Raytec launches ‘Lighting Amnesty’ – Scrap & Save

Raytec's ‘Lighting Amnesty' campaign alert people to save the amount of energy and money being wasted

Raytec are launching a new ‘Lighting Amnesty' campaign to alert  public and private sector users, from local authorities and schools to power plants and industrial sites, to the amount of energy and money being wasted by older style CCTV and security lighting.

With the aim of saving thousands of pounds for both taxpayers and private businesses, leading UK CCTV lighting manufacturers Raytec  are organising the  first ever ‘Lighting Amnesty' to encourage the switch from wasteful CCTV and security  lighting to new energy saving Infra-Red and White-Light LED technology.

The new scrap-and-save scheme offers installers cash back to make the switch and helps end users to significantly reduce power consumption, CO₂ emissions and running costs.

High performance, low energy LED illuminators from Raytec, deliver lower power consumption, provide longer life, lower running costs and zero maintenance, compared to older style lighting which is also extremely slow to start up.

"We calculate that when you take into account both higher running costs and shorter bulb-life, an organisation, such as a hospital, using 100 CCTV and security lights will be saving £45,000 per year in switching to low energy LED illuminators," says Raytec's Managing Director Shaun Cutler.

This estimate is based upon 4,400 hours usage per year at 10p kw/hr; with labour costs conservatively calculated at £40 per bulb change (though it is often much higher).

"Multiply this across all hospitals and local authorities - and add in government departments - and the sums saved for the taxypayer could easily run into millions of pounds," adds Shaun "This is quite aside from potential savings for the private sector."

Raytec are organising the first ever ‘Lighting Amnesty' to encourage the switch from wasteful CCTV and security lighting to new energy saving Infra-Red and White-Light LED technology

LED's also offer increased site security as they require zero maintenance and don't fail, so you are guaranteed 24/7 illumination on demand. To encourage users to reduce this waste and save costs, during the "Lighting Amnesty" Raytec are offering free site surveys and energy reports detailing the annual CO² and cost savings made by switching to low energy LED illuminators.

The reports will spell out exactly how and where the organisations can save money if they switch to energy-efficient LED technology.

In switching to LED illuminators the user will start to make cost savings within 2 years compared to 500W lights and in 3 years compared to 300W lights.

"Switching to energy efficient LED illuminators is one simple measure among many others needed to save both costs and the environment," adds Shaun Cutler.

The Raytec Lighting Amnesty runs from 1^st October to 31^st January 2010 - UK only.