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March/ April 2013
Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
Also In This Issue: Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage”
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Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
Jim Barnhill 205-733-1343 [email protected]
GROUP PUBLISHER
Hank Underwood 205-733-1341 [email protected]
PUBLISHER
NATIONAL SALES MANAGER
PROBUILT PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING, LLC Announces Nightsearcher
Kristy Wynn 205-733-2025 [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Ed Bauer 205-733-1324 [email protected]
Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage” Undergoes LED Lighting Retrofit
Brandon Greenhill 205-733-4343 [email protected]
EDITOR
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jacklyn Hobson [email protected]
Danny Thompson [email protected] Bart Beason 205-733-1342 [email protected]
WEB DESIGNER V.P. OF SALES
PEARL Offers Advanced Technical Training at Annual Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
FACILITATOR/ HEAD COORDINATOR
Steven Hobson [email protected]
CEO
Christy Hobson
PRESIDENT
Glen Hobson
IDEAL Chip-Lok™ COB Array Holder Promotes Cooler Operation of LED Lighting Fixtures
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MaxLite Introduces Second Generation Element LED Flood Lights for Challenging Outdoor Applications
March/ April 2013
Ad Index
Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
Cover Art Provided By: Evolucia
Also In This Issue: Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage”
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Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
As democracy went to work in Tampa at the 2012 Republican National Convention, the city of Tampa embarked on a “green” initiative that is helping save taxpayers millions in energy costs. Evolucia Lighting, headquartered in nearby Sarasota, was chosen for the Franklin Street project which replaced one hundred 250 watt Mercury Vapor street lighting fixtures with energy efficient 90 watt LED decorative post top and 150 watt shoe box street lighting fixtures. The Franklin Street area is just a short walk from the Convention Center and features an array of restaurants and pubs from Mediterranean to Mexican and almost everything in between. The restaurants all offer sidewalk dining and street art is interspersed among the flowering myrtle trees. “Lighting plays a very important role in creating an inviting and safe streetscape,” said Mel Interiano, CEO of Evolucia inc., “Tampa’s old mercury vapor lamps created a dingy and dangerous environment, the switch to bright white Evolucia LED light allowed conventioneers-- and continues to allow tourists and residents-- to eat and socialize safely into the night.” The old street lights each used 285 watts to run
including the energy consumed by the ballast used to drive the lamps. The Evolucia LED post top fixtures only use 90 watts each to provide a whiter and better distributed light. In addition to the decorative post top LED fixtures, Tampa also replaced fourteen 250 watt mercury vapor shoe box street lights with 150 watt LED shoe box streetlights. The shoe box fixtures are used to boost the lighting in the area and to create an even light distribution in the commercial district. “The city is saving over 60% of its energy consumption and costs and the fixtures’ 70,000 hour life guarantee a reduction in maintenance and maintenance costs. We estimate that the project will pay for itself in less than 4 years. You might say that Tampa is practicing fiscally responsible lighting!” added Interiano. Tampa will be working hard to make future visitors feel welcome and safe—and good lighting will play a role in that effort. Evolucia’s LED post top street lights on Franklin Street may be taken for granted with the “hustle and bustle” of downtown traffic, but the cost savings and efficient operation of this innovative American technology is a bright idea we all can support.
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PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING, LLC
Announces Nightsearcher® WorkStar® Portable, Rechargeable LED Floodlight ProBuilt Professional Lighting, LLC announces our newest product, the Nightsearcher WorkStar portable, rechargeable LED floodlight. The 10 high-powered LEDs provide 2200 lumens on high and 1000 lumens on low. A 110° pivoting head allows for a bright white floodlight beam and an even spread of light. The WorkStar can be mounted to an optional tripod for optimal light positioning. The Lithium ion battery provides power for 7 hours on low and 3 hours on high and requires no maintenance. Compact and extremely lightweight, the WorkStar is easy to carry and both a car charger and wall charger can be stored inside the back of the light head. The unit is water and shock resistant and suitable for use in all weather conditions. Cool operation enables the WorkStar to be used in confined spaces, making it ideal for the contractor, utility worker, MRO and portable site lighting. For more information on the complete line of ProBuilt Professional Lighting products visit our website at www.probuiltlighting.com. 8 The Electric Current March/ April 2013
PROBUILT
Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage”
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Undergoes LED Lighting Retrofit
Evolucia Garage and Shoebox Light Fixtures Cut Energy Consumption and Help Protect Wildlife
Kailua Town, Hawaii nestled on Oauhu’s windward side is best known as the home of one of the world’s top beaches and the vacation spot of choice of President Barack Obama, however if you talk with Miles Nishijima, Assistant Vice President-Asset Management of Kaneohe Ranch Management Ltd he’ll probably boast about Hawaii’s “most beautiful” and now, most energyefficient parking garage. Opened in late 2004, the Kailua Town Center Parking Garage was built to service a newer commercial district that today includes Long’s Drug Store, California Pizza Kitchen and Whole Foods Supermarket. “We built the garage with future growth in mind. It is a three level concrete structure with 434 parking stalls,” said Nishijima, “and we made sure that it was constructed to the highest standards. Because of our relationship to the Harold Castle Foundation and the Kaneohe Ranch Cultural Center, we included art and sculpture in the design of the parking garage. That’s why I call it Hawaii’s ‘most beautiful’ parking garage.” Starting in late 2011 and culminating in early 2012, the parking garage underwent a complete lighting retrofit. Increasing energy costs and environmental impact led Nishijima and his team to start considering LED (light emitting diode) fixtures as a solution to these challenges. “We looked at a number of different lighting manufacturer’s LED solutions and the Evolucia products came up on top because of the light quality and the unique Evolucia Aimed Optics™ photometrics package that strategically directs light precisely where it is needed, avoiding light glare and spill. Also, we liked the idea that Evolucia products are used at many U.S. military installations around the world” added Nishijima. The parking garage was lit by seventy 175 watt high intensity discharge (HID) fixtures on levels One and Two and sixteen 180 watt Low Pressure Sodium fixtures on Level Three. The garage is open seven days a week, yearlong and it is illuminated both day and night. “Miles and his team were replacing lamps every two years and ballasts every three years. Equipment and labor costs were high, not to mention the fact that Hawaiian electricity rates were increasing and continue to increase—up 19% over the past
