Carolinas Hospital System-Lake City And SRS Team-up To Pare Down Energy Costs.CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1998-- Lighting upgrade improves lighting while reducing energy consumption Carolinas Hospital System-Lake City (CHS (Cylinder Head Sector) An earlier method of addressing a hard disk by referencing all three physical elements of the drive. It was superseded by logical block addressing (see LBA). ) and Strategic Resource Solutions (SRS SRS, SRS-A see slow-reacting substance. ) have recently joined together to upgrade the lighting systems at the South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. hospital, saving an estimated $26,000 annually in energy costs. As an Ally in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) Green Lights(TM) Partnership, SRS helps CHS and other organizations incorporate the recommendations of the EPA's energy efficiency strategies into their energy management plans. Upgrades to the 47,000-square-foot CHS facility were implemented along the guidelines of the voluntary program, which is aimed at reducing energy consumption by improving lighting in commercial and industrial buildings. Certain SRS staff members are certified Green Lights Surveyor Allies, a role that qualifies them to review clients' facilities and suggest energy-saving improvements to lighting systems. SRS, a subsidiary of Carolina Power & Light Co., is a North Carolina-based company specializing in facilities and energy management solutions for multi-site facilities. Experts from the SRS Lighting Division surveyed the CHS facility's lighting program and discovered that most of the fixtures were outdated in the 30-year-old facility. SRS designed and installed a new energy-efficient lighting system that improved overall lighting, increased the color rendering index and lumens per watt and reduced wattage wattage the output or consumption of an electric device expressed in watts. use per square foot. Incandescent lamps were replaced with compact fluorescent lamps; cracked lenses were replaced with new acrylic flush-mounted lenses; and dimmable and instant-start, high-efficiency electronic ballasts were installed along with reflectors and T-8 low-mercury lamps. The results were projected annual savings of 355,629-kilowatt hours of electricity and an estimated annual reduction of over 266 tons of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. , almost six tons of sulfur dioxide and one ton of nitrogen oxide. In addition to the installation project, SRS managed the disposal of the hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. created by the removal of the hospital's old ballasts, recycled all spent fluorescent lamps in compliance with EPA guidelines and arranged for all warranties to be registered to the hospital. According to hospital Chief Executive Officer Richard Gamber, "Our facility operates 24-hours a day, year round. We are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to save on our energy bill without compromising safety or comfort. SRS provided the means for us to accomplish that." He added, "Employees and physicians are pleased with the improvements to the lighting in their work areas. We are all particularly pleased that the SRS team was able to retrofit our lighting system in just three weeks, without disruption to our daily work routines." Carolinas Hospital System-Lake City is a 48-bed acute care hospital that serves the residents of Lake City and surrounding communities. It is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, n.pr the United States body that accredits healthcare organizations. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO/TJC), n. . According to Gray Lundy, senior account representative with SRS, "The project is expected to pay for itself in less than two years." He added, "Carolinas Hospital System-Lake City should realize a 58% return on its investment at this facility." Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina Cary is the second largest municipality in Wake County, North Carolina and the third largest municipality in The Triangle (North Carolina) behind Raleigh and Durham. It is the seventh largest municipality in North Carolina. , Strategic Resource Solutions Corporation (SRS) specializes in facilities and energy management services for commercial, industrial, educational and government clients nationwide. SRS provides software, systems, lighting solutions, mechanical services and support to help maintain multi-site facilities, control building environments, reduce energy costs and manage information effectively. Through its portfolio of innovative products and services, SRS seeks to help facility managers gain total control over their sites by integrating processes in order to reduce maintenance costs and operating expenses and improve the overall efficiency and quality of their resources.
CONTACT: SRS Lighting
Bill Scott
919/859-5753
jlarson@srs.net
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