In a ‘green’ move to minimise its power consumption and lessen its environmental footprint, Lectrosonics has replaced lighting fixtures throughout both corporate offices and manufacturing facilities.
In the company’s manufacturing areas, 48 400W metal-halide fixtures have been replaced with 48 four-lamp 52W fluorescent fixtures. Additionally, the machine shop offices had new bulbs and electronic ballasts installed in 32W ceiling fixtures.
The company’s corporate offices received equally significant upgrades. One-hundred-and-twenty-six two-lamp, 96W fixtures were replaced with 126 four-lamp, T8 32W fixtures, which dramatically reduce power consumption and improved life expectancy over conventional lighting. A further 125 fixtures have been retrofitted with new electronic ballasts and bulbs.
The lighting renovations implemented throughout Lectrosonics’ physical plant yield impressive energy savings. Where the power draw using the old lighting systems consumed 72kW, the new fixtures draw just 42.6kW – a saving of 29.4kW (>40%).
‘With more and more evidence pointing to strained natural resources and global warming, we all have to take steps to ensure a more environmentally friendly presence in our daily lives,’ says Karl Winkler, Director of Business Development. ‘As a company, we have a responsibility to do our part and be “good neighbours” to those around us. By changing the way we light our facilities, not only do we consume considerably less power, we reduce the heat that results and, hence, lower the load on the air conditioning systems during the summer months. The end result of these efforts is no small matter. The process took several months, cost more than US$30,000, and will take several years to break even – but it’s the right thing to do.’
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