August/September 2008
The Business of Green
C O N T E N T S
ED Corner: Chapter Progress and Five Year Anniversary Celebration
LEED 2009: Regional Credits
The Business of Green: Take Control of Your Lighting Costs
Materials & Resources: What You Need to Know About Environmentally Friendly Paint
Water Efficiency :Reduce Potable Water Through Grey Water Systems
Walking the Talk: FSC Certification for Chapter LEED Study Guide
Regional Update: Metro Denver Branch Leadership
VISION
Promote responsibility for Colorado's environmental legacy.
MISSION
Advance and promote sustainable planning, design, construction and operation of the built environment through education, improving industry guidelines, policy advocacy, and information and resource sharing.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Hootman, President
RNL Design
Dana Kose, Vice Chair
M.A. Mortenson
Megan Christensen, Secretary
Bovis Lend Lease
Jim Bradburn, Treasurer
RMH Group
Mike Lowell, Advocacy Chair
US GSA
Bobby Molinari, Membership Chair
Hyatt Select
Josh Radoff, Director At Large
YRG Consultants
Sue McFaddin, Director At Large Seven Generations
Ted Caulkins , Education Chair
Silvertip Integrated Engineering
Daniele Loffreda, Communications Chair
Plateau Enviro Associates
Conor Merrigan, EGB Chair
C2 Sustainable Development Consultants
Deb Kleinman
Executive Director
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Take Control of Lighting Costs
Enjoy the benefits of better lighting while reducing energy costs
A view on expanding conservation efforts even further
Based on the savings from this initiative, Randy and team are looking at other lighting retrofit projects for the rest of the AFW stores across the Front Range. “We’re now exploring what it would mean to change out the high-bays at the rest of our sites, and we’d like to see about getting the incandescents in our showroom track lighting switched to compact fluorescents.”
AFW’s experience with the Lighting Efficiency program also increased their interest in other ConservationWise from Xcel EnergySM programs like Cooling Efficiency. In fact, they replaced 12 rooftop AC units at their Westminster, Colorado store with qualifying high-efficiency systems at about the same time they did the lighting retrofits in Thornton
Looking to just get started? Replace T12 fluorescents.
If you don’t have an application for high-bay fluorescent lighting like the one just described, we recommend that you consider a retrofit of fluorescent T12 lamps with fluorescent T8 or super T8 lamps. Why? Newer T8 lighting products tend to start faster, run cooler and have electronic ballasts that regulate the flow of energy to the lamps, so they require less energy. And, we offer rebates on T12-to-T8 and super T8 conversions through our Lighting Efficiency program.
Is Lighting Efficiency right for you?
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Consider these questions if you haven’t installed high-efficiency lighting:
- What percentage of your overhead is your energy bill?
- What percentage of your energy bill is for lighting?
- Are light levels appropriate for the jobs being performed?
- Do employees complain of eyestrain or inconsistent lighting?
If you don’t know where to start, contact your local utility’s assistance and rebate programs. They can help your business toward state-of-the-art energy efficient lighting that works as hard as you do.