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LED Saving Solutions President interviewed in NEWSWEEK
By Daniel Lyons
NEWSWEEK
Monday, October 18, 2010
10 BIG GREEN IDEAS - Lighten Up: The best green ideas are ones that save you money, right away, without any kind of government subsidy or legislation. And there’s no better example of that than LED lighting. Sure, LED bulbs cost more than traditional ones. But they also save tons of money on electricity by sipping less juice to make the same amount of light. “If you spend $100,000 to retrofit a parking garage with LED lights, I can save you $100,000 a year on electricity,” says Charles Szoradi, CEO of LED Saving Solutions, in Devon, Pa. What’s more, those LED bulbs will last up to 10 years, so that $100,000 initial investment could deliver $1 million in gross savings. No wonder big companies are jumping on the LED bandwagon, among them Wal-Mart, which announced plans to put LED lights in 650 stores. That deal and others like it are fueling a boom for Durham, N.C.–based Cree Inc., which makes the semiconductors used in LED lights, as well as some LED bulbs of its own. After several years of modest growth, Cree’s revenues have exploded. Sales in the 2010 fiscal year, which ended in June, grew 53 percent to $867 million, and analysts expect sales to hit $1.2 billion in the current year. With numbers like that, no one can deny that environmentalism is a bright idea.
President of GREENandSAVE & LED Saving Solutions interviewed on FOX NEWS
For Mega Job Fair in Greater Philadelphia
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
LED Saving Solutions is committed to educating the community on new career paths within the Energy Economy as well as recruiting the best talent across the country, so we participate in Job Fairs and we are often asked to speak on the range of 'Green' Jobs.>
Designtex Reduces Footprint of Operations to Net Zero
Green Lodging News
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Designtex’s 2010 footprint of 3,336 tons of CO2 will be directly reduced by an on-site LED lighting retrofit at its headquarters. Designtex partnered with LED Savings Solutions of Devon, Penn., to retrofit its New York City facility with LEDs (light-emitting diodes), which will save 71 percent of the energy used by traditional lighting. Besides their energy efficiency, LEDs last up to 80,000 hours and have higher luminous efficiency.
Pet supply store benefits from Go Green Committee
Philadelphia Business Journal
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Main Line Chamber of Commerce is currently recruiting members for its Go Green Committee. The committee is dedicated to exploring ways to improve energy efficiency and reduce environmental footprints. In one recent initiative by two members, the pet supply store Braxton’s Animal Works in Wayne was able to reduce its energy consumption by converting to LED lighting with the help of fellow chamber member Charlie Szoradi, president of GREENandSAVE.com. Dave Braxton invested $19,000 in converting to LED and has since netted $700 a month in electricity savings. That represents a 27-month return on the investment, which will likely accelerate when rate caps are eliminated at the end of the year.
Going green, environmentally and financially
By Diane Mastrull
The Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted on Fri, Dec. 25, 2009
If Charles Szoradi could figure out how to power a car or even a light bulb with his caffeine-free personal pep reservoir, he just might achieve his goal of ending America's energy-hogging ways.
But for now, the 43-year-old Main Line environmental entrepreneur is gaining widespread acclaim and recognition as he presses the case for going green in more conventional ways. In the process, he's trying to make some money.
GREENandSAVE Partners with Race Car Driver Leilani MÜnter
GREATER PHILIDELPHIA, PA - (December 1, 2009) GREENandSAVE, LLC and it's high performance lighting division LED Saving Solutions, is partnering with eco-friendly race car driver Leilani Münter to promote one of the often overlooked but most cost-effective ways to reduce energy consumption - through more efficient lighting.
Philadelphia Sustainability Awards
Nominated by Adam Eisman
2009
GREENandSAVE is a Philadelphia-area based company, and has a website that is one of America’s leading free ‘Green’ home remodeling resources for anyone that wants to save money and the environment as well as create a healthier home and overall lifestyle.
Local Township Explores 80 Percent Energy Savings With LED Lighting
Philly.com GREENandSAVE
Posted on Sun, Aug. 23, 2009
In the United States, buildings account for 40 percent of the nation’s energy consumption. A good portion of that usage, approximately 20 to 35 percent, comes from lighting. The opportunity to lower that segment of consumption is increasingly occurring by upgrading lighting.
Eco Academy plants seeds for home efficiency vocation
Philadelphia Business Journal - by Sonja Sherwood Staff Writer
Friday, May 29, 2009
Steve Clark survived two rounds of layoffs at GlaxoSmithKline, but lost his job as a drug-discovery researcher in June 2008 when his department was reorganized.
Then the stock market tanked in September. And again in October. And in November.