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Apartment Community Earning 800% Annual Return on $75,000 Investment by The National Lighting Bureau

Watergrove Apartments, a Memphis-area apartment community of 1,002 one- and two-bedroom units sited on a 142-acre parcel that features 25 acres of lakes heeded their advice. As a result of a $75, 000 investment in higher quality outdoor lighting ... ..... more


California School Lighting Design and Evaluation by California Department of Education

A procedure for the prediction, specification and evaluation of visual comfort and visual performance in classrooms, this guide is intended to help school administrators, members of school district governing board, architects, and engineers objectively evalute ..... more


Energy Efficient Fluorescent Ballasts by the California Energy Commission

Recent advances in fluorescent lamp ballast technology have created opportunities for improved lamp performance and increased energy efficiency. Relatively new products, such as electronic high-frequency and heater cutout ballasts, are now widely available... ..... more


Fixture Replacement: Is There an Easier Way? By American School and Hospital Maintenance

Given today's retrofit lighting technologies, it is possible to upgrade a fluorescent lighting system to achieve desired efficiency and visual comfort without having to replace the luminaire. ..... more


IAEEL - There's more than athletics to sports...

Lighting energy consumption in an indoor sports center was reduced by appr. 70% in a recent retrofit in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The installation of occupancy sensors accounted for some 35% of the total savings, and the sensors paid for themselves in a little less than a year. ..... more


Lamp Life (La vita è bella)"

Article in Lighting Futures by Lighting Research Center By John D. Bullough : It\'s not likely that Roberto Benigni will ever make any feature films extolling the virtues of long-life lamps and lighting systems. However, many in the lighting industry recently have been more than willing to discuss this aspect of lighting, and it appears that many more will do so in the future. A growing sophistication about the economics of lighting has emerged, and with it, so has an understanding that luminous efficacy, or lumens per watt, is not the only important variable in designing and maintaining cost-effective, quality lighting. ..... more


Lighting Energy Savings Opportunities in Hotel Guestrooms

Results from a research study at the Redondo Beach Crowne Plaza ..... more


Making Sports Facilities Brighter and More Energy-Efficient by Mike Kennedy

The quarterback fades into the backfield and heaves the football at a receiver near the end zone. Is it a touchdown? Fans don't know for sure, because they can't see the poorly lighted fringes of the playing field. ..... more


School District Uses Lease-purchase Agreement to Finance Retrofit

A district replaced the football field's incandescent lighting with 1,500 watt metal halide, high-intensity discharge floodlights and upgrades classroom light fixtures with new T-8 lamps and electronic ballasts. ..... more


Shining a Light on Savings by Mike Kennedy

Discusses how schools and universities can save energy and money by evaluating lighting systems and changing behaviors. Retrofitting older buildings with better lighting technology and use of natural light are examined. ..... more


The Key to the Benefits of High-Benefit Lighting by NLB

In an effort to cut its lighting energy consumption, Sloan's Supermakets in New York City decided to remove two lamps from each of its four-lamp fluorescent fixtures. The results were displeasing to the chain's executive vice president. The stores looked... ..... more


The Real Cost of Lighting by NLB

Sooner or later, your parking facility will need new lighting. How will you take care of it? If you're like many managers, chances are you will look closely at the bottom-line to ensure you get maximum value. How you perform that bottom-line analysis is .... ..... more


Winning with LED Exit Sign Technology by Charles May

All across the country, America's schools and hospitals are retrofitting their lighting systems in order to conserve energy and save precious dollars. However, while facility managers have been mainly focusing on initial fixture cost, foot-candle levels, ..... more

 
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