2011年4月6日 星期三

Lafayette Caterpillar gets LED lights

Lafayette Caterpillar gets LED lights

Caterpillar's Lafayette Engine Center now employs more energy-efficient light fixtures.

The Caterpillar Plant of Lafayette is now the largest facility in the nation to implement the fully recyclable LED lighting system,The accidental experiment came just weeks before the county r4i council is set to publish a new report on the future of the square. according to the facility's General Manager Bruce Schuver. Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski said Caterpillar's efforts should set an example for other local businesses.


"When you have someone the size of Caterpillar that takes such a significant step in that; one, as I said, works well for the environment. But it's also important for their employees. It's a win-win for the community on a lot of different levels," said Roswarski.

Caterpillar kept the project local by hiring a local company, Kirby Risk Electrical Supply, to install the lighting."I trust that with University support, you and (redacted) have compact fluorescent the integrity and skills to be change agents," the letter said. "However, it is completely within the authority of the IFC itself to decide if it has the right leadership in place to lead this organization going forward." John Burke, President of Kirby Risk,A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn led lights State, has developed the very first optical fiber made with a core of zinc selenide -- a light-yellow compound that can be used as a semiconductor."I really think too many people are letting table lamps the government dictate what to buy and how to use their money," she said. "I guess you won't be able to buy (incandescent bulbs) unless it's off the black market or maybe from eBay." said that the quality of light at Caterpillar's Lafayette facility is now four times better, and that the new fixtures are about 30% more energy-efficient than the ones they replaced.

Greater Lafayette Commerce President and CEO Joe Seaman said the local collaboration makes the announcement even more important.

"It's always special to have a group like Caterpillar and Kirby Risk, any time we can use our own local suppliers, our own local workers to support our major manufacturers in expanding,Richmond says this is a way for people purchasing pet food to subsidize the SPCA, which does led bulb "a wonderful job" and is known to be underfunded. renovations, etc. it is always very important," said Seaman.

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