SHOWCASE Venture Lighting International Uni-Form MP 575 pulse-start metal halide lamp and ballast system replaces 1,000- watt MH lamps. Product produces 60,000 LIGHTING initial lumens and twice the mean lumens of a standard 400-watt metal halide lamp. Arc tube shape improves thermal characteristics and light output. Tipless design eliminates cold spots for more uniform light output and longer lamp life. Tax Deductions CIRCLE #250 Advance Transformer Mark 10 Powerline electronic dimming ballast for use with 24-watt T5 high output Brighten Return on and 24-watt long twin tube fluorescent lamps has low-profile design. Ballast requires no additional control wiring and Lighting Upgrades is compatible with controls from many manufacturers. CIRCLE #260

Universal Lighting Technologies By Charles Goulding, Jacob Goldman Ballastar light-level switching ballast for and Siddharth Sheth T8 lamps provides light level control by switching from full light to 50 percent By all accounts, the Energy Policy Act deductions. One important factor has power using stan- of 2005 (EPAct) got off to a slow start. been tremendous improvements in light- dard wall switches Along with many other provisions, the ing product efficiency — many of today’s or relays. Ballast is designed to operate much-hyped law provides tax incen- lighting products meet the EPAct energy either one or two F32T8, F25T8, or F17T8 tives to encourage more energy-efficient target. Combine those factors with the lamps. Product can be connected to any buildings. But there were delays in pro- substantial economic benefits provided voltage from 120 to 277 volts. mulgating the Internal Revenue Service by EPAct, and there may well be a solid CIRCLE #262 regulations to implement the law. And economic case for installation of high ef- it’s taken a while for facility executives to ficiency lighting. Cooper Lighting understand the complex legislation. What’s more, the process of qualifying The Fail-Safe LED series of architectural Today, however, a growing number of for lighting deductions is easier than for vandal-resistant luminaires features seven facility executives are coming to see how HVAC or the building envelope. For those face plate choices in six base colors EPAct may offer significant financial ben- two areas, energy modeling is required. plus custom capabilities for signage and efits, especially for lighting systems. For lighting, two methods are available wayfinding. LED modules Effective Jan. 1, 2006, EPAct provided for obtaining tax deductions. The sim- use 11 Lumileds 3W white new tax deductions for specific invest- pler of the two is the prescriptive method, LEDs offering 50,000 ments that improve the energy efficiency which is based on watts per square foot standard life hours at 70 of either the entire building or one of three and does not require modeling. The sec- percent lumen maintenance. The one- building systems: lighting, HVAC or the ond method is modeling to show a 16.67 piece injection molded lens is designed building envelope. To qualify for those per cent energy cost reduction compared to obscure lamp image while maintaining deductions, a project — whether an entire to ASHRAE 90.1-2001. Modeling is the efficiency. UL 1598 listed for wet loca- building or one of the three subsystems only way to obtain the benefits of tions. CIRCLE #253 — must cut energy use compared to the limits specified in ASHRAE 90.1-2001. For links to supplier Orion Energy The amount of the deduction depends Web sites go to The Compact Modular T8 Series high-bay on how efficient the system is. The deduc- WWW.facilitiesnet.com/BOM lighting fixtures are available in 2-, 4-, 6-, tions are available for both new construc- and 8-lamp configurations. Quick-change tion and improvements to existing build- watt per square foot power allowance ballast pack and modular design enable ings. The project must be placed in service adjustments for lighting controls. upgrades or advanced controls to be between Jan. 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2008. added. Aluminum “I” frame dissipates Congress is currently weighing a measure The Opportunity heat more quickly than steel, lowering to expand the tax deduction amounts and EPAct tax deductions for lighting temperature surrounding the ballast. extend EPAct through the 2012 tax year start at 30 cents per square foot for a 25 CIRCLE #273 and through 2014 for projects certified percent reduction in light power den- as of 2012. sity compared to ASHRAE 90.1-2001 To date, lighting systems have been requirements. The deduction can be as by far the biggest beneficiaries of EPAct great as 60 cents per square foot for a 40

