Edens & Avant announces today the June 30th re-opening of its Port Plaza in Port Jefferson Station, Long Island, N.Y. Located at 1046-1068 Route 112, just off the Nesconset Highway (Route 347), the center has undergone a multimillion dollar redevelopment to create a more community-focused retail destination. A prominent part of the redevelopment includes the addition of Long Island grocery chain, Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, which will hold a Grand Opening celebration beginning at 9:30 a.m.
"With Uncle Giuseppe's, PJ Cinemas (another local favorite for the past 18 years) and other popular, regional businesses located right beside national, name brand retailers, Port Plaza now has a vibrant shopping mix that meets the diverse needs of the entire community," said Elizabeth Furnelli, Edens & Avant Vice President. "Along with selecting the right retailers, we also wanted to create a more engaging shopping experience by adding outdoor dining areas, enhancing the center's landscaping, improving the parking design, and creating a more pedestrian-friendly environment."
Expected to create around 180 jobs for the local community, the new Uncle Giuseppe's is just one part of Port Plaza's redevelopment. Of particular note is the inclusion of many sustainability measures to increase energy efficiency as well as reduce the center's environmental impact. The redeveloped center now features high-efficiency lighting fixtures that reduce overall consumption; a white roof TPO membrane system that reduces thermal pollution; a drought tolerant landscape design featuring plant species that help reduce overall water consumption and air pollution associated with grass cutting; and a new building sign package comprised of state of the art energy efficient LED light fixtures that reduce energy consumption while drastically increasing bulb life.
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Friday, July 2, 2010
Philips Energy Efficient Lighting
DOE and two federal agencies have implemented Gateway demonstration project in Washington D.C. to provide a brighter and energy efficient lighting for a federal government parking deck. The Gateway project evaluates high-performance LED lighting to improve illumination with reduced energy consumption.
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The Department of Energy, Department of Labor and Philips have joined together to install VizorLED fixture in a parking structure below the DOL’s Frances Perkins building at 200 Constitution Avenue.
VizorLED minimizes glare, improves lighting uniformity, and provides a comfortable environment for people to park and walk through.
According to a release, 100 watt high-pressure sodium lamps are replaced with VizorLED units. The rated life of VizorLED unit is seven years and it has a potential life of 18 years due to the proprietary thermal management incorporated in its construction.
These devices consume only half the energy consumed by the sodium lamps used earlier. Additional energy saving is possible due to the Proximo occupancy detectors used. The unoccupied space is detected and the LEDs are dimmed. Philips claims that this is capable of providing an additional energy saving of 25 percent. Hence the total energy saving can be 75 percent.
John Campsmith, general manager, Philips Wide-Lite stated that VizorLED solution provides attractive lighting in addition to energy saving. According to Roland Risser, Building Technologies program manager at DOE, their guidance to government-industry collaborations will continue towards implementing high performance LED products.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anuradha’s article, please visit her
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One of the easiest ways to save energy is to retrofit lighting with energy efficient lighting upgrades. Experts all agree that energy efficient lighting retrofits are the first step to reducing your energy consumption. Value Energy Solutions was formed to help companies achieve energy savings through energy efficient lighting retrofits. They offer the widest selection of energy efficient lighting and best pricing based on the volume purchases because they are one of the largest energy retrofitting companies in the nation.for more information please visit their energy efficient lighting website or call (678) 501-4880
Story continues below ↓
The Department of Energy, Department of Labor and Philips have joined together to install VizorLED fixture in a parking structure below the DOL’s Frances Perkins building at 200 Constitution Avenue.
VizorLED minimizes glare, improves lighting uniformity, and provides a comfortable environment for people to park and walk through.
According to a release, 100 watt high-pressure sodium lamps are replaced with VizorLED units. The rated life of VizorLED unit is seven years and it has a potential life of 18 years due to the proprietary thermal management incorporated in its construction.
