Cool Lighting
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Some businesses looking to cut costs are seeing the light. As NBR Chicago Bureau Chief Diane Eastabrook reports, these businesses are flipping the switch on energy efficient lighting designed by Orion Energy Systems.
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- 08-03-06: One-on-One with Sempra Energy CEO Don Felsinger
- 05-01-06: Businesses are Absorbing Fuel Costs Instead of Passing Them On
External Links/Articles*
- American Lighting Association (ALA)
ALA "is a trade association representing the lighting industry." Its website includes information about energy wise lighting. - City of Seattle
Seattle City Light has established the Energy Smart Services "to help medium and large businesses reduce electricity use and save money." Read about the incentives Seattle offers to companies that update their lighting systems. - Energy Efficiency Pays (PDF Document)
The American Public Power Association and the Association of Small Business Development Centers published this guide to offer small businesses tips on saving money via energy efficiency. The guide, which is in PDF format, has a section titled, "Lighting." - Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago
The Energy Resources Center (ERC) provides "solutions to the energy and environmental problems affecting institutional, industrial and commercial sectors." ERC Director William Worek is interviewed in Diane Eastabrook's report. - Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) researches "lighting technologies, applications, and products." This links to information the LRC offers about lighting technologies. - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel installed energy efficient lighting in its printing facility. The company's facility manager, Dennis Laskaskie, is interviewed in Diane Eastabrook's report. - Orion Energy Systems
Orion designs and manufactures lighting systems, including business lighting systems specifically designed to be energy efficient. Diane Eastabrook profiles the firm and interviews its CEO & President, Neil Verfuerth, in this report. - Quad Graphics
Quad Graphics installed energy efficient lighting in 10 of its plants. The firm's Chairman & CEO, Thomas Quadracci, is interviewd in Diane Eastabrook's report.
*Clicking these external links will take you off the NBR web site on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.
