Old T2 Lighting vs. New T8 Lighting

Based on operating 60hrs/wk @ $0.20 kwh

Lower your operating costs, upgrade the value of your facility and improve employee productivity with new, energy-efficient lighting. Reabes and savings achieved pay the cost of your lighting retrofit. In addition, UR Energy guarantees all savings. When you upgrade your lighting, you should see a noticeable reduction in your replacement and maintenance costs. Plus, better lighting contributes to a higher employee productivity by redusing eyestrain. Your employees are more comfortable and your building is more attractive to customers and tenants.

T8-T5 High Bays vs. HID Lighting

When it comes to right down to it, numbers don't lie. When it comes to high bay lighting, the three most important numbers are: System Input Watts, Maintain Lumens & Color Rendering Index (CRI).

When these three characteristics, lighting can be compared. WATTAGE IN is your cost to operate. LUMENS OUT determines the number of foot-candles that will be produced. And lastly, the CRI indicates how well the light will help or hinder your ability to perceive different colors within the lighted area.

Let's compare 3 common fixtures.

* Lumen Maintenance Percentage are used to predict the anticipated Lumen output of a light source in relation to the initial rated output of the lamp.

**Fixture Efficiency is the amount of light(Lumens) leaving the fixtures vs the amount generated by a given light source within the fixture.
***CRI is the Color Rendering Index is the lighting source ability to accurately render the colors of illuminated objects. The higher the CRI the better objects will appear.