bay reflector fixtures using Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps. This accomplished two areas of savings; first, the originally proposed energy consumption was reduced by 40% and secondly, the cost of the build out, including installation labor and materials was reduced by thousands of dollars.

In the non-arena areas we used 54 lay-in fixtures using 2-F40T12 Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps with electronic ballasts.  These changes reduced their energy consumption from 128 watts to 81 watts per fixture without a loss in lumens.  Empire Lighting Resources reduced the originally planned 195 fixtures to 96 while meeting or exceeding the corporate office’s lighting requirements.

This new, Pump It Up, location will save approximately $18,000 over the next 3 years in energy and standard lamp replacement costs.

Originally posted 2009-05-02 08:31:46. Republished by Blog Post Promoter