8' LED Tubes shine for Industrial Retrofits
According to the report by the Department of Energy (Doe), released in January 2012, there are a surprising number of 8' LED Tubes and specifically the inefficient T12 LED Tubes in American Ceilings.
According to the report by the Department of Energy (Doe), released in January 2012, there are a surprising number of 8' LED Tubes and specifically the inefficient T12 LED Tubes in American Ceilings.
State of the Region:
An Open Letter to the Lighting Industry
Charlie Szoradi is the Chairman and CEO of Independence LED, a Pennsylvania-based commercial lighting company that has developed an LED replacement for fluorescent tubes.
Did you know that the average American small business could save as much as $5,000 per year by becoming 25 percent more energy efficient? That’s what a study by the National Small Business Association discovered. It also found that if all small businesses made this effort, greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by 259 million tons -- or the equivalent of 51 coal-fired power plants!
Everyone benefits from people using less energy (besides the utility company’s bottom line), people benefit by reducing their utility cost & the earth and all its inhabitants benefit by having a multitude of positive happenings by reducing our usage.
Today there are more and more businesses switching to energy efficient lighting. Examples of major companies making that change are Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Caesars Entertainment, The Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco, Home Depot, etc. So, why the sudden surge in energy efficient lighting retrofits?
In 2007, San Diego Gas & Electric pioneered an innovative zero percent loan program that allowed businesses as well as institutional and government customers to finance new energy-efficient equipment on their utility bills.
A significant assault on health and environmental protection is underway in Congress.