US Military Approved!! Triple Dual SL Streetlights for area lighting

Pedernales Electric Cooperative brings ActiveLED to Johnson City Headquarters

Here's the BEFORE picture with Dual 250watt Shoeboxes

                                   AFTER picture with Full Cut-Off Dual 72watt ActiveLED Shoebox
                                                                        "no glare"

                                                                 Daytime picture

Thanks for looking and have an illuminating Day!!

Timber City truck stop decides on the ActiveLED

LBJ Food Mart in Marble Falls Texas goes ActiveLED

455w mercury bulbs before ActiveLED consuming more than 13,392 KWh energy
72w LED fixtures after ActiveLED consuming less than 2,044 KWh energy

Why did LBJ Foodmart go with the LED solution?

Investment $6000
Lighting Energy Savings $1800yr
Bulbs Savings x ? $100
Electrician x ? $100
First Year Payback 25%
3yr Payback period ROI = $18000 10yr payback period ROI

85% Reduction in Lighting Energy!
Guaranteed Light for 10 years!
No more Bulbs to change!
Better Light at less watts than any other LED lighting company!  http://www.activeled.com/

Dual 48w ActiveLED Shoebox fixtures at Dunn County Veterans Memorial

Click below for the new YouTube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ioncEJnpQ&feature=feedu 

Tropicana Goes ActiveLED HBS Series in Florida and NJ Facilities

Before ActiveLED











Cold storage areas retrofit with new state of the art ActiveLED high bay lighting that also incorporated occupancy sensors that would dim some fixtures and turn others completely off when the spaces were unoccupied.

After ActiveLED










Total Size of 3 Tropicana Facilities: 1,500,000 square feet
Facility Type: Manufacturing, Warehouse, Cold Storage & Office
Locations: Bradenton, FL; Fort Pierce, FL; Jersey City, NJ
Annual Savings: $517,139
Demand Savings: 593 kW
Energy Savings: 5,703,735 kWh
Project Size: $1,223,578
EPACT Tax Deductions: $604,190
Utility Rebates: $38,785
Return on Investment: 52%
Environmental Benefits: CO2 reduction: 8,555,602 lbs. annually

Here's what Tropicana had to say....

Thank you for all your efforts during the lighting installation at our Tropicana facility in Ft. Pierce, Florida. The energy efficient lighting luminaires and controls installed in the tank farms has made a huge difference to the environment, providing higher quality foot-candles and substantial energy savings. Our staff has had nothing but good things to say about the way your firm went about its business in a very professional manner.
Your team finished the project ahead of schedule and there were zero punch list items when the crew left the facility. Thank you for a job well done.
- Glenn Johnson
Sr. Manager, Resource Conservation

Liberty Lighthouse Fellowship goes ActiveLED Streetlighting Johnson City Texas USA

LLF replaced (6) 250w mercury burners with (4) 72w Forward Throw SL Series ROI 2.21years

ActiveLED 18w Security LED replaced 100w HPS LBJ Foodmart Marble Falls Texas USA

ActiveLED Acorn Project Hill County Jail Hillsboro Texas USA 175w to 36w SSL LED

HEB Pharmacy Drive Thru San Antonio Texas USA Retro 320mh to 48w LED

CPYGS Series ActiveLED® Gas (Petrol) Station / Service Station Low-Profile Canopy Light, 79 Watts CCT5500K

Designed to illuminate both the station features, fixtures and the driveway under the canopy and is cost effective to install - Light output similar to 700W light bulb
The ActiveLED^® CPYGS series light consumes at least 50-85 percent less energy than conventional lighting and the optional dusk-to-dawn and motion sensors provide additional energy savings.

With its patented low-profile design and superior LED elements, the ActiveLED Gas Station Canopy Light is a reliable light source with a 90,000-hour lumen life, making it a maintenance-free solution for applications where changing bulbs and ballasts can be hazardous, difficult and expensive.

