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They also offer a Lighting Re-Design rebate up to 75% of Lighting Redesign Study costs plus $400/kW Discounts of up to 70% on Lighting Efficiency products and services will be available in Boulder starting in September 2010. This funding is limited and will be first come first served. It will pay to be prepared to make your reservations early. |
Call today to setup your free consultation to find out if Lighting Efficiency can be profitable for you. There is nothing to lose but a substantial portion of your electric bill, your carbon footprint and a substantial ROI from a Bright Green Triple-Bottom-Line Opportunity. Click to Learn More Profits from implementing Energy Efficiency Investments have never been higher. If you are and Xcel Energy Electric Customer, mention the Offer Code "Franklin" and you will receive a free Small Business Lighting Efficiency Assessment that will detail the Energy Savings and Rebates you can expect to earn from an Investment in Greening the Lighting for your Workplace and then for being Energy Smart at Work. you can qualify for additional grant funding from Boulder County. Up to and additional $10,000 or 70% of project costs
The payback on common lighting retrofits in Boulder with 3rd generation "Super T8" and New 4th generation T8 Plus lighting technology have been 1 to 3 years for a 30% to 90% ROI. What are we waiting for? Is there something else we can do to boost the triple bottom line that is easier to implement, pays back faster, and has less risk? With Pending ARRA Bonus Rebate Funding for small businesses, paybacks can be faster than one year and pay back again each year into the future 4 or 6 more times before any maintenance is required. For this program, a prescriptive utility rebate is required. Initially this could be a screw in compact fluorescent, (ENERGY STAR) or even a dozen or more LED's. Even low wattage replacement lamps. It could be replacment of T12 systems with super T8's or it could be replacing Metal Halides with High bays or multi-cfl fixtures. You can get rid of Ubend systems, you can update to T8 or T5 Systems. Hardwired CFL's Even Screw in CFL's and 28 watt lamps qualify for rebates. Now Energy Star LED also qualify for rebates.
Call today to setup your free consultation to find out if Lighting Efficiency can be profitable for you. There is nothing to lose but a substantial portion of your electric bill, your carbon footprint and a substantial ROI from taking full advantage of this Bright Green Triple Bottom Line Opportunity. Funds for small business Bonus Rebates is limited to $850,000 with a limit of $10,000 per grant. A lower limit has not been set so I suspect that even small maintenance related projects with a total value of less than 2000 are exempt from Davis Bacon Wage Requirements. |
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Energy efficiency is cheaper and cleaner than building new power plants. Putting more money in small business pockets and less money in Xcel's pocket simulates the local economy and reduces our carbon footprint. Spectrally enhanced lighitng is perceived as brighter than traditional yellow lighting. Therefore fewer lamps and lower wattage lamps can be used to save even more energy with little or no incremental costs. Daylighting studies show improved performance. Light and Health Studies suggest that lack of blue wavelengths are related to sleep pattern disorders and seasonal affective disorder |
JUNE 2010 - Boulder County Colorado $20,000,000 MORE DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR GREENWASHING IN BOULDER Boulder County has received an additional 20 million in ARRA Stimulus funds to leverage into simulating our local economy. The are looking to spend maybe $3,000,000 in delivering energy efficiency services and bonus rebates and incentives to reduce water, energy and carbon to local small businesses and homeowners. With utility rebates and the owners costs this will pump maybe 9 million or so into energy and carbon efficiency in the local economy. Whats more, this investment pays back multiple times in short order and has the opportunity to create local green jobs. In addition they may be spending $12,000,000 to update/retrofit city and county facilities. University and school districts are not eligible. Most of this money will likely go to out of state consultants and multinational Energy Service Companies, But it's a start. On the residential side, they will subsidize and install low flow devices etc for saving water and light bulbs etc for saving energy. They will encourage buying Energy Star Appliances, new energy efficient air conditioners and furnace tuneups, programmable thermostats etc with substantial discounts and rebates. If the Utility has a rebate program, if the water district has a program, it will likely qualify for these Green Jobs Stimulus rebates. The Eco Geek Techs will need some idea of water conservation opportunities to make informed referrals. They will likely On the Commercial Side. They will rebate up to 70% of a projects installed costs, up to $10,000 per project. Prescriptive rebate from Utility are required. This means that lighting projects can be designed that will payback in 1 year or less, and receive 2 checks back totaling 70% of the cost of the equipment. Imagine that all new new "soccer mom" commuter electric vehicle costs $50,000 at the dealer and they were going to give you a check for $35,000 in rebates and a 3 year/5 year warranty. So the car only costs you $15,000 after rebates. Would you be interested? Now imagine the car