Office Lighting

During the 1980s Service Lamp worked with office building owners, contractors and utility companies to replace outdated office lighting fixtures with more efficient T8 fluorescent fixtures and electronic ballasts. In many cases utility companies offered rebates as to encourage replacing T12 fluorescent fixtures because the energy load is typically reduced by half. This "saved capacity" then could be offered to new customers.

Good office lighting is important on many levels. The appearance of the work environment can greatly influence productivity, client reaction to the business and the ability to attract highly qualified people. Good office lighting not only accomplishes these objectives but reduces operating costs as well.

Office Lighting Retrofit Projects

Even though we made great progress in retrofitting inefficient and potentially dangerous lighting fixtures from office environments a large installed base of T12 fixtures remains. These fixtures use about twice as much electricity as electronically ballasted, T8 fluorescent fixtures used today and are likely to contain magnetic ballasts with potentially hazardous PCB.

Replacing old fixtures with today's technology will have immediate benefits to your business and our environment. These include:

• Lower electricity bills
• Lower air conditioning load
• Lower maintenance labor cost
• Better quality light for higher productivity
• Hazardous material elimination
• Recycled material

For additional information on how a retrofit project can benefit your business, call Service Lamp at 856-768-0404 and ask to speak to a commercial account manager.

Office Relamping Projects

Fluorescent lighting used in office buildings should be replaced by LED lighting.  Led lighting can be used with your current T8 ballast or can bypass the ballast by using one of the technically advanced BYPASS products.

• LED lighting uses less energy than fluorescent tubes- between 20 - 30%. This keeps lamps cooler and your energy bill lower.
• LED'S can last up to 70,000 hours, most fluorescent tubes last between 20,000 - 30,000 hours.
• LED’s are a directional light source, meaning light only comes out of the part of lamp you see. A fluorescent lamp is omnidirectional and comes out 360 degrees (even the part that is facing the ceiling).  This “wastes” light and diminishes foot candles that you need in your work area.
• LED's are more sustainable than fluorescent lamps. Fluorescent lamps contain mercury and can create a disposal issue. LED’s do not contain mercury.

Service Lamp carries a variety of retrofit fixtures that can utilize your present fixture housing but allows you to update and enjoy the benefits of LED. Please look at this video to see how easy the Philips Evokit Click is to install for your office.