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G L & E S
UPDATE
CASE STUDY: NY MARRIOTT MARQUIS
Managing Energy in the Big Apple
Conten ts
2 Case Studies: Marriott Marquis
Marriott Livonia
Seattle Westin
/ Hotel Snapshot
8 ES Buildings Stage 2
9 New Participants
10 Regional Focus
13 Tip of the Month
14 In the Spotlight
15 Tech Talk
16 Hotel Extras
18 GLIDProfrles
19 Completed Upgrades
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New York Marriott Marquis Reduces Electricity Usage
j he New York Marriott Marquis has
I discovered that increased guest room
occupancy does not have to mean larger
electric bills. Using Green Lights technol-
ogy and a sophisticated energy manage-
ment system (EMS), the hotel has
actually reduced its energy usage by 12
percent while annual guest room occu-
pancy rates grew from 83.9 percent in
1989 to 90.7 percent in 1994.
In 1990, the Marriott Marquis, located
in New York City's theater district, under-
took a major lighting upgrade initiated by
Chief Engineer Chuck Duffner. Accord-
ing to Ed Pietzak, Director
of Engineering, when Marriott began
their upgrading they "were on the cutting
edge of many of the lighting technolo-
gies." Hotel upgrades included installing
electronic ballasts in every fluorescent fix-
ture located in "back of the house" areas
such as hallways, administrative offices,
storage areas, kitchens, and laundry facili-
ties. Exit signs were also upgraded with
compact fluorescent kits, and incandescent
lighting in guest rooms was upgraded to
hardwired compact fluorescent quad
lamps. Incandescent flood lamps, in
recessed downlight "cans" located in public
- - \ areas such as lobbies and
corridors, were replaced
with hard-wired compact
fluorescent fixtures. Since
these fixtures operate on
a 24-hour basis, the sav-
ings in both energy
i usage and maintenance
< costs are significant.
i To further reduce
energy usage, the
Marriott Marquis
installed a new EMS.
By optimally starting
and stopping heat-
ing, ventilation, and
cooling equipment
', in hotel meeting
!, rooms and ball-
\ rooms, the EMS
enables the hotel
to carefully moni-
tor and manage
its energy usage.
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Lobby of NY Marriott Marquis According to
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Assistant Chief Engineer, Walter Irizarry,
this system controls 17 major air handling
units, exhaust fans, heat exchangers, three
central chillers, cooling towers, chilled
water and condenser water pumps, and
lighting in certain public areas and meet-
ing rooms.
To get the most from the hotel's EMS,
Marriott Marquis sales representatives
are required to inform the engineering
staff about the times and dates of upcom-
ing events. This information is entered
into the EMS, which then automatically
starts and stops HVAC equipment
according to scheduled uses. The system
can be reprogrammed easily to accom-
modate changing schedules. The EMS
can also turn on and shut off lighting in
some of the hotel's meeting rooms and
ballrooms. The Marriott Marquis plans
to add more meeting room and ballroom
lighting panels to the EMS so that the
NY Marriott Marquis' occupancy rates (see chorts, below) have risen steadily while energy
usage and costs per year have decreased.
800,000
% 700,000
cz
c 600,000
TO
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§ 500,000
o
400,000
542,230 555,417
575'116 563294 578,320 568,320
607,544 621-935
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1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Year
Occupied Rooms
$3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Year
Annual Cost
40,000,000
~S 38,000,000
| 36,000,000
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u 34,000,000
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^ 32,000,000
30,000,000
55,856,
39,206,400
38,064,000
37,502,400
34,456,800
34,104,000
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Year
Annual kWh Consumption
lighting hours of operation can be
reduced even further.
To lower electric bills more, the
Marriott Marquis takes advantage of a
new rate system offered by the hotel's
electric utility, Consolidated Edison
(ConEd). Since 1993, the hotel has par-
ticipated in ConEd's experimental Real
Time Pricing (RTF). Under this rate sys-
tem, the price of electricity fluctuates on
an hourly basis, 365 days a year. The price
per kWh, therefore, is determined by the
weather, the status of ConEd's power
plants, and the status of the power pool.
For example, during a peak winter day in
February 1995, the price of electricity to
the hotel varies from 4.62 cents per kWh
at 4:00 a.m. to a high of 31.48 cents per
kWh at 11:00 a.m. During a peak sum-
mer day in 1994, the price variation was
even more dramaticranging from 5.08
cents per kWh to $2.51 per kWh. Using
this rate system saves the hotel more
money annually.
Irizarry said the hotel receives hourly
electricity prices for the following day at
2:00 p.m. each afternoon. This informa-
tion, received via modem, is sent to the
EMS. Based on the price of electricity,
the EMS computes a strategy which will
use less energy during the high cost peri-
ods. Where possible, the hotel goes
"above and beyond" what the EMS can
do when responding to the price signals.
The Marriott Marquis plans to con-
tinue its efforts to reduce energy usage. In
fact, as a Charter Partner in the ENERGY
STAR Buildings program, future plans
include the installation of variable speed
drives on all applicable fans and pumps.
The Marriott Marquis successfully
demonstrates how a hotel using energy-
efficient technologies can save money
and electricity at the same time, even
with increased guest room occupancy, t *
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UPDATE!
CASE STUDY: LIVONIA MARRIOTT
Fast and Efficient Lighting Upgrades
Livonia Marriott Completes Upgrade in Five Months
I he Livonia Marriott lighting upgrade
I project shows how a complete energy-
efficient lighting upgrade can be per-
formed in five months, with little or no
interference to guests, while saving over
$51,000 per year.
Livonia Marriott engineers initiated
the lighting project after attending a
national Marriott engineers' meeting in
San Francisco. Here, the latest technolo-
gies in energy conserving lighting products
were introduced into Marriott properties.
"The Livonia Marriott saw energy sav-
ing lighting as a way to reduce operating
costs, enhance light levels and color rendi-
tion while benefiting the environment,"
said Joe Helbert, Chief Engineer at the
UPGRADE RESULTS
Annual Operational Savings
Annual Incandescent & Fluorescent
Lamp Replacement and Labor Savings
Annual Air Conditioning Savings
Annual Possible Heating Increase
Annual Ballast and Labor Savings
Total Annual Savings
Livonia Marriott.
Before beginning the upgrade, Livonia
Marriott engineers tested the TV cable
communications, guest cellular phones
and computers for interference from the
proposed electronic ballasts and compact
fluorescents. After several weeks of test-
ing, the Marriott Livonia was ready to
find an energy management company to
perform the energy audit, provide a
detailed report and propose the most
effective lighting program that would
meet Marriott criteria. The company
selected also needed to provide support to
the Livonia Marriott after the upgrade
was completed. After careful deliberation,
American Energy Control Systems, Inc.
445,850 kWh
4,496.68 Lamps
63,31 I kWh
761 MCF
2,328.79 Ballasts
$35,668.05
$8,386.87
$7,090.81
$361.45
$545 34
$51,329.62
was chosen to perform the audit.
Existing fixture types, number of
lamps and their wattage and
voltage were determined by
lighting schedules from blue-
prints and physical walk-
throughs by Livonia's
engineering staff. American
Energy Control Systems per-
formed a complete count of
fixtures, hours of operation,
wattage, cost of electricity
and maintenance and labor costs.
American Energy Control Systems then
proposed an upgrade program that would
save Livonia Marriott the most energy,
increase its light output and improve its
light rendering.
