KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT has announced big changes to their commercial rebate program beginning 2015. Instead of using the T-12s as the baseline measurement for rebates, they will be using the T-8s. That is, there will no longer be rebates offered for converting your current T-12s over to T-8s after 2014. So if you have been thinking about retrofitting …
A Smart, Green LED Solution For 400 Watt Metal Halides Replacement In High / Low Bay Retrofits
A Smart Green LED Solution for 400 WATT METAL HALIDES REPLACEMENT in High/Low Bay Retrofits. Installs in minutes. Simply screw the bulb into the fixture with no need to bypass the ballast FEATURES AND BENEFITS No need to bypass the ballast. Instant on and instant restrike Directional light output put more light where you need it. 20,000 Lumens 200 Watt …
What to Look for When You Shop for Light Bulbs
Great information for anyone shopping for light bulbs. We are all used to shopping for Watts. This chart will help you shop for lumens (brightness).
Embracing LED: US Foods Adopts Newest Technology for Freezers
For decades, heat-pumping, energy-sapping high-intensity discharge (HID) light fixtures were the norm in freezers at cold-storage facilities across the country. A few years ago, high-efficiency fluorescent lighting improved its cold temperature performance, sparking a wave of money-saving freezer retrofits. And now, another development: light-emitting diode (LED) technology has stepped strong into the cold-storage arena and flexed its muscle in freezers, …
Innovative Facilities Solutions Deploys First Wireless Orion Tech Demo System at SRC Logistics
Seeing is believing with Orion’s technology demonstration system! The image above shows on the left Orion’s 4-lamp T8(145 watts) full power and the competitor’s 4-lamp T5(214 watts) fixture on right. Orion fixture is putting out 18.3 foot candles and competitor fixture is putting out 13 foot candles. READ MORE
Ameren Illinois Spot Checks Meyer Honda After Energy Efficient Lighting System Installed
Annual energy reduction from new lights equivalent to saving 37,124 gallons of gas each year! As the result of a light-related energy efficient electricity reduction at its O’Fallon Illinois., facility, Meyer Honda was spot checked by Ameren Illinois, their utility company, because of a drastic drop in their energy usage. READ MORE
Orion Energy Systems Apollo® Solar Light Pipe featured on CNN iReport
Orion Energy Systems Apollo® Solar Light Pipe featured on CNN iReport VIEW THE STORY
Three-Pronged Approach Helps St. Louis Area Foodbank Save Money
For the St. Louis Area Foodbank, meeting demand with adequate supply means much more than just reaching a goal or living up to a mission statement. The non-profit organization’s primary and critical objective is providing hungry people with food. And in these challenging economic times, there are more hungry people in the greater St. Louis area than ever before. But …
All LED Products are Not Created Equal
It is common place today for individual LED chips to deliver up to 120 lumens per watt. With the continuous development of new materials and designs, it is not unrealistic to expect the efficacy of solid state sources to achieve 200 lumens per watt in the coming years. This advancement in LED Chip technology, however, is only as good as …
Ameren to Invest $62 million in BizSavers Energy Efficiency Program
Ameren Missouri plans to invest $62 million from 2013 to 2015 in the BizSavers program, part of the company’s 3-year, $147 million plan to upgrade energy efficiency programs. READ MORE