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Help the Empire State Building shine brighter when you vote for the color of the LED lights. The historic building is letting voters choose the official standard colors for its new LED tower lights. Designed by Philips Color Kinetics, the new LED lighting system allows customized lighting from a palette of more than 16 million […]

Large energy users, including hospitals, are seeing the benefits of lighting retrofits in their bottom lines. On average, lighting costs are 16 percent of hospitals' total energy consumption; composing more than 40 percent of a hospital's electricity usage. "Two cost-saving techniques that hospital executives utilize are LED lights and harvesting natural light. In addition, linear […]

Each month, Worldwide Energy features a client that we have worked with to showcase not only our portfolio, but also our client's business. Project Scope: The Sygma Network is a food distribution company that provides services to many well-known restaurants. It has 17 distribution centers that deliver more than 150 million cases of product per […]

At Worldwide Energy, we are always looking for the latest technology to help clients reduce their energy use. Lighting controls are the next step in energy efficiency, especially with systems such as Encelium. Encelium Energy Management System is an integrated lighting control and energy management system that dynamically responds to the changing characteristics of a […]

NASA is making a change on the International Space Station to help the astronauts sleep more soundly, combat insomnia which can trigger depression or sickness. “NASA is preparing to replace the station’s florescent panel lights with solid-state lighting modules that would dim and change hues between colors to reflect the time of day.” See the […]

As 2012 comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some lighting developments of the year. The year began with the phase-out of the incandescent light bulb, and the subsequent ban of common T12 bulbs. And as the era of inefficient lighting ended it passed the torch to newer, more efficient replacements including T8s […]

The lighting retrofit industry is quickly evolving, improving, and gaining traction. Business owners are beginning to see the benefits of upgrading their lighting systems to more efficient ones. And while you plan for energy efficient solutions next year, there are still some misconceptions among those who are unfamiliar with products and the technological advances that have been […]

Thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy, commercial buildings in Kansas City, Missouri have a unique opportunity to save even more on lighting retrofits. The EnergyWorks program provides technical assistance to cities, counties, nonprofit, public, and private sector entities to improve the energy efficiency and operating costs of existing commercial and public buildings. The program […]

It's that time of the year again where holiday lights are strung on the roof with care. And if you're like most Americans, you're using lights that aren't exactly the most energy efficient. According to the United Laboratories and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, using LED rather than incandescent light strings uses 75 percent less […]