The switch from metal halide to LED technology at the plant is saving Penn Elcom a whopping 70% in ongoing electricity running costs!
Based on a 253 day working year with the production lines running 24 hours a day. Penn - which distributes its products worldwide - was using around 272025 Kilowatt Hours (KWH) of electricity before the new installation, a figure that's now dramatically reduced to 68,006 KWH, representing a saving of over £18,000 year ... and nearly 100 tonnes of carbon.
Lamp specialist CLD Distribution offers a comprehensive and innovative range of high quality architectural, commercial and industrial LED lightsources aimed at installations in multiple sectors including factories like Penn's, all types of public spaces, buildings, offices, retail outlets, etc.
CLD has collaborated closely with lamp manufacturer Osram for several years to produce superior lightsources, and has a specialist team of LED consultants on hand to assess and assist with organisations and companies wanting to increase the energy-efficiency of their operations and reduce their carbon footprints.
Penn Elcom approached CLD to advise on a solution which has brought many other benefits, including a better quality of working light, and a massive decrease in long term running costs like maintenance, as the LED sources are extremely robust and have an impressive longevity of over 50,000 hours (compared to about 8000 for metal halide) and so will rarely need replacing.
The new LED installation is the extension of a wider energy-reduction scheme at Penn Elcom being implemented by chairman Roger Willems. This was activated in 2011 when the office and factory heating was transformed from traditional gas to renewable sources.
"I am absolutely delighted with the results of the new lighting scheme," he enthuses, "It is important for businesses to improve their sustainability. Apart from the great value this also brings, my 60 staff can all benefit from increased light levels - in some areas by 250% due to the output of the LEDs - and a far greater quality of light in their working environments."
Rob Platt, MD of CLD Distribution comments, "Penn Elcom wanted to reduce their energy consumption and continue providing good working light levels, and it was extremely satisfying to be able to help them achieve both these goals."
(Jim Evans)