saved $15,000 in gas in the first year, and every year for the the next 5 years or more. Again would you be interested? That's kind of what they're doing with with regard to encouraging lighting efficiency. HVAC tuneups, insulation and air sealing, air compressor efficiency and Variable Frequency Drive motors. even LED's will get rebates. Likely a whole range of water conservation devices will also be appropriate as saving water is saving tons of energy and carbon. I think I'd like to order one of those EV's (work vans) please. How much did you say 70% off retail. Plus I get to write it off my taxes in the first year. .... Sign me up. And you really can save 20% more electricity and you just might see better with Spectrally Enhanced lighting. Call us to setup a demonstration or to set up a visit to one or more of the Boulder facility that has already installed and is using this Technology. |
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It turns out that our eyes have three separate photoreceptor system that register more than is typically recorded as lumens or footcandles. |
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Spectrally Enhanced Lighting and Ultra Sustainable Lighting products and services mentioned herein have been used in Energy Efficiency Retrofits that have been orchestrated by Sunwave Lighting. While we are independent lighting efficiency consultants and while Full Spectrum and Spectrally Enhanced Lighting are available in many formats and from many vendors. Some products and services are better than others. You have a bewildering array of competing technologies. Literally thousands of small variations on each theme. Electronic HID, LED, HP T8 and T5 HO. Induction and even plasma lighting technologies. This site contains examples that we consider best of category. We make no specific endorsements herein, but you may find that the ideas and techniques herein and at www.SunwaveLighting.NET provide a foundation for maximizing the profits that can accrue to your Triple Bottom Line. Call 303-581-9296 for a FREE Small Business Lighting Efficiency Consultation. |
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Other Products: We like retrofit kits from Orion Energy Systems, ALP Lighting, MSI Solid state Lighting and others. While we do not endorse these vendors, we have seen these products successfully used in Cutting edge retrofit projects. In many cases however, we here in colorado are installing products and services that they are now taking out in California We save 30% and think its a good thing until we find out that we could have spent just a little bit more and saved 60%. Why do it twice? At 70% off you can afford to use the better and best technologies available.
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Since 1996, Orion Energy Systems has been revolutionizing the manufacturing, industrial, warehousing and commercial industries with a concept and a promise. The Orion concept is bold — a suite of proprietary, energy-efficiency and renewable technologies designed to save customers money, increase light levels, reduce load on the grid and decrease harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Orion's integrated solution includes its revolutionary Compact Modular™ fluorescent and LED high-bay series lighting platforms, which use at least 50 percent less energy than traditional lighting systems, its InteLite® dynamic sensor and control systems, the direct renewable Apollo® solar light pipes, and Solyndra photovoltaic solar panels.
Orion's innovative design provides options for adding controls today or in the future, when the price of energy increases and real-time pricing becomes a reality. This modular plug-and-play design is significantly more cost-effective than re-wiring to add controls at a later date. The Apollo® Light Pipe utilizes the lowest cost light available -- the sun. Apollo can reduce your energy costs for lighting to zero for significant portions of the day. Daylight is harvested through the dome and travels through the sealed light pipe. Focused daylight enters the building. How do you know if your buying a quality product when they all look the same?
MSI Solid State Lighting iPAR-38 Replaces a 70 watt halogens. Patented Power Band Technology 10 12 or 16 watts settings. Patented high performance Optics. Proprietary Intelligent Communication. Save up to 90% Qualified for Xcel Rebate
And don't be surprised when Energy Costs go up again next year.
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The Reason Spectrally Enhanced Lighting can Saves more energy with no downside is related to the way our eyes actually process light. Could it be that simply measuring everything in lumens and then setting standards that encourage over lighting our buildings is good for the guys that sell and install the stuff. The incandescent lamp is the perfect product. It's cheap, it's everywhere, it burns out often and we don't have to pay your electric bill. ? |
Numerous Day Lighting Studies have shown beneficial effects of Full Spectrum Light on Retail Sales, Office Productivity, Student Test Scores. Study Participants report reduced Eye Strain, reduced Glare, reduced Fatigue, improved visual acuity, and other ergonomic benefits. With Sunwave Lighting T8 Plus technology you can now bring the daylight indoors and save from 10 to 20% or more on your energy costs. These are the brightest, most energy efficient Highest CRI and Closest Daylight Match F32 T-8 lighting technology available. You get the ergonomic benefits of daylighting, and your energy savings pays for the bulbs and more.
