by Shane Henson — August 5, 2013—Hubbell Lighting, a South Carolina-based provider of indoor and outdoor lighting products, recently announced the launch of a program focused on accelerating the adoption of energy-efficient lighting and controls technologies.
Called “createchange,” the initiative will helps end users see through and beyond what many find as an uncertain process to envision what the impact of energy-efficient retrofit solutions look like at their facilities, explains Hubbell Lighting.
With createchange, Hubbell Lighting says it has made retrofit projects easy with a comprehensive suite of tools and services available through its Web site. Coupled with the company’s recently announced flexible funding program called Cash Flow Positive, the programs give customers the resources they need to maximize energy savings and ensure project success, Hubbell Lighting says.
A crucial part of the createchange program is “Compare in the Air.” Once customers have plotted their retrofit through using the company’s audit tools, Hubbell Lighting will allow them to test those plans in real time at their facility with no risk. Specifically, customers can select and install up to four Hubbell products, install them in their facility, and monitor the results for 90 days. After experiencing this, customers can decide either to keep the products and move forward with their lighting retrofit project, or return them for a full refund, says Hubbell Lighting.
The program is significant and needed because, as Hubbell Lighting notes, lighting represents 30 to 50 percent of the energy used in most facilities, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, and is the easiest and least costly energy consumer to upgrade.
In fact, a well-executed lighting retrofit can reduce energy usage by up to 60 percent, translating into an improved EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) of 17 percent for warehouses and manufacturing facilities, a four percent increase in earnings at automobile and truck dealerships, and a three percent increase in net operating income for commercial buildings, says Hubbell Lighting.
