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Lutron Helps New York Times Save Energy
New York Times Company saves $30,000 per year per floor where Lutron system is installed.
The New York Times building uses a Lutron Quantum system to balance natural and electric light to save energy and money. (Photograph by Mark Lennihan, Associated Press
It's different than with homeowners. Lighting control's features - its elegant touchpads, convenient one-touch "goodnight" and "welcome" scenes - practically sell themselves to homeowners. Commercial clients, on the other hand, often only speak dollars and cents.
So for commercial CE pros looking to sell full-scale lighting control systems to restaurants, corporate offices, hotels, churches and other venues, they key is in emphasizing and illustrating potential savings.
Lutron, which recently had its Quantum total light management system installed in The New York Times Company's new 52-story headquarters in New York, shares a year's worth of energy-saving data.
It's a good example of the money-saving impact lighting control can have on a business - and worth sharing with prospective commercial clients. Click here to read the case study about the project (pdf).
So for commercial CE pros looking to sell full-scale lighting control systems to restaurants, corporate offices, hotels, churches and other venues, they key is in emphasizing and illustrating potential savings.
Lutron, which recently had its Quantum total light management system installed in The New York Times Company's new 52-story headquarters in New York, shares a year's worth of energy-saving data.
It's a good example of the money-saving impact lighting control can have on a business - and worth sharing with prospective commercial clients. Click here to read the case study about the project (pdf).
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Tom LeBlanc, Senior Writer/Technology Editor, CE Pro
Tom has been covering consumer electronics for six years. Before that, he wrote for the sports department of the Boston Herald. Migrating to magazines, he was a staff editor for a golf publication and an outdoor sports publication. Now, as senior writer/technology editor of CE Pro magazine since 2003, he dabbles in all departments and offers expertise in marketing. Follow him on Twitter @leblanctom.
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