What to Expect from Energy Efficient Projects
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Energy Efficiency projects generate a reduction in company power consumption which can result in an electric bill that exceeds 40% savings.
With a national emphasis to convert to cleaner and more efficient sources of power consumption, utility companies are providing significant financial incentives to help cover the cost associated with an efficient lighting, air conditioning, commercial refrigeration projects. With the federal government also offering tax credits to your business, now is the time to find out the incentives currently available and to conduct an energy audit for the lighting, air conditioning and refrigeration systems in your facility.
Federal and state energy efficient funds are helping businesses and institutions save money, increase safety and maintenance benefits and protect the environment. Click on our incentive page for a list of financial incentives offered in your state.
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Money Savings
Replacing old metal halides with new energy efficient T-5 lighting will not only cut the power draw by 50% but also reduce fixture heat output by 50%, therefore reducing the amount off air conditioning that is needed to maintain facility temperatures and reducing your energy costs even further. Air Conditioning and Commercial Refrigeration systems can also work more efficiently with the installation of low-cost (energy saver) retrofits.
Machine Shop - Connecticut USA
kWh Savings 241,325.44
Yearly Electrical Cost Savings $41,990.00
Utility Rebate Incentive $35,289.85
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Energy Savings
Energy savings are achieved through a combination of replacing the primary working components of light fixtures and/or replacing existing out-of-date fixtures (i.e., halides) with new, state-of-the-art equipment. Additional energy savings can be accomplished by installing occupancy sensors, light intensity control systems, energy savers (retrofits) and others, so that lights can be automatically turned off, or ACs work more efficiently, or Refrigeration Systems work smarter, or light intensity increased/decreased when no one is in the area or when daylight system is available.
Retail Company - USA
kWh Savings 104,901.1 Yearly Electrical Cost Savings $17,833.00 Utility Rebate Incentive $15,139.00
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Safety and Maintenance Benefits
By increasing and/or having whiter and brighter lights in your facility, you are creating a safer working environment for your employees. If on-site injuries are reduced, workers compensation and insurance premiums go down as well. Monthly maintenance costs are greatly reduced by having new, more efficient, energy savings, and/or retrofitted equipment. Lighting components are changed much less often, resulting in less manpower and less material costs.
Fastener Supplier - USA
kWh Savings 76,390.15 Yearly Electrical Cost Savings $13,540.00 Utility Rebate Incentive $20,853.00
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Installation of energy efficient lighting technology will save an estimated 61 Million kWh over the life of the measures. The kilowatt-hour, also represented as kWh, is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power expended during one hour of time.
61 Millions kWh is equivalent to:
- 31,518,693 pounds of coal not burned
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- 4,085,985 gallons of oil not burned
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- 7,365 homes provided with electricity each year
The environmental benefits from such projects are:
- 125,610 pounds of Sulfur Oxides (Sox) emissions avoided
- 33,420 pounds of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions avoide
- 67,534,003 pounds of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions avoided
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