Don Dario's Mexican Restaurant South Austin Texas USA

http://www.activeled.com/case_studies/don_darios/

  

Texas Army National Gurard Camp Mabry Dining Hall & Gym Austin, Texas USA

http://www.activeled.com/case_studies/camp_mabry/

 

ActiveLED® Parking Lot Fixtures Achieve Energy Savings of 90 Percent in Government Facility Parking Lot Lighting Application

Payback with Ringdale’s SSL Technology is 3.5 Years

Austin, Texas, June 7, 2011 – Ringdale, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of commercial solid-state lighting (SSL) fixtures, has achieved both better illumination and energy savings of almost 90 percent in a government facility parking lot lighting application in Austin, Texas.  Ringdale’s 52W ActiveLED^® Parking Lot Fixtures replaced 400W and 1,000W metal halide (MH) lights in a surface parking lot covering more than five acres.

The lighting project was completed in 2010.  All of the parking lot’s 97 MH lights were replaced with ActiveLED SL Series Street and Parking Lot Lights.  Compared to the parking lot’s previous yearly energy consumption rate of 265,857 kWh, the ActiveLED luminaires saved 229,241 kWh in the first year.   

The ActiveLED solution provides a payback of 3.5 years.  The annual saving equates to $17,600 versus the MH lights, based on the facility’s current electricity rate. 

The success of the ActiveLED installation led to more outdoor lighting retrofit projects at the Austin facility.  ActiveLED Flood Lights, Recessed Can Lights, Walkway Bollards and Wall Packs replaced existing high wattage lighting to illuminate the facility’s buildings and landscaping.

“This ActiveLED lighting application is one of hundreds that demonstrates ActiveLED’s high performance and energy savings,” said Klaus Bollmann, CEO, Ringdale.  LightSpace^® Management Products by Ringdale provide additional energy savings with intelligent controllers.   All ActiveLED Lights come with an industry-leading 10-year warranty on the LED device and fixture and 5-year warranty on the power source. 

For more information on ActiveLED Lighting, contact Tony Sieli 512-288-9080

About Ringdale

Ringdale focuses on helping organizations incorporate green savings into their business environments. Ringdale provides ActiveLED^® luminaires with patented, solid-state lighting control and thermal management technology among other energy and resource saving solutions. Ringdale, Inc. is based in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Singapore and is part of the Network Technology PLC Group of Companies.  Visit Ringdale at www.ActiveLED.com

ActiveLED® High Bay Round Light Delivers Performance and Durability

Unlike conventional lighting sources, ActiveLED Lighting experiences no light loss

Austin, TX, March 22, 2011

commercial LED luminaires, announces that after three years of production and

installations, its ActiveLED

testament to its benchmark performance, efficacy and durability. Customers looking to

replace conventional, inefficient and noisy high pressure sodium (HPS) and high-intensity

discharge (HID) lighting for more sustainable, totally quiet lighting in manufacturing plants,

warehouses and other “high bay” facilities have turned to the ActiveLED High Bay Round

Light.

In Hillsboro, Texas, south of Dallas, Ringdale converted 250-watt HPS lights in the Hill

County Men’s Correctional Facility gymnasium to ActiveLED High Bay Round lights. “We

are very impressed with the light quality coming from the ActiveLED fixtures,” said Hill

County Chief Deputy Stephen Girsh. “Unlike the old lights, the ActiveLED fixtures provide a

crisper, more uniform light with softer shadows. We also look forward to passing on the

lower energy costs to our taxpayers.”

The 78-watt ActiveLED High Bay Round Light provides bright, uniform coverage while

saving up to 85% in energy consumption. With the ever-increasing rise in energy costs, the

High Bay Round Light “makes it a better hedge for the future,” said Klaus Bollmann, CEO,

Ringdale.

– Ringdale Inc., a leading U.S. developer and manufacturer of® High Bay Round Light continues to operate at no light loss, a

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Rated at 90,000 lumen hours (24/7 is 8,760 hours per year), ActiveLED lights are the

longest lasting LED light fixture on the market, which also helps lower maintenance costs.

With the addition of Ringdale’s LightSpace

facility’s utility bill can be further reduced an additional 10-25%.

Another next generation energy efficient feature of the ActiveLED High Bay Round Light is

its “all voltage” (100V…277V) and 48V DC approach. The light can be backed up by a

Ringdale Battery Pack or be driven from a 48V DC power supply. This cannot be done with

conventional lighting technology.

