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Lighting the Way in 2010

Monday, December 20th, 2010

As this year comes to an end, we’re turning the spotlight on some of our biggest and “brightest” projects and accomplishments in 2010. It’s been a great year for our team and our customers, too! Some of the highlights:

Glowing … and Growing

This year, we expanded our market coverage in the Western U.S. and Canada, thanks to our new representative Benjamin Buchanan, president and owner of Time Lighting based out of Los Angeles. Benjamin has more than 10 years of experience in the lighting industry and is a pro at specifying, designing and selling to all sides of the business. His expertise is helping us decrease lead times and continue to help us light the way in price, customer service and quality!

Going Retro

Retrofit, that is. Envirobrite introduced the Dailite Advanced Troffer retrofit kit – an innovative, contemporary new product designed to improve your existing lighting fixtures’ efficiency levels. The easy-to-install retrofit kit is set directly on the grid, enhancing light levels along walls that can “open up” any room. Made of 100% sustainable aluminum, Dailite significantly reduces energy expenses and glare normally associated with two, three and four lamp T8/T12 fixtures. With Dailite, you can expect quality performance that will save you lots of green year after year!

Plugged into Safety

With our ongoing commitment to safe, reliable products, we rolled out Plug-n-Brite – an easy method for installing cords and sensor systems. Each of our three cord options is vibration-proof, corrosion-resistant and maintenance-free, and also protect against hazardous shocks and accidents.

Thanks to our team, our customers and our partners for a great year. As the holidays draw near, a quick reminder, our offices will be closed on the following days:

Friday, Dec. 17 – Annual holiday party

Thursday, Dec. 23 – Christmas Holiday

Friday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Holiday

Friday, Dec. 31 – New Years Eve

Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year! See you in 2011.

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Envirobrite Discovers Energy Saving Technologies

Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Envirobrite has always had a strong belief in sustainability, energy saving technologies, and reducing our carbon footprint. We have expanded that idea into our own company inside and out. Our manufacturing and assembly headquarters in Sanford, Florida receives an abundant amount of sunshine. The sun’s intensity drives up our energy costs by pushing our HVAC systems to work into overdrive. This past year, we sought to combat this cost by investing in some new energy saving technologies.
First, we installed multiple large fans, made by the Big Ass Fan Company in our shipping and receiving facility. Although the creativity of the company’s name is a bit risqué, the product’s performance and efficiency are second to none. Big Ass Fans are designed to move the maximum amount of air with minimal energy consumption. The fan’s design uses ten blades operating at slow speeds to move large volumes of air. Moving at a low speed means less energy used for operation, translating into more energy savings. The difference was immediate as we recognized temperatures drop an average of 15 degrees.

Energy Saving Technologies - GacoFlex Roof Coatings

Big Ass Fans
That’s when we realized the other benefit… our Envirobrite® employees love the fans more than we love the reduced energy costs. Secondly, we treated each of our buildings with another energy efficient technology. Like our abundance of sunshine, we also receive over 50 inches of rain each year. The mixture of sun and rain brings additional maintenance costs and reduces the efficiency of older roofing materials. We took steps to reduce our maintenance cost and again increase our efficiency by identifying energy saving technologies.

Energy Saving Technology

Before using GacoFlex273
We applied GacoFlex roof coatings to each of our facilities. Gaco spray foam and coatings provide seamless insulation and waterproofing, and are fully adhered to the substrate. This eliminated common sources of our leaks and pooling water beneath the roofing material. The specific Gaco product we used was Gaco Western Roof Foam 273. It’s a zero-ozone depleting liquid spray system that cures and coats existing roofing material. The best part is Roof Foam 273 contains material derived from naturally renewable resources and does not contain CFC’s, HCFC’s or other gases harmful to the environment. Good for us and good for the planet.

Energy Efficient Technologies - After using GacoFlex273

After using GacoFlex273
With these two enhancements and retrofitting our troffers using the new Dailite™ troffer retrofit kits, we’ve recognized over $23,000 in savings, and we are thrilled to share the news of our newly identified energy saving technologies.

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Retrofitting your facility’s lighting? Check out DSIREUSA.org

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

With so many websites providing energy efficient advice you have to appreciate the ones that inform the end-user about the many Federal and State tax credits and deductions – Utility Company funded loan, rebates, and financing programs. There are literally hundreds of programs available to many commercial and residential properties. Envirobrite employees often visit the DSIRE site to stay on top of the latest lighting retrofit incentives.

The Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency – DSIRE – web address: www.dsireusa.org was established in 1995, the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) is an ongoing project of the North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). It is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), primarily through the Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis (PBA). The site is administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is operated for DOE by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

The site offers multiple links to International, National, Regional and State organizations that assist companies in making the right choices to ensuring an energy efficient facility. In addition, there are updates in advancing technology in LED’s, Solar and Web based energy monitoring services.

Envirobrite, in operation since 1994 manufactures energy efficient highbay and commodity fixtures with our HighFive, OneForOne, and Optimize product collections – We also manufacture energy saving retrofit kits with our RiteFitcollection for troffer and strip fixtures. Lighting Retrofits is synonymous with Envirobrite.

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