Digital Lumens promises 90% energy savings via networked LED lighting

[Bill USA]

http://www.ledsmagazine.com/articles/2010/03/digital-lumens-promises-90-energy-savings-via-networked-led-lighting.html

Start-up company will target industrial environments such as warehouses and rely on network control and efficient LED fixtures to achieve savings.

Tom Pincince, Digital Lumens President & CEO, states, "We can provide 100% of the light at 10% of the energy cost." The new entrant into the industrial-lighting segment believes that the combination of LED fixtures, network control of each fixture, and lighting-management software can deliver on the promise.

Digital Lumens will target applications such as high-bay lighting in warehouses. For instance the company uses a cold-storage warehouse as an example. According to Pincine, only about 10% of such a facility is occupied at any given time, and lights in the remainder can be dimmed or even extinguished.

In the cold-storage case study, a trial installation provided a 95% reduction in energy usage. The 268,000-square-feet facility energy costs dropped from $225,000 to $10,000 annually. Pincince claims that a thrid of the enrgy used by tarhet customers is presently used for lighting.
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[madokie]

1. over the last few months I've been changing our cfl's to led

40 watt equivalent incandescent, 500 lumens and using 5 watts electricity. I like the white light of these LEDs much better than the cfl or the old incandescents.