Like all Ringdale luminaires, the ActiveLED High Bay Round Light comes with an industryleading

10-year warranty on its LED device and fixture and 5-year warranty on its power

source.

For more information on ActiveLED Lighting, contact Ringdale in the United States at 512-

288-9080 or in the United Kingdom at +44-1444-871-349.

® Manager™ digital management solution, a

About Ringdale

Ringdale focuses on helping organizations incorporate green savings into their business

environments. Ringdale provides ActiveLED

control and thermal management technology as well as a wide range of secure document

output management, access control and document workflow solutions. Ringdale, Inc. is

based in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan

and Singapore and is part of the Network Technology PLC Group of Companies. Visit

Ringdale at www.ringdale.com/lighting.® luminaires with patented, solid-state lighting

City of Georgetown Municipal Street Light Case Study

SCY 20w LED replaces 100 to 150 HPS Coop Bracket

Ringdale ActiveLED Parking Garage LED fixtures

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Apple Turnovers and ActiveLED™ Are a Good Mix at Brothers Bakery

Marble Falls, Texas  – Brothers Bakery is well-known in and around Central Texas for its treats, but what may not be apparent is how the café is illuminated in a state-of-the-art and environmentally-friendly way.

The owner, Ryan Malamud, recently installed super energy-efficient, mercury-free LED panel lights in the café after learning about them from his frequent customers, Tony Sieli , LED Lighting Consultant and CEO Klaus Bollmann. Sieli and Bollmann are both local to Marble Falls, so they offered the LED lights as an alternative to Malamud’s conventional T-12 fluorescent lights. 

Ringdale, headquartered in Georgetown, Texas, is a leading manufacturer of commercial LED light fixtures for indoor and outdoor use. www.ringdale.com/lighting

Ringdale suggested the 48-watt, 2’ x 4’ Ringdale ActiveLED™ lights to Malamud as a demonstration to other patrons that LED lights are a better light source over conventional fluorescent lights. LED lighting uses far less electricity than fluorescent, incandescent, high-pressure sodium and other conventional light sources and lasts much longer.

“Customers have been very impressed with the LED lights,” Malamud said.  “The bright, yet soothing white light of the LEDs improves the ambiance in the cafe as well as the look of the art hanging on the walls.”

Malamud was changing fluorescent lights every three to six months.  Sieli said the café can expect to save at least 50% in energy and maintenance costs using Ringdale ActiveLED lights.  Now that’s a lot of dough

