Service Lamp Corporation has specialized in commercial lighting for over 30 years. Offices, schools, warehouses and retail buildings account for 60% of commercial floorspace and about 60% of energy consumed. Approximately 22% of the energy used in buildings is used for lighting. Service Lamp provides ROM support, group relamping, lighting fixture retrofit, and lighting design for commercial, hospitality, industrial and retail applications.
Commercial Lighting Projects
Looking at all commercial buildings including shopping malls the fact is 54% of these buildings were built before 1979. Electricity was cheap and plentiful so that little emphasis was placed on efficient lighting design until the mid 1970s. The the result was inefficient, outdated technology in each of the major commercial sectors:
During the 1980s Service Lamp worked with customers,
contractors and utility companies to replace outdated lighting fixtures
with more efficient T8 fluorescent fixtures and electronic ballasts. In
many cases utility companies offered rebates as a means of encouraging
replacing T12 fluorescent fixtures because the energy load is typically
reduced by half. This "saved capacity" could be offered to new
customers. New commercial customers were also offered incentives to use
energy efficient technology in the buildings. Even today rebates
and incentives are used to limit demand for electricity.
New Construction Projects
New construction projects, certainly projects initiated since the 1992 Energy Policy Act mandate that all states adopt a model energy standard, fall under energy regulations that have become more strict. Warehouses, for example could use 1.2 watts per square foot in 2000 but by 2004 the limit was 0.8. Retail lighting allowances dropped from 1.9 watts per square foot to 1.5 watts in the same period. Links to these lighting power density limits are provided in our Lighting Links page under Lighting Regulation.
Service Lamp works with building owners contractors and
architects to develop lighting plans for remodeling, lighting additions
to existing structures and lighting new commercial buildings.
Integrated with your Project
Service Lamp is an integral part of your design and construction team. Typically lighting plans are received electronically in AutoCAD format from the project architect. Based on our understanding of your lighting requirements and marketing strategy, we add lighting to project plans and return them, electronically, for circuiting and engineering review.
During the construction phase we coordinate deliveries with the general or electrical contractor to ensure lighting fixtures and bulbs are available for installation on schedule.
Whether you are planning a remodel of a single location or a nationwide roll out of a new, retail prototype, Service Lamp can provide a complete lighting package from design to delivery.
