Customer Profile:
Based out of Minnetonka Minnesota, Wallace Carlson strives to create and deliver the finest printing and marketing services.
Goal:
Much like Frattalone from our previous lighting retrofit case study, Premier had retrofitted Wallace Carlson’s HID lighting to fluorescent back in 2007. With eight years passing and the fluorescent lamps and ballasts beginning to die out, it became prudent to consider whether the time was right to move on from the fluorescent high-bays and retrofit them with LED.
Assessment:
The HID retrofit to fluorescent that Premier advised back in 2007 improved light levels and resulted in a one-year payback. But much had changed at Wallace Carlson in eight years. Their facility underwent a renovation, with their floor space reconfigured to compensate for new printing machines that were brought in. In addition to the fluorescent high bays Premier installed in 2007, Wallace Carlson had put up task lighting over the new machines that hung down from the ceiling closer to the floor. This caused the work space to look cluttered. All this meant that Wallace Carlson was not only seeking energy savings and light level improvements, but an improved look of the space by keeping all the fixtures mounted at bar joist level.
Solution:
Considering the mess of fluorescent light fixtures, Premier opted for a clean slate to ensure the space was optimized with LED. All of the fluorescent highbays and hanging task lights were taken out. New LED highbay fixtures were then installed at bar joist levels.
Results:
As the pictures above attest, the work space was cleaned up significantly after taking out the fluorescent fixtures and replacing with LED highbays. Energy costs were cut down by 40% and light levels increased 20%. Payback was set at 3.5 years. The new LED fixtures featured 60,000 hours of L80 performance and 100,000 hours of projected life for reduced life-cycle maintenance costs.
Summary:
- Reduced Energy Usage
- Increased Light Quality
- Increased Light Levels
- Improved Quality Control
- Longer Lasting Products = Reduced Maintenance Costs
- Light Level and Color Uniformity
- Enhanced Image
- Environmental Impact
- Rebates
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