LED Lighting Market Has Room for Less Fancy

Tom Griffiths - Publisher

August 12, 2010...In a pair of May editorials (Driving down the costs - Part 1 & Part 2) we talked about some of areas where cost will be driven out of LEDs and solid state lighting solutions. In both, we discussed how we might hit price floors that the industry will settle on and simply add features to, similar to how laptop PCs have stubbornly clung to something around a $500 price point as the floor for something fairly full featured. That doesn't mean everyone will head to the low point with their products. There is going to be plenty of room for varying levels of quality and engineering that will reflect as "commercial" versus "consumer" or "feature rich" versus "base model". There will also be examples of products that are thoughtfully designed to be commercial grade, without having to be particularly pretty, for the job they do. How many of us have marveled at the artfullness of the gymnasium lights?... Fair to say 'none'?.
As an example of cost-optimization, we're seeing some interesting examples play out in the virtual aisles of Home Depot. Back in the May/June time frame, Home Depot added an A19/Edison type incandescent replacement under the EcoSmart brand name (their in-house private label brand), courtesy of Lighting Sciences Group. I haven't seen it show up in my local Home Depot yet, but it does show up online as a "40w equivalent" for $19.97. LSG hasn't commented that I know of, but the industry consensus is that we're looking at the same product as their Definity A19 3000K model that puts out about 430 lumens on about 8 watts (54 lumens/watt). Interestingly, while it's priced for less than $20 at Home Depot, it sells for substantially more inside the commercial lighting channels. It looks like a good placeholder product that LSG would presumably plan to cost engineer, and perhaps "feature down" as time passes, while "featuring up" the commercial versions to justify the higher selling price. One can only guess if LSG is making any money on the EcoSmart version, given that Home Depot needs some margin in order to carry the product. Survey says... well, it doesn't seem to be a hard guess. Keep in mind, cell phones are all sold well below cost in order to make it up in service, so as long as your plan includes making money "with the business model" it can all work out.
In another move at Home Depot, Cree has apparently cut a deal to add the giant as a retail channel for their CR6 downlight. The CR6 was announced a bit ago as a cost-optimized approach to compliment their popular LR6 which was the original "good enough for prime time" commercial market entry product acquired as part of the LLF deal. There hasn't been an official announcement yet, but Cree President, Chuck Swoboda, let it be known in their recent earnings conference call that the CR6 would be stocked under the EcoSmart brand, and selling for less than $50. As Chuck said, Cree's goal is to, "...challenge people's addiction to inefficient lighting," and this looks like a good way to move that agenda forward. The product has shown up on Home Depot's website, and according to the statement on the call, it should be in the stores this fall.
Since their conference call, Cree's stock price has been punished for forecasting $270M - $280M in revenues next quarter, when the analysts were averaging a guess of $284M. How dare they... They did turn in a 48 cents a share net (up 400%+ from a year earlier), which came in short of analysts expectations, and they aren't getting much credit for 56 to 59 cents a share forecast beating the 54 analysts say they expected. The stock market is a fickle mistress, no doubt, and one suspects the analysts either didn't hear, or didn't much care about the Home Depot deal. Of course, this is all reported by folks that can miss on their interpretations of "the why" in probably the same way they might make a small goof on "the who" (cached version of "supercomputer maker Cree..."). Oops, that would be C-R-A-Y. Personally, I think it's a jittery market that is looking for excuses to to explain bits of irrationality, or "guilt by association" when it shows up. Cree, LSG, and Nexxus are the only publicly traded LED/SSL fairly pure-plays, so you're never sure what "the street" really thinks they are, and what success is going to look like.
On the other track, regarding "engineered but not fancy", we had a chance to visit a rare local-to-Austin SSL manufacturer named Ringdale. It was an interesting visit, with their facility located in the not-fancy area of nearby Georgetown, right next to the airport, in an unassuming building that is being remodeled with their own solid state lighting and controls. It was difficult to pin down exactly what Ringdale's expertise was ahead of time, as LED lighting is a new avenue for the 30+ year old company. We had the pleasure of spending some dedicated time with Klaus Bollmann, who is CEO and head visionary for the company. Klaus has been "extracting light" from things for a similar 30+ years, going back to days at the epitaxial level with semiconductor lasers. What we saw was some non-glitzy common sense engineering that appears to be backed up by results. A big part of their ActiveLED product line is built around a custom implementation of Nichia die and phosphor that they have packaged (not by Nichia) into a neat 4x9 array that is mounted to their secondary heat sinks with clips that allow the metals to expand and contract without stress as you would find in other bonding approaches (they have the IP on that trick). They have also designed their extrusions that reflect and direct the light to take advantage of the natural imperfections that come any time you have light passing through materials, whether it be lenses or simply air. By harnessing imperfection, they are able to get the light where they want, without having to take "exotic" or "perfect" approaches to get it to do that.
They've also taken a general approach of not eeking out every bit of performance into the smallest package, and lo and behold, the "relaxed" system isn't pressing the envelope of anything. Big, nearly mil-grade capacitors were selected for their highbay's power supply so that getting to rated life wasn't going to need to be a 'hopefully' proposition. How long do lightly-taxed power LEDs run when you keep the junction temps at a sane level? The answer is 'a long time' (ask again after the ActiveLED luminaires been running for 10 years and we'll probably have an even better estimate of how much longer they'll go for). Ringdale also developed their own controls, taking advantage of lessons they learned from years in the printer protocol and networking environments. The wall control is intuitive and simple, with high and low settings, as well as motion sensor timeouts all easy to program, at a price that appears easy to swallow. The control itself typically connects to the fixture nearest the switch (which is usually battery backed-up with nearly a week of runtime), and then the rest of the fixtures wirelessly sync levels with whatever the master has been set to. The controls and back-up side has set them up to take advantage of solar systems, including incorporating an approach that slightly dims the lights as the battery state slowly declines. That results in radically extending the useful amount of light without taking the batteries to the levels than can impact their lifetime.
They've got some artsy products as well, including a nice shiny walkway bollard, but even that uses the same simple building blocks, without having to get fancy. There's always room to bring common sense to the party. www.ringdale.com/lighting 

