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What if Starbucks switched to LED Lighting?
In a recurring post we plan to do, analyzing the impact of large chain stores on the environment, I thought I’d start off with analyzing how much energy and money my local Starbucks could save by switching over to LED lighting. They have a ton “recessed lights” as well as track lights that could all be retro-fitted with LED spotlight bulbs.
In Summary:
56 bulbs running at 17 hours a day (6am - 11pm):
Total Cost to convert to LED:$5,620
1st Year Savings in Electricity and Bulb Costs: $3372.14
Total Time to Payback: 1.7 years
Total Savings over 8 Years (LED’s last 50,000 hours): $26,347.56
Number of Years until LED’s need to be replaced: 8.1
Total CO2 emissions reduced over 8.1 years: 200,880 lbs.
What if ALL the Starbucks Stores in the US (11,434) switched over to LED lighting:
They would save $38,557,099.98 PER YEAR in electricity and bulb costs and reduce CO2 emissions by about 285,000,000 lbs. PER YEAR.
Anyone work at Starbucks? What an impact Starbucks could have both on the world and on their bottom line…
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Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
Britt
Dear Britt,
Its true that Kichler makes this product, but we must give the credit to the LED lamping manufacturer!
Kichler is a manufacturer of Lighting fixtures, Their are several lighting manufacturers now using
LED technology i.e. W.A.C., Holtkotter, George Kovacs to name a few. It is nice that you can give high praise to the company that you work for.
Regarding this article: Thank for you showing a cost savings in energy, from a company that appears to be on very corner.
Regards,
Darlene
I live and work in Manhattan. The closest of what seems like a bagillion starbucks near my office has switched over to LED lighting!! Granted, the store is darker… but I’m SO PROUD! People say Starbucks is ‘the man’, but I’m happy to get coffee I like from a company that actually does something not only in the interests of saving money, but also helping lighten CO2 emissions.
Has any one else noticed if their local starbucks swtiched to LEDs??
Hey James. AWESOME! We’re based in Los Angeles and haven’t noticed ANY Starbucks stores here switch over.Which one is it? One of my buddies lives in New York and I’ll tell him to check it out…you can email me at jchan-at-eternaleds.com.
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