One interesting challenge the Livonia
Marriott team overcame was the selection
of a ballast and a lamp for the public space
recessed fixtures. Because Marriott uses
thermal insulated recessed light fixtures
with a narrow cone-shaped inner hous-
ings, Livonia Marriott staff were only able
to test two different compact fluores-
centsone with a magnetic ballast and
the other with an electronic ballast.
After approximately four weeks of test-
ing, the electronic ballast with inter-
changeable light diffusers was chosen
because the electronic ballast sat up higher
in the recessed can and looked aesthetical-
ly more pleasing than the magnetic ballast.
With the combination of the electron-
ic ballast sitting higher in the can and the
polished aluminum inner housing of the
recessed fixtures, the Livonia Marriott
was able to decrease the wattage from a
135-watt incandescent to a 10-watt com-
pact fluorescent in a room with a 10-foot
high ceiling and to an 18-watt compact in
an area with a 20-foot high ceiling. By
replacing these public space incandescent
lamps, the Livonia Marriott saved over
$8,000 in lamp replacement and labor and
$35,668 in annual operational costs.
To see these lighting upgrades first-
hand, visit the Livonia Marriott at the
Detroit Lighting Upgrade Workshop
June 29-July 1, 1995. Fl
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lUPDATE
CASE STU DY:
WEST I N
Seattle Westin Pleases Customers & Saves Money
South Tower Lighting Upgrade Makes Good Business Sense
|| ave you ever checked into a hotel and
1 1 spent the evening watching TV
because there wasn't enough light to read?
Or had trouble finding your room in the
first place in dimly lit, disorienting hall-
ways? Green Lights Partner Westin want-
ed to avoid these common occurrences at
its downtown Seattle hotel and provide its
customers with not only adequate, but also
comfortable and effective lighting.
The Westin Hotel began working with
Seattle City Light in 1993 to upgrade all
lighting systems in the entire facility. The
process has been completed in the south
tower and in most of the public spaces.
The north tower is scheduled for comple-
tion in the Fall of 1995.
A major force
behind this upgrade
was a desire to elimi-
nate the need for
room attendants to
replace incandescent
light bulbs. The
variety of wattages
used in each room
caused confusion
about which lamp
went in each fix-
ture. The poten-
tial for reducing
energy costs was
another factor in
the project. The
south tower was built in 1967
when electricity was cheap and incandes-
cent lighting was the only way to create
the warm residential glow that hotels like
to project.
The Seattle Westin sought to accom-
plish the upgrade without degrading the
visual environment of the guest rooms and
hallways. The tools at its disposal were
lamp and ballast changes, luminaire
changes, and more centralized control of
the lighting in unoccupied spaces.
In the south tower hallways, each ceil-
ing-mounted crystal incandescent fixture
was upgraded with two seven watt com-
pact fluorescent lamps. In the elevator lob-
bies, the surface-mounted incandescent
fixtures were changed to custom-made
pendants with four 26-watt quad tube
compact fluorescent lamps, and table
lamps were upgraded with circline fluores-
cent lamps. A 50-watt PAR 20 downlight
at each elevator door completed
Lighting Features
the scheme creating
softer ambient light and more inviting
guest areas.
The lighting in the guest rooms was
Total conversion from incandescent to
fluorescent and halogen incandescent
Lighting Power Density in guest rooms:
0.72 w/ft2, with improved visibility
More aesthetically pleasing lighting in
guest bathrooms
"Brighter" visual environment in elevator
lobbies
Reduced maintenance costs from
extended lamp life
upgraded as well. Guest room floor and
table lamps were upgraded with 3000K
circline fluorescent lamps of different
wattages. Headboards of the beds were
altered to accommodate a two-foot fluo-
rescent uplight and two adjustable 50-
watt PAR 20 halogen
reading lights.
In the bathrooms,
louvered soffit lighting
with T-12 fluorescent
I lamps and magnetic
ballasts was replaced
with two wall sconces,
each containing two 26-
watt quad tube 3500K
compact fluorescents,
operated with one remote
electronic ballast. This
change improved both the
lighting quantity and qual-
ity for a person looking in
the mirror. Illumination on
the vertical plane increased, and shadow-
ing of facial features was reduced because
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Westin, continued from page 5
light came from the sides instead of from over-
head. The color rendering index of the lamps
increased from 75 to 84 and skin tones appeared
more pleasing.
The results of the upgrade were significant.
Wattage in each guest room was reduced by 66
percent, from an original installed load of about
800 watts to approximately 270 watts. Light
levels not only increased with the change but
exceeded the Westin Hotel's standards for
lighting its guest rooms. The annual energy
savings from the lighting changes are project-
ed to be about 140,000.
After the upgrade was completed, the
hotel surveyed guests about the new light-
ing and received compliments on the
"increased" lighting in the rooms. Guests were
also happy to be able to work at the desk in their rooms.
Customer satisfaction is the name of the game in the hotel business, and the Seattle
Westin's guests have given their enthusiastic approval. Pleasing customers and saving
money...that's good business. F*
Thanks to the Lighting Design Lab of Seattle, WA for providing this case study and photographs.
Brighter lighting using efficient sources in hallways and at
elevators make more inviting guest areas.
Lighting-Related
Articles
"Finding the Best Lighting Retrofit
Value," Building Operations
Management,
March 1995, pp.30-36
"Lenders Stand Ready to Fund
Energy Projects," Energy User
News, March 1995, pp. 19-25
"Unlocking the Power of
Electronic Ballasts," Building
Operations Management, March
1995, pp.40-46
"Showcasing Cost Savings, EPA's
Energy Star Buildings," Building
Operations Management, March
1995, pp. 38-44
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Environmentally Responsible Hotel Rooms
ITT Sheraton Key West's Enviro-Rooms
|~ nergy efficiency and comfort go hand-
iLin-hand in ITT Sheraton Key West's
new Enviro-Rooms. ITT's Sheraton Key
West Suites Hotel, in partnership with
the University of Florida's Energy Exten-
sion Service (UF-FEES), has recently
equipped two rooms with energy-effi-
cient technologies as part of UF-FEES'
statewide Enviro-Room demonstration.
Typical installations in Enviro-Rooms
include efficient lighting technolo-
gies, energy management systems,
efficient air conditioners and
water saving devices. UF-FEES'
Enviro-Rooms project was
designed to provide information
to enable hotel and motel man-
agement to make informed
decisions about their energy
consumption. Currently, nine
hotels statewide, including the
ITT Sheraton Key West, are
participating in this UF-
FEES initiative and are using
this information to predict energy sav-
ings, maintenance requirements and
impact on guest comfort.
Since ITT Corporation joined Green
Lights, the ITT-owned Sheraton hotels
have aggressively implemented Green
Lights technologies at many of its prop-
erties. In the Spring of 1995, ITT
Sheraton Key West management in-
stalled two Enviro-Rooms featuring
compact fluorescent lamps in the guest
room and T8 lamps with electronic bal-
lasts in the bathroom. The lamps in the
bathroom and the fan are controlled by
an occupancy sensor. Other technologies
installed include efficient cooling and
heating systems tied to an energy man-
agement system, a pulsating water-effi-
cient showerhead, automatic faucets, and
a water saving 1.5 gallon flush toilet.
For ITT Sheraton Key West manage-
ment, partnering with UF-FEES and the
Florida Hotel & Motel Association was
an easy decision to make. Jeff Calvert,
General Manager at the hotel, was very
supportive of the Enviro-Rooms project.
