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The High Price of Light: How Efficient is Your Interior Lighting?
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by keith.
The price of having inefficient interior lighting can be deceptive. While a single fixture results in almost no energy cost, a recent study shows that the fixtures in a commercial building account for 38 percent of its annual electrical usage, which can equal out to thousands of unnecessary energy dollars when the fixtures are inefficient.
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Implementing a Lighting Control System is Key to Commercial Energy Savings
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by keith.
If you own a commercial building, its greatest source of energy inefficiency could be staring you in the face: its interior lighting system. Research shows that a commercial building’s interior lighting system accounts for 38 percent of its annual electric usage; a percentage that, when lamps and ballasts aren’t energy efficient, can equal out to thousands of dollars or more in unnecessary annual utility cost.
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Four Reasons Not to Avoid Scheduling an Energy Audit of Your Building
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by keith.
In today’s energy conscious culture, most building owners have made at least nominal efforts to make their building more energy efficient, of which using lights and appliances only when necessary is the most common. Such efforts rarely impact a commercial building’s annual utility bill.