Impact Data

Many companies have commitments to ‘go green’ to save energy and money. While recycling office paper, eliminating bottled water and teleconferencing are all important sustainable moves at the workplace, none of them will directly reduce the amount of energy an office consumes and is billed for by their electric utility. Retrofitting the office lights to Light Emitting Diodes (LED) however, will have a drastic effect on lowering operating costs and saving energy.

Think about the last time you stayed in a hotel room and went to get ice in the middle of the night. You were most likely able to make it to the ice machine and back to your room without encountering another person. Now think about the light quality of the corridor, although it was just you, there’s a good chance that the corridor was illuminated like a party was going on. Safety regulations require that hotel and lodging corridors remain illuminated…

According to the US Census, the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star, and various private sector reports, there are over 603,000 Warehouse Buildings in America, taking up approximately 10,477,000,000 square feet. These buildings consume 39 Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year for lighting use and are typically operational 49 hours per week (2,548 hours per year).

As state budgets continue decrease, schools are forced to find ways to lower operating costs. Some schools have found themselves in the unfortunate situation where creative programs for students – music, art, writing, etc – must be scaled back or eliminated in order to meet budget requirements. However, instead of cutting programs, schools should consider retrofitting their lighting systems to Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting to reduce operating costs and ‘go green’.

According to the US Census, the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star, and various private sector reports, there are over 72,000 Public Order and Safety Offices in America, taking up approximately 1,168,000,000 square feet. These buildings consume 5 Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year for lighting use and are typically operational 95 hours per week (4,940 hours per year).

According to the US Census, the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star, and various private sector reports, there are over 478,000 Service Buildings in America, taking up approximately 3,388,000,000 square feet. These buildings consume 18 Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year for lighting use and are typically operational 63 hours per week (3,276 hours per year).

According to the US Census, the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star, and various private sector reports, there are over 116,000 Outpatient Health Care Centers in America, taking up approximately 1,053,000,000 square feet. These buildings consume 8 Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year for lighting use and are typically operational 56 hours per week (2,912 hours per year).

According to the US Census, the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star, and various private sector reports, there are over 11,000 Inpatient Health Care Centers in America, taking up approximately 1,865,000,000 square feet. These buildings consume 22 Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year for lighting use and are typically operational 165 hours per week (8,580 hours per year).

According to the US Census, the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Star, and various private sector reports, there are over 667,000 Retail Buildings in America, taking up approximately 10,398,000,000 square feet. These buildings consume 90 Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year for lighting use and are typically operational 65 hours per week (3,380 hours per year).