Commercial LED Lighting Solutions Case Study Series – Restaurant Parking – Burger King

GREENandSAVE Staff

Posted on Thursday 17th December 2015

The following case study is an example of the growing adoption of energy saving LED lights for commercial LED lighting solutions across a broad range of applications. If you would like to submit a case study, please contact us via http://www.greenandsave.com/contact_us.html

 

Project: Burger King

 

Highlights: One of 46 New Jersey franchise owned locations

 

Address: 669 U.S. 1 Elizabeth, NJ 07201

 

Owner: Parade Enterprises (www.bkparade.com)

 

Opportunity for LED Lights

 

Exterior lighting consumes a significant amount of electricity for Quick Serve Restaurants (QSRs) that have parking pole lights running dusk to dawn for 12 hours per day. Like many parking lots, this location had metal halide lamps using 456 watts each with the ballast factor. At 4,380h/year the lights each use 1,997 kWh/year. At an electricity rate of $.083/kWh, the lighting cost was $166 per fixture per year and $1,328 across the eight lights.

 

LED Lighting Solution

 

Independence LED provided a 145 watt LED replacement solution that saves 311 watts per fixture for over 68% savings. Given that the lamps last 60,000 hours, they run for almost 14 years and also save on the expensive replacement cost of changing metal halide bulbs with a bucket truck.

 

LED Case Study Results

 

By reducing the fixture wattage from 456 to 145, the annual savings is 1,362 kWh and $113 per fixture. With 8 fixtures, the annual savings is $904. Over the 60,000 hour 14 year life of the LEDs at 12/7, the lifetime energy savings is almost $12,656. With historical 3% average annual increases in energy cost and reduced bulb replacement and maintenance labor, the savings is over $18,600 per location. With 46 locations, the lifetime savings for this franchise owner exceeds $855,600.

 

To find more case studies from this manufacturer see: http://independenceled.com/case-studies/ To see the graphic support for this case study see: http://independenceled.com/Burger-King-Case-Study-LED-Parking-Poles/ For more case studies across the LED lighting marketplace, see LEDs Magazine, one of the leading LED lighting resources: http://www.ledsmagazine.com/_search?q=case+studies&x=13&y=11

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