year---to $0.34/kWh, so we did an analysis and recommended the Evolucia product line based on long life and Aimed Optics,” said Clinton Abe, Sandwich Isle Marketing, Evolucia’s independent representative in Hawaii. The first floor of the garage features 14 ½ foot ceilings, so the thirty-one 175 watt HID fixtures were swapped out for thirty-one 90 watt Evolucia LED parking structure lights. On the second floor, the lower ceiling height allowed for a changeover of thirty-nine 175 watt HID fixtures to thirtynine 75 watt LED parking structure lights. The rooftop posed a unique challenge. “Our garage is adjacent to the federally protected Hamakua wetlands, an important bird and wildlife habitat. We originally chose the low pressure sodium light sources because they would not interrupt bird migration patterns. The Evolucia Aimed Optics solution, which is Dark Sky™ certified, allowed us to switch to LED because the lack of glare, light spillage and infrared light has no impact on the nearby wetlands—we were able to direct the light to exactly where it is needed and nowhere else and we were even able to eliminate 4 shoebox fixtures bringing our total number down from sixteen to twelve Evolucia LED shoebox lights,” said Nishijima. Electricity consumption has dropped by 42% from a high of 400kWh/day in July 2011 to a low of 232kWh/day after the installation in April 2012. “We are saving about $1500/month in energy costs and we are projecting that our maintenance bill should drop by $15,000 annually based on Evolucia products’ nearly 100,000 hour life,” added Nishijima. Hawaii’s “most beautiful” garage also serves as the home of a weekly Farmer’s Market held in cooperation with the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation. Well over a thousand locals and tourists happen by to purchase locally grown produce every Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm making the lighting very important. The garage also hosts a monthly Kanikapila—a musical celebration featuring local artists. “The garage was chosen because of it’s excellent acoustics however the good light distribution and high quality light color provided by the Evolucia products cannot be discounted as a contributing factor in the choice of location for both the
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Farmer’s Market and the Kanikapila,” Nishijima said. “When you look at the results—incredible energy savings and maintenance reduction, positive environmental impact, excellent light performance , the Evolucia retrofit of the Kailua Town Center Garage is truly a beautiful thing,” commented Mel Interiano, CEO, Evolucia Lighting (Sunovia Energy Technologies). Kailua Town is attracting more tourists as word spreads about Oahu’s windward side beaches and famous visitors. Who knows? perhaps a visit to Hawaii’s “most beautiful” Kailua Town Center Garage may very well join the “must see” list— as tourists sample the Farmer’s Market offerings, take in the art, listen to music at the Kanikapila and park under energy efficient and environmentally friendly Evolucia Aimed Optics LED lighting.
About Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. Sunovia Energy Technologies (OTCBB and OTCQB: SUNV News), Sarasota, FL is an industry pioneer in the design, engineering, manufacture and marketing of high performance LED lighting systems to the global lighting markets. Sunovia received the United States Department of Energy’s highest award for lighting within the LED category, and has installed thousands of its fixtures at military bases, universities, municipalities, and large commercial entities. Sunovia’s LED lighting products are sold under the brand, EvoLucia Lighting (www.evolucialighting.com). All EvoLucia products offer highly energy efficient, durable, commercial-grade LED lighting for both indoor and outdoor applications. The company’s award winning cobra head and shoe box fixtures employ EvoLucia’s proprietary Aimed Optics™ technology, which increases light lev-
els and visibility by strategically directing light to the target area. EvoLucia fixtures require 50%-80% less energy than traditional lighting, and last for approximately 12 years without maintenance. More information about Sunovia Energy and its EvoLucia LED lighting subsidiary is available in the company’s Securities and Exchange filings, which can be found at www.sec.gov or at www.sunoviaenergy.com.
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PEARL Offers Advanced Technical Training at Annual Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
Two-day classroom and hands-on training program helps electrical technicians advance their skills testing and inspecting low- and medium-voltage disconnect switches The Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL) is hosting a two-day classroom and hands-on training program to help electrical technicians learn more about how to inspect and test low- and medium-voltage disconnect switches. The technical training program is part of the 2013 PEARL Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition being held May 18-20 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. Instructed by Kenneth Owens and Jim Miller – experienced and certified technicians from PEARL member Shermco Industries (Irving, TX) – this custom PEARL training course is designed to train electrical technicians how to properly test and inspect low- and medium-voltage disconnect switches using PEARL standards. The program features one day of classroom training covering testing techniques, switch construction, and commonly found operational issues. The second day of the program is highlighted by hands-on training that provides each participant with an opportunity to use the industry’s latest equipment to perform insulation resistance, contact resistance, and functional tests on actual switches. Technicians will increase their technical knowledge on how these switches operate, along with common defects and issues, testing, fuse configuration, and ratings. Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a “Low and Medium Voltage Disconnect Switch Training” certificate and a technical manual covering testing, testing specifications, construction, and other aspects of low and medium voltage switches. All electrical and maintenance technicians attending the 2013 PEARL conference and exhibition are encouraged to advance their skills by participating in this technical training program. In addition to technical training, PEARL's 16th annual Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition will feature exhibits, educational sessions, receptions, tours, and special industry events. Receptions, luncheons, and breaks will take place near the exhibit area where attendees can update themselves on the most recent products, services, and trends in the industry. Additionally, there will be outside activities for participants, spouses, and guests. Exhibitor space for the electrical industry’s preeminent annual safety, reliability, and sustainability event is limited and going fast, so companies interested in showcasing their products and services should act quickly. Special offers are also available for early-bird registration. Interested attendees and exhibitors should contact the PEARL office at (877) 287-3275, send an email to [email protected], or visit www.Pearl1.org. Corporations that join PEARL within 30 days of the end of the conference will have up to 100 percent of their conference registration fee applied toward their first year's PEARL membership.
