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Lighting ing Green’


thing [inside my pocket] to show you. It’s the latest and great- est LED light, and it’s the size of a pen.” Well, the sooner we weed out those who jump into the LED market, the better for that market’s long-term players. Of course, it has been the same with other green initia-


tives in the marketplace; whether electric-vehicle charging stations or solar panel providers. Many enter the market to get their piece of the action while the money, grants and ener- gy rebates are readily available. Several years later, they are gone and never to be heard from again. Not very good for operators and owners who need to get parts down the road. So, as the LED market is still evolving and finding its


niche, the fluorescent market moves forward, as many manu- facturers are providing better quality T5’s (for offices) and T8’s (no more dimming in the cold), but with the same basic components that provide the lighting illumes levels, energy output and lower cost fixtures that are required in today’s parking garages. A case study at the Lancaster (PA) Parking Authority,


where I am Executive Director, outlines that we decided to install new T8 fluorescent lighting, to our specs, in all five of our garages – 2,400 fixtures in total – with an anticipated energy savings of 35%-45% per year off our yearly $250,000 energy bill, and the side benefit of a greater security image, and enough to pay back the lighting fixtures and installation in three years and eliminate maintenance costs for the same time period. As far as the residual benefit from the project that targets


the “green” benefits, I am no expert in this field, but we’re told we will save hundreds of tons of carbon dioxide and thousands of tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide, while taking the equivalent of 128 cars off the road and planting 17,000 trees. We won’t be measuring these impacts, but I will take


their word for it as an additional benefit of installing new energy efficient lighting. And most important, don’t forget the positive cash flow of more than $700,000 in energy sav- ings over the next 10 years! That is truly “Going Green.” So whether your next step is to install new fluorescents


or another energy-saving lighting program, the energy sav- ings will pay back over a short time, and the benefit to your parking operation will be in energy savings for many years to come.


Larry J. Cohen, CAPP, Executive Director of the Lancaster (PA) Parking Authority, can be reached at (717) 299-0907 or lcohen@lancasterparkingauthority.com. Cohen will be presenting and hosting a discussion on lighting at the PT-sponsored Parking Industry Exhibition March 18-21 in Chicago.


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