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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
EverLast® Lighting Provides Energy-Efficiency and Improved Light Quality in Gymnasiums
Jackson, MI– July 7, 2010 – Utility companies across the country are offering their customers rebates for installing qualifying high efficiency equipment in new or existing facilities. Lighting is considered by many as the "low-hanging fruit" in terms of energy-efficiency upgrades, so it comes as no surprise that facility managers across the country are swapping out inefficient light fixtures with more energy-efficient ones.
Steven Sampica, Plant Services Supervisor at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville, NC recently replaced 42 inefficient 400w metal halide fixtures in the school's gymnasium with 24 energy-efficient, EverLast® 400w induction high bay fixtures. "Energy-efficiency was our primary reason for this upgrade," Sampica stated. "However, improving the quality of light in the gymnasium was a secondary reason."
A hypothetical 10-year operational cost chart was created to provide the school with an estimate on how much money the school would save by switching to EverLast® Induction fixtures. Sampica took into consideration the costs associated with replacing a metal halide bulb compared to an induction lamp and calculated that the annual operating cost for one 400w metal halide fixture is $478, compared to $231 to operate one EverLast® 400w induction fixture.
According to a post on the Department of Energy's Energy Savers blog, "Induction lighting is one of the best kept secrets in energy-efficient lighting."1 EverLast® induction technology is essentially a fluorescent light without electrodes or filaments, which are the components that frequently cause other light sources to burn out quickly. Therefore, EverLast® induction lamps have an extremely long life of up to 100,000 hours.
In addition to providing 50 percent more efficiency than metal halides, EverLast® induction fixtures require little to no maintenance. By replacing the 400w metal halide fixtures with EverLast® induction high bays, Sampica will not have to replace a bulb for approximately 10 years and was able to reduce the amount of fixtures in the gymnasium by almost half. "The North Carolina High School Athletic Association requires a minimum of 50 foot candles for an indoor sporting event," Sampica said. "The new EverLast fixtures exceed these requirements by producing 71 foot candles, whereas the previous metal halide fixtures only produced 43."
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