As the Director of Energy Efficiency at Consumer Energy Solutions, I never cease to be amazed at the significant features and benefits of our new Next Generation LED Lights. It all begins with a free survey of your commercial property to see what you need—number and types of bulbs, fixtures, etc. You may think that [...]
LED lighting has been the state-of-the art in energy efficient lighting for some time now. What is meant by “state-of-the-art?” Per Mr. Webster it’s “the level of development (as of a device, procedure, process, technique, or science) reached at any particular time usually as a result of modern methods.” LED lighting definitely fits that definition [...]
Out of Clark County Las Vegas comes a story that has resulted in the formation of the Las Vegas LED Classroom Lighting Initiative Project. This story is worth telling, because it is a moving story of how all the students at one small private school benefited from actions taken to help one little girl with [...]
Why do people buy things? What motivates us to make a big investment, especially where our business is concerned. How can you be sure it will be worth it? No one wants to waste their hard-earned money. And no one really likes laying out a bunch of money up front for new equipment. We do [...]
Have you noticed that a while back, the regular old light bulbs we’ve always used in our homes and offices began disappearing out of stores. Now you may be noticing that getting your commercial building’s fluorescent bulbs replaced is becoming more and more difficult. Where have all the fluorescents gone? Well, it’s a government thing. [...]
I have written in the past about the virtues of upgrading a commercial property to LED lighting. I want to now give you a specific example of a parking garage project that demonstrates overall savings on a realistic level. The four important pieces of information that must be gathered to calculate the savings on any [...]
In a recent issue, we mentioned we were working with a large energy supply company that serves customers in the states shown below. This makes it easier than ever to get IceCOLD® installed at your commercial property. We want to reveal that energy supplier and what this means for your business’s bottom line. Constellation, an [...]
Oil fouling is a problem that all air conditioning and refrigeration systems have from the moment they are turned on. It was discovered by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Oil fouling causes a loss of efficiency that continues to accumulate over the life of the system. ASHRAE confirmed that [...]
Let me start by telling you about a problem that all air conditioning and refrigeration systems have from the moment they are turned on. It’s a problem called oil fouling. WHAT IS OIL FOULING? Oil fouling was discovered by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). This problem causes a loss [...]
WHAT IS IceCOLD? The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) discovered a problem that all HVACR systems have. This problem causes a loss of efficiency that continues to accumulate over the life of the system. ASHRAE confirmed that the performance of a cooling system is degraded by 30% due to this [...]
