LED Linear Lights The Right Choice for Warehouse Lighting

There has never been a better time to retrofit your warehouse lighting system to reduce energy and maintenance costs. Cardinal™ Linear Replacement Lamps, produced by Redbird LED, are high quality replacements for standard fluorescent tubes (T8 and T12) and provide electrical savings of 35% to 50%.  Installation is easy, these linear lights use the same terminal connections as fluorescent tubes, and a universal voltage power supply inside the light which eliminates the need for  a fluorescent ballast.  A variety of color temperatures are available, making this product ideal for thousands of lighting applications.

The July 15th deadline for the end of T12 lamp manufacturing is less than 30 days away. The DOE regulations will eliminate future production of most T12 lamps after July 2012. This follows the previous July 2010 regulation that virtually eliminated T12 fluorescent magnetic ballasts from the lighting market. They have targeted the T12 ballasts and lamps to remove this less efficient lighting technology from the market.
Many companies have already replaced their T12 fluorescent lamps with more energy efficient LED Linear Replacement lamps and have reduced their lighting energy usage by more than 50%.

Your energy efficient lighting upgrade project may qualify for low interest loans and significant rebates from utility and state energy savings resources. The Cardinal™ Linear Replacement Lamps recently were certified by the DesignLights Consortium. Culminating several years of development and testing, the Cardinal LED tube light has become the only LED tube light in the world to receive DLC certification under the strict specification published in August of 2011. For more information on the DesignLights Consortium please visit www.dlc.org.

       

Time for a lighting retrofit before the DOE T12 Deadline in Julyy

 A Department of Energy regulation will end the manufacture of T12 fluorescent lamps next month. This will lead to a certain shortage of T12 supplies and possible price increases. There are millions of T12 lamps currently in use as warehouse lighting in the US. There has never been a better time for a warehouse lighting retrofit for your company.

The recent issue of Buildings suggests that companies get ahead of these changes before lamp shortages become a problem. " You may be able to find replacement tubes and bulbs in the short term after they're no longer manufactured, but upgrading is inevitable" They offer five lighting retrofit tips:

1. See a sample of the energy efficient lighting in action first.
2. Look for labels- Energy Star, UL
3.Examon Control Options
4. Evaluate Retrofit Kits
5. Downsize lamp usage

The article also addresses the important area of energy efficient lighting rebates. The energy savings from lighting retrofits are substantial-in most cases more than 50 %. And the return on investment is usually less than two years. The one challenge is usually the upfront costs of purchasing and installing LED lighting. Redbird LED recently received certification for their Cardinal Linear lighting products from the DesignLights Consortium. If you are in the service area for a DLC member utility compnay you can be certain that the RedBird LEd products qualify for energy rebates.