Sustainable

Business Breakfast

A Green Growth Platform event Delivered by the Sustainable Business Network

Littlehampton, 21st April 2015

Working in partnership…

What’s coming up?

08:30

Welcome

Rowan Wallis, Sustainable Business Network

08:35

LED Lighting

Bryan Van Namen, Light Foot LED

08:55

Best Practice Case Study

Diana Beale, Canute Cottages

09:15 Round-the-Tables

09:25

Green Growth Platform – what’s on offer?

John Clarke, Green Growth Platform

09:30 Networking & Refreshments

Sustainable Business

Breakfast

Sustainability

& LED

Bryan Van Namen

Commercial Director

Remember when:

What is LED Technically?

• Electrical device producing light

• Wavelength or colour emitted dependent on material make up

• General illumination LED’s: Phosphor Converted Blue

Advantages of LED Lighting

• Efficient Use of Power = Lower Power Consumption = Reduced Costs & CO₂ Emissions

• Colour: Variability & Range

• Instant On/Off time (sensor use)

• Variable Beam Angle for Effect & Light Pollution

• Lifespan: Replacement & Maintenance Costs

• Heat Reduction & HVAC

• Constructed of Recyclable, Non Hazardous Materials

• Carbon Footprint Reduction

• Simple Installation or Retrofit

• Warranty: 3+ Years Standard

Why to Act on LED?

• 20% of generated electricity for lighting use

• Technological Development

• Budget Stability: Rising, Variable Energy Costs

& Income

• Incentives & Funding

• Environmental & Sustainability Consciousness

• EU Legislation, Government Targets, New

Building Regulations & Incentives

Saving with LED: Practically Speaking

Electricity Cost & Usage Av. Electricity Cost: 8p/kWh Total Usage = 3,570 hrs./year

Replacing 335

1500mm Tubes

Current

Solution

LED

Equivalent

Solution

Savings

Wattage

58W 22W

36W

Total Watts 19,430 7,370 12,060

Total Usage 69,365 26,311 43,054

Saving with LED: Practically Speaking

Yearly Running Cost Comparison

Lighting

Solution

Electricity

Maintenance Based on £5/bulb/yr

Total

Existing

£5,549

£1,675

£7,224

LED

£2,105

£0

£2,105

Yearly Savings £3,444 £1,675 £5,119

SUMMARY: Yearly saving of £5119

Sustainability A New Investment Architecture

• Practical Benefit-performing the

required task

• Environmental Benefit- carbon

reduction

• Cost Benefit-operational cost

improvement

• Social Benefit

Questions

Sustainable Business

Breakfast

Sustainability at Canute

Cottages

Diana Beale

www.greengrowthplatform.co.uk

4 SERVICE AREAS

1-2-1 BUSINESS SUPPORT

BUSINESS EVENTS AND

OPPORTUNITIES

INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT

SKILLS AND TRAINING

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28th & 30th April

Sustainable Business Breakfast Brighthelm Centre, Brighton – 7th May

www.sustainablebusiness.org.uk