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LED lighting offers numerous advantages, including energy efficiency, longevity, durability, versatility, and environmental benefits. These factors make LED lighting an important and preferred choice for a wide range of applications, from residential and commercial lighting to industrial and outdoor illumination. It not only saves energy and money but also contributes to a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future.

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Many manufacturing facilities are now considering upgrading their existing factory lighting to more energy efficient LED lighting to save on energy costs and maintenance costs. While the direct energy savings are absolutely notable, the effects of a lighting upgrade extend beyond only that. While considering an LED lighting upgrade, it is important to consider a total overhaul of your factory lighting. The gains produced may be hard to directly measure, but are inherent and should not be ignored.

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The United States Post Office in Holland, MI was seeking a more efficient way to light the outside of their facility, including their mail car parking lot, as well as the interior of the building itself. The United States Post Office needed high-quality LED lighting with quick and easy installation capabilities.

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LED is the future of outdoor lighting. In terms of expense, environmental impact, and sustainability, everything points to LED. According to the US Department of Energy, well-made LED products can use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs and last 25 times longer. We hear stats like these all the time, but what do they really mean? Here are 23 benefits of LED lighting that will put your questions to rest.

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Holt Public Schools, a K-12 school district in central Michigan serving more than 5,000 students, installed nearly 10,000 LED luminaires and retrofit kits, almost 8,000 Bluetooth communication devices, and 9,000 lighting control devices at nine schools across the district. The lighting was installed in classrooms, in hallways, and in the exterior, including parking lots.

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Whether you’re interested in fitness, sports, arts, music or other cultural activities, Dearborn’s Department of Parks & Recreation runs many of the City's most popular attractions and venues, as well as manages more than 40 public parks.

Topics: LED Lighting, Industrial and Warehouses

Established in 1941, Davis Cartage Co. is a leading transportation and warehousing company providing full-service logistics solutions for its valued customers. With Multi Client Distribution Centers strategically located throughout Michigan, Davis Cartage Co. provides quick access to major population and manufacturing centers in the US & Canada.

Topics: LED Lighting, Industrial and Warehouses

The importance of understanding how dimmers work and which ones to use has never been more complicated than it is now, due to all the different choices available. The introduction of LED lighting to the mass market has changed the dimming style to what used to only be available for fluorescent
 light fixtures. Continue reading to answer the underlying questions: How do LED dimmers work?

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Reducing energy consumption and teaching employees how energy is consumed in commercial settings are becoming popular methods to increasing business profits. This includes a whole building approach—not just looking at equipment, but the design and employee culture within the business. Evaluating all of these angles is the best way to reach significant savings on your energy bill. Below are some of the best tips on how to reduce energy consumption in buildings. 

Topics: Going Green, LED Lighting

 

Fabiano Brothers of Bay City, MI is a premier beverage distributor providing licensed accounts beverages throughout Michigan as well as central Wisconsin. This 100,000 square foot is located in Bay City, Michigan that includes beer storage space, receiving area, larger recycling center, and offices. Fabiano Brothers wanted to implement an efficient light source throughout their whole facility to increase security, reduce operating cost, and improve working conditions. Electro-Matic Visual was up for the task.

Electro-Matic Visual supplied the 250 indoor LED high bay lighting throughout the Fabiano Brothers facility. The high quality LED lighting fixtures and bulbs ensure for a long life period of over 100,000 hours to reduce maintenance costs, increase safety and increase energy savings.

“The LED lighting is certainly an improvement in the quality of light. We were able to realize $34,000 in savings on our overall electric bill for the less than full year that we had the LED lights and this takes into account any rate increase from the utility supplier.” – Jerry Witte, CFO, Fabiano Brothers

Not only does Fabiano Brothers see energy savings and maintenance savings, the LED lighting provides a much more safe working environment for the workers and much more appealing. “My warehouse employees really like the LED style of lighting not only because it is clean and bright but because the light is where it needs to be… on their work.” – Jerry Witte, CFO, Fabiano Brothers

The partnership with Fabiano Brothers and Electro-Matic Visual made this outstanding high bay LED lighting upgrade happen. This impressive facility is now able to function at a higher efficiency while improving the productivity of their workers and making the environment they work in more safe.

More to come: look for more on Fabiano Brothers LED parking lot lighting, LED office lighting, and exterior LED lighting!

 

If you would like to learn more about LED Lighting and how it can save you money try our ROI calculator or visit our website: visual.electro-matic.com

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