These devices consume only half the energy consumed by the sodium lamps used earlier. Additional energy saving is possible due to the Proximo occupancy detectors used. The unoccupied space is detected and the LEDs are dimmed. Philips claims that this is capable of providing an additional energy saving of 25 percent. Hence the total energy saving can be 75 percent.
John Campsmith, general manager, Philips Wide-Lite stated that VizorLED solution provides attractive lighting in addition to energy saving. According to Roland Risser, Building Technologies program manager at DOE, their guidance to government-industry collaborations will continue towards implementing high performance LED products.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anuradha’s article, please visit her
Blog Sponsor: Value Energy Solutions
One of the easiest ways to save energy is to retrofit lighting with energy efficient lighting upgrades. Experts all agree that energy efficient lighting retrofits are the first step to reducing your energy consumption. Value Energy Solutions was formed to help companies achieve energy savings through energy efficient lighting retrofits. They offer the widest selection of energy efficient lighting and best pricing based on the volume purchases because they are one of the largest energy retrofitting companies in the nation.for more information please visit their energy efficient lighting website or call (678) 501-4880
GSA SWitching to Energy Efficent Lighting
The General Services Administration is overhauling how it lights federal offices — one cubicle at a time.
By replacing row upon row of fluorescent lights with controllable task lights above each workstation, GSA estimates it can cut lighting-based energy consumption by 40 percent or more.
"It's a simple concept really. We need to put light when and where it is needed," said Kevin Powell, director of research for GSA's Public Buildings Service.
"That's actually not what we've been up to. What we've been doing has been flooding our spaces with tons of light, which ironically puts too much light in places where we don't want it, like on your computer screens."
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The amount of light flooding both federal and commercial office spaces has mushroomed since the advent of the cheap fluorescent tube during World War II, said Kevin Kampschroer, director of GSA's Office of High-Performing Green Buildings.
During his many public speaking engagements, Kampschroer often cites an eye-opening statistic that he attributes to a Harvard University professor. The amount of artificial light in office buildings has increased 400 percent since 1900, even though our eyes haven't gotten 400 percent worse.
GSA has been at the vanguard of installing more energy-efficient lighting systems in its buildings and avoiding electric lights altogether where possible by maximizing the use of natural light from windows or overhead skylights.
Now GSA is taking the effort a step further by moving away from the traditional approach of installing rows of overhead lights in ceilings, regardless of where employees are located, and instead targeting lights to individual workstations.
GSA is using part of the $5.5 billion in Recovery Act funds it received to install lighting systems using this new approach in about 100 existing buildings, Kampschroer said. In addition, GSA has incorporated the lighting design into performance requirements for new buildings.
The potential to save energy through the new lighting installations is high. Lighting accounts for about one-fourth of all electricity consumed in office buildings, according to the Energy Department.
GSA tested the new lighting approach last year on one floor of the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. Flanks of overhead lights were removed and replaced with 86 lighting systems suspended directly above each cubicle. The lighting systems are composed of three 32-watt florescent tubes: two that emit downward light toward the employee's workstation, and one that projects ambient lighting toward the ceiling.
Occupancy sensors allow the lights to be turned on and off automatically when an employee enters a cubicle or leaves after an extended period of time. In addition, the intensity of the lights can be increased or decreased to suit specific employees' needs. Most employees have opted to use about 60 percent of the maximum power available in the lights, said Mark Levi, energy program manager at GSA's Region 9, headquartered in San Francisco.
Employees who had the new lights installed found the lights more comfortable overall than those who had the older lighting configuration. The cubicle-specific lights were more evenly distributed and provided less glare on computer screens than the traditional overhead lights, employees said.
By studying how often the lights remained on during the workday, GSA discovered that employees occupied their cubicles for only 55 percent of the day on average. Twenty-two of the workstations were occupied for less than three hours on at least half of the 32 days studied.
