For further Information contact:
Dave Cary, Communication Specialist
Orion Energy Systems Inc
(920) 892-5804
dcary@oriones.com
Dominic Bartolone, vice-president
All Seals & Hose, Inc.
178 W. Boden St.,
PO Box 371 278
Milwaukee WI 53237-1278
(414) 482-1308
dbartolone@ash355.com
A two-building lighting retrofit that reduced the amount of electric power it uses for lighting by 52% has brought Orion’s Environmental Stewardship Award to All Seals & Hose, a Milwaukee hose and seals distribution firm.
The change, in which 66 400-watt metal halide lamps were replaced by the same number of Orion six-tube T8 fluorescent Illuminator ® fixtures, dropped All Seals’ lighting power usage from an annual 92,070 kilowatt-hours (kWh) to 44,352. Power costs fell correspondingly.
The environmental basis of the award comes from the fact that power saved does not have to be generated at all, and that reduction means fewer substances released into the atmosphere.
In All, Seals’ case, the 47,718 kWh saved will mean that each year 47 tons of carbon dioxide, 13 tons of carbon, two-tenths tons of sulfur dioxide and one-tenth ton of nitrogen oxides — all pollutant products of power generation — will not enter the atmosphere.
Stated another way, the reduction is the air-scrubbing equivalent of a nine-acre forest ore removing eight cars from the road and the conservation equivalent of saving 3,939 gallons of gasoline per year.
“We appreciate receiving this award,” said All Seals & Hose vice-president Dominic Bartolone. “We’re a very environmentally-conscious company, both inside and outside our buildings and try to do what’s right.”
Bartolone said the change to Orion lighting had come because management had been concerned about energy costs, which seemed high. “We investigated our lighting, and found it would be worthwhile so we went ahead with the change. We put it in both buildings.”
“The new lighting has been great. We’re very satisfied with it, our electric bills have been lower at both buildings — and our employees like it too,” Bartolone concluded.
“The usual story is that you have to give up something to get something,” commented Orion president Neal Verfuerth. “Here, though, All Seals & Hose received better lighting and only had to ‘give up’ higher energy costs and pollutants into the bargain.”
“We congratulate them on this noteworthy achievement.”
Located near Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, All Seals & Hose is a major distributor of -rings, cord stock, encapsulated and backup rings, hydraulic and pneumatic seals, U-cups, loaded lip seals, V-Packing sets, wear bearings, wipers, high-pressure seals in metric or inch sizing. All Seals & Hose can also furnish thread locking compounds, pipe sealants, Teflon ® tapes, industrial hose, hydraulic hose and fittings, crimping systems, bulk hose or production assemblies, quick-disconnects, hose fittings and couplings, ball valves, plug valves, compression fittings, lightweight flexible ducting. Visit their website at http://www. ash355.com/
Located in Plymouth, WI, Orion Energy Systems has been innovating in the energy and lighting business since 1996. Orion’s innovative Illuminator ® fixture, an energy-efficient lighting platform for industrial applications, has been awarded a series of 14 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Additionally, Orion has applied for numerous other patents related to metering and control technologies for lighting.
Neal Verfuerth, Orion President, received one of Wisconsin’s most prestigious awards, the Ernst & Young 2004 Manufacturing Entrepreneur of the Year.
Orion provides capacity displacement solutions for supply side management, transmission management, and demand side management for the electricity industry. Visit the Orion website at http://www.oriones.com/.
