A HOSPITAL SUCCESS STORY*:

A survey of the existing lighting at New York City's Hospital for Joint Diseases, a 200-bed 350, 000 square foot medical facility in lower Manhattan, showed new flourescent lighting technology could increase light levels 20 percent while simultaneously returning a significant savings.

"When we saw the results of the evaluation done by Phil Bonsignore, president of National Energy Services, Inc., they were startling," explained Neil DiGregorio, hospital Director of Engineering. "Replacing our 40-watt flourescent lamp/magnetic ballast lighting system with new GE T8 Flourescent lamps with Starcoat ™ and 2,500GE electronic ballasts would cut energy costs $14,000 a month, qualify fora Consolidated Edison rebate of almost $60, 000 and earn a return-on-investment of two years. Based on these figures, the project was quickly approved by the hospital Board of Directors as well as affiliated facility administrators."

The new GE 32-watt T* Flourescent lamp with Starcoat™ offers better color rendition, as well as 95 percent lumen maintenance at 40 percent of rated lamp life, at no extra cost.

"Reaction to the new lighting from everyone here has been very, very favorable,." DiGregorio noted proudly.

"Light levels are up 20 percent, color rendition has improved significantly and we can see the energy savings on our monthly utility bill. Plus there has also been a 15 percent decrease in lighting-related repairs since the conversion. I'd say this is a 'win-win' situation for everyone involved."

*(This story originally appeared on the GE website. The site has been redesigned and it's no longer available there.)

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