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According to Glen
McGrew, Director of Property
Operations, ITT Sheraton understands
that hotel travelers "want to see an envi-
ronmental presence in the resorts and
hotels in which they stay, and not only is
environmental responsibility the right
thing to do in the community, but there
are financial reasons to use high efficien-
cy equipment." Using energy-efficient
technologies will allow the ITT Sheraton
Key West to reduce electricity consump-
tion, for which they pay 11.5 cents per
kWh. Jay Furbay, ITT Corporate
Purchasing Manager and Energy
Council Co-Chairman, said that one of
the reasons ITT formed an Energy
Council in 1991 was to reduce ITT's
annual company-wide energy costs by at
least 10 percent. Usha Wright, Vice
President and Director of Environment
and Safety, said that Enviro-Rooms is
one of their energy reduction initiatives
to meet the established goal of their
Environmental and Safety Mission
Statement to "reduce the consumption of
natural resources and energy....and to
conduct their activities in a safe and envi-
ronmentally responsible manner.
Because Enviro-Rooms are just in the
infancy stages at the ITT Sheraton Key
West, management has yet to receive any
comments from guests about
the Enviro-Rooms, which
indicates that the guests are
satisfied with the comfort level
provided. Dr. Mike West,
Extension Specialist of UF-
FEES said that in other Florida
hotels with Enviro-Rooms,
maintenance calls have neither
increased nor decreased in the
Enviro-Rooms and the technolo-
gies used appear to be "transpar-
ent to guests." Energy savings,
environmental impacts and cost savings
for Enviro-Rooms will soon be complied
for participants in this pilot program.
The UF-FEES' Hotel/Motel Environ-
mental Resource Efficiency Program
consists of Enviro-Room demonstrations
and a series of energy and water seminars.
The program provides information and
demonstrations of the latest energy and
water saving equipment and upgrades to
hotel and motel owners, managers and
engineers. For more information on
Enviro-Rooms, please contact Mike
West at 904 392-4714. "If
June 1995 7
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ENERGY STAR BUILDINGS
ike a car, buildings need to be tuned up
...periodically, and like a car tuneup, a
good building tuneup can make the build-
ing run better. The building tuneup
includes checks such as:
Are filters and strainers in good condi-
tion?
Are air handling units and cooling
equipment turned of
zones are jtef-o'ccupied?
Are ,&& cooling opportunities (ie
ft'" Have thermostats have been cl§bratfecl '.'
,:';:' , * "f - ,.;.':
' wkhin tie last year? "!|. .; ';
* Are thelfeequences of operation cdtrefet .
'l _ fl '^ i
for heating and cooling equipmeni| ; ,
and aje ate personnel trained to ojlsr-
...fi'-'"" >| :.
,,..?'% equipment to reduce energy cotts? .
The tuneup basically tries to gef the
building to operate close to the wjy the.
designer originally intended. This .process
is sometimes referred to as recominissioil"
ing. A helpful side effect of theJecomraiS;-
sioning/tuneup process is flat it often
uncovers things about the* building that ,
were never anticipated ;JSiring 'the tirf|p|
design. For examples?"
* After a Greeji tights upgrade, less
2"°° '' 4^*
waste heajls given ofEjJjjF the flew ' / '
jiffi' *,i$jr
lighting. Therefore, a" building manag*
Tuneups Make ES Buildings Run Better
Stage 2: Building Tuneup
To help Green Lights participants follow the ENERGY STAR Buildings program, the
Update is documenting the ENERGY STAR Buildings five-step process and highlighting the
results of Showcase Buildings participants as they implement the program. This article, the
fourth in a series, describes Stage 2, the Building Tuneup.
er may find that less cooling is needed
for parts of the building, so cooling air
temperatures can often be set higher,
and energy is saved.
The air conditioning system for a
space may have been set to handle the
heat from 100 people in the space, but
if 100 people never use the space, it
may be helpful to reduce the supply of
In a dlfii|rent room, a large photocopi-
'^Iv
er may havfebeen added without
adjusting the%poling air available to
the room, so thk air flow needs to be
To be safe, a designer may have pro-
vided hot" water t|> heat a building
during certain nibnths of each year,
but during the |tinning of the building
Settle of thos^jthonths did not require
heat after aIJt'During the tuneup
process, Ijdt water pumps can be set to
turn ojf'during those months, and in
SdipS cases boilers can be turned off as
;,swell.
Is the amount of outside air appropri-
ate? Sometimes dampers should be
adjusted to keep from heating and
cooling excess air. In other cases
dampers should be opened more to
help provide adequate ventilation.
Because of their age, many control
systems are in need of adjustment,
repair, or upgrade. During the tuneup
it is a good time to evaluate whether
modifications should be made to
enhance the degree of control of the
heating and cooling systems.
One of the most important aspects of
the tuneup is that, like other ENERGY
STAR stages, it has a ripple effect on the
later stages. A tuneup will often reduce
cooling loads. This often lowers the cost of
fan and plant upgrades because, together
with the impact from Green Lights and
Stage 3 load reductions, lower cooling
loads can translate into smaller variable
speed drives on fan systems and smaller
chiller replacements. Tuneup measures are
often the most cost effective changes to a
building, and sometimes provide big sav-
ings. In the Montgomery County
Showcase building, for example, the tune-
up alone reduced energy use around 28
percent.
The July Update will take a closer look
at the implementation of Stage 3: Load
Reductions. To learn more about the
ENERGY STAR Building and Showcase
programs call the Green Lights/ENERGY
STAR Hotline at 202 775-6650, H ' '.
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Green Lights Welcomes New Participants
Forty-four (44) new participants with expectations of enormous energy with them. If your organization would
joined Green Lights in March to take savings and pollution prevention like more information about the pro-
advantage of the benefits of energy-efE- through the program. gram, please call the Green Lights/
cient lighting upgrades. Green Lights Green Lights welcomes its new par- ENERGY STAR Hotline at 202 775-6650.
now has more than 1,700 participants, ticipants and looks forward to working
City of Ada, Oklahoma Alamo Community College District Alpine Inn Bed 8c
Breakfast Applied Materials, Inc. Boulder Community Hospital Bradytrane
Service County of Chester, Pennsylvania Colorado Army National Guard Crown
Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Machinery Division Dynatron Bondo Eveready Battery
Company, Inc. Fordham Preparatory School The George Washington University
Hancock Fabrics, Inc. Kaiser Permanente-Northern California Region Mary Kay
Cosmetics, Inc. Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh Midlantic Bank, N.A. Milpitas
Unified School District National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Pequod Associates
Riviana Foods, Inc., Edison Distribution Center Square D Company Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville I Team Tierno Enterprises, Inc., DBA The Hanford
House Thomas Jefferson University University of California, Berkeley H University
of San Diego I Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wadsworth - West LA H Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans Wesleyan University of Connecticut
(9)
Buckles-Smith Electric Co. Central Illinois Light Company Energy Saver Lighting
Company Erik Lighting, Inc. Gulf Power Company If JJI Lighting Group, Inc.
Landman I PJS H Richmond Power & Light Company
(4)
Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers California Society for Hospital
Engineering, San Francisco Council of Teaching Hospitals
The PENJERDEL Council
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REGION
10% Plan Participants Upgrade for Earth Day
The 10% Plan was featured in the April/May Update. The
Participants did an accelerated approach to upgrading their lighting.
! | i ant to hear about a concrete step
! = taken to reduce pollution for Earth
Day 1995? Consider what Green Lights
10% Plan participants in New England,
New York and New Jersey accomplished.
