Office building renovation shines with upgrade to RAB LED lighting

10,000-square-foot professional office building located at 512 West 3rd in Jamestown, NY.

Installation of ten 20 Watt WPLED LED wallpack fixtures, six 20 Watt CLED ceiling mounted fixtures, and four SLED step light/ ultra-low wattage wallpack wash fixtures from RAB Lighting (Northvale, New Jersey) to light the exterior of the building and promote safety for tenants and visitors.

• Rated average life of 50,000 hours ensures long life and minimal maintenance
• Fully-gasketed, die-cast aluminum housing ensures durability in outdoor settings
• LPACK20 available with arm and swivel accessories for maximum installation flexibility
• Full cutoff, fully shielded design on the 20 Watt WPLED and 20 Watt CLED fixtures ensures that light is delivered precisely where it's needed

Over 80% reduction in lighting system energy consumption and costs relative to the original High Pressure Sodium light source in place.

RAB fixtures supplied by Rexel in Jamestown and installed by Jamestown-based electrical contracting firm Hokanson Electric.

A newly-renovated, professional office building in Jamestown, New York recently achieved the highest-quality, most energy-efficient exterior lighting possible when its old high pressure sodium lighting fixtures were replaced with the newest in energy-efficient LED technology from RAB Lighting.

Located at 512 West 3rd in Jamestown, the single-story building houses a number of healthcare and professional business tenants and is a showcase property within the portfolio of commercial and residential facilities owned by Jamestown's Rental Properties LLC. Like many of the buildings in the historic city of Jamestown, which is located one hour south of Buffalo on the lower tip of Chautauqua Lake in Western New York, the original facility on the site had been constructed over 60 years ago and was ready for an upgrade. "The original building on this site was built in the 1940s and was redone in the 1990s," says Jody Peterson, owner of Jamestown's Rental Properties. "In an effort to attract a new, high-level professional clientele, however, we renovated and modernized the original structure in the winter of 2010 and expanded the parking lot capacity."

After making such significant investments in the property, the installation of good exterior lighting became a priority for Peterson. Similar to other buildings in this industrial city, the original structure had relied on outdated and less-efficient high pressure sodium as its exterior light source and was overdue for an upgrade. Says Peterson, "In keeping with the building's new modern ambiance, we were looking for a nice, crisp light outdoors to properly illuminate the exterior and promote safety for our tenants and visitors while cutting down on energy."

"...we were looking for a nice, crisp light outdoors to properly illuminate the exterior and promote safety for our tenants and visitors while cutting down on energy." - Jody Peterson, Owner, Jamestown's Rental Properties

The solution came in the form of a variety of LED fixtures from RAB Lighting. According to Peterson, "We went with 20 Watt LED fixtures mounted off the roof line on 24" arms with adjustable swivels to project lighting from the roof downward, as well as 5 Watt step lights for a wall wash effect on the front of the building to light the sidewalk. We also used a series of 20 Watt double canopy LED fixtures underneath the cupolas in the front to create a warm and well-lit entryway."

Electrician Bruce Hokanson, owner of Jamestown-based electrical contracting firm Hokanson Electric, praises the ease with which he was able to install the RAB fixtures at Peterson's building in the summer of 2011. "The fixtures were all pre-wired, so they went in without any problems," he confirms. "The 20 Watt fixtures on the roof were also great because their swivel component allowed us to adjust them based on how the light hit the building, so we were able to try out a few different positions and then adjust them to the ideal setting," he says. "RAB's WPLED20, CLED2X10, and SLED5 fixtures were indeed the perfect choices to cover this building's various exterior lighting needs," agrees RAB Lighting's Ross Barna, CEO of the Northvale, New Jersey-based leader in outdoor LED lighting. "The arm and swivel accessories available with our 20 Watt LED wallpack offer a great deal of flexibility in the use of that fixture and the 20 Watt CLED ceiling-mounted fixture and 5 Watt SLED fixture are both powerful but discreet, low-profile lighting options." In addition to delivering nearly 80% energy savings relative to the building's previous HPS source, all of the fixtures feature a long 50,000-hour life as well as a fully- gasketed, die-cast aluminum housing to ensure durability in outdoor settings. "Overall, all of these LEDs emit light in a uniform pattern around the fixture so that the final result is warm, pleasing, and energy-efficient illumination surrounding the building," says Barna.

According to Matt Beebe, Branch Manager of Rexel in Jamestown, the electrical distributor which supplied the RAB fixtures for the building's lighting upgrade, Peterson has been among the first building owners in the city to embrace LEDs for their powerful light output and energy- saving capabilities, but he certainly won't be the last. "RAB's broad selection of high-quality, aesthetically-pleasing, and affordable LED fixtures make it easy for building owners like Jody to upgrade to LED technology and enjoy the quality light output, long life, and outstanding energy efficiency they deliver," Beebe says. "RAB's broad selection of high-quality, aesthetically-pleasing, and affordable LED fixtures make it easy...to upgrade to LED technology and enjoy the quality light output, long life, and outstanding energy efficiency they deliver." - Matt Beebe, Branch Manager, Rexel Electrical Supplies (Jamestown)

As for other holdings within Jamestown's Rental Properties LLC, Peterson has been so pleased with the RAB LEDs installed at his 512 West 3rd site that he's planning similar upgrades at both a 5,400-square- foot food distribution center and a 20,000-square-foot medical center that he owns soon. "I would advise other building owners not to be afraid to spend the money to upgrade to LEDs," he says. "It's an investment you'll make once in a far superior product which will pay itself back every month, and the benefits will be very long-lasting." "Overall," Peterson concludes, "we love the RAB LEDs we installed, and the light they cast really helps to support the inviting and professional ambiance we set out to create for this building. RAB's LED fixtures are very attractive, they perform beautifully, and their energy savings is a given. They're exactly what we were looking for."