The lighting system installed at the Burton building capitalizes on those frequent absences by keeping the lights off when employees are away from their desks. The result was a 40 percent reduction in energy consumed by the new lights, compared with the already efficient lighting systems installed in most federal offices, according to a study completed last month by GSA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"The simplest way to save energy is in fact to turn the lights off," Powell said.
By replacing row upon row of fluorescent lights with controllable task lights above each workstation, GSA estimates it can cut lighting-based energy consumption by 40 percent or more.
"It's a simple concept really. We need to put light when and where it is needed," said Kevin Powell, director of research for GSA's Public Buildings Service.
"That's actually not what we've been up to. What we've been doing has been flooding our spaces with tons of light, which ironically puts too much light in places where we don't want it, like on your computer screens."
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The amount of light flooding both federal and commercial office spaces has mushroomed since the advent of the cheap fluorescent tube during World War II, said Kevin Kampschroer, director of GSA's Office of High-Performing Green Buildings.
During his many public speaking engagements, Kampschroer often cites an eye-opening statistic that he attributes to a Harvard University professor. The amount of artificial light in office buildings has increased 400 percent since 1900, even though our eyes haven't gotten 400 percent worse.
GSA has been at the vanguard of installing more energy-efficient lighting systems in its buildings and avoiding electric lights altogether where possible by maximizing the use of natural light from windows or overhead skylights.
Now GSA is taking the effort a step further by moving away from the traditional approach of installing rows of overhead lights in ceilings, regardless of where employees are located, and instead targeting lights to individual workstations.
GSA is using part of the $5.5 billion in Recovery Act funds it received to install lighting systems using this new approach in about 100 existing buildings, Kampschroer said. In addition, GSA has incorporated the lighting design into performance requirements for new buildings.
The potential to save energy through the new lighting installations is high. Lighting accounts for about one-fourth of all electricity consumed in office buildings, according to the Energy Department.
GSA tested the new lighting approach last year on one floor of the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. Flanks of overhead lights were removed and replaced with 86 lighting systems suspended directly above each cubicle. The lighting systems are composed of three 32-watt florescent tubes: two that emit downward light toward the employee's workstation, and one that projects ambient lighting toward the ceiling.
Occupancy sensors allow the lights to be turned on and off automatically when an employee enters a cubicle or leaves after an extended period of time. In addition, the intensity of the lights can be increased or decreased to suit specific employees' needs. Most employees have opted to use about 60 percent of the maximum power available in the lights, said Mark Levi, energy program manager at GSA's Region 9, headquartered in San Francisco.
Employees who had the new lights installed found the lights more comfortable overall than those who had the older lighting configuration. The cubicle-specific lights were more evenly distributed and provided less glare on computer screens than the traditional overhead lights, employees said.
By studying how often the lights remained on during the workday, GSA discovered that employees occupied their cubicles for only 55 percent of the day on average. Twenty-two of the workstations were occupied for less than three hours on at least half of the 32 days studied.
The lighting system installed at the Burton building capitalizes on those frequent absences by keeping the lights off when employees are away from their desks. The result was a 40 percent reduction in energy consumed by the new lights, compared with the already efficient lighting systems installed in most federal offices, according to a study completed last month by GSA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"The simplest way to save energy is in fact to turn the lights off," Powell said.
Louvre Lit with LED Energy Efficient Lighting
The Louvre Museum will undergo a renovation project featuring Toshiba LED lighting, according to a new partnership agreement between the two entities.
Toshiba Corporation announced that it has entered a partnership agreement with the Louvre Museum to help with its lighting renovation project. Under the agreement, Toshiba will support lighting renovations in some of the museum’s most visited public spaces with provision of state-of-the art Toshiba LED lighting and renovation costs. Toshiba will provide LED lamp equipment and the cost of renovation for the Pyramids, the Napoléon Court, and the Cour carrée.