Between February 1 and April 3, 1995
Green Lights participants in these areas
The following is a list of 10% Plan participants and their company
rhamnirmc-
champions:
Alternative Energy Technologies, Markjudson
American Express,
Peter Kane and Michele Kilcullen
American Standard, Daniel Elliott
Barr Laboratories, John Bridges
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., Melvyn Kass
Beth Israel Hospital, Francis j. Sullivan
Brooklyn Union Gas, Gregory]. Roach
Brown University, Kurt Teichert
Carrier Corporation of North America,
Charles Bertueh and Richard Bionchi, jr.
Citicorp/Citibank, N, A,, John J. R/tter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Terry Civic and Hope Davis
Connecticut College, Peter Horgan
Connetquot Central Schools,
Keith G. Anderson
Enersave Incorporated (NY),
Dennis Wilson and Jeffrey A. Titus
Gillette, Karl Christ
Hasbro Industries, Kevin P England
Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Ottmar Hedemus
Home Box Office, Regina Portico
ITT Corporation, Joy Furbay
Johnson & Johnson,
Erik Allen and Harry Kauffman
Major Electric Supply, Inc., Dave Leven
Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology,
William Won/forth
Mercer County, New Jersey,
Jim Naples and Edward Kelly
Merck & Company-World Headquarters,
Gerry Pentlicky
New England Electric System, Paul Fagerquist
Osram Sylvania, Inc., Peter A. B/eosfay
Pathmark Stores, Richard DeToro
Polaroid Corporation, Robert Crockett
Quebecor Printing (Depew, NY),
Janet E. Schmidt
Self-Powered Lighting, Inc., Do/bert Benoit
Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc..Andrew Hayes
Tufts University, Elizabeth Isenstem
University of Rochester Patricia Beaumont
were invited to submit reports on new
lighting upgrades in 10% of their total
square footage. In return, EPA offered to
help publicize these companies' pollution
prevention efforts in conjunction with the
25th anniversary celebration of Earth Day
on April 22nd. Thirty-three organizations
responded by sending EPA reports on
completed lighting upgrades covering an
impressive 45 million square feet.
Organizations of all types and sizes
participated in the 10% Plan. The com-
mon element that ensured success in each
case: individuals excited about energy effi-
ciency who made completion of Green
Lights upgrades a high priority. To honor
these individuals and the organizations
they represent, EPA sponsored award cer-
emonies in Boston at the Massachusetts
Institute ofTechnology on April 12th and
in New York City April 18th.
Hope Davis with the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts was one person honored
at the Boston Event. In a time of tight
continued on page 12
Representatives of MIT are recognized for
their 10% Plan Achievements. Shown
(l-r) are Steve Miskowski, Bill Wolhfarth,
Maria Tikoff, Bill Dickson, Victoria Sinanni,
and Tom Shepord
(l-r) Charles Bertuch and Richard Branch/, Jr
of Carrier Corporation, John Hoffman,
Director, EPAAPPD, and, Jeanne Fox EPA
Regional Administrator at the New York
10% Plan ceremony.
(l-r) Jeanne Fox, EPA Regional Administrator
joins Steve Yagos and Gregory Roach of
Brooklyn Union Gas, and John Hoffman, EPA
APPD Director at the New York 10% Plan
ceremony.
W June 1995
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GREEN LIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
OMB # 2060-0255 Exp. 3/31/96
SURVEY REPORT
(fill in sections 1,2,4,6, and 12 below)
COMPLETED PROJECT REPORT
(fill in sections 1-12 below)
Date:
Page of
(attach additional pages as needed)
1. FACILITY INFORMATION
Company Name:
Facility Name:
Facility address:
City/St./ZipCode
Facility type*
New Construction?
Yes No
2. LIGHTING FIXTURES BEFORE UPGRADE (*use codes on back)
Fixture
Type*
Fixture
Quantity
Lamp
Type"
Lamp
Wattage
Lamps/
Fixture
Ballast
Type-
Lamps/
Ballast
Wattage
per Fixture
Lighting
hours/year
4. LIGHTING CONTROLS BEFORE UPGRADE
Typel*
Quantity
Type 2*
Quantity
Type 3-
Quantity
6. MAINTENANCE METHODS BEFORE UPGRADE
Group relamping?
Yes No Fixture cleaning*?
Yes No
Facility Manager:
Telephone No./FAX No.
Total Floorspace for this Facility:
Floorspace included in this report:
Is this the FIRST report sent to EPA for this floorspace?
sqft.
sq.ft.
Yes No
3. LIGHTING FIXTURES AFTER UPGRADE
Upgrade
Type'
Fixture
Type-
Fixture
Quantity
Lamp
Type*
Lamp
Wattage
Lamps/
Fixture
Ballast
Type*
(*use codes on back)
Lamps/
Ballast
Wattage
per Fixture
Lighting
hours/year
5. LIGHTING CONTROLS AFTER UPGRADE
Typel*
Quantity
Type 2*
Quantity
Quantity
7. MAINTENANCE METHODS AFTER UPGRADE
Group relamping?
Yes No Fixture cleaning?
Yes
No
8. COMMENTS
9. PROJECT COSTS
Survey
Administrative
Materials
Installation Labor
Disposal/Recycling Costs:
Other Costs
Total Project Cost
Rebates/Grants
6200(11/28/94)
10. LIGHTING SAVINGS
Lighting Load Reduced
Electricity Reduction
% Lighting Savings
Energy Cost Savings
Internal Rate of Return
kWh/yr
S/yr
11. IMPLEMENTATION METHODS:
Survey/Analysis*
Equipment Provider*
Installation Method*
Financing Method*
use codes on the back for these entries
12. SIGNATURE
Are you? GL Implementation Director
Facility Manager
Other
Send to: Jackie Krieger, Green Lights, US-EPA 6202J, 401 M St. SW, Washington DC 20460 , or
FAX to (202) 233-9569. For Questions, call the Green I.iehts ter.hniral hr>tlinp- ?n?-77
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GREEN LIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CODES
