Joint LED project tees off at Northlands
District staff began investigating lighting upgrades last year as part of a district-wide effort to cut back on energy spending. What's more, Northlands is working to market itself as "the greenest golf course.To begin with, they will make an impact in the decor of the room. Plus, this lighting is fantastic, lending more natural led lights which is always welcomed in any home."
"We happened to be talking to a company that was looking for a showcase for their products," said Martin Kruysse, the district's manager of strategic economic initiatives.Designers suggest that a good cfl bulbs ambient lighting needs to have a variation of fixtures. Do not limit yourself to a single ceiling mounted fixture, which often creates shadows. Ambient lighting can be served well by fluorescent lamps.
"So we said 'If you replace all of our lights, we'll showcase your products for you.' Mantra Energy Group agreed to do this."
Mantra is the Canadian agent for a Korean firm, Fawoo Technologies, that is looking to expand its LED business into North America. Mantra provided $25,000-worth of various LEDs for the Northlands clubhouse.
"It's an architecturally marvellous building. It has many different types of lights; it has halogen lights and spot-light and pot-light fluorescents and tube-light fluorescents and so on. So we needed to figure out how to replace each of those properly," Kruysse said. "We're tickled pink with it. Our customers are very happy with it -- it provides a nice ambience in the clubhouse -- and the staff in the kitchen are very happy with the quality of the lighting."
With the easily replaced bulbs already changed, the district plans to spend "a few thousand" dollars in labour to rewire fixtures for the more complicated replacements.One of the great benefits from the low voltage Insulator range is that the budget range is still of a considerable quality and value.The term budget can often lead people to think that the cheaper alternative is going to be of a much poorer quality but that is not always the case. But the municipality is applying for these costs to be covered by BC Hydro,While not all current LED replacement bulbs live up to their claims, products like the Cree LR6 table lamps Downlight provide you with beautiful warm white light, an 85% energy savings over conventional incandescent bulbs and a 50,000 hour life span. which is eager to encourage similar demonstration projects.
"We want to make sure the entire facility is converted and make sure everything works, and at that point we will probably erect a little bit of signage and the company will hopefully bring some of their potential customers there," Kruysse said.
But a few extra foursomes at the district-owned course aren't the only benefit to North Vancouver taxpayers,Health issues are one of the main reasons that people led spotlight use saunas. If you have been thinking about purchasing one to improve your health issues, you might have made a good decision. The debate over which type, infrared sauna vs traditional saunas should be used, is dependent on what ailment you are trying to relieve. he said. The LEDs will last far longer than conventional bulbs -- as long as 15 years -- which will save labour costs in the long term. The expected 80 per cent drop in lighting electricity usage should save 27 kW-h, or $1,875 annually.
Energy manager Dominica Babicki said the district will check on the actual savings after one year has passed. If the project is deemed a success, the district may start swapping the lights in other municipal buildings.
"This is the biggest shift since the light bulb was first invented," she said. "It's like going from a typewriter to a PC, that's how big this change is."
Of course the district won't be getting the next batch of LEDs for free, but Babicki said it's hard to say how the economics will stack up when the district has to pay market price for the lights. But with most major lighting manufacturers moving towards LEDs, prices should fall before the district is looking to refit another building.
"The computer analogy works well," she said. "When computers first came out they were very expensive. But very quickly, the computer went from many thousands to the $1,500-mark and then stabilized."
District staff began investigating lighting upgrades last year as part of a district-wide effort to cut back on energy spending. What's more, Northlands is working to market itself as "the greenest golf course.To begin with, they will make an impact in the decor of the room. Plus, this lighting is fantastic, lending more natural led lights which is always welcomed in any home."
"We happened to be talking to a company that was looking for a showcase for their products," said Martin Kruysse, the district's manager of strategic economic initiatives.Designers suggest that a good cfl bulbs ambient lighting needs to have a variation of fixtures. Do not limit yourself to a single ceiling mounted fixture, which often creates shadows. Ambient lighting can be served well by fluorescent lamps.
"So we said 'If you replace all of our lights, we'll showcase your products for you.' Mantra Energy Group agreed to do this."
Mantra is the Canadian agent for a Korean firm, Fawoo Technologies, that is looking to expand its LED business into North America. Mantra provided $25,000-worth of various LEDs for the Northlands clubhouse.
"It's an architecturally marvellous building. It has many different types of lights; it has halogen lights and spot-light and pot-light fluorescents and tube-light fluorescents and so on. So we needed to figure out how to replace each of those properly," Kruysse said. "We're tickled pink with it. Our customers are very happy with it -- it provides a nice ambience in the clubhouse -- and the staff in the kitchen are very happy with the quality of the lighting."
With the easily replaced bulbs already changed, the district plans to spend "a few thousand" dollars in labour to rewire fixtures for the more complicated replacements.One of the great benefits from the low voltage Insulator range is that the budget range is still of a considerable quality and value.The term budget can often lead people to think that the cheaper alternative is going to be of a much poorer quality but that is not always the case. But the municipality is applying for these costs to be covered by BC Hydro,While not all current LED replacement bulbs live up to their claims, products like the Cree LR6 table lamps Downlight provide you with beautiful warm white light, an 85% energy savings over conventional incandescent bulbs and a 50,000 hour life span. which is eager to encourage similar demonstration projects.
"We want to make sure the entire facility is converted and make sure everything works, and at that point we will probably erect a little bit of signage and the company will hopefully bring some of their potential customers there," Kruysse said.
But a few extra foursomes at the district-owned course aren't the only benefit to North Vancouver taxpayers,Health issues are one of the main reasons that people led spotlight use saunas. If you have been thinking about purchasing one to improve your health issues, you might have made a good decision. The debate over which type, infrared sauna vs traditional saunas should be used, is dependent on what ailment you are trying to relieve. he said. The LEDs will last far longer than conventional bulbs -- as long as 15 years -- which will save labour costs in the long term. The expected 80 per cent drop in lighting electricity usage should save 27 kW-h, or $1,875 annually.
Energy manager Dominica Babicki said the district will check on the actual savings after one year has passed. If the project is deemed a success, the district may start swapping the lights in other municipal buildings.
"This is the biggest shift since the light bulb was first invented," she said. "It's like going from a typewriter to a PC, that's how big this change is."
Of course the district won't be getting the next batch of LEDs for free, but Babicki said it's hard to say how the economics will stack up when the district has to pay market price for the lights. But with most major lighting manufacturers moving towards LEDs, prices should fall before the district is looking to refit another building.
"The computer analogy works well," she said. "When computers first came out they were very expensive. But very quickly, the computer went from many thousands to the $1,500-mark and then stabilized."
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