All told, there are a total of some 4,500 Toshiba LED light fittings planned. This partnership term will last from June 30, 2010 to December 31, 2023.
Toshiba LEDs will light up Louvre Museum
Louvre Museum
As one of the world’s most popular museums, the Louvre is aware of the need to replace energy-consuming xenon lighting with an environmentally-friendly solution. The company believes it can deliver this, and will use its energy-saving low-CO2 products to illuminate some of the Louvre’s most familiar spaces: Under its partnership agreement, Toshiba LEDs will illuminate the Pyramids that greets visitors as they approach the museum, the Napoléon Court, and the Cour carrée, the main entrance to the museum.
Renovation and installation of the Napoléon Court and the Pyramid will be completed within 2011, and the Cour carrée is expected to be renovated within 2012.
Alongside environmental concerns, the Louvre's lighting must convey the intrinsic beauty of the museum and its spirit as the home to some of the world’s greatest art. Toshiba says that it recognises that lighting is much more than a means to brighten public spaces, and that Toshiba LEDs can do much more than contribute to saving energy.
Toshiba is taking its new lighting system business to a global level, with initial promotions in such regions as France, Germany, and the UK. Toshiba LED lamps have been available at retailers in France since January 2010. By further promoting its business, Toshiba aims 350 billion sales in FY2015.
Toshiba Group takes a proactive approach to creating value and promoting lifestyles in harmony with the Earth. In line with this principle, the company ceased production of general incandescent bulbs in March, 2010. Toshiba will further promote environmentally conscious management by working to mitigate global warming and make efficient use of resources.
About the Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum, the French national museum since 1793, is one of Europe’s oldest and most storied museums. It is also one of the world’s largest museums, comparable in scale to New York’s Metropolitan Museum, and the most visited, opening its doors to 8,500,000 people a year. The museum is part of “Paris, Banks of the Seine,” which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
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One of the easiest ways to save energy is to retrofit lighting with energy efficient lighting upgrades. Experts all agree that energy efficient lighting retrofits are the first step to reducing your energy consumption. Value Energy Solutions was formed to help companies achieve energy savings through energy efficient lighting retrofits. They offer the widest selection of energy efficient lighting and best pricing based on the volume purchases because they are one of the largest energy retrofitting companies in the nation.for more information please visit their energy efficient lighting website or call (678) 501-4880
Toshiba Corporation announced that it has entered a partnership agreement with the Louvre Museum to help with its lighting renovation project. Under the agreement, Toshiba will support lighting renovations in some of the museum’s most visited public spaces with provision of state-of-the art Toshiba LED lighting and renovation costs. Toshiba will provide LED lamp equipment and the cost of renovation for the Pyramids, the Napoléon Court, and the Cour carrée.
All told, there are a total of some 4,500 Toshiba LED light fittings planned. This partnership term will last from June 30, 2010 to December 31, 2023.
Toshiba LEDs will light up Louvre Museum
Louvre Museum
As one of the world’s most popular museums, the Louvre is aware of the need to replace energy-consuming xenon lighting with an environmentally-friendly solution. The company believes it can deliver this, and will use its energy-saving low-CO2 products to illuminate some of the Louvre’s most familiar spaces: Under its partnership agreement, Toshiba LEDs will illuminate the Pyramids that greets visitors as they approach the museum, the Napoléon Court, and the Cour carrée, the main entrance to the museum.
Renovation and installation of the Napoléon Court and the Pyramid will be completed within 2011, and the Cour carrée is expected to be renovated within 2012.
Alongside environmental concerns, the Louvre's lighting must convey the intrinsic beauty of the museum and its spirit as the home to some of the world’s greatest art. Toshiba says that it recognises that lighting is much more than a means to brighten public spaces, and that Toshiba LEDs can do much more than contribute to saving energy.
Toshiba is taking its new lighting system business to a global level, with initial promotions in such regions as France, Germany, and the UK. Toshiba LED lamps have been available at retailers in France since January 2010. By further promoting its business, Toshiba aims 350 billion sales in FY2015.