University of North Texas Health goes with Ringdale ActiveLED

University of North Texas Health Science Center Lights Up Parking 

Garage With LED Fixtures: Reduces Energy Usage by 67% 

 

FORT WORTH, TX – LED Lighting Group (LLG) announces the retrofit of a 

five story parking garage for UNT Health Science Center with LED light 

fixtures. State of the art 52 Watt LED fixtures replaced existing 

fluorescent fixtures, providing an energy efficient sustainable lighting 

solution. 

 

The installation at UNT / HSC of 101 Ringdale LED garage fixtures reduced energy 

consumption by 67% while improving the distribution of light and 

increasing light levels. The project (materials, installation and rebate) will 

payback in less than two years and reduce CO2 emissions by over 1.5 

million pounds over ten years. 

 

"Quality lighting is very important in this garage. LED products have 

reduced energy consumption and improved the safety and ambience of the 

garage," said Robert Short, Project Engineer, University of North Texas 

Health Science Center. "The LLG fixture outperformed other LED fixtures 

which we tested while offering an impressive payback." 

 

“Energy producer rebates and federal tax incentive programs are in place 

to support the replacement of less efficient lighting fixtures with LED.  

These programs have followed the most strict product guidelines 

established for LED product. That holds the LED to a very high standard - a 

point of pride for us. These incentives have helped move LED lighting 

solutions to a mainstream market position which opens a much greener 

lighting alternative to the market.” Said Stephen Thomas, a partner in LED 

Lighting Group. 

 

LED Lighting Group offers lighting products for commercial, industrial and 

manufacturing facilities that save energy and reduce maintenance costs. 

“We offer lighting products that enable users to better control their 

operating costs. A mercury-free product, LED is ideal for an organization’s 

green positioning, and over its long life it is the most economical solution 

for general lighting,” said partner Mark Angle. 

 

LED Lighting Group offers consultation and energy efficient lighting 

solutions for municipalities, school districts and industry. 

Ringdale ActiveLED Renovates Headquarters in Georgetown

Ringdale Renovates Headquarters with ActiveLED Lighting

Austin, Texas – Ringdale, Inc., a global leader in commercial LED lighting, announces a major renovation of its U.S. headquarters incorporating green building practices, replacing all lighting with its ActiveLED™ fixtures.  The revamped facility, which more than doubles the existing production area, enables Ringdale to meet its growing customer demand while saving a comprehensive 85% in lighting energy costs using its LED technology.

Ringdale’s ActiveLED product line encompasses the industry’s largest variety of LED luminaires for interior and exterior commercial applications, including streets and roadways, parking structures, building exteriors, warehouses, offices, retail spaces, restaurants, billboards and architectural accents.  The ActiveLED fixtures can be combined with Ringdale’s Net-Zero Solar Solution to provide off-grid powering in cases where electricity is not available or where a 100% free energy, carbon neutral design is preferable.

ActiveLED fixtures deliver better illumination and 50-95% less energy usage than any conventional lighting source.  Ringdale integrated its own patented solid-state lighting control and thermal management technology with the best LED element available to develop the ActiveLED product line.   The mercury-free, solid-state lights are easy to install and use.  All of the products are developed, manufactured and tested by Ringdale in its facility in Georgetown, Texas.

For advanced lighting control capabilities in applications with intermittent use such as parking structures, conference rooms and stairwells, ActiveLED luminaires can be interconnected with Ringdale’s own intelligent controller, Light Space Manager™, to save an additional 10-25% in energy usage.  Light Space Manager combines the capabilities of a light switch, dimmer and occupancy sensor in a single, easy-to-deploy wall or ceiling unit and is a fraction of the cost compared to other lighting control mechanisms in the industry.

