AFTER: 80W Miller ‘Circuline’ Induction Bulbs with 5W Ballast Retrofit Kit

Miller Lighting in Luxury Condo

ENERGY SAVINGS:

120W per Fixture. Saves $148 per Year per Fixture, Plus Lower Maintenance. Payback 15 months.

OTHER BENEFITS: Besides Lower Maintenance Costs, the Property Manager Reported that the Light Quality with Miller Induction™ Is Higher Quality – Contributing to Additional Safety for Residents.

Amusement Park in Las Vegas

 

BEFORE: 10W Incandescent Bulbs

AFTER: 0.08W Miller LED™ Bulb/Ballast Retrofit Kit

ENERGY SAVINGS: 9W per Fixture. Saves $11.80 per Year per Fixture, Plus Lower Maintenance. Payback 15 months.

OTHER BENEFITS: The Miller LED™ Bulbs Have Dramatically Reduced Maintenance Cost. Engineers Had Reported that the Traditional Bulbs with Filaments Were Susceptible to Vibration Damage from the Rides. That Problem Was Eliminated with the Miller LED Bulbs.

APPLICATION: Convention Center Retrofit in Nevada

BEFORE: Traditional 500W Par56 Incandescent Bulbs

AFTER: 200W Miller ‘A’ Style Dimmable Induction Bulb/Ballast Retrofit Kit

Energy Savings: Over 300W per Fixture, Plus Air Conditioning Savings.  Saves $385 per Year per Fixture, Plus Lower Maintenance. Payback 20 Months.

OTHER BENEFITS: The Life of a Miller Induction Bulb is over 100,000 Hours, Saving Maintenance Costs. The Customer Expects More Savings Because of Energy Credits and the Use of Miller Dimmable Bulbs.

Convention Center Retrofit by Miller Lighting

APPLICATION: High-end Automotive Dealer in Phoenix, Arizona

BEFORE: 250W Metal Halide Bulbs with 45W Per Ballast, Total 295W Each

AFTER: 100W, 5000K Miller Rectangular Induction Bulb/Ballast Retrofit Kit, Total 105W Each

SAVINGS: 253W Per Fixture Including Air Conditioning Savings Estimate of 63W. SAVING $122 / Year / Fixture, Plus Lower Maintenance. Payback < 1 Year.

OTHER BENEFITS: The Dealer Has Reported That The High-End Vehicles Look Better Under The Miller Induction Lights. They Bring Out The Rich Colors.

Here’s part of what Tom presented on behalf of Miller Lighting Products regarding the Miller LED Lighting product line.

q     Saves up to 75% on energy costs

q     25-50X longer-life than conventional

q     Low maintenance

q     Excellent for accent, track and flood lighting

q     Many LED bulbs run cooler in than most other types of bulbs

q     Miller Lighting Products has a variety of retrofitting options

Some of the application for Miller LED Lighting:

q     Green buildings – interior and exterior

q     Parking garages

q     Car dealers and parking lots

q     Hotels

q     Factories

q     Warehouses

q     Municipalities and government

Thank you to everyone who participated including Paul Palmer and Sherry Siegel of the The Electric Times.

Tom Herman / Dave Miller / Gil Miller

Miller Lighting Products

2222 East Jones Avenue

Phoenix, Arizona 85040

800-445-6611

602-268-0130

Fax: 800-445-6690

www.MillerLightingProducts.com

www.MillerEcoLighting.com

www.LightingParts.com

Arizona LED Awareness – August 21, 2008 in Tempe, Arizona

·         Are you interested in a Green /Environmentally Friendly light sources?

·         Do you want to find out how Solid-State Lighting (SSL) saves energy?

·         Do you want to find design solutions to lower cost of ownership?

Whether you are an industry-insider of a lighting novice, the LED Awareness Conference is an educational and networking opportunity for all of Arizona’s technology professionals.

Lectures from industry experts:

For more information please go to http://www.aztechcouncil.org/cwt/External/WCPages/WCEvents/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=192

For more information, please contact Miller Lighting Products or the director of events and marketing at events@aztechcouncil.org or call (602) 343-8324 ext.104.

A Phoenix lighting supply company is pushing forward with new technologies in hopes of illuminating a path to money and energy savings.

Miller Lighting Products Inc. (www.millerlightingproducts.com) is branching out to help customers craft more eco-friendly options to decrease the energy used and increase brightness. The new line of Miller Eco Lighting Products (www.millerecolighting.com) includes ubiquitous compact fluorescent lights, new light-emitting diodes and induction lighting, which traces its history back to the late 1800s. The products represent the latest evolution in energy-saving techniques available for adoption by businesses.

Efficient lighting will last years instead of months while lowering the amount companies pay to keep them on, said Gil Miller, the company’s president.

“The issue right now is, they’re expensive,” he said.

Fitting a company with better lighting can be challenging. The cost of the newer lights might be more than what companies are used to paying, but the return on investment can make up the difference quickly, Miller said.

“These might retail for $30 to $50,” he said of some of the smaller LED lights. “But we’re going to replace 50 watts with 3 to 5 watts.”

