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Hubbell Lighting's Beacon Products Brand Re-Lights Carmel, Indiana Streetscape

LED Streetlighting, Carmel Indiana (Photo: Business Wire)

Like many communities throughout the Unites States, the city fathers in Carmel, searching for ways to save energy and money, and in the process become "greener," turned to Bradenton, FL based Beacon Products for guidance and ultimately the installation of its LED Retrofit Kit with Direct V Optics in all 800 of its downtown decorative post top lighting fixtures. (http://www.beaconproducts.com/products_view.html?PID=501)

Prior to retrofitting the lighting, Beacon Products personnel conducted a thorough economic study comparing the costs of new fixture replacement versus the retrofitting of existing fixtures. After evaluating the options, including a test installation, it was determined that employing Beacon Products LED retrofit kits would not only save the city an estimated 48% in energy costs, it would also significantly cut down on greenhouse emissions, save on maintenance, and, just as importantly, provide the city with the fastest payback schedule.

Based on these findings, a 90 Watt LED retrofit kit, from the company who was the first domestic manufacturer to introduce a full line of municipal-grade outdoor LED luminaries in 2008, was selected to replace the metal halide and high pressure sodium (HPS) light sources the city previously employed.

According to David Huffman, Director of Public Works, "The city of Carmel has gained many benefits from this (lighting) conversion including reduced stock requirements (8 SKUs have been eliminated) and, with LEDs that last 50,000 hours, dramatically reduced maintenance requirements."

The lighting project, made possible through The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program of the Department of Energy, will also have a positive effect on greenhouse emissions with the expectation of saving some 600,000+ pounds of carbon dioxide annually, which is equivalent to taking nearly 100 passenger cars off the road and the recycling of 144 tons of waste instead of land filled.

Summing up all of the promise and positives of their new LED luminaries, (installed in June) represent, Melanie Letz in Carmel's Department of Community Relations said, "The LED lights provide improved directional illumination for (our) pedestrians, motorists, and downtown business. The LED retrofit kit lighting fixture application provided by Beacon Products has indeed been a win-win-win for the community of Carmel, Indiana, for its treasury, and for the environment."

ABOUT BEACON PRODUCTS: A division of Hubbell Lighting, Beacon Products designs and manufactures high quality, specification grade, architecturally-relevant pedestrian scale, roadway and parking area lighting products and landscape furnishings. Beacon Products specializes in providing the "complete solution" for the public space. Its product line includes the industry's most diverse selection of site lighting and hardscape products in contemporary, period, or custom styles, and embodies the highest quality in construction, finishing, performance and design.

ABOUT HUBBELL LIGHTING: Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Prescolite Lighting, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spalding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway.

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Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
Ken Beale, Director, Marketing Services, 864-678-1704
kbeale@hubbell.com