DePuy Synthes
3 Tube 32W Fluorescent Fixtures
3 Tube 32W Fluorescent Fixtures
3 Tube 32W Fluorescent Fixtures
With 7,313 – 3-tube, 32W fluorescent fixtures in 325,000 square feet of office space, the facilities manager was spending too much time putting filters over tubes to reduce the light for some and adding extra fixtures to increase the light for others.
Three issues needed attention:
1. High utility bills
2. High maintenance cost
3. Poor light quality with no way to control brightness
Upgraded with a 32W LED Troffer
3 Tube 32W Fluorescent Fixtures
3 Tube 32W Fluorescent Fixtures
Upgrade
7,313 – 32W LED Troffers with dimmable 0-10V wireless system
Summary
Light quality improved drastically with the installation of LED troffers. Every fixture had a wireless dimmer to give each employee control over the brightness.
Mackie's of Scotland Solar Farm
Powering Chocolate & Ice Cream
1.8 MW Solar Farm
In May 2018, 275,000 Kilowatt Hours = 650,000 Litres Of Mackie's Ice Cream A Day.
Mackie's Solar Farm is a 1.8MW solar farm on their Aberdeenshire family farm. The system, delivered on time and budget, has generated power for seven years. It is essential to show the capabilities of designing solar projects for DCWW's needs. However, it is also important to demonstrate that the design and estimated production figures are hitting or exceeding targets. When installed in 2016, the 3D PVSol design had an estimated generation of 1,462,500 kWh per year. By 2017, it was generating well above that. The 7,000-panel PV system can provide enough electricity to power 193 houses annually.
TVA Nuclear Power Station
Mercury Vapor High Bays
Converted to LED High Bays
Converted to LED High Bays
About
Tennessee Valley Authority’s first nuclear plant, Browns Ferry, is located on 840 acres beside Wheeler Reservoir on the Tennessee River, near Athens, Alabama. The plant is named after a ferry that operated at the site until the middle of the 20th century. Browns Ferry’s three boiling water reactors were the first in the world capable of powering generators that could produce more than 1,000 megawatts – 1 billion watts – of electricity each, making it the largest nuclear power plant in the world at that time.
Scheduled maintenance for the reactor building can only occur every two years. By the time the two years were up, virtually every light in the restricted area was burned out, making maintenance during the up-time difficult and sometimes dangerous. The light quality from the mercury vapor lights was poor. Facility Director Steven Brown reached out to Energy Solutions Alliance for help. Our survey determined that High Bays would solve their lighting problems.
Converted to LED High Bays
Converted to LED High Bays
Converted to LED High Bays
Upgrade
The lighting upgrade project consisted of replacing the following:
- 309 – 1000W Mercury Vapor High Bays with 309 – 485W LED High Bays
- 1190 – 400W Mercury Vapor High Bays with 1190 – 242W LED High Bays
- 1020 – 250W Mercury Vapor High Bays with 1020 – 100W LED
We sent Steven a sample LED High Bay to install in his facility so he could “SEE” the difference. Within 30 minutes of the installation, Steven called us to rave about the quality and the amount of light our High Bay provided. But the best part of this project is that he enjoys considerably better light quality using 65% less electricity. The plant is now wholly upgraded with LED High Bays and has gone from a dimly lit plant with a greenish hue to one with bright natural light that will last without any maintenance for 20+ years. And they now have 5,752,385 more KWhr every year to sell.
Scottish Water: Brechin
Saving 437 Tonnes Of CO2 A Year
1GWh Generated Per Annum
Scottish Water Horizons is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scottish Water. They drove the organisation's green agenda by installing 4800 photovoltaic (PV) panels at two adjacent borehole sites in Speyside. The £ 1.2 million installation was completed in five weeks at Scottish Water's site in Brechin.
The two sites will generate 1GWh of energy per annum, offsetting over one-fifth of the borehole sites' electrical needs, and save 437 CO2eq tonnes of carbon annually.
The PV panels – on Scottish Water land – will also help power the Badentinan water treatment works.