Facility Type
1000 Office"
1001 Warehouse
1002 Industrial Manufacturing
1003 Retail sales
1004 HealthCare
1005 Lodging (hotels, dormitories etc )
1006 AssembK (churches, aiiditonimi.s, etc.)
1007 Education (classrooms)
1008 Food sales and sen ice
1009 Parking Garage
1010 Laboratory
1011 Outdoor
Fixture Type
13 Fluorescent-commercial-no lens
14 Fluorescent- commercial-clear lens
15 Fluorescent- commercial-translucent lens
16 Fluorescent - deep cell lou\er
17 Fluorescent - small cell lou\er
18 Fluorescent- industrial-open fixture
19 Fluorescent- industrial-enclosed fixture
20 Incandescent- do\\nhght ("can")
21 Incandescent-spotlight'floodhght
22 Incandescent-decorati\ e/sconce
23 Incandescent-pendant fixture
24 Incandescent-general illumination
2 5 Incandescent-extenor'landscape
26 Incandescent - track lighting
27 HID-outdoor-cobra head
28 HID-outdoor-shoe box
29 HID-outdoor-\\allpak'flood
30 HID-outdoor-landscape
31 HID-outdoor-sports lighting
32 HID-mdoor-high bay
33 HID-mdoor-lo\\ bay
34 HID-indoor-recessed commercial
35 HID-indoor-sports lighting
36 Exit sign-incandescent
37 Exit sign-fluorescent
38 Exitsign-LED
39 Exit sign-electroluminescent
40 Exit sign- tritium
41 Exit sign- luminescent
42 Indirect
Installation by
2030 in-house staff
2031 contractor
2032 utility
Lamp Type
54 T-8
55 T-10
56 T-12 Energ\ Sa\ing
57 T-12 Cathode cut-out
58 T-12 High Lumen
59 T-12 Standard
60 T-12 High Output (SOOma)
61 T-12VHO(1500ma)
62 T-17VHO(1500ma)
63 T-5 single ended
64 Compact UMn-tube
65 Compact quad-tube
66 Compact-integrated ballast
67 Compact-circular
68 Incandescent-general sen ice (A, PS,T)
69 Incandescent-Reflector (R, PAR, ER)
70 Incandescent-decoratne
71 Halogen-general sen ice
72 Halogen-reflector (R.PAR, MR)
73 Halogen-tubular
74 HID-mercury \apor
75 HID-metal halide
76 HID-high pressure sodium
77 HID-white-HPS
78 Lo\\ pressure sodium
79 T-12 Slimline
Ballast Type
80 Fluorescent-old standard magnetic
81 Fluorescent-efficient magnetic
82 Fluorescent-h\brid cathode cutout
83 Fluorescent-standard electronic
84 Fluorescent-integrated electronic
85 Fluorescent-extended output electronic
86 Fluorescent-partial output electronic
87 Fluorescent-dimming electronic
88 Fluorescent-step dimming electronic
89 Fluorescent-HO standard magnetic
90 Fluorescent-HO (800ma) electronic
91 Fluorescent-VHO standard magnetic
92 Fluorescent-compact magnetic
93 Fluorescent-compact electronic
94 HID-magnetic
95 HID-electronic
96 Fluorescent-HO efficient magnetic
97 Fluorescent-VHO efficient magnetic
Upgrade Type
110 Relarnp onl\
111 Delamp onh
112 Relamp and reballast
113 Specular reflector delamp
114 Reflector Reballast
115 Ne\\ Lens/Reflector Reballast
116 Ne\\ lens/louver
117 New fixture
118 Convert Incand to Fluorescent or HID
119 Task Lighting
Control Type
100 Manual switching
101 Manual dimming
102 Occupancy sensor
103 Timed switching
104 Timed dimming
105 Daylight switching
106 Daylight dimming
107 Panel level dimming
108 Panel level EMS
109 Power reducer
Survey/Analysis b\
2010 in-house personnel
2011 independent consultant
2012 electrical contractor
2013 utility representative
2014 equipment supplier
2015 lighting management company
2016 energy services company
2017 Green Lights Sun eyorAlK
2018 Architect
2019 Lighting Designer
2024 Electrical Distributor
Equipment Provided by
2020 lighting equipment supplier
2021 lighting management company
2022 utility
2023 contractor
Financing by
2040 internal funds
2041 conventional loan
2042 utility
2043 lease-lease-purchase
2044 shared savings
2045 other
POLLUTION PREVENTION
You ma% \\ ant to estimate the
pollution prevention of this
project for \ouro\\nuse Use the
following formulas and factors
CO2: kWh vr x
emission =
factor
SO2:
x
saved
kWh/>r
saved
NOx: kWh'yr x emission
sa\ed factor
emission
factor
lbs\r
g'yr
g-yr
EPA Regional Emission Factors (see note below)
REGION 1: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved 11 4.0 14
REGION 2: NJ, NY, PR, VI
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved 1.1 3.4 13
REGION 3 DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, wv
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 16 82 2.6
REGION 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, M5,NC, SC, TN
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 15 69 2.5
REGION 5. IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 18 104 35
REGION 6. AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved. 17 22 25
REGION 7. IA, KS, MO, NE
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 20 8.5 3.9
REGION 8: CO, MT, ND, SB, UT, WY
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 2.2 3.3 3.2
REGION 9: AZ, CA, HI, NV, Guam, Am Samoa
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 1.0 1.1 1.5
REGION 10: AK, ID, OR, WA
Emission per CO2 SO2 NOx
kWh saved: 0.1 0.5 0.3
Note: State pollution emission factors are
aggregated by EPA region. Factors for U.S.
territories are national average emission factors.
See the Green Lights Lighting Upgrade Manual.
page: of 620019309-1)
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FOCUS
Signing Ceremonies Highlight Energy Savings
During April, signing ceremonies took place all over the
United States, bringing many new Partners into the program.
New York Citv
April 18,1995
Ten organizations joined Green Lights
at a signing ceremony held in New York
City on April 18th. Present at the event
were Jeanne Fox, EPA Regional
Administrator, and John Hoffman,
Director of EPA's Atmospheric Pollution
Prevention Division (APPD). The new
Partners, representing over 30 million
square feet of facility space, include:
Adelphi University; Becton Dickinson
and Company; City of White Plains, NY;
County of Nassau, NY; County of
Rockland, NY; Foxwoods Resort and
Casino; Mannington Mills; Midlantic
Bank; NBC; U.S. Military Academy-West
Point.
Mono Tikoff, Director of Green Lights and
ENERGY STAR Programs,(second from left)
joins representatives of Shaw's Supermarkets
at the Boston 10% Plan Recognition
Ceremony. Pictured (l-r) are Andrew Hayes,
GLID, Tikoff, Ph/l Francis, President and CEO
of Shaw's, and John Kelleher, Senior Vice
President of Shaw's
San Francisco
April 18,1995
What do Joe Montana and Maria
Tikoff, Director of Green Lights and
ENERGY STAR programs, have in com-
mon? Well, Maria did not announce her
retirement on April 18 in San Francisco,
but she did rally her team in recognition of
their great achievements over the year.
Tikoff was joined by James Strock,
California's Secretary for the
Environment, and 15 other Region 9
Green Lights Partners and Allies at the
Pacific Energy Center for a signing cere-
mony welcoming seven new Partners.
Welcomed into the program were repre-
sentatives from Applied Materials Inc.,
California State Automobile Association,
Mervyns Department Stores, Oak Grove
Unified School District, Stanford
University, Stanford Health Services, and
(l-r) James Strock, Secretary ofCA/EPA
is shown with Randy McAdam of
Safeway and Maria Tikoff Director of
Green Lights and ENERGY STAR
Programs, at the San Francisco signing
ceremony
Safeway. Existing Partners recognized
were Bank of America and the Louisiana
Pacific Corporation-Western Division.
Special EPA recognition went to the
State of California for its outstanding
Green Lights implementation, which has
yielded the State $2.8 million dollars in
energy savings to date. Green Lights
Utility Allies Southern California Edison,
Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power, and ceremony host Pacific Gas and
Electric were presented awards for the
financial incentives they offer participants
in support of Green Lights. Each partici-
pant received a Green Lights certificate
and a Governor's Proclamation applaud-
ing their dedication and participation.
Arlington, VA
April 25,1995
On April 25, 1995, over 200 people
gathered at the Readiness Center in
Arlington, Virginia to help the Army
National Guard celebrate Earth Day. As
part of its celebration, the Army National
Guard joined Green Lights, demonstrat-
ing their national commitment to upgrade
existing facilities with energy-efficient
lighting. Dick Wilson, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, EPA Office of Air &
Radiation, signed along with Major
General John D'Araujo, Director, Army
National Guard. Also present at the cere-
mony were Gwendolyn Taylor, EPA
Green Lights Federal Program Manager
and members of Green Lights Partner
continued on page 12
June 1995 11
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10% Plan, continued from page 10
state budgets, Davis has continued her
lighting work through aggressive use of
third-party financing. As a result, she
and her colleagues have upgraded more
than 6,000,000 square feet, and are sav-
ing Massachusetts taxpayers $1,157,000
per year.
At the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), Green Lights
Implementation Director Bill Wohlfarth
reported on upgrades in nearly 9,000,000
square feet of university-owned space.
