ENERGY
NEW MONEY SAVING, CARBON CUTTING LIGHT
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nergy efficient lighting specialists Bulbs4Life have just launched a new LED lamp that saves significant energy – and hence money – whilst reducing maintenance costs and cutting landfill impact. The new lamps are 90 per cent more energy efficient than their halogen counterparts, and within a commercial or retail environment have a payback period of just nine months, outliving traditional halogens by 48,000 hours.
The Bulbs4Life LED lamps use only 3- 5 watts of electricity to generate lighting output equivalent to a 50W halogen. Not only more energy efficient, they also have an average lifetime of 50,000 hours, compared to the 2,000 lifespan of equivalent halogen, meaning much lower maintenance costs associated with lamp replacement – a detail of particular importance for facilities managers. An example organisation replacing 1000 halogen lamps for these LEDs would save 92 per cent on their energy bills*, cutting from £12,000 spent annually on electricity to power them to just £1,000;
an impressive potential saving of £11,000. In this example, the money saving is enhanced by carbon output savings of 41 metric tons per year. To calculate your own possible energy and financial savings from migration to LEDs, there is a calculator function available at www.bulbs4life.com. As a broad national average, lighting makes up around 10 to 15 per cent of electricity bills. “Our LED lamps emit light of the same quality as 50 watt halogen bulbs, they do not flicker and switch on instantly, so there is no compromise in performance when switching to LEDs,” explained Bulbs4Life director, Mark Blanchfield. “As our LED’s last so much longer they also reduce ongoing maintenance costs associated with replacement and more than 70 per cent of our lamps’ components can be recycled. Landfill impact can be greatly reduced by refurbishment and harmful chemicals such as mercury are completely avoided with our LED lamps.”
Bulbs4Life are on the Carbon Trust active suppliers list, which offers interest
free loans to qualifying organisations that switch to its LED lamps. The cost of purchase is covered for any business with up to 250 employees and replacing 200 or more halogen lamps. According to Bulbs4Life, loan repayments on the purchase price can be easily covered by financial savings on energy in just nine months.
“Replacing halogen for LED lamps that perform just as well is such a simple and successful strategy for money-saving and provable energy-saving that we expect high demand,” said Mark Blanchfield. “With Carbon Trust support, businesses and organisations can enjoy a no-risk way to switch and save.” Shadow Environment Minister and Liberal Democrat MP, Martin Horwood, is positive about the new lighting: “This is, literally, a brilliant product from a great company. And it’s good for the environment too. For customers it offers a clean, green conscience and big savings on the bottom line,” he said.
*Example based on 8 hours use, 5 days per week.
G & P gears up for increased portable battery collections
as they are ideal for undertaking multiple small collections with maximum cost effectiveness and increased carbon efficiency.
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aste battery collection and recycling specialist, G & P Batteries, has taken delivery of
five new drop-side vans as part of its plans for increased portable battery collections occurring as a result of new waste battery regulations.
The vehicles are replacing existing stock in the G & P fleet and the company has selected the Iveco daily 35C 12 model for its flexibility. With a 3.5 tonne gross capacity, these drop-side vans will be the workhorses for portable battery collections
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G & P Batteries offers a nationwide collection and recycling service for portable, industrial and automotive waste batteries. It has a fleet of 21 vehicles ranging from 3.5 tonne vans to 44 tonne articulated HGVs, which ensures access to any site across the UK, no matter how small or complicated.
Once collected, all batteries are taken
to G & P’s headquarters in Darlaston, where an experienced team sorts the batteries into their various chemistries. They are then consolidated until the optimum batch size is accumulated before being sent to the most appropriate recycling facility.
Under the Battery Regulations, which came into force in May last year, the UK is
tasked with collecting and recycling 10% of portable batteries this year, an ambitious target when historically only around 3% of such waste batteries have been collected. These collection targets become even more challenging in coming years as they rise steadily to 45% by 2016.
G & P was the first company in the UK to achieve Environment Agency approval as both an Authorised Battery Treatment Operator (ABTO) and an Authorised Battery Exporter (ABE). These authorisations are a fundamental part of the new legislation and are vital for companies to be able to issue evidence and deal with waste batteries. The legislation has also seen the creation of six Battery Compliance Schemes tasked with delivering the collection and recycling targets in the UK and G & P is working with the majority of those BCS’s. www.g-pbatt.co.uk
enquiries@g-pbatt.co.uk
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