by Brianna Crandall — March 24, 2014—According to energy-efficient lighting manufacturer Precision-Paragon [P2], it is a little-known fact that the majority of energy-efficient lighting retrofits leave significant energy savings on the table. The company has just released a book that aims to help building owners and managers and lighting professionals identify and maximize potential sources of energy savings.
6 Steps to Getting the Most from Every Lighting Retrofit is available for free as a downloadable e-book on the lighting manufacturer’s Web site. The 21-page guide walks readers through valuable energy-saving steps that are missed in many lighting retrofits.
The guide’s first chapter opens at the starting point for nearly all lighting upgrades: a one-for-one replacement, where existing fixtures are swapped out with more energy-efficient replacements. Precision-Paragon says that this is “a fine place to start,” but not to stop there; significant additional energy savings can be found with further actions.
The book covers five additional steps that [P2] says will allow building and lighting professionals to get the most out of a lighting retrofit: performing a comprehensive layout and specification, adding automatic lighting controls, addressing outdoor lighting, addressing specialty lighting, and finding and qualifying for rebates and incentives.
By following all the steps in the guide and performing a truly comprehensive retrofit, it is possible that a facility could more than double their energy savings when compared to performing a simple one-for-one retrofit, asserts Precision-Paragon. The six steps are applicable to a wide range of manufacturing, commercial, industrial and educational facilities.
“It can take a bit more work to perform a truly comprehensive retrofit,” said Joe Martin, [P2] vice president and general manager. “But the potential energy and cost savings are too big to ignore.”
For over 20 years, California-based Precision-Paragon [P2] has made high-quality, indoor and outdoor light fixtures for a wide range of applications in retail, commercial and industrial spaces. [P2]’s energy-efficient lighting is engineered to drastically cut energy consumption, creating big cost savings and significant environmental benefits.
