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Acoustical Ceiling Cleaning & Lighting Maintenance and Retrofitting Services experts since 1987. Caruso Care’s – National Ceiling, Wall & Lighting Network will help you solve several areas of facility maintenance, such as Acoustical Ceiling Restoration, Exposed Structure Cleaning, Walls and other areas of Specialty Cleaning needs but more importantly, the Cleaning and Maintenance of your Lighting Systems, bulbs and lamps installed within your facility while improving your operational expenses of contracting, coordinating, and dealing with several vendors, by combining our services such as Acoustical Ceiling Cleaning & Restoration with our National Lighting Services allowing you to maximize your savings with only one vendor that can handle both and improve the most reflective surface you have. Cean and restore your ceilings while we clean and spot/group re-lamp or retrofit your lighting system.
Learn more about our National Lighting Maintenance and Lighting Retrofitting Services:
Since 1987, The National Ceiling, Wall & Lighting Network has delivered services for the Specialty Cleaning and Services Industry, specializing in ceilings, walls, lights and other specialty cleaning services. "We have cleaned, re-lamped and retrofitted millions of square feet, backing up promises with results."
Our specialty cleaning services deliver superior results for cleaning, retrofitting and re-lamping lighting fixtures and bulbs. Our exclusive light fixture cleaning products provide us a level of results unmatched by other light cleaners. Why?
Our products work better. Our technicians can deliver better results while saving valuable time. We can clean your light fixtures to look like new. And, in most cases, there is no need to replace those prismatic light lenses, have them cleaned and save more money.
RETROFIT YOUR LIGHTING FIXTURES
Light Retrofitting is the process of auditing old lighting systems and replacing electrical components primarily magnetic ballasts and T-12 Lamps, for the energy efficient lighting components such as electronic ballasts, T-8 lamps and reflectors achieving the proper combination of energy efficiency, maintenance efficiency of proper "color rendering index" for office, retail, industrial, commercial and institutional environments.
Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrades and Retrofits
Caruso Care, Inc. – National Ceiling, Wall & Lighting Network assists Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Hospitality and Retail Clients in their efforts to save energy and reduce operating costs, while maintaining and improving the aesthetics of their environment. This is accomplished by designing and installing energy efficient alternatives to existing inefficient lighting equipment.
Considering today's national energy crisis, it is imperative to reduce operating costs as well as conserve energy while protecting our environment.
Increased Profitability: Energy savings are reflected in a company’s profit-and-loss statement as reduced operating costs, which directly increase profitability. Total annual energy costs to operate a supermarket are usually equivalent to net profit: Both are between 1 and 2 percent of sales. Therefore, a 10 percent reduction in energy costs can increase net profit by as much as 16 percent. For a major chain, efficiency improvements that cut energy costs by 10 percent could yield tens of millions of dollars in added profit.
Reduced Vulnerability to Energy Price Fluctuations: Energy prices may be sensitive to numerous external factors, including major weather events and changes in national and state regulations. For some regions, the potential for utility deregulation also lends uncertainty to future energy costs. Reducing a facility’s total energy consumption can soften the impact of energy price fluctuations.
Increased Sales: Improving the energy efficiency of a building usually involves upgrades to the lighting and HVAC systems. By creating a more pleasing shopping and working environment, these upgrades can also attract and retain more customers, leading to an increase in sales.
Reduced Spoilage: Upgrades to refrigeration and lighting systems can reduce spoilage of perishable goods while also saving on energy bills.
Enhanced Public Image: With growing concerns over global warming and other environmental issues, many supermarket owners want to demonstrate to customers that they are responsible environmental stewards. Supermarket owners can upgrade their buildings to be more energy efficient as a way to achieve this goal.
Our Professional light retrofitting (see case study AAFES Wright-Patterson AFB) provides a network of manufactures and distributors to provide economical sourcing of the multitude of electrical components and reflectors, necessary for the completion of light retrofitting projects. These components are installed at competitive prices.
On, March 8, 1994 President Clinton signed Executive Order #12902, which among other things, mandated that all federal agencies must reduce their energy usage to 70% of 1985 levels by year 2005.
