If your responsibilities include overseeing your company’s operations or even managing the assets of a property, I’m sure you have heard of the “Low Hanging Fruit” concept. I’m going to show you how to think outside of the box and rethink your definition of “Low Hanging Fruit.”

It’s no secret that the lighting for a typical office building consumes 40% of its electric bill. So most of us would think the low hanging fruit can be found within the lighting, and that’s true. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can find out what the low hanging fruit is for your given lighting situation. A quick Google search shows us that if you replace all of the T12 lamps with T8 lamps in an office building, you can achieve energy savings of up to 50% or more. But what if you are managing the assets of several office buildings and you already tackled the T12 issue, what’s next? What if I told you to reevaluate your T8 lighting? What if I told you that replacing your T8 lighting with T8 lighting could save an additional 40% on your energy consumption, would you think that I was crazy? It even gets better, what if I told you that you don’t even need to replace your existing light fixtures and 99% of office buildings are great candidates for this lighting retrofit. Would you call that low hanging fruit, I would?

I would be glad to share some of these concepts with you in more detail, however every building is different. If you wish to discuss these concepts in detail or would like more information on how to tackle your low hanging fruit, feel free to contact me directly.

Junior Thomason, CEA

Energy Solutions Manager

Oliver Energy Solutions

jthomason@oliverelectric.com

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