United Airlines Airport Hangar Lighting
Replaced 100 – 400W Metal Halide with – 242W LED High Bays
United is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, and offers connections to over 1,000 destinations in over 170 countries on six continents. United operates 706 aircraft out of ten international hubs, the largest of which is George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
United Airlines contacted Energy Solutions Alliance to consult with them regarding an upgrade to the lighting in all their hangars across the United States. Their objective was to improve the amount of light while reducing maintenance costs. We gathered all critical data and developed a proposal. The first hangar was 40,000 sq. ft. with 100 – 400w Metal Halide lights distributed evenly throughout. We sent sample 242W LED High Bays to their San Francisco Airport Operations Center. After a week of testing and employee feedback, the light was used to upgrade all their 400W Metal Halides.
Upgrade:
100 – 400W Metal Halide with 100 – 242W LED High Bays
Edwards Air Force Base
About Edwards Air Force Base
About Edwards Air Force Base
About Edwards Air Force Base
Their combined workforce is still at the cutting edge of aviation technology, developing, testing and evaluating the newest weapon systems and aircraft to ensure reliability for America’s war-fighters. Edwards is the test-bed for today’s premiere aerospace technology programs including the Global Hawk, Hypersonic flight, and of course the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. As aviation-friendly as our unique geography is, there is no more valuable asset than the people who live and work here. The nation’s brightest minds make up a treasured national resource for developing and advancing aviation capabilities across all disciplines.
Lighting Upgrades
About Edwards Air Force Base
About Edwards Air Force Base
Providing a safe and well-lit work environment is a high priority at Edwards Air Force Base. Airforce procurement was tasked with finding a supplier that could meet the needs specified in the RFQ for a lighting upgrade. After analyzing the facility, Energy Solutions Alliance determined that the parking lots and aircraft hangars should be the first projects. ESA submitted a proposal outlining our solutions and was awarded the contract.
Metal Halide to LED
About Edwards Air Force Base
Metal Halide to LED
Phase one of the project involved upgrading the parking lot lights and two of the aircraft hangars with the following products:
61 - 400W Metal Halide
To
105W LED Retrofit Kit
256 - 1000W Metal Halide
To
378W LED High Bays
AG Barr Plc
Saving Jobs With Lowered Energy Cost
500 kW Wind Turbine
AG Barr Plc produces 30 million cases of Scotland's favourite drinks per annum from their production facility in Cumbernauld, including Irn Bru, Strathmore Water, and Rockstar. Wishing to upgrade the site and expand, AG Barr had a choice. Either face a hefty upgrade fee from Scottish Power of £1,000,000+ or think outside the box and find other ways of delivering power.
Their location, positioned on the edge of an industrial estate and with an open aspect, was ideal for wind power. The EWT DW54-500 500kW turbine was mounted on a 40m tower at the Cumbernauld bottling facility.
The turbine reduced the cost of energy, which helped preserve jobs and spread benefits to the broader community.
Nucor Rebar Plant
Nucor Steel is a world-class producer of hot-rolled carbon steel products and is the largest metal recycler in the Western Hemisphere. They offer an extensive product/size range of carbon steel angles, channels, flat bars, rounds, squares, and U.M. plates, in addition to concrete reinforcing steel and unique shapes.
Due to high lumens loss and premature failure, Nucor had to re-lamp every six months at a cost of approximately $38,000.
Mill Lighting
They wanted to replace their 500 Metal Halides with LED High Bays that matched the output of their 1000W Metal Halides and could withstand the 150°F ambient summer temperature.
We sent them a sample rated for 200,000 hours with a built-in thermo-couple that detects the temperature of LED modules and can dim the lights in extreme temperatures. They ordered 499 more to upgrade the entire plant.
WIDNES SOLAR FARM
Powering Rugby, Football & Business
1 MW Solar Farm
The £1.2m Widnes Solar Farm on the former St Michael's Golf Course opened in October 2020, generating power for the national grid and the nearby DCBL Stadium. Halton Council proposes increasing to 3.95MW and building a private "microgrid" while installing 900kw of rooftop solar panels on its buildings.
