MSi Lighting Helps Las Vegas Retailer Save Money

Author: SSLDesign News Staff

August 24, 2010... RC Willey, a furniture retailer in Summerlin, Nevada on the western edge of Las Vegas with a 50,000 square-foot showroom decided to replace all of its halogen spotlights. After doing the math, the company decided to replace the inefficient halogen bulbs with super efficient MSi LED lighting. All of the showroom's 4500 90-watt halogen spotlights were replaced with 10-watt iPAR LED lights. The conversion was a simple matter of unscrewing the old lights and screwing in the new ones. However, the results were immediate and dramatic.

MSi points out that unlike hot burning halogen lights, the efficient LED lights produce very little heat. In fact, within hours of instillation store employees noticed a drop in the showroom's temperature. RC Willey management was able to raise the air conditioner thermostat settings by four degrees. This results in an annual savings of $90,000 in cooling costs alone.

“Many retailers are a little concerned about the initial investment of converting to LED lighting,” said Bruce Johnson, MSi managing partner. “But if they take the time to run the numbers, they’ll see that switching over produces a great return on their investment.”

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