Wohlfarth surveyed campus facilities by
hiring students to perform the work. This
helped lower MIT's total project costs
Signing Ceremonies, continued from page 11
Arlington County Public Schools.
"The Army National Guard is proud
to be a part of the many organizations
that have joined Green Lights," said
Major General DAraujo. "In signing-on
with Green Lights, the Army National
Guard commits itself to inspect its facili-
ties to make lighting improvements that
save money...and help save valuable
and contributed to their annual energy
savings of more than $980,000.
Many private sector companies
accepted the challenge of the 10% Plan as
well. Andy Hayes, Energy Manager at
Shaw's Supermarkets, reported upgrades
on 585,000 square feet. In addition to
increased light levels and improved
appearance, each Shaw's store now saves
an average of $20,000 in electricity annu-
ally, or about $2.4 million dollars for the
entire company each year.
Keith Anderson of Connetquot
Central School District in Bohemia, NY
is so enthusiastic about Green Lights that
in the 10 months since they joined the
resources! I'd call that a good investment!"
Ted Milson, a fourth grade student
from Barrett Elementary School in
Arlington, VA attended the event to pre-
sent his book on energy efficiency to
EPA and the Army National Guard.
Milson's book, Saving Energy, was part of
the Arlington Public Schools energy effi-
ciency awareness campaign. The follow-
ing is a list of initial Army National
program, he has already surveyed 75 per-
cent of the district's 1,150,000 square
feet, and has upgraded 10 percent. On a
single project, he secured nearly $100,000
in grants and rebates on his way to
achieving annual savings of nearly
$100,000. And, he's not keeping his
methods a secrethe recently authored a
front-page Green Lights article in his
community newspaper.
In the future, 10% Plan participants
may appear elsewhere in the media due to
EPA's efforts to spread the word about
their extraordinary success. Watch for
i f"»
their names, i vi
Guard Green Lights Federal
Participants: Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsyl-
vania, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington. ? *
(l-r) Captain Greg Gastello, Major General John D'Araupjoin Dick
Wilson, EPA Deputy Administrator, Office of Air & Radiation,
Gwendolyn Taylor, EPA Green Lights Federal Program Manager and
Lt. Colonel Scott at the Army National Guard signing ceremony
State representatives from Army National Guard units.
12 - June 1995
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TIP OF THE MONTH
Three Easy Steps to a Lighting Survey
Upgrading made quick and easy
| f planned accordingly, a lighting survey does not need to be a cumbersome task. In
I fact, if properly done, it can save time during the analysis of the upgrade options. The
lighting survey is not only about counting light bulbs. To accurately analyze the exist-
ing system and specify a high-quality, economical upgrade you must collect a variety of
information. The following steps outline what data is needed and the most efficient way
to gather this information to minimize the amount of "walking" time.
1. Presurvev Data Collection
The purpose of this step is to obtain as
much information about the facility
without leaving your desk. By looking at
floor plans and making a few phone calls
much of the needed information can be
obtained.
Obtain general facility information
Total floor space
Operating hours
Future use of the building (to deter-
mine if a lighting upgrade is practical)
Age of the building and upgrade his-
tory (to determine the age of the
lighting)
Disposal practices for lamps and
ballasts
Obtain financial information
Electric rates, demand and energy
Labor, tax, and inflation rates
Depreciation schedules
Rebates
Disposal costs
Develop upgrade preferences
Thinking about this information during
the survey will help considerably during the
analysis.
i/ Target light levels
Lighting quality issues (e.g. color
temperature)
Upgrade vs. replace
Technologies to use
Design approach (e.g. task/ambient
lighting)
2. Facility Walk-Through
Before doing an extensive room-by-
room survey, first take a "quick" walk
through the facility to see the most com-
mon spaces and lighting systems there
are. This step will help minimize the data
collection during the individual room
survey
Identify unique fixture configura-
tions with respect to
Lens/louver type
Ballast and lamp type
Lamps per fixture and lamps per bal-
last
Collect data about the physical
features
Ceiling type and height
Work surface height
Room surface colors and conditions,
including partitions
3. Individual Room Survey
During the facility walk-through, you
should have identified specific room and
fixture configurations to help minimize
the amount of "counting" (e.g. if there
are a number of offices with the same
dimensions and number of fixtures), only
write down the specifics on one office
and then label the other offices as identi-
cal rooms.
I/ Determine the number and type of
luminaires in each room
Measure existing light levels and
compare with visual task needs
Determine the number of task lights
needed
Determine the number and type of
automatic controls needed
Additional data might be needed
Refer to the Lighting Survey section
of the Lighting Upgrade Manual for
detailed instruction on performing a
lighting survey. In addition, Green Lights
Surveyor Allies can help with lighting
surveys and analyses. To obtain a list of
Surveyor Allies call the Green
Lights/ENERGY STAR Hotline at 202
775-6650. R
June 1995 13
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I N T H E
H T
What Hotels Can Do
to Support Green Lights
Sample Green Lights table tent to be placed
in hotel guest rooms.
*$&«=
ijjotel Partners' broad commitment to
I |
I 1 energy-efficiency through Green
Lights is something worth communicat-
ing about. Energy-efficient lighting does
more than just save money. It improves
lighting quality for an improved guest
experience and reduces energy consump-
tion for a healthier environment things
hotel employees, guests, and the commu-
nity can identify with.
Hotel Partners have already begun to
promote their participation and educate
visitors about the environmental, lighting
quality, and cost benefits of energy-effi-
ciency. Listed below is a summary of cre-
ative communications efforts hotels and
other participants can utilize to promote
their involvement in Green Lights:
Green Lights
lobby displays
(i.e., interac-
tive displays,
standing
signs with
tear sheets,
continu-
ous feed
videos
featur-
ing a
hotel's
Green
Lights Partnership);
Brochures available in lobby or at
information/check-in desk featuring
Green Lights Partnership information;
Green Lights signs/posters in lobby
area;
Green Lights information in guest
rooms (i.e., table tents, brochures);
Green Lights logo on room key cards;
Employees can be trained and en-
couraged to participate in customer edu-
cation activities and can wear Green
Lights buttons.
EPA encourages hotels and other
Green Lights Partners to implement envi-
ronmental programs before they promote
them. Hotels can go beyond lighting
upgrades and develop environmentally
friendly guest rooms that include water
conservation measures and temperature
controlling occupancy sensors as well as
other environmental improvements.
The Seattle Westin has just begun a
"green rooms" program with one floor of
rooms devoted to the environment. To
find out more about environmentally
friendly guest rooms, see page 7 for an
article about the ITT Sheraton Key
West's Enviro-Rooms project.
EPA understands the importance of
communications efforts like these and the
time and commitment it takes to imple-
ment such efforts. To request assistance or
to order communications materials, con-
tact the Green Lights/ENERGY STAR
Hotline at 202 775-6650. fl
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Are There Ghosts In Your Room?
Steps to Take to Remove Interference
Ii ave you ever had your TV set turn off
I iwhen you turn your desk lamp off?
Some hotels that have upgraded guest
rooms with electronic-ballasted compact
fluorescents have experienced similar, rare
problems of interference between their
compact fluorescents and their remote
controlled TVs. Interference can cause
unpredictable, but harmless results such as
the TV changing channels on its own,
turning on and off, or changing volume
sporadically merely by turning the lights
on or off. At times this phenomena seems
to come and go for no reason. Sometimes
interference occurs for the first five min-
utes after the lights are turned on, while
other situations may persist for hours.
