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Davis & Warshow facility reaches net zero costs
October 1, 2012
Longtime New York luxury wholesaler Davis &
Warshow converted its 209,000-sq.-ft. Queens facility lighting from fluorescent
tubes to LED lighting and became the first facility in the U.S. to reach net
zero lighting costs with LED tubes and the largest single-facility LED tube
installation with the best energy-efficient lighting per sq.-ft. in the
country.
Davis & Warshow was able to reach the net zero lighting benchmark in part because of a rooftop solar array installed in 2011.
Davis & Warshow President David Finkel noted it cost more than $250,000 to convert to LED, but at the ceremony at company headquarters Con Ed executives presented Finkel with a check for $63,704, representing rebates earned for the conversion based on annual kWh saved using Made in America fixtures.
The LED conversion and solar array are part of the company’s Practically Green initiative - a pragmatic program to going green that started in 2008.
Davis & Warshow was able to reach the net zero lighting benchmark in part because of a rooftop solar array installed in 2011.
Davis & Warshow President David Finkel noted it cost more than $250,000 to convert to LED, but at the ceremony at company headquarters Con Ed executives presented Finkel with a check for $63,704, representing rebates earned for the conversion based on annual kWh saved using Made in America fixtures.
The LED conversion and solar array are part of the company’s Practically Green initiative - a pragmatic program to going green that started in 2008.
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