“Our lighting retrofit is an example of the significance of our advanced LED lighting in terms of sustainability and economic performance,” said Klaus Bollmann, CEO, Ringdale Inc.  “It also proves that Ringdale LED lighting can be applied across all applications for improved lighting and control.”

ActiveLED Lighting fixtures are backed by a ten-year warranty on LED elements and fixtures and five-year warranty on the power supply.  For more information, contact Ringdale in the United States at 512-288-9080 or in the United Kingdom at +44-1444-871-349.
About Ringdale

Ringdale focuses on helping organizations incorporate “green savings” into their business environments. Ringdale provides ActiveLED™ luminaires with patented, solid-state lighting control and thermal management technology as well as a wide range of secure document output management, access control and document workflow solutions. Ringdale Inc. is based in the United States and United Kingdom with offices in France, Germany, Japan and Singapore.  It is part of the Network Technology PLC Group of Companies (NTY) listed on the London Stock Exchange.  Visit Ringdale at www.ringdale.com/lighting .

Ringdale and Clean Technology Solutions Announce First Sale of ActiveLED(R) Lighting Fixtures in Latin America

 

AUSTIN, Texas and SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, January 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ringdale, Inc., a global leader in the development of intelligent LED lighting technology, and Clean Technology Solutions (CTS) LLC, a major distributor of energy efficient technologies in Latin America, today announced the first sale of Ringdale's ActiveLED(R) line of commercial lighting fixtures in the region. CTS was successful in selling ActiveLED 2' x 2' Recessed Ceiling Panel Lights and Recessed Ceiling Downlights to an office building in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Ringdale and Clean Technology Solutions recently signed an agreement to have CTS exclusively distribute the ActiveLED product line to the rapidly emerging green building market in Latin America.
"We are excited that our partnership with Ringdale to bring ActiveLED to Latin America quickly resulted in the completion of a sale that will significantly lower our customer's energy costs," said Adolfo Salume, CEO, Clean Technology Solutions. "ActiveLED, which offers the broadest range of commercial indoor and outdoor LED lighting products in the industry, will benefit Latin American businesses eager to implement energy efficient solutions in almost any application scenario."
Ringdale's ActiveLED line includes fixtures for streets and roadways, parking structures, billboards, building exteriors, warehouses, offices, retail spaces, parks and restaurants. The fixtures deliver better illumination and use 50-95% less energy than fluorescent, incandescent, high-pressure sodium and other conventional light sources, and last far longer.
"We are pleased to have Clean Technology Solutions help us expand our global range of customers," said Klaus Bollmann, CEO, Ringdale. "We hope to leverage CTS's relationships in Latin America to accelerate sales of ActiveLED in the region."
About Ringdale
Ringdale focuses on helping organizations incorporate green savings into their business environments. Ringdale provides ActiveLED(R) luminaires with patented, solid-state lighting control and thermal management technology as well as a wide range of secure document output management, access control and document workflow solutions. Ringdale Inc. is based in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Singapore and is part of the Network Technology PLC Group of Companies. Visit Ringdale at http://www.ringdale.com/lighting .
About Clean Technology Solutions
Clean Technology Solutions LLC is the premier distribution company for leading edge, environmentally friendly, alternative technology solutions in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through CTS' affiliation to Sail Venture partners, CTS has access to deep and wide technical capabilities and a substantially large network of subject matter experts that provide technical and business advice both in the company selection as well as in market penetration stages. CTS' mission is to identify and develop markets for new and non-conventional solutions and bring practical improvements to their clients in the fields of Building Efficiency, Automotive Efficiency, Clean Water Solutions and Cellular Technology. CTS promotes the use of clean technologies in Latin America, Caribbean and European enterprises by reducing costs and maximizing resources, thereby lowering their carbon footprint.

Ringdale(R) and ActiveLED(R) are registered trademarks of Ringdale Inc.

    Contact:
    Tony Sieli
    Ringdale, Inc.
    Direct: +1-512-288-9080

Ringdale Making LED fixtures in Georgetown

Ringdale in the news, again!

