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Edinburgh Airport on track to make £23k per year savings with LEDs

Edinburgh Airport is on track to make savings in the region of £23,000 per year with the installation of 257 LED lights in the airport’s round-the-clock baggage hall, effectively halving its power use in this area. The retrofitted lights replaced T8 fluorescents and will cut Edinburgh airport’s power demand by nearly 208,922 kWh/year, corresponding to annual savings of approximately £22,981,... 
Tags: airline, Climate Change, Edinburgh Airport, electricity costs, Energy, energy costs, , gas costs, gas use, National Air Traffic Control Service

Sainsbury’s aims to save 59% on lighting costs with LEDs

Sainsbury’s is aiming to save 59% on lighting costs at its new Leek supermarket with the installation of an LED lighting system which it hopes will cut its electricity demand for lighting at the store by 317,900kWh per annum. The supermarket giant has installed the lights as part of a grand plan to reduce its “absolute operational” carbon emissions by 30% by 2020. GE’s Lumination Linear... 
Tags: Carbon footprint, electricity demand, energy savings, head of sustainability, LED technology, Light-emitting diode, Lighting, Lumination Linear Suspended, Lumination Linear Suspended lighting system, Paul Crewe, Sainsbury

Vive! La French (office light energy savings)

As every prudent French businessman knows, there are some basic rules of commerce that must be applied at all times. One must make time to meet and eat lunch with key customers, one must embrace les rosbifs when the British do make an effort to speak French… and most of all, one must “faire des économies” wherever possible and save business expenditure to maximise profits at all times. When... 
Tags: Delphine Batho, electricity, Energy, environment minister, France, Light pollution, Lighting