ERMUSR Handout #1 08-13-2012Elk River .=
Municipal Utilities
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Commercial Lighting - New & Retrofit
Lighting accounts for more than 40% of commercial sector electricity consumption in the
United States. Designing and implementing an efficient lighting system in your business will
help you achieve tremendous savings. Get started now and improve your bottom line - today!
Elk River Municipal Utilities (ERMU) can give you the advice you need to get started. The
result will be recommendations for cost effective solutions that will save you money and
improve your lighting system.
Ashley Furniture LED Lighting
Who Can Participate?
Value for Your Business
• Lighting system paybacks often range from one to four years.
• Improve safety and reduce energy usage
• Increase system control with energy- saving occupancy sensors
• Improve employee productivity and sales by enhancing lighting quality in
work stations and retail areas
• Reduce cooling loads - less waste heat is given off by new technology in
lamps and ballasts
Any commercial or industrial member can apply. Offices, retail, production space and
warehouses are the largest contributors to commercial lighting energy use. **
What You'll Receive
Rebates ranging from $1 - $125 per lamp /fixture are available to customers who
purchase and install energy - efficient lighting in new or existing buildings.
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) light levels are recommended.
13o69 Orono Parkway
P.O. Box 430
Elk River, MN 55330
Phone: 763-441-2020
Fax: 763- 441 -8o99
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What You Need to Do
Check with ERMU to verify funding availability and
program parameters prior to purchasing equipment
Installation must be complete before rebates will be paid
Itemized invoices and specifications from equipment
vendors must accompany rebate application
* Payback and ROI vary by project
* *Sources: American Council for
Energy- Efficient Economy,
Department of Energy 2002
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Ashley Furniture's sales floor featuring T8 Florescent and LED Down lights.
• Invoices must itemize labor charges, quantity and price
of the equipment installed
• Invoices must include manufacturer and code numbers
for the installed equipment
• ERMU reserves the right to conduct inspections
• The maximum rebate amount is limited to 50% of the
project costs
Contact Us
For any questions, please contact ERMU at 763
-441 -2020 for more information and assistance
in getting these rebates and incentives to hep
improveyour bottom line - today!
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New Lighting, New Savings
Businesses are continually looking for ways to cut costs
and save some cash. One option many don't think
about is to change out old lights to new, more efficient
lighting, which helps lower monthly energy costs.
E &O Tool and Plastics
recently made some drastic
changes in the lighting
system they use for the
production and office
facilities in Elk River,
Minnesota.
Over 350 lights in the building were replaced. The
change to more efficient fluorescent lights and the
addition of motion sensors will save E &O over 340,000
kWh per year and about $25,000 in energy and demand
costs. "Production will increase from the increased light
levels. When people are happy, they work harder and
better. The new lights have made people happier
because it appears like there is daylight in the work
areas," said Joel Schafbuch, Director of Engineering
and Operations.
In addition to the $25,000 of% ,
annual savings, E &O
r
received a rebate for just
under $10,000 from ERMU'
for upgrading all of the
lights. This lighting retro -fit
project has a simple payback of under two years. The
rebate had a large influence on the lighting project being
done this year. "The project would have been
postponed if the rebates were not available," said
Schafbuch.
Take advantage of lighting and other energy efficient
rebates offered by ERMU to increase your cash flow
and profitability today.
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