Experts are not sure what exactly caus-
es these rare events, but many believe
interference is caused by the high frequen-
cy infrared pulses emitted from lamps
operating on electronic ballasts. (Lamps
with magnetic ballasts also generate
infrared pulses, but at a significantly lower
frequency that doesn't interfere with the
remote control signals.)
Industry contacts suggest the following
tips to reduce the possibilities of this prob-
lem occurring and to troubleshoot current
problems.
First, test for compact fluorescent lamp
interference by placing the lamp near or
directly in front of the TV. The remote
control and lamp can be considered
compatible if the remote control work
properly in this configuration. If prob-
lems result, try using another manufac-
turers product. If there are no problems,
then upgrade a sample of rooms with
different room configurations and test
them for several days. Other rooms can
be upgraded if the sample rooms expe-
rience no interference problems.
If problems currently exist, move the
lamps further from the remote control
receiver and out of its line of sight.
Infrared
Interference
from
Remote Controls
As a last resort, change to A magnetic-
ballasted compact fluorescent lamp.
Magnetic ballasts operate at lower fre-
quencies that don't interfere with the
remote controls, however some guests
complain about the starting flicker and
the warm-up time.
New from Green Lights:
Technology Directories
EPA has just released three new technology directories on Compact Fluorescent Task Lights,
Deep-Cell Parabolic Louvers and the Green Lights Manufacturer Ally Product Matrix. These directo-
ries are the first in a series designed to help Green Lights participants locate manufacturers of
energy-efficient lighting upgrade products. Each directory provides background technical infor-
mation, a glossary of terms, and tables that contain manufacturer and product information Only
Green Lights Manufacturer Allies are listed in the directories.
The Compact Fluorescent Task Lights Directory provides the following information
Manufacturer Name
Phone/Fax Numbers
Trade Name/Catalog Number
Mounting Options
Articulating Arm? (Y/N)
Lamp Type
Ballast Type
System Wattage
Special Features
The Deep-Cell Parabolic Louvers Directory provides the following information.
Manufacturer Name
Phone/Fax Numbers
Catalog Number
Number of Cells
Louver Depth
Contoured Interior? (Y/N)
Spacing Criteria
Lummaire Efficiency
Meets IES RP-24 Criteria?
Visual Comfort Probability
Coefficient of Utilization
The Green Lights Manufacturer Ally Product Matrix lists all manufacturer ally companies and indi-
cates which types of lighting upgrade technologies they manufacture. This matrix may be used
with the existing Directory of Manufacturer Allies to contact selected manufacturers for specific
product information.
To order a directory, call the Green Lights/ENERGY STAR Hotline at 202 775-6650
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H OT
"Do You Offer
a Group Rate?"
"/ not only reduce the cost of labor, but
with group relamping, there are fewer
work interruptions and less periodic
maintenance requirements."
- Michael Quimbey, Club Corporation Int'l.
Lighting-Related
Events
Green Lights Workshops
are listed on the back page of
this Update.
si Illuminating Engineering Society of
L North American (IESNA) 1995
, LIGHTFAIR
1% Location: Chicago, IL
{' Date: June 7-9, 1995
Contact: AMCTradeshows,
404 220-221 5, Fax 404 220-2442
j
, NeoCon '95/The Buildings Show
l't Location: Chicago, IL
'. Dote: June I 2-14, 1995
. Contact: NeoCon, 800 677-6278;
The Buildings Show, 3 12 527-7598
/ 995 Illuminating Engineering Society
Jfc of North American (IESNA) Annual
Conference
"^ Location: New York, NY
I*" Dote: July 29-August 3, 1995
* 3
|" Contact: Valerie Landers,
^ 212 248-5000, ext. I 17,
^ Fax 212 248-5017
\orne hotel and corporate engineers are
^''hesitant to perform group relamping
and cleaning because they feel there are
too few benefits and the effort will not
save significant money. But Michael
Quimbey, Corporate Vice President of
Environmental Affairs for Club
Corporation International in Dallas,
Texas, has seen many benefits and finan-
cial savings.
"Our group relamping labor costs are
usually one-eighth the cost of spot
replacement and rarely exceed 60 cents per
lamp. I not only reduce the cost of labor,
but with group relamping there are fewer
work interruptions and less periodic main-
tenance requirements," said Quimbey,
who uses a national lighting purchasing
contract to help with group maintenance.
Group relamping is determined by the
hours of lamp operation. Once a lamp
reaches 80 percent of its life or significant
lumen depreciation, group relamping
should be scheduled. Both of these traits
are easily determined when hours of oper-
ation are known, so group relamping can
be planned many months before the event.
Spot relamping requires significantly more
labor and time, especially when lamps
reach the end of their life and the rate of
failure increases rapidly. Considering the
amount of time required to change one
lamp and the time to generate the work
order to get it done, labor for spot relamp-
ing is the most expensive aspect of light-
ing maintenance.
Quimbey said Club Corporation's
resorts and clubs use group relamping to
improve their lighting quality and appear-
ance. Spot relamping often results in
nonuniform lighting because it mixes
lamps with different stages of lumen
depreciation. Poor lighting quality and
appearance results from lumen and dirt
depreciation reducing the lumen output up
to 50 percent while lamp energy usage is
still at 100 percent. Occasional spot
relamps are needed, however, group
relamping and cleaning restores and main-
tains the appearance on a regular basis.
National contracts can provide finan-
cial gains for group relamping not only
because of volume discounts but for sim-
plified purchasing as well. Group relamp-
ing is based on a set schedule so quantities
and types of lamps can be ordered with no
guess work.
"I maintain an inventory of 276 differ-
ent lamp types for my 263 locations.
Group relamping reduces the amount of
inventory I have to carry and because I
buy in large quantities, I receive dis-
counts," said Quimbey.
Obviously, some spaces are not suited
for group relamping. Spaces where light-
ing hours are not regular, such as guest
rooms, would not benefit from group
relamping. However, public and service
areas where lighting runs on a fixed sched-
ule provide financial benefits and better
lighting quality when group relamping is
used.
For more information on the advan-
tages of group relamping, consult the
Lighting Upgrade Manual chapter on
mm
Maintenance, ffa
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X T R A S
Lighting Tips for Small Inns
and Bed & Breakfasts
I ighting upgrade options for small inns
L»and bed & breakfasts are very different
from those of large hotels. Antiques, small
spaces and decorative light fixtures do not
lend themselves to many of today's ener-
gy-efficient lighting technologies. Bed &
breakfast and inn owners have asked what
they can do to improve lighting and
reduce energy costs. Here are some light-
ing considerations specific to inn and
B&B owners:
Energy-efficient light bulbs
for antique lamps
If a source is not visible, a compact flu-
orescent with an integral ballast is a good
choice. Another option is a halogen lamp
which provides more lumens per watt with
a brighter, whiter light. But, exercise cau-
tion when using halogen bulbs. Some del-
icate antique glass can break because of
the extra heat generated by halogens, and
always check socket wattage limits before
doing any upgrade.
Increasing luminance in a
room with dark surfaces
To brighten a room with dark wall and
fabric colors, the best option is to paint the
ceiling a light or white shade, and use an
indirect lighting system to reflect light off
the ceiling and back into the room. If this
method is used, whatever color the ceiling
is painted will be the shade of light that is
reflected into the room. The room's walls
will still appear dark due to the dark colors
absorbing the light, but objects in the
room will be better illuminated and the
space will appear brighter.
Improving bathroom lighting
Good bathroom lighting eliminates
harsh shadows while providing excellent
color rendering that flatters skin tones.