As a result of these events the mandate for federal agencies is clear. For the private sector energy users, there is no federal mandate; the mandate is in the form of the bottom line.
Light Retrofitting can provide savings of 40-60% and more for electrical lighting costs. Your "Payback" time for energy savings is usually less than 24 months.
In many areas, local utility companies have in the past and in some area's still do, offer cash rebates for light retrofitting initiatives. Most retrofitters work with their clients and utility companies to facilitate receipt of any and all rebates.
The impact of rising energy costs and growing concerns about global warming are leading organizations to take action.
Reducing air pollution through energy efficiency
Source: US Energy Information Administration, 2001
When fossil fuels are burned in the production of electricity, a variety of gases and fine particles are emitted into the air, contributing to adverse health effects and air pollution.
Air pollution is a problem for humans, animals, ecosystems and the built environment. The average adult breathes 3,000 gallons of air every day. Children breathe twice as much per pound of body weight and are, therefore, more susceptible to the effects of air pollution, such as increased asthma rates and serious respiratory problems.
Air pollutants can remain airborne for long periods of time and can be carried by winds for hundreds of miles. The most prevalent air emissions from coal-burning power plants are the following:
Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is released to the atmosphere when fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal are burned, and is considered a primary greenhouse gas.
Nitrogen Oxides, or NOx, is the generic term for a group of highly reactive gases, all of which contain nitrogen and oxygen in varying amounts. NO2 gives smog its yellowish-brown layer, which can cause visibility problems in many urban areas, most noticeably in national parks.
Sulfur dioxide, or SO2, belongs to the family of sulfur oxide gases (SOx). Over 65% of SO2 released to the air, or more than 13 million tons per year, comes from electric utilities, especially those that burn coal. SO2 reacts with other chemicals in the air to form tiny sulfate particles.
Mercury, or Hg, is an element in the earth's crust. Pure mercury is a liquid metal, and has traditionally been used to make products like thermometers, switches, and some light bulbs. Mercury is found in many rocks including coal. When coal is burned, mercury is released into the environment. Coal-burning power plants are the largest human-caused source of mercury emissions to the air in the United States, accounting for about 40 percent of all domestic mercury emissions. Burning hazardous wastes, breaking mercury products, and the improper treatment and disposal of products or wastes containing mercury, can also release it into the environment. Mercury in the air eventually settles into water or onto land where it can be washed into water. Once deposited, microorganisms can change it into methyl mercury, a highly toxic form that builds up in fish, shellfish and animals that eat fish. Fish and shellfish are the main sources of methyl mercury exposure to humans.
Particulate matter, or PM, is the term for particles found in the air, including dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets. PM-10 is filtered naturally by the hairs in your nose as you breathe, but PM-2.5 is much smaller and passes into the lungs.
New Technology in LED Lighting
NEW generation LED technology will dramatically reduce lighting energy by 70% and increase the quality of lighting. LED lighting offers extreme durability, low heat output, significant energy savings, 5-10 time's longer lamp life, and potentially eliminating the ongoing cost for routine maintenance and periodic re-lamping. These new generation LED fixtures replace HID and T-5 lighting. This lighting is eco-friendly, provide energy reductions of 70% over traditional lighting sources and have a rated life expectancy up to 300,000 hours or an average of 30 years.
These new generation LED lighting fixtures are eco-friendly, maintenance free, and made in the USA. They contain no mercury or require any special handling or disposal. Presently there are LED lighting fixtures available for street, parking lot, canopies, warehouse, wall pack, and stairwell lighting. Although the initial investment for LED lighting fixtures appear on the surface to be high, you will be very surprised on the considerable short Return on Investment, and the cost of ownership can be significantly less than the cost associated with traditional lighting. Additionally, there are rebate programs to minimize initial out of pocket investment expense.
Replacing HID lighting with LED lighting will immediately reduce your energy costs by more than 70%, minimize or eliminate maintenance costs, and provide an eco-friendly investment of the future.