Link to Sunwavelighting.net Link to Orion Energy Sytems. Ergonomic benefits Examples Link to Energy Smart at Work. See how much energy you can save and how little it actually costs after rebates and incentives. Link to www.XcelEnergy.com and www.ResponsiblebyNature.com Link to FEMP on Spectrally enhanced Lighting Link to DOE Commercial Building Efficiency Partnerships Link to ACEEE High Efficiency Commercial Equipment.
National Resources Defense Council named twenty-two U.S. cities "2010 Smarter Cities" for their investment in green power, energy efficiency measures and conservation by the Natural Resources Defense Council's online resource center, smartercities.org. I note that neither Boulder nor Denver made the list. Fort Collins did so while Boulder is content to sit on its not as green as you think laurels, and Denver likes to talk the talk, the aggies up at CSU are making the most progress. It helps that they have a Municipal Utility. It helps that they are so close to windy Wyoming. It helps that they have the Green University. |
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| A Brighter Idea. | A Standard size F32-T8 high output full daylight spectrum energy efficient bulb that fit in standard 48" fluorescent lighting fixtures. They are rated for 24,000 hours with 5550 Kelvin and 93 CRI. They are somewhat brighter and whiter than standard fluorescent bulbs and have a full spectrum daylight color match. These bulbs also offer energy savings in that these bulbs only use 80 to 90% of the power of a standard 32 watt bulb. Many common bulbs we tested in a 2 bulb fixture with a workhorse 3 ballast, draw about 59 watts. Changing the bulbs to SunWave T-8 Plus tubes and the power required drops to 51 watts. A savings of 10%. Another test with a four bulb fixture yeilded 37% savings. Just by changing the bulbs.
Link to See Other Spectrally enhanced lamps. TCP 850HL 5000K 85 CRI. Compares quite favorably in performance to other 5000K 82 CRI lamps in performance but with a lower cost. |
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| SunWave Technology |
SunWave technology combines a full-spectrum, scotopic-rich phosphor blend with an super efficient discharge fluorescent tube. SunWave bulbs have been designed to maximize and compliment the eye's ability to see under task lighting conditions. The expensive five phospor blend is a product of years of research and testing effort. The bright white scotopic rich light output enhances visual acuity, scotopic eye response, full-spectrum color correctness, and melatonin reduction in an energy efficient package. Compare these to any other bulbs or tubes and we know you will immediately see the difference. back to top   |
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| Scotopic Eye Response | Scotopic light is the light that affects or stimulates the rods or "night vision" receptors in the eye. Scotopic Eye Response Links:
Tuning the Light Spectrum To Improve Energy Efficiency By Guest Writer Sam Berman. The Federal Energy Management Progam Recommends Spectrally Enhanced lighting for saving Energy. www.eere.doe.gov The American Council for an Energy Efficienct Economy (www.aceee.org) recommends higher efficiency equipment. The DOE is Commercial Buildings partnerships have developed several templates and best practices recommendations. The DOE is working hard to assist in the development and commercialization of LED's so we don't have a repeat of the mistakes made during the introduction of cheap low quality CFLs. more than 20 years ago. LED technology is rapidly becoming the technology of choice both with regard to efficiency, and with respect to maintenance and lifecycle costs. Los Angeles California Viaduct and skyline with High pressure Sodium vs LED. 50% savings and less maintenance too.