66 Building Operating Management/July ’07 SHOWCASE Alanod Aluminum Miro-Micro Matt for fluorescent high-bay applications has 93 percent total reflec- LIGHTING tivity and produces up to 20 percent more light than the same luminaire with a white painted reflector. Product is abrasion- resistant, inorganic to avoid yellowing or darkening, anti-static and dust resistant. CIRCLE #254 percent reduction. bi-level requirement because they do not To illustrate the economic benefit, a provide two levels of light. Leviton 100,000-square-foot building that quali- To get a deduction for a lighting EPAct Z-MAX lighting-control relay fies for the maximum incentive will gener- project, facility executives need to know systems include stand-alone ate a $60,000 Federal income tax deduc- the square footage of the spaces subject and network-ready models. tion and, in most states, a corresponding to the project, the watts per square foot Service life is 10,000,000 $60,000 state income tax deduction. for all rooms — including new and re- switching cycles. Astronomical clock allows To qualify for these deductions, a facili- tained wired lighting — and how the system’s location to be programmed to ty has to meet not only the specified EPAct bi-level switching requirement has been time-of-day settings or a time offset from light power density requirements for that met. Documentation for the lighting tax sunrise or sunset. Relays offer keypad type of space, but also comply with some deduction includes a watts-per-square- programming with bright LCD panels and additional mandates. Under the current foot spreadsheet for all wired lighting, a on-screen instructions. CIRCLE #255 legislation, in effect until 2008, these written energy plan, a certification and an additional requirements include bi-level inspection document. Lumisys switching and minimum IESNA light Maxiom Series controls high voltage levels. Bi-level switching means having at Maximizing Benefits lighting circuits via a two-wire RS-485 least two levels of light other than off in Many lighting projects just miss quali- network, occupancy sensors, light level all spaces. A space is defined as an area fying for EPAct tax incentives because sensors, momentary override switches, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling walls. A the lighting systems designer wasn’t and other input devices. LX5 technology dimmer, for example, meets the require- aware how close the design was to meet- features native BACnet and a range of ments because it provides multiple levels ing EPAct requirements. There are cases other protocols. Panels have on-board of light. Two or more switches controlling where design needs will trump EPAct DDN (Digital Device Network) commu- different fixtures in a space would also qualification but those occasions should nication to Digi-Touch addressable meet this bi-level requirement. Occupan- represent conscious decisions. In many switches. UL listed. Circle #256 cy sensors do not, on their own, meet this situations, merely changing one item in Full Spectrum Solutions The EverLast line of fixtures features electrodeless fluorescent technology that EFFICIENCY Justifying Energy Projects has a rated life of up to 100,000 hours and is resistant to EMC Facility executives have a range of economic drivers for lighting projects. Five economic interference. The company areas can be explored to increase the percentage of lighting and other energy efficiency has seventeen different projects that are approved. combinations of lamp • Energy Savings. Many of today’s lighting and HVAC products can reduce current energy wattages in three different styles and consumption in the range of 25 to 50 percent compared to older products, in some cases offers dimmable options on many models. products installed as little as five years ago. CIRCLE #257 • Rebates. Many states and local jurisdictions offer substantial rebates for energy improve- ments. Rebates are particularly lucrative in certain states in the Northeast and in California, Holophane where energy supply is limited and costs are high. Some rebates are called prescriptive, ROAM photocontrols communicate via meaning that a particular product category gets a prescribed rebate, such as $80 per lighting a wireless transceiver, creating a self- fixture or $1,000 per air conditioning unit. Some rebates are kilowatt based, meaning that the configuring, self-healing wireless network more a project reduces electricity use, the greater the rebate. Facility executives can now that exchanges data between photocon- access national electronic rebate databases and, for a fee, have all of the rebate paperwork trols on an event-driven basis. The system completed in virtually every jurisdiction where a company has facilities. monitors itself, reporting outages as they • EPAct deductions. For projects that meet EPAct requirements, significant tax deductions occur. Photocontrol is backward-compat- are available. ible with light fixtures that have a locking- • Demand-Response Programs. Many states offer demand-response and demand- type receptacle. CIRCLE #258 management programs where companies can get substantial economic payments for using lighting controls and HVAC controls to reduce electricity use when called upon during demand Lamina events or to earn additional revenues for making lighting and HVAC investments that perma- The SoL MR16 LED is designed as a nently reduce electrical demand. direct, ready-to-plug-in retrofit for 20- • Maintenance Cost Reduction. Building maintenance is a high-cost, labor-intensive watt MR-16 halogen and comparable process, particularly if there are a lot of products with short lives that require regular replacement. CFL lamps. This design produces as Some new energy-efficient products have longer lives, which reduces replacement costs. much light as the 20-watt halogen bulb, — Goulding, Goldman, Sheth but consumes less than 8 watts. Color temperatures of 3,050 K and 4,700 K. CIRCLE #267

