This month, we will explore an innovative installation of lighting controls at the General Motors Design Dome.
Watches of Switzerland, Regent Street Project Wins 2015 IES Lighting Control Award
The Lighting Control Innovation Award was created in 2011 as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program, which recognizes professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. LCA is proud to sponsor the Lighting Control Innovation Award, which recognizes projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications. This month, we […]
LCA TV: GE’s Customized Retail Lighting
Discover how GE Lighting will enhance the retail store visit experience through customizable lighting solutions developed to help customers have a more engaging shopping experience. Learn more here.
NCL Showroom Wins IES Lighting Control Innovation Award Of Merit
The Lighting Control Innovation Award was created in 2011 as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program, which recognizes professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. LCA is proud to sponsor the Lighting Control Innovation Award, which recognizes projects that exemplify the effective application of lighting controls in nonresidential spaces. This month, we […]
Cabela’s Streamlines Design Process While Improving Efficiency
Cabela’s streamlined the design and construction process while improving both energy management and energy efficiency using Schneider Electric’s lighting controls. Click here to learn more.
LCA TV: Wal-Mart Saves Energy with Daylight Harvesting
Learn how retail giant is saving energy by investing in energy-efficient building systems, including daylight harvesting dimming systems responsible for saving the company an estimated $50 million each year.
Universal Lighting Technologies Targets Supermarkets With Major Savings Per Square Foot
Universal Lighting Technologies is targeting grocery store facilities with the opportunity to slash monthly power bills with new lighting technologies and energy management tools. The new marketing push, which includes print ads and brochures, is designed to educate facility managers for major chains and independent grocers how they can improve their lighting environments while reducing energy costs. Click here to download a new brochure detailing the benefits of energy-efficient lighting for supermarkets.
Universal Lighting Technologies’ Demand Control Lighting® Technology Slashes Energy Costs for ARAMARK’s WearGuard-Crest Division
WearGuard-Crest, a division of ARAMARK, set an ambitious goal: to replace all the lighting fixtures throughout 280,000 square feet of office, manufacturing, and retail space at its headquarters in Norwell, Massachusetts, just south of Boston. Furthermore, the company wanted the project to pay for itself in energy savings. J&R Wiring, Inc., took up the challenge. After researching the most advanced lighting control systems on the market today, J&R Wiring identified the one technology with the most powerful return on investment (ROI)—DCL® (Demand Control Lighting) from Universal Lighting Technologies.
Watt Stopper/Legrand Helps Wal-Mart Achieve Environmental Goals
In October 2005, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott outlined an ambitious vision for the future operations of the company focusing on becoming a good steward of the environment and local communities. He announced that the company’s long term environmental goals are: 1. To be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy; 2. To create zero waste; and 3. To sell products that sustain our resources and environment. Short term goals included eliminating 30 percent of the energy used by stores.
Since then, Wal-Mart engineers have worked diligently to identify areas for potential energy savings. They have collaborated with suppliers to innovate solutions, tested new technologies and finalized proven designs to implement in corporate facilities.
One store system designated for an efficiency upgrade was the fluorescent lighting in refrigerated food cases, which burns 24 hours a day. Recently, LED lighting coupled with occupancy sensing controls was proven to provide the combination of energy savings, improved performance and reduced maintenance to justify incorporating a new design for refrigerator and freezer case lighting and controls into plans for all new stores. Because the energy savings are so significant, a program is also underway to retrofit cases in over 450 existing stores in 2007.