Value for Your Businessæ Lighting system paybacks often range from one to four years. With return oninvestment (ROI) ranging from 5-25%*

æ Improve safety and reduce energy usage æ Increase system control with energy-saving occupancy sensorsæ Improve employee productivity and sales by enhancing light quality in work stationsand retail areas

æ Reduce cooling loads – less waste heat is given off by new technology lamps and ballasts

Who can participate?æ Any commercial, agricultural or industrial member can apply. Offices, retail andwarehouses are the largest contributors to commercial lighting energy use**

What you’ll receiveRebates vary per lamp/fixture and are available to qualifying members who purchaseand install energy-efficient lighting products in existing buildings.

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) light levels are recommended.

Lighting accounts for morethan 40% of commercialsector electricityconsumption in the UnitedStates. Designing andimplementing an efficientlighting system in yourbusiness will help youachieve tremendoussavings. Get started nowand improve your bottomline – today!

COMMERCIAL LIGHTING – NEW & RETROFIT

* Payback and ROI vary by project**Sources: American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy, Department of Energy 2002

for your BusinessENERGYWISE

Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph, Minnesota used energy efficient lightingin their gymnasium as well as throughout the school to demonstrate energyefficiency and save money on their electric bill.

Good investments are hard to find – focus on lighting andimprove your bottom line

What do window shopping and the first in-store Santahave in common with replacing light bulbs? They are allthings Macy’s has done to enhance shopper experience.

Macy’s Burnsville replaced more than 3,000 60-watt lampswith 25-watt lamps, a change staff hopes will impresscostumers as much as it has impressed them. “Althoughthe new lamps use less energy, we actually get twice asmuch light,” said Doug Nelson, regional facilities managerof Macy’s North. “It’s an incredible difference.”

With lighting accounting for nearly 50 percent of theelectric bill, Macy’s Burnsville also expects to be impressedby reduced energy use from the new lamps, which willsave an estimated 337,000 kilowatt hours annually.Additionally, the new lamps will reduce maintenance

needs and produce less heat, reducing summer coolingload. “The lights have a 2 1/2 year life expectancy,” saidNelson. “The staff has already noticed they are spendingless time changing out lamps.”

Even with all of the benefits, a retrofit would not havebeen possible without a nearly $50,000 rebate fromDakota Electric. “The rebate made it possible,” said LarryKunz, operating vice president, facilities maintenance forMacy’s North. “Because the initial purchase price of thelamps is more [than the old lamps], the rebate makes itfinancially sensible. We have either replaced or areplanning to replace lamps in every store location where asimilar rebate program is available.” Dakota Electricoffers the lighting rebate to all commercial and industrialmembers.

What you need to do:æ Check with Nobles Cooperative Electric to verify fundingavailability and program parameters.

æ Installation must be complete before funds will be issued.æ Invoices must itemize labor charges, quantity and priceof the equipment installed.

æ Nobles Cooperative Electric reserves the right to conductinspections.

æ The maximum rebate amount is limited and defined bythe cooperative.

æ Equipment specifications including manufacturer andmodel is required for rebate.

LIGHTING REBATE ALLOWS MACY’S TO GET MORE LIGHT FOR LESS MONEY

CONTACT USFor any questions, please contact your energy expert at Nobles Cooperative Electric for more information and assistance in getting these rebates and incentives to help improve your bottom line – today!