Commercial LED Lighting Solutions Case Study Series – Restaurant LED Tubes

GREENandSAVE Staff
Posted on Monday 21st September 2015
The case study below is an example of the growing adoption of energy saving LED lights for commercial LED lighting solutions cross 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: 1st of 46 New Jersey franchise owned locations Address: 803 Roosevelt Ave, Carteret, NJ 07008 Owner: Parade Enterprises (www.bkparade.com) LED Installation: Q1 2014 Opportunity Lighting consumes a significant amount of electricity for Quick Serve Restaurants (QSRs), especially for ones running 24/7 such as this sample Burger King location. Like many similar Burger Kings that are about 2,400 sq. ft., this one has 35 troffer fixtures that are 2’x4’ with four 32 watt fluorescent tubes, totaling 128 watts per fixture. At 8,760h/year the fixtures each used 1,121 kWh/year. With an electricity rate of $.083/kWh, the lighting cost was $93 per fixture per year and $3,257 for all 35 fixtures. Solution Independence LED provided a 44 watt LED Retrofit Kit solution that saves 84 watts per fixture for over 65% savings. Each fixture delivers 4,400 directional lumens, at bright white 5000K for the Kitchen areas and 4000K warmer light to enhance the dining areas. Results By reducing the fixture wattage from 128 to 44, the annual savings is 735 kWh and $61 per fixture. With 35 fixtures, the annual savings is $2,137. Over the 60,000 hour 7 year life of the LEDs at 24/7, the lifetime energy savings is almost $15,000. With historical 3% average annual increases in energy cost and reduced bulb replacement and maintenance labor, the savings is over $18,000 per location. With 46 locations, the lifetime savings for this franchise owner exceeds $828,000. This project set the QSR efficiency benchmark in 2014. Daylight Balancing “Light Harvesting” Independence LED provides Smart Control enabled external drivers, to automatically dim the lights on bright sunny days, if Burger King chooses to activate the system. For more case studies from this manufacturer see: http://independenceled.com/case-studies/ 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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