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Maintenance Solutions - May 2008
Lighting: An Energy-Efficient Future

FacilitiesNet News - April 2008
EPA Settles with Railroad on Disposal of Fluorescent Lamps

FacilitiesNet News - April 2008
Papers Explore Ballast Issues

Building Operating Management - April 2008
Finding Real Energy Savings
Think you know how to cut energy costs? Trying to reduce energy use without solid planning can lead to disappointment

FacilitiesNet News - March 2008
DOE Updates Energy Star Requirements for CFLs

FacilitiesNet News - March 2008
Phase Out the Incandescent Bulb? Not so Fast, IALD Says

Building Operating Management - March 2008
Daylighting Strategies Lead to Savings
Sustainable lighting design can reduce energy costs while improving occupant satisfaction

Building Operating Management - January 2008
Dimming Ballasts, Occupancy Sensors Can Reduce Costs
Technology developments offer opportunities for facility executives who do their homework

Maintenance Solutions - January 2008
Lighting Controls: Reducing Cost, Saving Energy
Properly specified and installed, occupancy sensors can produce improved lighting, occupant comfort, and bottom-line benefits

Building Operating Management - December 2007
Better Light, Lower Cost
From controls to LEDs to ballasts, the lighting evolution continues. Here’s a look at new options — and tips to avoid getting blindsided by surprises

Maintenance Solutions - December 2007
Energy Focus: Strategies for Savings
Managers retrofitting commercial facilities must keep both building performance and potential energy savings in mind

Maintenance Solutions - December 2007
Group Activity: Relamping Facilities
A maintenance strategy to ensure lighting effectiveness and help hold down labor costs

Maintenance Solutions - November 2007
Making Wireless Technology Work
By planning for security and developing troubleshooting tactics, managers can ensure facilities make the most of wireless technology

Building Operating Management - October 2007
Lighting Upgrades: Make the Switch
For facility executives looking to reduce energy costs, lighting systems may be low-hanging fruit. Here’s what you need to know before you start

Maintenance Solutions - October 2007
Lamp Recycling, Step by Step
A 9-step strategy for minimizing mercury in the environment, controlling costs, and ensuring regulatory compliance

CASE STUDIES

Texas City Aims for Energy Efficiency
The city of Lufkin, Texas, is implementing $872,500 in facility enhancements designed to improve operations, comfort and efficiency in seven city buildings

Newspaper Publisher Specifies Innovative Lighting Solution
The New York Times Co. demanded innovation for its new headquarters and, after a rigorous testing process involving the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), selected Lutron’s EcoSystem lighting controls to help create an energizing work environment and reduce the building’s energy consumption.

N.C. County Makes Investment, Reaps Rewards
Wilson County, N.C., has reduced its utility costs by $107,000 annually since completing a $900,000 facility upgrade to improve operations, comfort and efficiency at 10 county buildings.

Lamps Help Transform Georgia State Capitol
Before undergoing a lighting renovation, the Georgia State Capitol building and its glittering gold dome stood tall on the Atlanta skyline during the day. But at night, the building and dome lost much of its luster with a lighting scheme that created uneven lighting.

New Lighting Control System Reduces Energy Use, Helps Secondary School Earn LEED Platinum Status
When officials at the exclusive Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. decided it was time to undertake an expansion, there was only one way to go: green.

Lamp Recycling has Minimal Cost Impact, Firm Finds
In January 2005, Trammell Crow Company began an effort to recycle fluorescent lamps in the MidAtlantic Division, reports Mark Aaron Polhemus, vice president and director of engineering. Two methods were used to recycle and dispose of fluorescent lamps in office buildings.

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LIGHTING PRODUCTS

Bollard LED Lighting
Site Lightform Bollard Series from Kim Lighting now uses white LED technology...

Skylight
DryLight from Carlisle is a skylight with fully encapsulated glazing designed to provide enhanced energy savings...

Indirect Luminaires
Cooper Lighting’s Corelite Class R series of shallow recessed direct-indirect luminaires use low-profile housings designed for constrained plenum space...

Electronic Ballast Technology
The company’s electronic ballast circuitry design allows compact fluorescent lamps to be dimmable to below 10 percent of perceived light output using a standard dimming device...

Dimmer
The LightSaver FD-301 fixture-mounted dimming photosensor dims 0-10 VDC ballasts in response to available daylight...