NIAC - A Spotter's Guide to Improving Your Lighting
Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center (NIAC)
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A Spotter's Guide to Improving Your Lighting.
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- [00:00:01.920]Hello and welcome to the NIAC tutorial series.
- [00:00:05.040]The NIAC presents a spotter's guide
- [00:00:07.560]to improving your lighting.
- [00:00:10.020]Today, we want to introduce the benefits
- [00:00:12.550]of LED light fixtures, identify various light fixtures
- [00:00:16.450]that you might want to replace
- [00:00:18.490]and provide potential steps you want to take
- [00:00:21.190]to improve your lighting.
- [00:00:22.930]The Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center started in 2016.
- [00:00:26.520]And since their opening, over 80% of the assessments
- [00:00:29.290]have resulted in some form of a lighting recommendation.
- [00:00:32.240]LED fixtures have some of the highest rated
- [00:00:34.410]efficiency on the market, which will reduce
- [00:00:36.650]your electricity costs.
- [00:00:39.380]They will improve lighting quality,
- [00:00:41.030]and reduce maintenance, thereby,
- [00:00:43.060]improving the safety and work environment
- [00:00:44.830]of your facility.
- [00:00:46.400]LEDs also last longer than their counterparts.
- [00:00:49.490]An LED light bulb can typically last up to
- [00:00:51.730]25,000 hours and LED troffers can last up to 100,000 hours.
- [00:00:59.940]The first step to improve the lighting in your facility,
- [00:01:02.500]is to identify what type of lighting fixtures you have.
- [00:01:05.710]Here are some fixtures you may want to replace.
- [00:01:09.330]One of the least efficient light fixtures we see
- [00:01:11.730]is the standard incandescent light bulb.
- [00:01:14.070]LED replacement bulbs use about 15% as much energy
- [00:01:17.900]as a comparable incandescent bulb
- [00:01:20.010]and lasts two to three times longer.
- [00:01:22.850]LED bulbs at around seven to eight dollars a piece.
- [00:01:26.480]So this upgrade won't break the bank.
- [00:01:28.980]Now you might me thinking, hey,
- [00:01:31.240]I thought those squiggly light bulbs were the good ones.
- [00:01:34.210]While compact fluorescent, or CFL bulbs,
- [00:01:36.741]originally hit the market as an energy efficient
- [00:01:39.310]alternative to incandescent bulbs,
- [00:01:41.350]LED technology has exceeded them in both
- [00:01:43.900]energy efficiency and life time cost effectiveness.
- [00:01:48.430]When dealing with standard fluorescent light bulbs
- [00:01:50.620]the thinner the bulb, the more efficient it usually is.
- [00:01:53.660]This means that replacing a fixture containing
- [00:01:56.020]thick fluorescent tubes, like T-12,
- [00:01:58.720]with an LED troffer will result in
- [00:02:01.190]greater savings than replacing a fixture
- [00:02:03.750]with thin tubes like T-5s.
- [00:02:06.440]LED troffers require a significant initial investment,
- [00:02:09.870]but many electricity providers offer rebates
- [00:02:13.010]to companies that install them.
- [00:02:16.097]Additionally, LEDs don't have the toxic mercury
- [00:02:17.980]that is found in fluorescent
- [00:02:20.513]and compact fluorescent fixtures.
- [00:02:22.790]High pressure sodium lights have multiple
- [00:02:24.970]indoor and outdoor applications.
- [00:02:27.090]While efficiencies can vary greatly
- [00:02:28.960]between different fixtures,
- [00:02:30.620]high pressure sodium fixtures generally require
- [00:02:33.120]about three times as much energy
- [00:02:34.930]to produce the same amount of light
- [00:02:37.060]as comparable LED fixtures.
- [00:02:39.550]High pressure sodium lights also take time to turn on.
- [00:02:43.040]So most companies have to leave them on
- [00:02:44.880]for the entire workday.
- [00:02:46.450]An LED upgrade can save you money
- [00:02:48.370]by reducing the kilowatt demand of your lights
- [00:02:51.020]and by allowing you to turn lights off
- [00:02:53.270]when you don't need them.
- [00:02:55.820]Once you find potential ways to improve your lighting
- [00:02:58.340]in your small manufacturing plant,
- [00:03:00.050]here are some next steps you may take.
- [00:03:02.690]One, if you feel replacing your lighting
- [00:03:05.550]is the right next step for your company,
- [00:03:07.460]then it is time to reach out to a lighting vendor.
- [00:03:10.150]Your lighting provider could have incentives
- [00:03:12.320]to replace your lighting to LEDs
- [00:03:14.440]to reduce the cost of installing fixtures.
- [00:03:16.700]Next, if you would like the NIAC to come
- [00:03:19.370]to your place of business to do a free assessment
- [00:03:22.700]of your potential savings, feel free to contact us.
- [00:03:25.640]Our contact information is on our website,
- [00:03:28.200]and will be listed at the end of this video.
- [00:03:30.620]Finally, you can calculate potential savings
- [00:03:32.770]on your own, based on operating times
- [00:03:34.940]and the kilowatt demand of both your current fixtures
- [00:03:37.800]and LED replacements.
- [00:03:39.670]Thank you for watching this video.
- [00:03:41.340]Please check out other helpful videos from the NIAC.
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