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Losaw Electric, Inc. - Over 41 years in business providing energy savings that directly impact your bottom line. The Financial Benefits of
Take advantage of Xcel Energy rebates and
Federal Tax deductions
By increasing lighting efficiency, you can reduce your lighting
energy costs while maintining or potentially improving lighting
quality. Retrofit lighting solutions are one of the easiest, most
profitable return on investments you can make, typically
35-40%. Now you can receive a tax deduction for installing
energy efficient lighting systems, up to $0.60 per square foot. |
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Replace Incandescent Lighting with Compact Flourescents:
Lamps could be replaced with equivalent compact flourescent
lamps that would put out the same amount of light while using
up to 65% less energy and last up to 10 times longer. Up to 10
years.
Replace High Intensity Discharge Lighting With Flourescent
Lighting:
Changing to fluorescent lighting would provide a substantial
energy savings, up to 70% over HID lighting. Also during low
use periods motion detectors can be used to dim the lights and
then increase the light when an occupant is sensed, increasing
the energy savings even more.
Install Occupancy Sensors in Offices:
According to the Advanced Lighting Guidelines, occupancy
sensors in private offices can produce up to 45% energy savings.
Installing occupancy sensors in restrooms, conference
rooms, and storage rooms would ensure that lights would be
off when spaces are not occupied. This not only saves energy,
it extends re-lamping intervals.
 Carbon Monoxide Control of Garage Exhaust Fans:
If they currently run 24/7, carbon monoxide sensors could be
installed throughout the parking garage to turn the fans on only
when the CO sensor in that area is registering above a predetermined
level. Similar installations resulted in fan run times
reduced by 85% and also extended motor life and reduced fan
motor maintenance.
Solar Energy:
Photovoltaic systems are quiet, and produce clean energy
with no emissions. Installing one kilowatt of solar power is the
equivalent of planting 50 trees: Each kilowatt-hour generated
by solar energy instead of fossil fuel saves 1,911 pounds of
carbon dioxide emissions per year, and six pounds of nitrogen
emissions.
Upgrading the energy efficiency of lamps, ballasts and fixtures
can cut energy costs up to 70%.
| Existing System |
Replacement System |
Existing
System
Annual
Cost |
Replacement
system
Annual
Cost |
Annual
Savings
per
Fixture |
%
Saved |
4 Lamp fixture with
magnetic ballast
and energy saving
T12 lamps |
4 Lamp fixture with
electronic ballast and
T8 lamps |
$68.80 |
$30.40 |
$38.40 |
56% |
400 Watt HPS lamp
with magnetic ballast |
350 Watt pulse-start
metal halide lamp and
electronic ballast |
$208.80 |
$168.75 |
$40.05 |
19% |
400 Watt probestart
metal halide |
320 Watt pulse-start
metal halide fixture |
$297.70 |
$222.30 |
$75.40 |
25% |
400 Watt probestart
metlahalide |
Fluorescent high-bay
w/6-lamp high lumen
T8 Lamps |
$297.70 |
$88.80 |
$208.90 |
70% |
75 Watt incandescent
lamp |
26 Watt PAR 38
Fluorescent |
$30.00 |
$10.40 |
$19.60 |
65% |
Savings by installing Occupancy Sensors
| Occupancy Area |
Energy Savings |
| Private Office |
13-50% |
| Classroom |
40-46% |
| Conference Room |
22-65% |
| Restrooms |
30-90% |
| Corridors |
30-80% |
| Storage Areas |
45-80% |
Starting Point
Losaw Electric can give you a low or no-cost (and no obligation)
ballpark estimate of the savings you could accrue by
upgrading your facility''s lighting with more energy-efficient
technologies.
Decide How to Finance the Upgrade
A wide variety of financing options are available to fund an
upgrade and often do not rely on an up-front cash outlay by
the facility. Upgrade-related loans and leases are other options.
And there are government-sponsored tax deductions for
qualifying upgrades.
Reap the Benefits
Thousands of other companies who have undertaken upgrades
can verify that the savings are real and ongoing. Facilities that
have undertaken upgrades can also bask in the knowledge that
they have contributed positively to the environment as well as
enhanced facility ambience. Could your facility space and bottom
line benefit from a lighting upgrade? Take the low-risk step
of having a preliminary audit in your facility and find
out. The magnitude of the opportunity may surprise you!
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Before the lights were at full energy consumption
levels at all times.
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With bi-level lighting, energy is saved when the
lights are dimmed and higher color temperature
lighting provides for an improved visual environment.
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Gym - After |
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Warehouse - Before |
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Warehouse - After |
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According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting represents
40% of the average commercial building's electric bill.
Lighting provides the highest return on investment and is
generally considered the easiest, most profitable investment
in energy-saving building systems. According to the Energy
Cost Savings Council, energy-efficient lighting generates an
average project payback period of 2.2 years and a 45% return
on investment.
It is estimated that 90% of all domestic commercial buildings
were built before 1986, long before the time when today's energy
efficient products were available. |
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Of these, only 20% have
received lighting upgrades since they were built. These older
lighting systems can consume up to 50% of the total energy
expenditures in these buildings.
(Source: Lighting Controls Association, 2002)
Every watt counts.
For every kilowatt-hour of energy we save,
up to 1.44 pounds of CO2 may be prevented from entering the
atmosphere. A single fixture upgrade that saves 315 kWh per
year could reduce CO2 emissions by
44.1 pounds, which is equivalent
to the CO2 absorbed by
nearly 50 trees.
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