This document discusses how switching to LED lighting can significantly reduce energy and maintenance costs for commercial businesses and facilities like hotels. It notes that commercial properties on average spend $2.29 per square foot annually on energy, with lighting accounting for 38% of electricity usage. LED bulbs last 50,000 hours on average compared to 1,000 hours for incandescent, and need replacing only once where conventional bulbs need replacing 50 times. This large reduction in replacement costs and labor can offset the higher upfront costs of LEDs and result in 20-50% savings on electric bills and tens of thousands in maintenance savings annually for large properties.

1. How many engineers does it
take to change a lightbulb?

2. Answer: Depends on what type
of lightbulb you use

3. https://www.boma.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Acuity/Control%20Lig
hting%20Systems%20to%20Boost%20Energy%20Savings_BOMA.pdf
Commercial businesses spend
≈$2.29/ft2 per year
on energy cost

4. https://www.boma.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Acuity/Control%20Lig
hting%20Systems%20to%20Boost%20Energy%20Savings_BOMA.pdf
Estimated Annual Energy Cost
Monthly Electric costs: $2,432
Sq ft of Business: 15,000
Annual Energy cost per ft2 : $2.29
Total Annual Energy Cost: $34,332

5. lighting
38%of a building’s electricity draw is
https://www.boma.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Acuity/Control%20Lig
hting%20Systems%20to%20Boost%20Energy%20Savings_BOMA.pdf

6. How much is lighting costing your facility?

7. LEDs vs. Conventional bulbs

8. https://www.consumerenergysolutions.com
/save-big-on-maintenance-costs-by-
retrofitting-your-business-lighting-to-led/
LED bulbs use
50% - 90%
less electricity
than traditional fluorescentbulbs

9. LED bulb lasts
Incandescent bulb
lasts 1,000 hours
> 50,000 hours
https://blog.lsgc.com/how-leds-can-
reduce-labor-and-maintenance-costs/

10. http://www.topbulb.com/blog/tips-facility-
managers-evaluating-transition-led-lighting/
LED lighting can reduce facility electric costs by
20-50% based on which light source is being
replaced

11. Maintenance expenses in lighting
manifest in 3 areas:
üCost of replacement lamps and fixtures
üCost of labor to replace lamps
üWarranty protection and duration

12. Conventional bulbs are changed
50xbefore LEDs are changed once
https://blog.lsgc.com/how-leds-can-reduce-
labor-and-maintenance-costs/

13. Average light bulb changing
time ≈15 mins
Labor cost ≈ $12/hour
Replacing 1 led bulb ≈ $3.00
Conventional bulbs are
changed 50x before LEDs are
changed once.
(50 x $3.00)= $150 for 1
conventional bulb
https://blog.lsgc.com/how-leds-can-
reduce-labor-and-maintenance-costs/

14. LED in Hospitality

15. The 47,000 hotels and motels in the United States
spend about six percent of their operating costs on
energy each year
Source: https://www.ahla.com/content.aspx?id=36332

16. Source: EnergyStar
http://www.energystar.gov/buildings/index.cfm
A 10% reduction in energy consumption has the same financial
effect as increasing the average daily room rate by $0.62 in
limited-service hotels and by $1.35 in full-service hotels

17. Source: https://www.nationalgridus.com/non_html/shared_energyeff_hotels.pdf
Lighting retrofits reduce electricity by 50%
and cut cooling requirements by 10-20 %

18. A Las Vegas hotel replaced inefficient metal halide lights
on the building’s facade with LED lighting; this saved the
facility $41,000/annually
http://lumenistics.com/led-lighting-helps-save-on-
operating-and-maintenance-costs/

19. A Wisconsin casino saved over $221,000 in electric costs the
first year LEDs were installed, and was projected to save
$120,000 in maintenance costs over the next six years
http://lumenistics.com/led-lighting-helps-save-on-
operating-and-maintenance-costs/

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