Unbeleavable difference at The Cleveland Plain Dealer!!

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is Cleveland's largest news paper.  Recently we did a small lighting retrofit project for them in one of their hub sites.  The hub site is were all of the printed papers are sent to, the people who distribute them will sort and bag each paper here before going out to deliver them.

We replaced the 400 watt Metal Halide fixtures with energy efficient T5 fluorescent fixtures.
Each of the florescent fixtures has 4 bulbs in them with a rating of 179 watts.  Compare this to that the energy rating of a metal Halide fixture with the bulb and ballast draw of about 465 watts per fixture.  The T5 bulb also has a life expectency of 30,000 hours as compaired to only 15000 hours for the Metal Halide. 

The bulbs last twice as long...current pricing is about $4.00 retail per T5 bulb as compaired to about $35.00 for a metal Halid bulb. 

As you can see from the video the light out put is much much better with the T5.  The new bulbs cost a fraction of what the metal halide bulbs do to run, and purchase while giving off a much briter whiter light.  If you have a warehouse at your work or perhaps you own a ware house you certainly should consider upgrading the lighting system. 

The Government is also adding to the incentive to install this type of energy effecent upgrade.  With this system if Epact is met, expect as much as .60 cent per square foot back from the government.  There is more information at The Emc2 Group for your reference.