Toshiba Group takes a proactive approach to creating value and promoting lifestyles in harmony with the Earth. In line with this principle, the company ceased production of general incandescent bulbs in March, 2010. Toshiba will further promote environmentally conscious management by working to mitigate global warming and make efficient use of resources.
About the Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum, the French national museum since 1793, is one of Europe’s oldest and most storied museums. It is also one of the world’s largest museums, comparable in scale to New York’s Metropolitan Museum, and the most visited, opening its doors to 8,500,000 people a year. The museum is part of “Paris, Banks of the Seine,” which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
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One of the easiest ways to save energy is to retrofit lighting with energy efficient lighting upgrades. Experts all agree that energy efficient lighting retrofits are the first step to reducing your energy consumption. Value Energy Solutions was formed to help companies achieve energy savings through energy efficient lighting retrofits. They offer the widest selection of energy efficient lighting and best pricing based on the volume purchases because they are one of the largest energy retrofitting companies in the nation.for more information please visit their energy efficient lighting website or call (678) 501-4880
Energy Efficient Lighting Added to Courthouse
ANITOWOC — Something other than fireworks will light the skies above Manitowoc this weekend — the lights of the Manitowoc County Courthouse will shine for the first time since roof renovations on the building began a year ago.
Public Works Director Jeff Beyer said energy-efficient lights designed to accentuate the historic building's features have replaced high-wattage floodlights. On Friday, the county again will light the building from dusk until 3 a.m.
"It's a focal point of downtown (Manitowoc) and we want to enhance that," Beyer said. "It's pretty spectacular."
The county stopped lighting the courthouse in the 1950s, but Beyer said residents requested it start again in 1992.
Public Works has allocated money in its budget to light the courthouse, at a cost of $1 a day. Beyer said the energy-efficient lights will cost as muchas or less than the floodlights.
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Public Works Director Jeff Beyer said energy-efficient lights designed to accentuate the historic building's features have replaced high-wattage floodlights. On Friday, the county again will light the building from dusk until 3 a.m.
"It's a focal point of downtown (Manitowoc) and we want to enhance that," Beyer said. "It's pretty spectacular."
The county stopped lighting the courthouse in the 1950s, but Beyer said residents requested it start again in 1992.
Public Works has allocated money in its budget to light the courthouse, at a cost of $1 a day. Beyer said the energy-efficient lights will cost as muchas or less than the floodlights.
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One of the easiest ways to save energy is to retrofit lighting with energy efficient lighting upgrades. Experts all agree that energy efficient lighting retrofits are the first step to reducing your energy consumption. Value Energy Solutions was formed to help companies achieve energy savings through energy efficient lighting retrofits. They offer the widest selection of energy efficient lighting and best pricing based on the volume purchases because they are one of the largest energy retrofitting companies in the nation.for more information please visit their energy efficient lighting website or call (678) 501-4880
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Commercial Buildings Go Green In Record Numbers
By Evelyn Royer
Around the world, the cumulative building space declared a level of green by dozens of certification programs is currently 6 billion square feet; by 2020, the figure will reach about 53 billion square feet, the study predicts. Commercial buildings will constitute about 80% of the total figure due to corporations and government agencies requiring their office spaces to be certified, the study said.
The report states that the smaller growth in residential green projects will focus on new construction, particularly large-scale residential developments in China and India, as renovating existing houses to achieve greater energy efficiency, better indoor air quality, and higher recyclable materials content is a more difficult and costly task.
According to the Pike Research report, there are three factors for the dramatic expansion in green building space: the brand value associated with social and environmental responsibility, the cost benefits of energy efficiency, and the growing number of laws requiring green ratings for certain building types.