Lowering the wattage brings energy bills down. Once the lights are paid for, those savings can be applied to a company’s bottom line year after year, Miller said.

The family-owned business has operated for 33 years, but only recently started retrofitting companies’ lighting systems.

It’s a change in the market that will see equipment sell for higher prices as early adopters of the technology jump on board. But as the prices drop, Miller representative Tom Herman said he expects the new light models to follow the same trend as compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, which have dropped dramatically in price since they were introduced.

“You go to the store and buy these compact fluorescents (for a few dollars), and two years ago they were $20 apiece,” Herman said.

Switching to CFLs can save a business up to 75 percent on electric bills, and induction and LED lighting offer similar options, said Wayne Dobberpuhl, a senior engineer with Arizona Public Service Co.

Dobberpuhl is the project manager for APS Solutions for Businesses, a program that offers an array of techniques to help businesses lower their energy consumption, ranging from upgrading their heating and cooling systems to changing their lighting. The program offers daylong seminars on ways to conserve energy and lists recommended technologies that have been tested by experts for various applications.

“I think companies are more into it because they’re trying to be more green, and they’re trying to save money,” Dobberpuhl said.

Both APS and Salt River Project offer rebates for choosing energy-efficient lighting and for making other improvements to lower energy consumption. The programs offered by utilities have helped the lighting industry in general as businesses realize they can save money in the long run by using different products, Herman said.

One example is a 400-watt induction light that can replace the 1,000-watt lights currently used in parking lots and garages, Miller said. And at between 80,000 and 100,000 hours of life for each light, it’s equal to getting about 9 to 11 years of continuous use, he said.

Changing lights is an easy step, and in the face of ever-increasing energy bills, it gives companies another option to lower their costs — or at least keep them level, said Rocky Bakal, manager of Miller’s Eco Lighting team.

“The fact is, electric bills have gone up 26 percent in the past three years, so you have to conserve,” he said.

Miller Lighting Products Inc.: www.millerlightingproducts.com.

Arizona Public Service Co. Solutions for Business: www.aps-solutionsforbusiness.com/projectcenter.

Salt River Project PowerWise Business Solutions: www.srpnet.com/energy/powerwise/business.

LIGHTING FACTS

Businesses have several options for lights, all of which can save energy depending on the application:

Induction lighting: Invented in the late 1800s by Nikola Tesla, it uses electromagnetic fields to generate reactions within the bulb to produce light.

Light-emitting diode: Also known as LED, this technology creates white light through semiconductor material.

Compact fluorescent lights: Also known as CFLs, these are a twist on the standard tube fluorescent lights that can be manufactured in a variety of forms for numerous applications.

Global Outsourcing Creates Benefits for Arizona Businesses

Phoenix Business Journal – May 9^th

Arizona-based companies that honestly face the realities of ever-increasing global outsourcing can reap significant rewards. Some Arizona-based businesses have adjusted their business model to take advantage of outsourcing trends. Companies ignoring reality do so at their own peril.

Rod Miller, Vice President of International Economic Development for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (www.gpec.org) concurs. He is a leader in attracting international companies to Arizona, and has a firm grasp on what it will take to continue making Arizona competitive with other states.

“Like the need to attract foreign direct investment to Arizona, we see global outsourcing as a business reality that can support our growth,” says Miller. “Companies here that see the opportunities and that embrace change will help us win in the global marketplace.”

When it came time for Phoenix-based Miller Lighting Products (www.millerlightingproducts.com and

www.lightingparts.com) to choose the manufacturing sites for their new line of green lighting, they included plants in Asia. Brothers David and Gil Miller took over the 33 year old family business in 1998 and have since then seen a need to outsource even their highest tech products.

“Our customers demand high quality and good pricing,” says President Gil Miller. “Our new Miller Eco Lighting products represent cutting-edge technologies and yet few choices existed for supply other than from overseas. Global outsourcing allows us to market green products that save energy and benefit the economy of Arizona.”

By focusing on building expertise in lighting technologies, Miller Lighting Products is growing with a supply base from all over the world. “We’re staying ahead by offering local, consultative selling that gets customers the right cost-effective green products for their particular application, no matter where the lighting part is manufactured.”

By Doug Bruhnke, CEO/Founder of Growth Nation www.growthnation.com and President/Founder of the Arizona International Growth Group www.azigg.com

The Trusted Professionals in Energy-Efficient Lighting™

Phone 800-445-6611 – - – Phoenix, Arizona – - – Fax 800-445-6090

More information at the 2008 Light Fair here: www.lightfair.com.

Miller Lighting Products is uniquely qualified to save you money on retrofitting your old-style lighting.  Typical retrofitting savings offered by Miller Lighting Products for Miller Eco Lighting Bulbs are shown below (with 11 cents per kilowatt):

Þ     Parking Garage: Save $200,000 per year, 2.0 year payback (1700 fixtures)

Þ     Hotel: Save $50,000 per year, 3.0 year payback (125 poles, 4 fixtures per pole)

Þ     Warehouse: Save $50,000 per year, 1.2 year payback (200 fixtures)

Call a representative of Miller Lighting Products today to learn more about saving 50-90% with reliable solutions that are just-right for your commercial applications.