The Association of Energy Engineers www.AEE.org is now teaching Spectrally Enhanced Lighting techniques for taking efficiency to the next level. And giving credit where credit is due, if you ever get the chance to take a lighting course from Stan Walerczyk of Lighting Wizards, do it. See www.lightingwizards.com. Stan's the one with the table of 32 different ways to retrofit a 3 lamp T8. |
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Spectrally Enhanced and Full Spectrum Lighting is perfect for Office/Warehouses, Schools, Classrooms, Retail and other facilities where a daylight match and lower energy bills is desired. Boulder Community Hospital uses them at Nurses stations, in the ER the OR and the Mom And Well Baby Unit. They are also used in Sterile storage rooms and even in the Pharmacy and in basement offices without windows. The UMC at CU uses 5550K Sunwave lamps every where they use T8's except for the kitchens. The cooks in the kitchen don't like the light. and the yellow lights yeild higher Foot Candle readings as the blue wavelengths are not measured in lumens.. UNAVCO (The University Navstar Consortium) uses the 5550K lamps in their offices in 2x4 troffers and in Suspended Direct Indirect Pendants. In the warehouse they use 5000K Spectrally Enhanced Super T8's NEON (The National Ecological Observatory Network) uses them in their Offices out on Airport Road, and is looking at retrofitting a newly leased 44,000 square foot Tech Building. Blue Mountain Arts uses 5550K Sunwaves in their Offices and Art Department and 5000K Super T8's (in 6 and 8 lamp highbays) with occupancy sensors in their 200,000 square foot warehouse. At the warehouse we were able to save 56% off the lighting power density and even more off the light bill. Using the Xcel Energy Lighting Redesign Program we were able to secure $30,000 in additional rebates for a total of $60,000 in rebates. In this case we were able to get more savings and a substantially larger rebate compared to the simpler prescriptive program. At NREL, Aaron Ptak and Matthew Young use the 5550K 93 CRI lamps in their labs in the old SERF building. |
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| Boulder County Enegy Smart at Work Program will likely start in November 2010. It will pay a bonus rebate of up to $10,000 or up to 70% of the inventment. There is a requirement to Pay Davis Bacon Wages. |
Prevailing Wage Determination for Boulder County Colorado PLUMBER (Including HVAC work).......$ 33.37 plus $ 10.45 totals 43.82/hour. LABORER Common......................$ 11.02 $ 2.90 SHEET METAL WORKER (Includes HVAC duct and installation of HVAC systems)....$ 32.16 $ 9.22 Energy Efficiency. T8 Plus Lamps are designed to use only 20-25 watts in a standard 32 watt electronic ballast fixture which can save 10% to 40% in reduced energy costs. The lamps are slightly larger in diameter with a 37.5 watt heavy duty cathode for extra long life. 24,000 to 30,000 hours or more. TCLP low mercury. ROHS compliant version is available. Manufactured by NEC in Japan. |
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| SunWave T-8 Plus |
The Sunwave® 5550 Kelvin 93 CRI Low Wattage Lamps
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Its Important to know the facts. This kind of standardized and factual information is long overdue in lighting. So is third party verification but that's another story. |
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| Other Full Spectrum Lighting Products |
Light for Health "Indoor Sunshine" CFL's. |
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| Why Full Spectrum? |
Not All Spectrally Enhanced Lighting Products are Created Equally. The Phosphor-Lux phosphor mix used in Sunwave Lamps is a proprietary blend resulting from years of research, development and testing. It produces the most technically accurate "Full Spectrum" Daylight color match. It is only available with American Environmental Products SunWave lamps and some private label lamps. It costs as much as some entire lamps to use these rare earth phosphors but Color rendition Index and Scotopic/Photopic ratio and Rated Life are as good or better than anything else out there. 93 CRI is clearly better than 82 CRI provided by the less costly and less accurate industry standard mixes. The Wattage used by the T8Plus is clearly lower than standard 32 Watt T8's. These lamps use a combination of 5 rare earth phosphors that include both narrow and wide band spectral emission which gives a smoother spectral curve. Other commonly available bulbs typically feature a tri-phosphor mix. The additional wide band phosphors gives these bulbs their bright white daylight color match. The white light stimulates both eye's rods and cones resulting in various ergonomic benefits. These bulbs are also a perfect upgrade for less energy effective F32 T-8 fluorescent lamps in homes and offices or wherever the best reading or most energy effective task lighting is required. Recommended for working on computers or for other visual tasks where bright color correct light is desired. Studies have shown that full spectrum lighting can affect retail sales, employee productivity, student test scores, health and well being. The light from these full spectrum bulbs makes it easier to read, reduces glare, and improves visual acuity. Often this results in increased sales, higher employee satisfaction, reduced stress and fatigue, and over all higher productivity. In addition, we are just now learning about the benefical effects on human circadian rhythms, reduction of melatonin production, and other health benefits from Full Spectrum light including small amounts of UV radiation. |
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| Testimonials |
"Why haven't I heard of these lamps before?" Kai Abelkis Boulder Community Hospital. "We just built the first LEED certified Hospital. "I'm originally from Chicago and I know that white light is commonly used for the treatement of Seasonal Affective disorder." "I read the meter and see the 14% less wattage." "When we leave the operating room [with Sunwave lamps] and return to the yellow hall lighting its like getting instant cataracts." Julie Moyle Surgery Department Manager Boulder Community Hospital. "From the wide variety of lighting options, I have selected AEP's lamps with SunWave Technology for relamping my offices because ..... it is the closest color match to daylight." "The light from these lamps is transparent to our daylights designs. " Noted architect: William McDonough. Fisher Chevrolet Pontiac Rick Hill, Sales Manager. "I don't need to use my reading glasses as often. These new lights are incredible."