68 Building Operating Management/July ’07 International NexLight Engineering Products The WRT4244 dimmer and Consulting Corp. controls fluorescent ballasts Lighting control uses solid state elec- that accept a 0-10 volt tronics with on-site, remote and aggre- DC control voltage. The unit is used in gate Web-based controls for HID lighting. conjunction with the WR6161-84 20 amp The VB400 contains an electronic ballast relay to provide on/off control. Dimmer and features microprocessors to regulate controls up to 50 ballasts. Dimming current flow for metal halide, high-pres- groups can be made that contain up to 60 a design — such as high wattage display sure sodium and pulse start lamps. dimmers. CIRCLE #271 cases — or changing out a few more fix- CIRCLE #259 tures than originally anticipated makes Square D the difference between no tax deduction Foster Transformers Occupancy sensors employing passive and a large tax deduction. LED power supply features short circuit infrared (PIR) and ultrasonic technologies On a national facility project for a and overload protection and can be are available for wall switches and ceiling- large retirement organization, for ex- dimmed with a standard mount applications. PIR wall switch ample, a slight design change increased dimmer. The power supply replacement sensors are both 120/277 the EPAct tax deductions from $2,000 is encapsulated in epoxy VAC and cover a 180-degree area with a per facility to $40,000 per facility. and housed in a 304 300-square foot range. Ceiling sensors The first step to obtaining EPAct de- stainless steel enclosure. Power supply offer 360-degree coverage and have a ductions is hiring a lighting designer who can withstand a direct short in excess of coverage area of up to 2,000 square feet. is familiar with EPAct requirements or is 15 days, with no external fusing required. CIRCLE #261 willing to learn them. If a facility execu- Product accepts multiple input voltages tive hires an architect or lighting designer with output configurable for 12 VDC or 24 GE who has no familiarity with EPAct, it VDC up to 60 W. CIRCLE #251 VIO white LED converts violet wavelength may well be worth allowing some ad- to white light, producing less than a 100 ditional time to learn the standards. It Juno Lighting Group degree Kelvin color shift over a 50,000- would also be important to ask the de- Elate specification-grade luminaires offer hour rated life. Product is offered in 3,500K signer to explain the rationale for designs open and lensed downlights, wall wash and 4,100K color temperatures. High- involving large building spaces that don’t and adjustables with CFL, induction, HID, power, 4-watt LEDs feature 70-percent qualify for EPAct tax deductions. incandescent and low-voltage sources. lumen maintenance and chip-on-board Good design incorporates many dif- The line also features pull-down and package that improves thermal manage- ferent — and sometimes conflicting — multiple lamp-aiming adjustables for ment. RoHS compliant. CIRCLE #252 considerations. However, it’s clear that display lighting. CIRCLE #268 energy-efficient design is now being given Robertson Worldwide more weight than in the past. There has Lithonia Electra series high temperature ballasts also been a quantum leap in the energy The I-BEAM fluorescent high bay lighting meet Energy Star 4.0 requirements efficiency of lighting products, which system features T5HO cool running tech- and have a 90 degree C makes it possible to achieve both good nology that is UL/C-UL listed to operate maximum case temperature. lighting quality and energy efficiency. in environments up to 65 degrees C. I- Ballasts available with side Facility executives should look for a de- BEAM delivers up to 50 percent in energy leads, bottom leads or bottom leads with signer who is familiar with today’s prod- savings over 400 watt metal halide lamps, studs for one 7- through 42-watt and two ucts and is not merely recycling outdated, according to the company, and maintains 13- through 26-watt CFLs. CIRCLE #275 inefficient design solutions. designed light levels over the life of the It is also important to keep accurate system. CIRCLE #269 Sensor Switch records of which properties have quali- nLight lighting offers system-level-control fied for EPAct tax deductions and for Osram Sylvania while enabling zones of nLight devices to how much per square foot. For example, The DURA-One A19 electrodeless compact self-commission and function indepen- a building that in 2007 qualifies for de- fluorescent lamp features a rated life of up dently. System provides local control via duction of 37 cents per square foot will to 15,000 hours. Offers instant brightness, LCD Gateways, as well as remote, global have the opportunity to achieve a second a starting temperature of –20 degrees control through SensorView Web-based deduction of 38 cents per square foot if a F and unlimited switching software. CIRCLE #276 proposal to increase the deduction from cycles. Compared to a 75- the current 60 cents to 75 cents becomes watt incandescent A19, the Lutron law. product provides energy cost EcoSystem allows workers to control savings of up to $82 over the life of the one or more fixtures from their desks Getting a “Free Ride” lamp, according to the company. using a personal computer. Quantum Organizations that installed energy- CIRCLE #274 software control package monitors efficient lighting before Jan. 1, 2006 — individual lighting fixtures and power that is, before the beginning of the EPAct usage, operating hours, monitor lamp and qualifying period — have the potential ballast performance. The system allows to get what is known as a “free ride” users to make changes to as many as 100 under the law. That’s true if the organi- EcoSystem networks at the same time. zation has already achieved the EPAct CIRCLE #270 light power density targets. The reason: Lighting projects undertaken after Jan.