Hyatt Joins the
Green Lights Program
Placement of lighting is key in reducing
harsh shadows and is best achieved by
placing the light sources on either side of
the mirror. This floods the face with even
and diffused lighting. Use T8 fluorescent
lamps to provide diffused light and excel-
lent color rendering. Decorative custom-
made fluorescent fixtures can incorporate
this light source in an attractive design ele-
ment, and some companies may already
offer the decorative fixture that can be
upgraded with T8 lamps and electronic
ballasts. Ft
Announcing the Green
Lights Hotel "Certificate
of Distinction" Award
A Certificate of Distinction
will be awarded to one out-
standing hotel for excellent
performance in the Green
Lights Program in !995.Watch
the Update for more informa-
tion regarding this new award.
yatt Hotels Corporation signed a ever to join Green Lights,
I Memorandum of Understanding on Hyatt brings 48.8 million
April 10, 1995 during EPA's Profitable square feet into the program
Market Opportunities for Pollution for possible upgrades.
Prevention Forum. The largest hotel chain Welcome aboard.
Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator,
EPA Office of Air & Radiation, signs a
Certificate of Partnership for Hyatt
while Thomas D. Riegelman, Hyatt's
Vice President ofTechnical Services
and Engineering looks on.
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G L I D PROFILES
Above, Brant Rogers
Utility My
Demonstrates Commitment
; o demonstrate its commitment to ener-
' gy efficiency, Green Lights Utility Ally
Jersey Central Power & Light Company
(JCP&L) recently upgraded the lighting
fixtures in two of its facilities at their
Morristown, NJ headquarters. "This pro-
ject was a complete success for JCP&L,
and the Company's management and
employees are very happy with the
results," said Lou Holzberger, JCP&L's
Green Lights Administrator. "We have
substantially reduced our air-conditioning
load because these light fixtures do not
generate as much heat as the old system
and help keep our buildings cooler. Plus
we know that we performed a job that
benefited the environment."
The utility relamped and reballasted
4,841 outdated fixtures with 3,489 fluores-
cent fixtures, and because the newer fixtures
were more efficient than the old, fewer
were needed to maintain existing light lev-
els. For example, approximately 2,000 sin-
gle lamp fixtures were replaced with about
670 new deep-cell parabolic fixtures. And
in some cases, reflectors were installed
where applicable. JCP&L now enjoys an
estimated $191,170 in annual cost savings
and has reduced its electricity consumption
by 1,634,052 kWh. ?!
Lighting Upgrades Make A Difference in
the Eyes or GL Implementation Director
I he Green Lights upgrade process
t opened Brant Rogers' eyes to the many
ways of realizing energy savings that
Larry's Markets might not have previous-
ly considered. Rogers, Environmental
Manager of the Bellevue, Washington-
o ' O
based grocery store, found that identifying
lighting upgrade opportunities was easier
than he thought. Rogers said that
although employees were skeptical at first,
they soon became extremely enthusiastic
about the upgrades. "Employees know
that less energy use means less CO2, SO2,
and NOX as well as less impact on the fish
runsthey like that," said Rogers.
Under Rogers' direction, Larry's
Markets 65,000 square foot Bellevue
store reduced electricity by 702,947.5
kWh/year and saw $38,662 in energy cost
savings. The store upgraded 530 T-12
lamps, 484 incandescent lamps, and 150
HID metal halide lamps to 530 T-8
lamps, 363 compact fiuorescents, a mix-
ture of decorative incandescents, and
occupancy sensors and timed switches in
service rooms.
If you or someone in your organization is
interested in being featured in a GLID
Profile in a future Update, please contact your
7 P*
implementation account manager. 1 fi
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March 1995
Upgrades
he following program participants submitted implementation reports on completed
lighting upgrades during March.
Abbott Laboratories, Al Musur
Allegheny Power Service Corporation,
J.F. Hose
Allergan, Jon Reed
Alta Bates Medical Center, Joseph Rieger
American Light, Inc., GregMattison
American Standard, Daniel Elliott
Aristech Chemical Corp., Robert Volkmar
Arizona Public Service Company,
Michael Spielman
Atlantic Electric, Louis Davila
Brookln Union Gas Company,
Gregory J. Roach
Brown University, Kurt Teichert
Chase Manhattan Corporation,
Edward J. O'Shea
Chicago Botanic Garden, Greg Detlie
Club Corporation, International,
Michael Quimbey
Colorado Lighting, Norma Frank
Comerica Incorporated, Fred Emery
Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.,
John Mitchell
Dade County, Florida, Peter W. Rouse
Dauphin Electric, Don Fraley
Dolco Packaging Corporation,
Robert C. Lee
Embarcadero Center, Daryl Berg
Enterprise Property Management, Inc.,
Louis V. Scorpati
Environmental Law Institute,
Judy Murray
GDE Systems, Inc.,/M. Yazbek
Graybar Electric Company,
William Trussell
HB Fuller Company, Chong-Hue B. Lim
Harris Corporation, Ray E. Rader
Hoffman-La Roche Inc.,
Ottmar Hedemus
Honeywell, Inc., William P. Sikute
ICF International, Lynn Blasch
Jantzen, Inc., Scott Perry
Jersey Shore Medical Center,
Robert Lahey
Johnson & Johnson, Harry Kaujfman
Kenetech Windpower, Thomas W. Solberg
Kennametal Inc., William L. Gregory
Kinko's Service Corporation, Mike Evans
Litetronics International, Boyd Corbett
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Western
Division, Terry Coleman
Louisville Resource Conservation
Council, Walter F. Ball
MCI Telecommunications Corporation/
Downers Grove Operations, Mike Popovic
MacWhyte Company, Division of
Amsted Industries, Thomas Geb
Major Electric Supply, Inc., Dave Leven
Marriott Corporation, Alan Watson
Martin Marietta Corporation,
J. David Weiland
Mattel Inc., Magdy E. Awad
Medical Area Total Energy Plant Inc. of
Harvard University, Donald Yeaple
MicroLite Corporation, Subsidiary of
Pittway, Rick LeBlanc
Microsoft Corporation, Paul Selsor
National Jewish Hospital,
Richard Palestra
Northbrook (IL) School District #30,
George Becker
Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital,
Billy Nicholson
OSRAM Sylvania, Inc., Peter A. Bleasby
Ocean County College, Ken O/sen
Old Kent Financial Corporation,
David Troyer
Paragon Electric Company, Inc.,
Richard Lubenow
Pathmark Stores, Inc., RichardDeToro
Pine Run Community,
Christopher Felicetti
Platt Electric Supply, Walter Figueras
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center,
Bill Sergent
Power Savers, Inc., Tim Games
Quebecor Printing (Depew, NY),
Janet Schmidt
Ricoh Electronics, Steve Majicek
Rutgers University, Glenn Vliet
Salt River Project, Lori Jones
Seaquist Dispensing, A Division of
Aptargroup, Inc., Jeff McCaffrey
Springfield Utility Board, Paul Warila
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
(ID), Bill Morgan
State Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance Co., Joseph Miskulin
Summit Electric Supply, Becky Gary
Taylor Hospital, Terry M. Hart
The City of Phoenix, Arizona,
Paul Hudson
The City of Provo, Utah, Scott Glazier
The City of Sierra Vista, Arizona,
John Taylor
The Gillette Company, Karl Christ
The Goodyear Tire
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shops are free and open to the public. Space
is limited, however; and priority will be given
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and instructions will be faxed to preregistrants
within 4 weeks of the workshop date.
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Lighting Services Group at 202 775-6680
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Boston, MA July 26-28
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