Sample Lighting Products
The following is sample of lighting products used in a lighting upgrade. While not all products included in every specific upgrade are featured here, these are the typical categories of energy-efficient products utilized.
Compact Fluorescent Lamps
Benefits:
- Long life, up to 10,000 hours average rated lamp life (Compared to 750 to 1,000 hours for incandescent bulbs)
- Instant Start, Flicker Free
- Saves up to 75% in energy cost compared to similar light output of incandescent bulbs
- Lower lamp temperatures, saves demand on HVAC
Light Emitting Diode (LED) Exit Signs
Benefits:
- Uses LED lamp technology
- 25-year+ service life for LED’s and Electronics
- Consumes only 3.2 watts of energy compared to 30 to 50 watts for conventional incandescent exit fixtures
- Very fast payback
Electronic Ballasts
Benefits:
- 30% to 40% energy savings over T-12 magnetic systems
- Eliminates lamp flicker
- Quiet operation
- Electronics generate very little heat (Lower A/C load)
- Lightweight Dimming ballast available
- Universal voltage, less shelf stock to maintain
Energy-Efficient Fluorescent Lamps
Benefits:
- Longer life (available up to 36,000+ hours)
- Extended relamp cycles, yielding maintenance savings
- 95% lumen maintenance (loses only 5% - 6% of lumen output over life expectancy)
- Good Color Rendering
- Lamp availability in many wattages, and dimming capacity
Pulse-Start HID Lamps
Benefits:
- Higher maintained lumen output
- Long Life, 20,000 to 30,000 hour lamp life
- Reduced number of fixtures to obtain lighting goals
- Better lumen maintenance over traditional HID lamps
- Better color rendition
- Faster warm-up time
- Quicker restrike, reduces time needed to restart hot lamps
- Energy efficient
LED Lamps
Benefits:
- Consumes 1-6 watts, saving up to 70% in energy costs over incandescent
- Average rated life of 50,000 hours
- Maintenance saving benefits, extending relamping cycles, for obstructed access applications
- Very good in applications where directional light is preferred
Cold Cathode Lamps
Benefits:
- Lamp can be shaped into almost any configuration
- High light output up to 709 lumens per linear foot
- Very High Color Rendering
- Long life of 25,000 hours or more
- Dimmable, very good in applications where rapid switching cycles are required
- Available in a rainbow of colors