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Christopher Turf, R.Ph., Pharmacy Manager. "My vision has changed over a number of years probabally from poor lighting and small print. Right away, I noticed I can read print more easily off of paper. It just seemed to be clearer for me" |
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| About the Company |
Mr. Heising has designed more than one retrofit that saved more energy but received a smaller rebate. Spectrally Enhanced Lighting Projects in Boulder include Boulder Community Hospital, CU UMC, UNAVCO, Backpackers Pantry, NEON, and Blue Mountain Arts. He is a member of the Boulder Green Building Guild and serves on the Xcel Energy Lighting Efficiency Trade Partner Advisory Board. Charles Bolta Formerly CEO of American Lighting and American Environmental Products is an award winning lighting designer with numerous patents in lighting. The Sunwave phosphor blend was created for high quality full spectrum Light Therapy equipment commonly used for the treatment of seasonal Affective Disorder. This work allowed Mr. Bolta to develop other environmentally correct and energy efficient indoor lighting products which are now patented or patent pending. From Light Therapy equipment (Sad Lite) to the Full spectum Sprial bulbs and F32 T-8 tubes with SunWave Technology to the Glow-Lux Emergency Egress lamps, these lights provide healthy and safe lighting for indoor applications and are some of the most technically correct and the most energy efficicient (Scotopic and Photopic lumens per watt) available anywhere. Johnny Barrett. Business Developent and Corporate, Institutional and Government Sales. Daniel Stein
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Steve Heising CLEP, MBA 30303-581-9296steve.heising(at)sunwavelighting.net
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Did I mention that the assessment is a free and without obligation to find out how much energy and carbon you can save and to get specific recommendations. Invest $1000 or more and you get 2000 in matching funds. then you get $1000 or more in reduced energy costs each year for 5 or more years. Did you know that our buildings use 40% of all energy we consume? and that wasted energy in lighting can be reduced by 50% or more.
"Millions of people will start paying a lot more attention to the common light bulb in the coming months, thanks to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). That's because the incandescent light bulbs we've relied on for over a century will have to become much more efficient to comply with EISA's new performance levels, which will be introduced on a staggered basis beginning in 2012 with the phase-out of the popular 100W incandescent lamp, followed by the 75W, 60W, and 40W bulbs phased over two years. The end result will point consumers towards more efficient lighting alternatives, such as CFLs and LEDs. "
NO ENDORSEMENTS POLICY: Past performance is no guarantee of Future Results. Manufacturer claims are often not verified by third parties. What good is a 10 year warranty from a company that's only been around for 3 years. Simple Payback is often not the most appropriate way to evaluate the return on an investment. 
Update 2x2 and 2x4 lay in troffers to modern direct indirect systems. Eliminate U-Bend with F17 T8 or T5 Systems 
Steve Heising CLEP is a Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional. He has been a consultant to small and medium sized businesses for 30 years. Lighting is a passion. Lighting is low hanging fruit. Lighting is fruit on the ground. There are 32 different ways to retrofit the 3 lamp 18 cell parabolic lay in troffer luminiare. what with different retrofits kits, lamps, colors, ballasts, and other minutia some of these choices work better than others. Some save more energy, some cost more and save less. Some meet the minimum code requirements, others exceed code by 30% or more. 
Copyright 2010 Marketing Center Associates. SunWave, and Glow-Lux are trademarks of American Environmental Products Orion and ALP Betterway Clifton Gunderson Franklin Energy Xcel Energy ... all have trademarks as indicated herein.