EAST CLEVELAND, OH--August 10, 2012: Spectrum Health, one of Michigan's largest not-for-profit health systems located in Grand Rapids, has an aggressive customer-centered sustainability program. When focusing on revamping parking decks used by patients, visitors, and employees, the staff had three goals in mind: improve security, reduce maintenance costs and save energy. After retrofitting 1.25 million square feet of parking garage space and more than 3,500 parking spaces with 1,500 GE Evolve LED Garage fixtures, Spectrum accomplished those goals.
“It's important that everyone feels welcome and secure while at our facilities. Our new fixtures not only met this requirement but also reduced our energy consumption and reduced burdensome maintenance.”
"Our patients and employees are our first priority," said Tom Theoret, director of facilities, Spectrum Health. "It's important that everyone feels welcome and secure while at our facilities. Our new fixtures not only met this requirement but also reduced our energy consumption and reduced burdensome maintenance."
The GE Evolve LED Garage Fixture used in the parking lots employ cutting-edge technology and feature an advance LED low-glare optical system coupled with a unique thermal management system to ensure long life.
The upgrade has saved the facility nearly $170,000 annually in combined energy and maintenance expenses, helping to further fulfill Spectrum's environmental efforts. By replacing older 175-watt high-pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures, with GE's 60-watt Evolve LED lights, the hospital will see a 67 percent energy reduction, yielding 1.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy savings annually.
Spectrum also installed 50-watt GE Lumination LED Recessed Troffers in ceilings in entrance/exit corridors, replacing 150-watt high-intensity discharge (HID) fixtures. The 2'x2' troffers are as thin as the width of a finger and emit a crisp, uniform light to brightly illuminate spaces inside the garage.
Combining overall savings from maintenance costs, energy costs, a Novation rebate, and a Consumers Energy utility rebate, Spectrum will realize project payback in just three years.