The report, which considers new and existing buildings in North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, predicts green certification programs in China and India akin to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED will certify about 30% of all new construction in 10 years.
http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2010/06/green-certifications-rise.aspx?rssLink=Green%20Certifications%20Rise
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Around the world, the cumulative building space declared a level of green by dozens of certification programs is currently 6 billion square feet; by 2020, the figure will reach about 53 billion square feet, the study predicts. Commercial buildings will constitute about 80% of the total figure due to corporations and government agencies requiring their office spaces to be certified, the study said.
The report states that the smaller growth in residential green projects will focus on new construction, particularly large-scale residential developments in China and India, as renovating existing houses to achieve greater energy efficiency, better indoor air quality, and higher recyclable materials content is a more difficult and costly task.
According to the Pike Research report, there are three factors for the dramatic expansion in green building space: the brand value associated with social and environmental responsibility, the cost benefits of energy efficiency, and the growing number of laws requiring green ratings for certain building types.
The report, which considers new and existing buildings in North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, predicts green certification programs in China and India akin to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED will certify about 30% of all new construction in 10 years.
http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2010/06/green-certifications-rise.aspx?rssLink=Green%20Certifications%20Rise
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One of the easiest ways to save energy is to retrofit lighting with energy efficient lighting upgrades. Experts all agree that energy efficient lighting retrofits are the first step to reducing your energy consumption. Value Energy Solutions was formed to help companies achieve energy savings through energy efficient lighting retrofits. They offer the widest selection of energy efficient lighting and best pricing based on the volume purchases because they are one of the largest energy retrofitting companies in the nation.for more information please visit their energy efficient lighting website or call (678) 501-4880
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Parking Garages Can Benefit From Energy Efficient Lighting
Frank Kollmansperger says his business is so mundane that it’s interesting.
He’s talking about the business of parking, an industry most of us participate in everyday without giving it much thought.Kollmansperger bought Entry Guard Systems seven years ago, not having ever paid much attention to parking either.
“You drive up to a garage and the machine spits out a ticket,” said Kollmansperger. “It’s just not something most people think about.”Locally-based Entry Guard installs and maintains parking control systems that allow lot owners to control who comes in and out and – ultimately – the revenue. And the company is now trying to convince the mundane industry to embrace a new technology that could save money and energy.
Entry Guard is trying to sell lighting systems for garages that use wireless systems of sensors and motion detectors to turn lights on and off only when there is traffic nearby.
On any given night, say at 2 a.m., every parking garage in downtown Richmond is likely fully lit, Kollmansperger said.
“They are using a lot of electricity.”
The company that makes these lighting systems, called Limelight, estimates that every year 6.5 billion kilowatt hours are wasted in parking garages. That’s $782.2 million a year or $2 million a day, Limelight claims on its website.
The Limelight system at times of low activity in a garage puts fixtures in single bulb mode until the sensor senses motion nearby and turns on to full operation. The systems also can detect when lights are broken or burned out, sending a message to attendants.
But so far, Entry Guard hasn’t had much luck selling the systems, Kollmansperger said.
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“We have a lot of proposals out but have not installed one yet.”
It may be a tough nut to crack because parking lots make money without worrying much about leaving the lights on.
The Richmond parking world, like most major metropolitan areas, is controlled largely by parking behemoths such as Standard Parking, Central Parking and Lanier Parking, large companies that manage lots and garages for property owners all over the country.
Atlanta-based Lanier, for example, manages 300 parking properties in 40 cities in North America, including 10 of the biggest parking structures in downtown Richmond.
Chicago-based Standard Parking Corp. is publicly traded on NASDAQ and brought in $293 million in revenue in 2009.
Competing hard against these giants are only a few small local companies, including City Parking, a family run business that’s been around since 2004.
David Sharrar, president of City Parking, said the going rate for a parking space in the commercial heart of downtown Richmond is about $120 to $140 per month.
Some of the larger garages have up to 2,000 spaces. And most in downtown’s financial district are sold out from month to month, Sharrar said.
