University of Florida Faculty Clinic Receive LED Lighting Retrofit Rebate

Recently sustainability and energy conservation have become very hot topics for the hospital industry and the leading hospital associations. Two key components of this movement are reducing energy costs and safely managing waste disposal. Many hospitals have turned to LED lighting retrofits to improve the bottom line. The energy savings from replacing fluorescent lamps with more energy efficient LED Tube lights can be substantial.

One medical facility that explored the possible energy savings from converting their lighting to LED Tube lighting was the University of Florida. Their Faculty Clinic building used 3,000 fluorescent lamps that were rated at 34 watts and needed to be replaced frequently. In fact, the annual maintenance costs just to replace the failing fluorescent tubes was more than $12,000. It made economic sense to retrofit their lighting to LED lamps. But which lamps made the most sense?

LED Lighting Retrofits Deliver Cost Savings and Increased Lumen Levels

Their search was extensive- they researched the many LED lighting possibilities for three years. The amount of energy savings were certainly a key consideration. It was also important to improve the quality of the lighting as well. The college wanted to source an LED Tube light that excelled at optimum lumen performance. They measured Lux levels at different locations to better understand their current lumen levels were and targeted lighting improvement by area.

In order to get the project funded it was critical that the UF Faculty Clinic receive energy rebates. Even though the payback for the retrofit project was less than three years ,the rebates were necessary to pay for the upfront costs. The LED Tube light they selected were the RedBird LED Cardinal™ Tube lights, model L4-18W-41K-132. RedBird LED Tube lights are certified by the the DesignLights Consortium as eligible for the energy rebate program from the local Jacksonville Utility company.  RedBird LED is an Atlanta based, LED manufacturer of high performance- high quality LED lighting products. They currently have more than 90 different lighting products on the DLC Qualified Product List.

The bottom line for the UF Faculty Clinic was they received an energy rebate of $42,650 from JEA and it is estimated they will save over $ 400,000 over the next six years.  programaFor more information on LED retrofit energy savings opportunities - please visit the RedBird LED website at -www.redbirdled.com