Integral LED helps one business to save £390,000 over 5 years

One of the biggest success stories from Integral LED so far is Convergys, Belfast. By switching their lighting setup to Integral LED, this leading provider of Customer Management solutions is able to make massive savings on their yearly energy cost while greatly improving the environment for 2,500 staff over two sites.

One of the primary reasons Convergys opted for Integral LED was the High Performance+ panels, which deliver 4000K illumination for 25W (140lm/W) of power. Far more efficient than the 70W that was required to drive the original strip light luminaires.

The financial benefits of the refurbished lighting scheme were clear, of the £101,000 it cost to power the existing lighting scheme, overheads would be reduced by 77% to £23,000. Additionally, the refurbishment project was funded by an application for an ECA grant. The government backed scheme provides interest-free loans for the purpose of financing carbon reducing technology including LED lighting. The resultant 213,498 Kg reduction in carbon emissions all but covered the outlay to purchase and install the lights.

“I can say that the forecast will be achieved which matches the financial goals of the project,” says Peter Corr, Facilities Manager – Convergys, Belfast, “however the less tangible benefits of the switch to LED have been a distinct too; improvement in staff working conditions and a real boost in employee motivation is acknowledged across the two office sites”.

The project has sparked change across the business. Convergys’s office in Dublin has commenced a similar refurbishment and plans are now in process to refit all European premises to the cost saving and performance boosting solid state lighting.