As for Entry Guard’s attempts to break into the local market with Limelight, Sharrar said the technology is exciting, but won’t be an easy sell.
“The challenge is looking into retrofitting older properties with this new technology,” Sharrar said. “It’s unclear right now about what exactly the return on investment is going to be.”
To make matters more difficult, most parking management companies generally don’t have very long-term contracts, Sharrar said. Many are month to month or up to 10 years, neither of which may be long enough to recoup the investment of a high tech lighting system.
The systems will work well for new parking decks, Sharrar said.
And though very few new parking garages have been built recently in part because of the recession, Kollmansperger isn’t giving up on the new technology.
“It’s real estate,” Kollmansperger said of parking spaces. “The owner needs to think about how they are managing that real estate of spaces.”
Entry Guard has seven employees and does business all around the state with the exception of Northern Virginia.
He’s talking about the business of parking, an industry most of us participate in everyday without giving it much thought.Kollmansperger bought Entry Guard Systems seven years ago, not having ever paid much attention to parking either.
“You drive up to a garage and the machine spits out a ticket,” said Kollmansperger. “It’s just not something most people think about.”Locally-based Entry Guard installs and maintains parking control systems that allow lot owners to control who comes in and out and – ultimately – the revenue. And the company is now trying to convince the mundane industry to embrace a new technology that could save money and energy.
Entry Guard is trying to sell lighting systems for garages that use wireless systems of sensors and motion detectors to turn lights on and off only when there is traffic nearby.
On any given night, say at 2 a.m., every parking garage in downtown Richmond is likely fully lit, Kollmansperger said.
“They are using a lot of electricity.”
The company that makes these lighting systems, called Limelight, estimates that every year 6.5 billion kilowatt hours are wasted in parking garages. That’s $782.2 million a year or $2 million a day, Limelight claims on its website.
The Limelight system at times of low activity in a garage puts fixtures in single bulb mode until the sensor senses motion nearby and turns on to full operation. The systems also can detect when lights are broken or burned out, sending a message to attendants.
But so far, Entry Guard hasn’t had much luck selling the systems, Kollmansperger said.
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“We have a lot of proposals out but have not installed one yet.”
It may be a tough nut to crack because parking lots make money without worrying much about leaving the lights on.
The Richmond parking world, like most major metropolitan areas, is controlled largely by parking behemoths such as Standard Parking, Central Parking and Lanier Parking, large companies that manage lots and garages for property owners all over the country.
Atlanta-based Lanier, for example, manages 300 parking properties in 40 cities in North America, including 10 of the biggest parking structures in downtown Richmond.
Chicago-based Standard Parking Corp. is publicly traded on NASDAQ and brought in $293 million in revenue in 2009.
Competing hard against these giants are only a few small local companies, including City Parking, a family run business that’s been around since 2004.
David Sharrar, president of City Parking, said the going rate for a parking space in the commercial heart of downtown Richmond is about $120 to $140 per month.
Some of the larger garages have up to 2,000 spaces. And most in downtown’s financial district are sold out from month to month, Sharrar said.
As for Entry Guard’s attempts to break into the local market with Limelight, Sharrar said the technology is exciting, but won’t be an easy sell.
“The challenge is looking into retrofitting older properties with this new technology,” Sharrar said. “It’s unclear right now about what exactly the return on investment is going to be.”
To make matters more difficult, most parking management companies generally don’t have very long-term contracts, Sharrar said. Many are month to month or up to 10 years, neither of which may be long enough to recoup the investment of a high tech lighting system.
The systems will work well for new parking decks, Sharrar said.
And though very few new parking garages have been built recently in part because of the recession, Kollmansperger isn’t giving up on the new technology.
“It’s real estate,” Kollmansperger said of parking spaces. “The owner needs to think about how they are managing that real estate of spaces.”
Entry Guard has seven employees and does business all around the state with the exception of Northern Virginia.
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