Scott Packard
Newly Enlightened
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/wal-mart-adding-leds-to-650-stores/
Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, which involves replacing ceramic metal halide in the produce and electronics department, according to a press release.
Wal-Mart is going with Cree's LRP-38, a PAR38 style LED lamp, which is designed to last 50,000 hours and consume 82 percent less energy than the 70-watt ceramic metal halide bulbs it replaces.
The lighting retrofit comes as part of Wal-Mart's Project Impact, which will see through a remodeling and repositioning of many locations. Wal-Mart already has remodeled about 30 percent of U.S. stores and plans to have remodeled or built out 70 percent of its stores to the new standard by 2012.
Wal-Mart is looking to a host of options as it seeks to reduce energy use.
Looks like single-quantity price is around $175.
A product page from Googling:
http://www.winderlumenled.com/reces...page=flypage.tpl&product_id=75&category_id=19
Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, which involves replacing ceramic metal halide in the produce and electronics department, according to a press release.
Wal-Mart is going with Cree's LRP-38, a PAR38 style LED lamp, which is designed to last 50,000 hours and consume 82 percent less energy than the 70-watt ceramic metal halide bulbs it replaces.
The lighting retrofit comes as part of Wal-Mart's Project Impact, which will see through a remodeling and repositioning of many locations. Wal-Mart already has remodeled about 30 percent of U.S. stores and plans to have remodeled or built out 70 percent of its stores to the new standard by 2012.
Wal-Mart is looking to a host of options as it seeks to reduce energy use.
Looks like single-quantity price is around $175.
A product page from Googling:
http://www.winderlumenled.com/reces...page=flypage.tpl&product_id=75&category_id=19