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Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc., one of the largest independent broadline foodservice distributors in the country, has slashed its lighting-related energy use by 87 percent after installing an “intelligent” lighting system in their 460,000 square foot headquarters in Conklin, New York.

According to Maines, the new lighting system, manufactured by Digital Lumens, will: (more…)

This week, Walmart announced that it plans to install energy-efficient LED light bulbs inside 650 new and renovated stores.

Walmart will use Cree, Inc. for the lighting retrofit. Specifically, the Cree LRP-38, a PAR38 style LED lamp, was selected for its energy-efficiency,
long lifetime, controlled beam and high color-rendition. (more…)