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IDEAL Chip-Lok™ COB Array Holder Promotes Cooler Operation of LED Lighting Fixtures
Market indicators predict a continuing rise in LED usage across multiple applications with lighting leading the way. To meet this demand, IDEAL has expanded its LED lighting technology line with a new LED COB ("Chip on Board") Array Holder that promises cooler, longer-life operation of chip arrays. Designed to Zhaga industry standards, the new IDEAL ChipLok™ family of products provides both mechanical and electrical attachment for COB arrays from leading chip manufacturers including Citizen, Cree, LG, Nichia and Sharp. "Important advancements in LED array technology have accelerated development of fixtures that are less expensive to bring to market, robust and energy-efficient," said Ben Swedberg, Business Unit Manager for the OEM Division of IDEAL. "Our Chip-Lok array holder helps lighting manufacturers build upon this trend by reducing chip temperature, therefore extending array life or allowing the OEM to reduce the size of their heat sink. This product is helping lighting manufacturers provide better products and build stronger brands." Chip-Lok™ is fabricated from hardened stainless steel that prevents the creep to which plastic holders are prone, assuring outstanding thermal pressure for the life of the luminaire. A flange on its outer edge provides a thermal path to the heat sink that allows the array to run significantly cooler than traditional holders or even screws, while offering structural strength. 18 The Electric Current March/ April 2013 LED lighting is now deployed successfully in residential, commercial and industrial applications where it is helping building owners reduce utility bills by up to 80 percent over incandescent lighting. Lighting manufacturers can use the Chip-Lok to profitably take advantage of these applications
due to its assembly-friendly features like a builtin spring that holds the array securely in position prior to installation and keyways that permit the screws to be inserted in advance. Additionally, Chip-Lok's 250 Volt - 4 Amp rating allows it to be used in luminaires using several COB arrays, common in outdoor applications.
Please visit www.idealindustries.com/products/oem/led_ holders/chiplok_video.jsp to see the Chip-lok demo or visit our website at www.idealindustries.com/products/oem. To reach us directly at [email protected].
Ligman Lighting USA : Introduces a New Range of High Power LED Luminaires. These High Lumen Output, Vandal Proof Luminaires, with Waterproof Ratings, are suited for outdoor or indoor applications, where water and dust is present. The products have a high pressure die cast aluminum body, with a integrated heat sink, that provides exceptional thermal management for the LED’s housed behind the tempered glass. The excellent optical system offered in narrow, medium and wide distributions, provide designers the flexibility needed to achieve specific light patterns for their designs. www.ligmanusa.com
MaxLite Introduces Second Generation Element LED Flood Lights for Challenging Outdoor Applications
Perfect for a wide range of commercial flood light applications and general area illumination, MaxLite® introduces the second generation Element Flood Light Series, a unique, flexible lighting system featuring self-contained modular elements in various lumen output and optics capabilities. Certified by DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC), the upgraded LED Flood Lights are designed to replace metal halide fixtures for a wide variety of outdoor lighting applications including auto showroom parking lots, golf driving ranges, sports parks, marine harbors and other outdoor spaces. “Upgrading the second generation Element LED Flood Lights with additional user friendly features and increasingly cost effective manufacturing processes helps make this series the perfect energy efficient, and value engineered replacements for metal halide fixturesranging in wattage from 250 to 1,000,” said Pat Treadway, Vice President Product Marketing and Engineering. “These increasingly versatile high powered fixtures can be custom ordered in a variety of configurations and optics.” Element LED Flood Lights offer a modular housing design that can be specified in one-, two- or three-135-watt modules, where each module can have one of three beam anglesin 22-, 55- and 120-degrees. Customized configurations allow users to create distributions not previously obtainable with flood lights. Multiple circuits on each module guard against full module light outage. Available in 5000K correlated
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color temperature (CCT), the models are constructed with a die cast aluminum body that acts a heat sink running across the module length, and stainless steel bushings and adjustment protector plates. A tempered glasslens seals the module to protect against dust ingress and water to an IP65 ratingwhile the fixture is engineered to operate at temperatures ranging from -22°F to 122°F. The chassis yoke mount includes a
270-degree pivot base plate and an integrated arm protractor for precision aiming. Element LED Flood Lights include a discreet J-Box that enables easy installation in the field and modular repair. The fixtures offer a power factor of 99 percent and operate on universal 120- to 277-volt electrical systems, but can be special ordered for 347- and 480-volt systems.
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Industry News
SDG&E Receives Smart Grid Award San Diego Gas & Electric has recently earned two national recognitions that demonstrate the utility's momentum in developing a smart grid for the benefit of the region. SDG&E received the "Top Ten Best North American Utilities" award for smart grid development from Greentech Media, which is one of the nation's leading cleantech news and research websites. SDG&E also was one of four utilities highlighted for successful smart grid customer engagement efforts in a report by the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing smart grid benefits to utility customers. PG&E Announces Enhanced Green Energy Program To Give Electric Customers More Renewable Options Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) said today that it has reached an agreement with a diverse group of consumer and other organizations to enhance its proposed "Green Option" to give electric customers an opportunity to support 100 percent renewable energy. The revised proposal, which has been submitted for approval by the California Public Utilities Commission, would provide participating customers with energy from new small- and mid-sized solar projects located in PG&E's service area.
Philips creates the world's most energy-efficient warm white LED lamp Philips has created the world's most energy-efficient LED lamp suitable for general lighting applications. Philips researchers developed a tube lighting (TL) replacement TLED prototype that produces a record 200 lumens per watt of high-quality white light (compared with 100lm/W for fluorescent lighting and just 15lm/W for traditional light bulbs). This prototype TLED lamp is twice as efficient as predecessor lamps, basically halving the energy used.
Stone Energy Corporation Presents at IPAA Symposium and Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference Stone Energy Corporation president, CEO & chairman David H. Welch will present at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York. A live webcast will be available in the "Events and Presentations" section of the company's website.
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Duke Energy named to top citizenship list for fifth straight year Duke Energy was ranked 26th on the 2013 list after being independently assessed in seven key areas: environment, climate change, human rights, philanthropy, employee relations, financial and governance. "Being named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list is a reflection of the contributions our employees are making to Duke Energy and the areas we serve," said Jim Rogers , the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "We continue to balance the diverse interests of our customers, communities, employees and shareholders."
Department of General Services Announces SCI Dallas Energy Improvement Contract Opportunity The Pennsylvania state Department of General Services is now accepting proposals for an energy efficiency project to be conducted at the State Correctional Institution Dallas, located in Luzerne County. "We are very excited to issue this project to assist our state Department of Corrections with their efforts to reduce energy and operations costs at SCI Dallas. This is also the first time the department will use the revised process for evaluating and awarding a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract."
BTG Market: Thermal Power Equipments Global Industry Growth To 2020 Driven by China According to the new report "Boiler, Turbine, Generator (BTG) Equipment for Thermal Power - Market size, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2020" (http:// www.reportsnreports.com/reports/233949-boiler-turbine-generator-btg-equipment-for-thermal-power-market-size-competitive-landscape-and-forecasts-to-2020. html), BTG market revenue in China will increase steadily from a expected total of US$20.9 billion in 2013 to US$30.1 billion in 2020, boosting the nation's share of the global market from 32% to 48%.
USPTO Rejects Gevo GIFT® Claims as Unpatentable and Grants New Butamax Patent for Efficient Recovery of Alcohol Produced During Fermentation Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the leading biobutanol technology company, announced new biobutanol patent and technology developments. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") rejected all claims of Gevo Inc.'s U.S. Patent No. 8,101,808 ("'808 patent"). The '808 patent was described by Gevo as "a landmark patent ... on its GIFT® separation unit, a central element in the Company's unique fermentation technology". The significance of this ACP is that the Patent Reexamination Specialist responsible has now heard both sides of the argument with respect to this patent, and has concluded that all of the original, amended and added claims are unpatentable.
San Antonio Business Journal Names Burleson LLP Top Energy Law Firm for Second Consecutive Year The San Antonio Business Journal named Burleson LLP the top energy law firm for the second straight year, a distinction that reflects the firm's continuing growth and underscores its commitment to serving companies that are active in the Eagle Ford Shale, the Permian Basin, and throughout the United States. Burleson LLP's San Antonio office has more attorneys focusing on energy law than any other firm in the city. That represents a huge expansion since November 2010, when Burleson first established its presence in the Alamo City with a single attorney. CONSOL Energy Gas Division Sets Drilling Record with Rotary Steering Tool; CONSOL Energy Incorporated's produced 39.2 Bcfe for the 2013 first quarter or 4% more than the 37.7 Bcfe produced in the 2012 first quarter. Consistent with previous quarter's guidance, first quarter 2013 production was down 6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, as a result of frac schedules and other seasonal factors that limited wells turned into line. During the quarter, CONSOL's Gas Division set a Baker Hughes U.S. land record by using their AutoTrak Curve Rotary Steerable tool to drill a Marcellus Shale lateral at 10,684 feet. This occurred in Central Pa. Gas Operations, on the Kuhns 3B well.
Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Hopes to Achieve Profitability With the Sale of Electricity at Less than 3 Cents kWh while the Local Utility Sells at 6 Cents kWh Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. announced a goal of achieving profits contingent on the successful marketing of electricity at a deep discount in targeted geographical areas. In some local areas, Mass Megawatts can sell electricity at less than half the price offered by the local utility. Mass Megawatts is leveraging their knowledge of the wind power industry in their offering of competitive green power to electrical users across the Northeast. The expansion into the retail electrical market is a logical, strategic progression that diversifies their business model while improving future earnings potential.
Wisconsin Energy named one of the nation's best corporate citizens for the sixth year in a row Wisconsin Energy has been recognized as one of the 100 best corporate citizens in the United States for the sixth consecutive year. The annual rankings are prepared and published by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. The publication evaluates approximately 1,000 publicly held companies on the basis of environmental performance, employee relations, philanthropy, finance and governance. For the fifth time, Corporate Responsibility Magazine also placed Wisconsin Energy among the top ranked companies in the category of corporate governance.
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Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
Also In This Issue: Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage”
Current Contents
4 8 10 16 18 20 26 FC
Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
Jim Barnhill 205-733-1343 [email protected]
GROUP PUBLISHER
Hank Underwood 205-733-1341 [email protected]
PUBLISHER
NATIONAL SALES MANAGER
PROBUILT PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING, LLC Announces Nightsearcher
Kristy Wynn 205-733-2025 [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Ed Bauer 205-733-1324 [email protected]
Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage” Undergoes LED Lighting Retrofit
Brandon Greenhill 205-733-4343 [email protected]
EDITOR
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jacklyn Hobson [email protected]
Danny Thompson [email protected] Bart Beason 205-733-1342 [email protected]
WEB DESIGNER V.P. OF SALES
PEARL Offers Advanced Technical Training at Annual Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
FACILITATOR/ HEAD COORDINATOR
Steven Hobson [email protected]
CEO
Christy Hobson
PRESIDENT
Glen Hobson
IDEAL Chip-Lok™ COB Array Holder Promotes Cooler Operation of LED Lighting Fixtures
Executive and Advertising Offices 2070 Valleydale Rd, Suite # 6 Hoover Al 35244 toll free: 866.981.4511 phone: 205-441-5591 fax: 205-733-1344 www.theelectriccurrent.com • [email protected]
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MaxLite Introduces Second Generation Element LED Flood Lights for Challenging Outdoor Applications
March/ April 2013
Ad Index
Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
Cover Art Provided By: Evolucia
Also In This Issue: Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage”
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Evolucia Casts Tampa’s Franklin St. Restaurant District in a Whole New Light
As democracy went to work in Tampa at the 2012 Republican National Convention, the city of Tampa embarked on a “green” initiative that is helping save taxpayers millions in energy costs. Evolucia Lighting, headquartered in nearby Sarasota, was chosen for the Franklin Street project which replaced one hundred 250 watt Mercury Vapor street lighting fixtures with energy efficient 90 watt LED decorative post top and 150 watt shoe box street lighting fixtures. The Franklin Street area is just a short walk from the Convention Center and features an array of restaurants and pubs from Mediterranean to Mexican and almost everything in between. The restaurants all offer sidewalk dining and street art is interspersed among the flowering myrtle trees. “Lighting plays a very important role in creating an inviting and safe streetscape,” said Mel Interiano, CEO of Evolucia inc., “Tampa’s old mercury vapor lamps created a dingy and dangerous environment, the switch to bright white Evolucia LED light allowed conventioneers-- and continues to allow tourists and residents-- to eat and socialize safely into the night.” The old street lights each used 285 watts to run
including the energy consumed by the ballast used to drive the lamps. The Evolucia LED post top fixtures only use 90 watts each to provide a whiter and better distributed light. In addition to the decorative post top LED fixtures, Tampa also replaced fourteen 250 watt mercury vapor shoe box street lights with 150 watt LED shoe box streetlights. The shoe box fixtures are used to boost the lighting in the area and to create an even light distribution in the commercial district. “The city is saving over 60% of its energy consumption and costs and the fixtures’ 70,000 hour life guarantee a reduction in maintenance and maintenance costs. We estimate that the project will pay for itself in less than 4 years. You might say that Tampa is practicing fiscally responsible lighting!” added Interiano. Tampa will be working hard to make future visitors feel welcome and safe—and good lighting will play a role in that effort. Evolucia’s LED post top street lights on Franklin Street may be taken for granted with the “hustle and bustle” of downtown traffic, but the cost savings and efficient operation of this innovative American technology is a bright idea we all can support.
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PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING, LLC
Announces Nightsearcher® WorkStar® Portable, Rechargeable LED Floodlight ProBuilt Professional Lighting, LLC announces our newest product, the Nightsearcher WorkStar portable, rechargeable LED floodlight. The 10 high-powered LEDs provide 2200 lumens on high and 1000 lumens on low. A 110° pivoting head allows for a bright white floodlight beam and an even spread of light. The WorkStar can be mounted to an optional tripod for optimal light positioning. The Lithium ion battery provides power for 7 hours on low and 3 hours on high and requires no maintenance. Compact and extremely lightweight, the WorkStar is easy to carry and both a car charger and wall charger can be stored inside the back of the light head. The unit is water and shock resistant and suitable for use in all weather conditions. Cool operation enables the WorkStar to be used in confined spaces, making it ideal for the contractor, utility worker, MRO and portable site lighting. For more information on the complete line of ProBuilt Professional Lighting products visit our website at www.probuiltlighting.com. 8 The Electric Current March/ April 2013
PROBUILT
Hawaii’s “Most Beautiful Garage”
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Undergoes LED Lighting Retrofit
Evolucia Garage and Shoebox Light Fixtures Cut Energy Consumption and Help Protect Wildlife
Kailua Town, Hawaii nestled on Oauhu’s windward side is best known as the home of one of the world’s top beaches and the vacation spot of choice of President Barack Obama, however if you talk with Miles Nishijima, Assistant Vice President-Asset Management of Kaneohe Ranch Management Ltd he’ll probably boast about Hawaii’s “most beautiful” and now, most energyefficient parking garage. Opened in late 2004, the Kailua Town Center Parking Garage was built to service a newer commercial district that today includes Long’s Drug Store, California Pizza Kitchen and Whole Foods Supermarket. “We built the garage with future growth in mind. It is a three level concrete structure with 434 parking stalls,” said Nishijima, “and we made sure that it was constructed to the highest standards. Because of our relationship to the Harold Castle Foundation and the Kaneohe Ranch Cultural Center, we included art and sculpture in the design of the parking garage. That’s why I call it Hawaii’s ‘most beautiful’ parking garage.” Starting in late 2011 and culminating in early 2012, the parking garage underwent a complete lighting retrofit. Increasing energy costs and environmental impact led Nishijima and his team to start considering LED (light emitting diode) fixtures as a solution to these challenges. “We looked at a number of different lighting manufacturer’s LED solutions and the Evolucia products came up on top because of the light quality and the unique Evolucia Aimed Optics™ photometrics package that strategically directs light precisely where it is needed, avoiding light glare and spill. Also, we liked the idea that Evolucia products are used at many U.S. military installations around the world” added Nishijima. The parking garage was lit by seventy 175 watt high intensity discharge (HID) fixtures on levels One and Two and sixteen 180 watt Low Pressure Sodium fixtures on Level Three. The garage is open seven days a week, yearlong and it is illuminated both day and night. “Miles and his team were replacing lamps every two years and ballasts every three years. Equipment and labor costs were high, not to mention the fact that Hawaiian electricity rates were increasing and continue to increase—up 19% over the past
year---to $0.34/kWh, so we did an analysis and recommended the Evolucia product line based on long life and Aimed Optics,” said Clinton Abe, Sandwich Isle Marketing, Evolucia’s independent representative in Hawaii. The first floor of the garage features 14 ½ foot ceilings, so the thirty-one 175 watt HID fixtures were swapped out for thirty-one 90 watt Evolucia LED parking structure lights. On the second floor, the lower ceiling height allowed for a changeover of thirty-nine 175 watt HID fixtures to thirtynine 75 watt LED parking structure lights. The rooftop posed a unique challenge. “Our garage is adjacent to the federally protected Hamakua wetlands, an important bird and wildlife habitat. We originally chose the low pressure sodium light sources because they would not interrupt bird migration patterns. The Evolucia Aimed Optics solution, which is Dark Sky™ certified, allowed us to switch to LED because the lack of glare, light spillage and infrared light has no impact on the nearby wetlands—we were able to direct the light to exactly where it is needed and nowhere else and we were even able to eliminate 4 shoebox fixtures bringing our total number down from sixteen to twelve Evolucia LED shoebox lights,” said Nishijima. Electricity consumption has dropped by 42% from a high of 400kWh/day in July 2011 to a low of 232kWh/day after the installation in April 2012. “We are saving about $1500/month in energy costs and we are projecting that our maintenance bill should drop by $15,000 annually based on Evolucia products’ nearly 100,000 hour life,” added Nishijima. Hawaii’s “most beautiful” garage also serves as the home of a weekly Farmer’s Market held in cooperation with the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation. Well over a thousand locals and tourists happen by to purchase locally grown produce every Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm making the lighting very important. The garage also hosts a monthly Kanikapila—a musical celebration featuring local artists. “The garage was chosen because of it’s excellent acoustics however the good light distribution and high quality light color provided by the Evolucia products cannot be discounted as a contributing factor in the choice of location for both the
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Farmer’s Market and the Kanikapila,” Nishijima said. “When you look at the results—incredible energy savings and maintenance reduction, positive environmental impact, excellent light performance , the Evolucia retrofit of the Kailua Town Center Garage is truly a beautiful thing,” commented Mel Interiano, CEO, Evolucia Lighting (Sunovia Energy Technologies). Kailua Town is attracting more tourists as word spreads about Oahu’s windward side beaches and famous visitors. Who knows? perhaps a visit to Hawaii’s “most beautiful” Kailua Town Center Garage may very well join the “must see” list— as tourists sample the Farmer’s Market offerings, take in the art, listen to music at the Kanikapila and park under energy efficient and environmentally friendly Evolucia Aimed Optics LED lighting.
About Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. Sunovia Energy Technologies (OTCBB and OTCQB: SUNV News), Sarasota, FL is an industry pioneer in the design, engineering, manufacture and marketing of high performance LED lighting systems to the global lighting markets. Sunovia received the United States Department of Energy’s highest award for lighting within the LED category, and has installed thousands of its fixtures at military bases, universities, municipalities, and large commercial entities. Sunovia’s LED lighting products are sold under the brand, EvoLucia Lighting (www.evolucialighting.com). All EvoLucia products offer highly energy efficient, durable, commercial-grade LED lighting for both indoor and outdoor applications. The company’s award winning cobra head and shoe box fixtures employ EvoLucia’s proprietary Aimed Optics™ technology, which increases light lev-
els and visibility by strategically directing light to the target area. EvoLucia fixtures require 50%-80% less energy than traditional lighting, and last for approximately 12 years without maintenance. More information about Sunovia Energy and its EvoLucia LED lighting subsidiary is available in the company’s Securities and Exchange filings, which can be found at www.sec.gov or at www.sunoviaenergy.com.
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PEARL Offers Advanced Technical Training at Annual Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
Two-day classroom and hands-on training program helps electrical technicians advance their skills testing and inspecting low- and medium-voltage disconnect switches The Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL) is hosting a two-day classroom and hands-on training program to help electrical technicians learn more about how to inspect and test low- and medium-voltage disconnect switches. The technical training program is part of the 2013 PEARL Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition being held May 18-20 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. Instructed by Kenneth Owens and Jim Miller – experienced and certified technicians from PEARL member Shermco Industries (Irving, TX) – this custom PEARL training course is designed to train electrical technicians how to properly test and inspect low- and medium-voltage disconnect switches using PEARL standards. The program features one day of classroom training covering testing techniques, switch construction, and commonly found operational issues. The second day of the program is highlighted by hands-on training that provides each participant with an opportunity to use the industry’s latest equipment to perform insulation resistance, contact resistance, and functional tests on actual switches. Technicians will increase their technical knowledge on how these switches operate, along with common defects and issues, testing, fuse configuration, and ratings. Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a “Low and Medium Voltage Disconnect Switch Training” certificate and a technical manual covering testing, testing specifications, construction, and other aspects of low and medium voltage switches. All electrical and maintenance technicians attending the 2013 PEARL conference and exhibition are encouraged to advance their skills by participating in this technical training program. In addition to technical training, PEARL's 16th annual Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition will feature exhibits, educational sessions, receptions, tours, and special industry events. Receptions, luncheons, and breaks will take place near the exhibit area where attendees can update themselves on the most recent products, services, and trends in the industry. Additionally, there will be outside activities for participants, spouses, and guests. Exhibitor space for the electrical industry’s preeminent annual safety, reliability, and sustainability event is limited and going fast, so companies interested in showcasing their products and services should act quickly. Special offers are also available for early-bird registration. Interested attendees and exhibitors should contact the PEARL office at (877) 287-3275, send an email to [email protected], or visit www.Pearl1.org. Corporations that join PEARL within 30 days of the end of the conference will have up to 100 percent of their conference registration fee applied toward their first year's PEARL membership.
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IDEAL Chip-Lok™ COB Array Holder Promotes Cooler Operation of LED Lighting Fixtures
Market indicators predict a continuing rise in LED usage across multiple applications with lighting leading the way. To meet this demand, IDEAL has expanded its LED lighting technology line with a new LED COB ("Chip on Board") Array Holder that promises cooler, longer-life operation of chip arrays. Designed to Zhaga industry standards, the new IDEAL ChipLok™ family of products provides both mechanical and electrical attachment for COB arrays from leading chip manufacturers including Citizen, Cree, LG, Nichia and Sharp. "Important advancements in LED array technology have accelerated development of fixtures that are less expensive to bring to market, robust and energy-efficient," said Ben Swedberg, Business Unit Manager for the OEM Division of IDEAL. "Our Chip-Lok array holder helps lighting manufacturers build upon this trend by reducing chip temperature, therefore extending array life or allowing the OEM to reduce the size of their heat sink. This product is helping lighting manufacturers provide better products and build stronger brands." Chip-Lok™ is fabricated from hardened stainless steel that prevents the creep to which plastic holders are prone, assuring outstanding thermal pressure for the life of the luminaire. A flange on its outer edge provides a thermal path to the heat sink that allows the array to run significantly cooler than traditional holders or even screws, while offering structural strength. 18 The Electric Current March/ April 2013 LED lighting is now deployed successfully in residential, commercial and industrial applications where it is helping building owners reduce utility bills by up to 80 percent over incandescent lighting. Lighting manufacturers can use the Chip-Lok to profitably take advantage of these applications
due to its assembly-friendly features like a builtin spring that holds the array securely in position prior to installation and keyways that permit the screws to be inserted in advance. Additionally, Chip-Lok's 250 Volt - 4 Amp rating allows it to be used in luminaires using several COB arrays, common in outdoor applications.
Please visit www.idealindustries.com/products/oem/led_ holders/chiplok_video.jsp to see the Chip-lok demo or visit our website at www.idealindustries.com/products/oem. To reach us directly at [email protected].
Ligman Lighting USA : Introduces a New Range of High Power LED Luminaires. These High Lumen Output, Vandal Proof Luminaires, with Waterproof Ratings, are suited for outdoor or indoor applications, where water and dust is present. The products have a high pressure die cast aluminum body, with a integrated heat sink, that provides exceptional thermal management for the LED’s housed behind the tempered glass. The excellent optical system offered in narrow, medium and wide distributions, provide designers the flexibility needed to achieve specific light patterns for their designs. www.ligmanusa.com
MaxLite Introduces Second Generation Element LED Flood Lights for Challenging Outdoor Applications
Perfect for a wide range of commercial flood light applications and general area illumination, MaxLite® introduces the second generation Element Flood Light Series, a unique, flexible lighting system featuring self-contained modular elements in various lumen output and optics capabilities. Certified by DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC), the upgraded LED Flood Lights are designed to replace metal halide fixtures for a wide variety of outdoor lighting applications including auto showroom parking lots, golf driving ranges, sports parks, marine harbors and other outdoor spaces. “Upgrading the second generation Element LED Flood Lights with additional user friendly features and increasingly cost effective manufacturing processes helps make this series the perfect energy efficient, and value engineered replacements for metal halide fixturesranging in wattage from 250 to 1,000,” said Pat Treadway, Vice President Product Marketing and Engineering. “These increasingly versatile high powered fixtures can be custom ordered in a variety of configurations and optics.” Element LED Flood Lights offer a modular housing design that can be specified in one-, two- or three-135-watt modules, where each module can have one of three beam anglesin 22-, 55- and 120-degrees. Customized configurations allow users to create distributions not previously obtainable with flood lights. Multiple circuits on each module guard against full module light outage. Available in 5000K correlated
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color temperature (CCT), the models are constructed with a die cast aluminum body that acts a heat sink running across the module length, and stainless steel bushings and adjustment protector plates. A tempered glasslens seals the module to protect against dust ingress and water to an IP65 ratingwhile the fixture is engineered to operate at temperatures ranging from -22°F to 122°F. The chassis yoke mount includes a
270-degree pivot base plate and an integrated arm protractor for precision aiming. Element LED Flood Lights include a discreet J-Box that enables easy installation in the field and modular repair. The fixtures offer a power factor of 99 percent and operate on universal 120- to 277-volt electrical systems, but can be special ordered for 347- and 480-volt systems.
