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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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Plans called for Amazon Hose & Rubber to use 455 watt metal halide fixtures in the warehouse and 4-lamp T8 fixtures in offices of their new 60,000sf facility. To save on energy and to increase the amount of useable light, Empire Lighting Resources suggested the use of 192 watt hi-bay T8 fluorescent reflector fixtures in the warehouse with Viz-A-Lite High Vision fluorescent lamps and 2- 4′ Viz-A-Lite fluorescent lamps in the office areas. Amazon will save about $11,600 per year over what was originally planned for that building.

Originally posted 2009-05-02 04:37:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter