As we begin to roll into the 21st century, we are seeing more demands for energy and some of the effects on our global climate that is coming with these increased demands. In order to preserve our normal way of life on this planet (according to most experts) we must find better and smarter ways to use our energy. Sometimes the smallest changes in an household or a business can make a huge difference on the bigger picture and the amount of energy we can save on a daily basis. Our EXIT SIGNS is not something we think of consuming a lot of energy each day and they do use very little. However, if we could find ways to use less energy on these signs, we could see significant decreases in our energy-use if we started applying this to all exit signs.
The first logical step we could start with is not hooking any electricity or energy to these signs. This might be fine for our daylight hours, but our exit signs would not be visible at night or perhaps even on cloudy days. This would create safety hazards and really isn’t an option. We must illuminate these signs in areas that are dark. An exit sign needs to be clearly visible and could be seen at night as easy as it could be seen during the daytime hours. Steps are already underway that are keeping our exit signs visible and using less energy than our exit signs of yesterday were using. As of January 1, 2006 all exit signs that are produced after this date must have an input power demand of 5 watts or less. These new 2006 standards of using 5 watts or less is based on a per face basis for all exit signs.
The folks from Energy Star are leading us into the 21st century and helping us reach our goals of using less energy. An Exit Sign that is able to draw less power will enable companies to shave additional costs from their overhead and make for a greener America.
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