FOXe News Austin, Texas

They use far less energy than anything else in their market. The EPA reports LED lights use up to 90% less electricity than traditional, incandescent bulbs.
Some of them are manufactured in Central Texas. Ringdale is a world wide corporation. Its U.S. headquarters is in Georgetown where they custom-build lights for businesses and government agencies.
Their LEDs can be used in parking lots, office buildings, and just about anywhere else you find lights.
The cost is more upfront, but vice president of business development, Jack Steeg, says they pay off in the long run,
"We've seen some payoffs as short as 12 months,” Steeg said. “We've seen others as long as 10 years. It typically runs in the three-to-four year range. It depends, though, on energy usage, maintenance costs, and cost of energy."

http://www.ringdale.com/lighting/



http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/foxe/FOXe-Report-Ringdale-Making-LED-Lights-20101220-ktbcw

For more information on Ringdale ActiveLED Contact Tony 512-818-9793

ActiveLED Acorn Fixture

ActiveLED Retrofit Brings "Vintage" Acorn Light Fixture into 21st Century

Georgetown, Texas, January 11, 2011 - Ringdale, Inc., a leader in the development of commercial-grade LED lighting fixtures, introduces a 21^st century solution for “vintage” acorn style street light fixtures with an energy efficient LED retrofit in 20, 26 or 38 watt versions.  The U.S.-manufactured ActiveLED^® Acorn Light Retrofit is an innovative, self-contained LED light engine designed to easily replace the inefficient, high-wattage light bulb assembly in almost any existing acorn style fixture, providing energy savings of 50-80 percent.

Many municipalities use acorn style lamplights for roadways, sidewalks and public spaces in historical and residential neighborhoods.  Typically, these lights have large acrylic globes and cast aluminum bases that conceal 175-watt Metal Halide light bulbs needing frequent replacement.  The existing lamplight can be retrofitted with the low-wattage ActiveLED light and still have the same “old town” characteristics.  The only noticeable difference in its outward appearance is a better quality of light, which helps to improve the safety value of its surroundings.  Ringdale’s patented LED technology also ensures a long life span of 90,000 hours (24/7 is 8,760 hours per year), lowering the bottom line when it comes to maintenance and operational costs.

The ActiveLED Acorn Light Retrofit meets many municipalities’ latest sustainability mandates for reducing energy usage.  For applications where lower light levels would be appropriate during periods of inactivity, the retrofitted lamplight can be interconnected with Ringdale’s own intelligent controller providing automatic dimming and on/off capabilities.

ActiveLED Lighting fixtures are backed by a 10-year warranty on LED elements and five-year warranty on materials and workmanship. For more information, contact Ringdale in the United States at 512-288-9080 or in the United Kingdom at +44-1444-871-349.

About Ringdale

Ringdale focuses on helping organizations incorporate green savings into their business environments. Ringdale provides ActiveLED^® luminaires with patented, solid-state lighting control and thermal management technology as well as a wide range of secure document output management, access control and document workflow solutions. Ringdale Inc. is based in the United States with offices in UK, France, Germany, Japan and Singapore and is part of the Network Technology PLC Group of Companies.  Visit Ringdale at www.ringdale.com/lighting .

Tony Sieli

New Business

www.ringdale.com/lighting

512-818-9793

Ringdale delivers more light using less wattage than any other LED lighting company in Austin, Texas!

Today is the first day of the Texas LED Lighting blog. Not sure where this is going, but this blog was designed for me to document various Texas LED Lighting projects that I manage for www.ringdale.com/lighting/   The company Ringdale is a 34 year old networking products and PCB contract manufacturer located in Georgetown Texas. We've been in US for over 15 years now and for the last 7 - 8 years we've been focused on designing and documenting the installation of our indoor and outdoor LED lighting fixtures. We do assemble and mill 95% of our 28 LED products right here in our Central Texas mft facility.

Please stay tuned for more blogs and discussions about our LED technology and lighting philosophy.

Thank you for reading my blog!

Tony

Camp Mabry Project Austin Texas