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Industry News
SDG&E Receives Smart Grid Award San Diego Gas & Electric has recently earned two national recognitions that demonstrate the utility's momentum in developing a smart grid for the benefit of the region. SDG&E received the "Top Ten Best North American Utilities" award for smart grid development from Greentech Media, which is one of the nation's leading cleantech news and research websites. SDG&E also was one of four utilities highlighted for successful smart grid customer engagement efforts in a report by the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing smart grid benefits to utility customers. PG&E Announces Enhanced Green Energy Program To Give Electric Customers More Renewable Options Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) said today that it has reached an agreement with a diverse group of consumer and other organizations to enhance its proposed "Green Option" to give electric customers an opportunity to support 100 percent renewable energy. The revised proposal, which has been submitted for approval by the California Public Utilities Commission, would provide participating customers with energy from new small- and mid-sized solar projects located in PG&E's service area.
Philips creates the world's most energy-efficient warm white LED lamp Philips has created the world's most energy-efficient LED lamp suitable for general lighting applications. Philips researchers developed a tube lighting (TL) replacement TLED prototype that produces a record 200 lumens per watt of high-quality white light (compared with 100lm/W for fluorescent lighting and just 15lm/W for traditional light bulbs). This prototype TLED lamp is twice as efficient as predecessor lamps, basically halving the energy used.
Stone Energy Corporation Presents at IPAA Symposium and Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference Stone Energy Corporation president, CEO & chairman David H. Welch will present at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York. A live webcast will be available in the "Events and Presentations" section of the company's website.
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Duke Energy named to top citizenship list for fifth straight year Duke Energy was ranked 26th on the 2013 list after being independently assessed in seven key areas: environment, climate change, human rights, philanthropy, employee relations, financial and governance. "Being named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list is a reflection of the contributions our employees are making to Duke Energy and the areas we serve," said Jim Rogers , the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "We continue to balance the diverse interests of our customers, communities, employees and shareholders."
Department of General Services Announces SCI Dallas Energy Improvement Contract Opportunity The Pennsylvania state Department of General Services is now accepting proposals for an energy efficiency project to be conducted at the State Correctional Institution Dallas, located in Luzerne County. "We are very excited to issue this project to assist our state Department of Corrections with their efforts to reduce energy and operations costs at SCI Dallas. This is also the first time the department will use the revised process for evaluating and awarding a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract."
BTG Market: Thermal Power Equipments Global Industry Growth To 2020 Driven by China According to the new report "Boiler, Turbine, Generator (BTG) Equipment for Thermal Power - Market size, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2020" (http:// www.reportsnreports.com/reports/233949-boiler-turbine-generator-btg-equipment-for-thermal-power-market-size-competitive-landscape-and-forecasts-to-2020. html), BTG market revenue in China will increase steadily from a expected total of US$20.9 billion in 2013 to US$30.1 billion in 2020, boosting the nation's share of the global market from 32% to 48%.
USPTO Rejects Gevo GIFT® Claims as Unpatentable and Grants New Butamax Patent for Efficient Recovery of Alcohol Produced During Fermentation Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the leading biobutanol technology company, announced new biobutanol patent and technology developments. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") rejected all claims of Gevo Inc.'s U.S. Patent No. 8,101,808 ("'808 patent"). The '808 patent was described by Gevo as "a landmark patent ... on its GIFT® separation unit, a central element in the Company's unique fermentation technology". The significance of this ACP is that the Patent Reexamination Specialist responsible has now heard both sides of the argument with respect to this patent, and has concluded that all of the original, amended and added claims are unpatentable.
San Antonio Business Journal Names Burleson LLP Top Energy Law Firm for Second Consecutive Year The San Antonio Business Journal named Burleson LLP the top energy law firm for the second straight year, a distinction that reflects the firm's continuing growth and underscores its commitment to serving companies that are active in the Eagle Ford Shale, the Permian Basin, and throughout the United States. Burleson LLP's San Antonio office has more attorneys focusing on energy law than any other firm in the city. That represents a huge expansion since November 2010, when Burleson first established its presence in the Alamo City with a single attorney. CONSOL Energy Gas Division Sets Drilling Record with Rotary Steering Tool; CONSOL Energy Incorporated's produced 39.2 Bcfe for the 2013 first quarter or 4% more than the 37.7 Bcfe produced in the 2012 first quarter. Consistent with previous quarter's guidance, first quarter 2013 production was down 6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, as a result of frac schedules and other seasonal factors that limited wells turned into line. During the quarter, CONSOL's Gas Division set a Baker Hughes U.S. land record by using their AutoTrak Curve Rotary Steerable tool to drill a Marcellus Shale lateral at 10,684 feet. This occurred in Central Pa. Gas Operations, on the Kuhns 3B well.
Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Hopes to Achieve Profitability With the Sale of Electricity at Less than 3 Cents kWh while the Local Utility Sells at 6 Cents kWh Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. announced a goal of achieving profits contingent on the successful marketing of electricity at a deep discount in targeted geographical areas. In some local areas, Mass Megawatts can sell electricity at less than half the price offered by the local utility. Mass Megawatts is leveraging their knowledge of the wind power industry in their offering of competitive green power to electrical users across the Northeast. The expansion into the retail electrical market is a logical, strategic progression that diversifies their business model while improving future earnings potential.
Wisconsin Energy named one of the nation's best corporate citizens for the sixth year in a row Wisconsin Energy has been recognized as one of the 100 best corporate citizens in the United States for the sixth consecutive year. The annual rankings are prepared and published by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. The publication evaluates approximately 1,000 publicly held companies on the basis of environmental performance, employee relations, philanthropy, finance and governance. For the fifth time, Corporate Responsibility Magazine also placed Wisconsin Energy among the top ranked companies in the category of corporate governance.
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