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1, 2006, for buildings that have already — time clocks or occupancy sensors. Ten tion process. hit the light power density targets are au- stores qualified for the full 60 cents per Initially, the lighting industry described tomatically entitled to a tax deduction. square foot deduction. the basic EPAct concepts and then recom- Essentially this means that if a facility al- mended that facility executives seek tax ready meets the EPAct watts-per-square- Tax Tips advice. Increasingly, the lighting indus- foot target, virtually all lighting upgrades Beginning in late 2005, the U.S. try is engaging specialized tax consulting will qualify for tax deduction. lighting industry did a magnificent job firms that have the required skill set nec- Free riding is typically used to obtain of introducing EPAct on industry Web essary to identify, analyze and capture the automatic tax deductions for lighting sites and in trade brochures. But practi- EPAct benefits. controls projects, including occupancy cal problems made it difficult for facility Today, companies are beginning to ob- controls, dimming and daylighting sys- executives to take advantage of the de- tain substantial tax savings ranging from tems as well as the lighting portion of ductions. Applying EPAct requires inter- a few thousand dollars for small projects building management systems. disciplinary skills involving engineering, to tens of millions of dollars for large na- More and more facility executives are energy management and tax concepts tional property holders. beginning to understand free riding. At that aren’t normally part of the basic To date, the most common light- one department store chain, a lighting skill set of any single professional. The ing EPAct projects involve distribution controls project involving 20 facilities mainstream tax profession community is centers, industrial facilities and retail qualified for a “free ride” tax deduction. often not conversant with lighting electri- spaces. But EPAct deductions have also The chain had invested in energy efficient cal wattage, HVAC energy efficiency and been gained for lighting projects in office lighting before EPAct was passed and al- building envelope fenestration concepts. buildings, supermarket chains, restau- ready met the EPAct watts-per-square- Likewise, the facilities community gener- rants, assisted living facilities, hotels and foot requirement before the lighting ally isn’t familiar with tax deductions and other types of buildings. controls were installed. Most of the proj- normally doesn’t use income tax benefits There is a great deal of synergy be- ects involved automatic shutoff systems as part of the project capital authoriza- tween EPAct and the U.S. Green Building

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Council’s Leadership in Energy and Envi- The modeling required to qualify ronmental Design (LEED) green building for a whole-building deduction under rating system. LEED requires computer EPAct is very similar to LEED modeling. Clocks & Bells Smoke Detectors modeling to document target levels of However, for separate systems modeling energy efficiency; EPAct also requires relating to lighting, HVAC and the build- computer modeling for HVAC, build- ing envelope, EPAct building modeling ing envelope, whole-building and some requires taking a different approach, lighting deductions. More importantly, one that most engineers are not familiar LEED generally requires adherence to with. Facility executives should be sure Emergency Lights ASHRAE 90.1-2004 energy-efficiency that their engineers understand, in-depth, requirements, meaning that LEED proj- the computer modeling requirements of ects will generally either qualify for EPAct EPAct. tax deduction or come very close. What’s more, 90.1-2004 is the basis for code in EPAct Lighting some states. Success Stories For example, office buildings qualify EPAct has made it possible for many Motion Commercial Lights Detectors for EPAct at the .975 watts per square warehouses, distribution centers and foot level and ASHRAE 90.1-2004 industrial property owners to realize And you can rely on STI sets a maximum of 1 watt per square substantial tax deductions. For example, foot for office buildings. So a building the Genlyte supply division facility in Makers of the planned to meet 90.1-2004 only needs Union, N.J., replaced older metal halide Stopper® II device, to reduce lighting energy use by .025 lighting with energy-efficient fluorescent world’s #1 false fire watts per square foot to qualify for an lighting. In the assembly/parts facility, alarm fighter for EPAct deduction. Accordingly, leading 240 metal halide fixtures with a rating of over 25 years. office building developers are increas- 455 watts per fixture were changed over ingly setting their office building lighting to four-lamp T5 fixtures with a rating of requirements at less than .975 watts per 236 watts per fixture. In the warehouse, WeProtect theThings square foot so that they both meet the re- approximately 40 metal halide fixtures quirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2004 and were replaced with more energy-efficient that Protect You qualify for EPAct. It seems likely that the six-lamp T5 fixtures as well. Safety Technology International, Inc. LEED-qualified professionals will begin With these changes, lighting energy to realize that EPAct provides meaning- use for the assembly/parts facility fell www.sti-usa.com ful economic incentives to support their from 1.33 to .84 watts per square foot. 800-888-4784 LEED initiatives. For the warehouse, lighting energy use ‘07 72 ▲ free info: Circle 448 SHOWCASE MAKE YOUR LIGHTING RETROFIT A SUCCESS LIGHTING

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Charles Goulding, an attorney and certified public accoun- tant, is president of Energy Tax Savers, Inc. Jacob Goldman is a tax consultant and Siddharth Sheth is an engineer with the firm. The firm has developed complimentary EPAct de- signer guides for major building categories including distri- bution centers, offices, pharmaceutical facilities, hotels and Don’t let your lighting retrofi t schools. run off the road! E-mail comments to [email protected].

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