No matter the size of a facility, if it’s still using the same lighting it was 10, 20 or more years ago, changing the lighting system represents an opportunity to save energy costs and, most likely, maintenance as well. Two examples follow.
Stewart’s Shops, a family- and employee-owned chain of convenience stores in upstate New York, is saving nearly $78,000 per year in lighting costs after a lighting retrofit installed at its corporate headquarters and distribution center in Saratoga Springs, NY. The project was completed by SmartWatt Energy, an Albany, NY energy-efficiency firm. According to SmartWatt, the project will pay for itself in 16 months.