Clow Valve Selects Orion for Iowa Facility Upgrade
January 19 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
High temperature rating of Orion’s LED High Bay
products essential to this foundry and machine shop retrofit
project
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OESX), a leading
designer and manufacturer of energy-efficient LED retrofit lighting
systems, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded
approximately $500,000 in orders for a high-temperature environment
retrofit project by Clow Valve, a major manufacturer of waterworks
and fire hydrant equipment. Orion will retrofit Clow Valve’s
machine shop and foundry in Oskaloosa, Iowa, with over 900 APOLLO®
LED High Bay fixtures. Orion expects the project to be completed by
the end of its current fiscal year in March 2017.
Orion’s APOLLO® LED High Bay fixtures offer high lumens per watt
performance up to 152 and a high temperature rating of 131oF. When
these two features are combined, the APOLLO® LED High Bay
significantly outperforms other LED high bay products on the
market. The innovative thermal design reduces the operating
temperature of the fixture, which is particularly important in a
challenging foundry setting. Better thermal design means the
luminaire performs more efficiently in higher ambient temperature
environments, extending its rated life and boosting
performance.
The fixtures are also designed to retrofit a variety of existing
legacy HID and fluorescent light fixtures. Clow Valve will replace
four different types of HID and fluorescent fixtures with Orion’s
APOLLO® LED High Bay fixtures with energy management controls. The
retrofit will help to reduce the maintenance and inventory burdens
caused by Clow Valve’s legacy lighting system because they will no
longer have to maintain or carry inventory for multiple types of
lighting systems in their facility. By standardizing with Orion
APOLLO® LED High Bay fixtures, Clow Valve will also improve the
consistency, clarity and quality of the lighting in their facility.
And by installing Orion’s Solid State Lighting technology, they
have an upgradeable platform to take advantage of future
developments in Smart Building offerings from Orion.
The local electric utility, Mid-American Energy, is providing
Clow Valve with an energy-efficiency incentive for the project. As
part of their approval process, Mid-American Energy’s staff
reviewed the project proposals for the initial phase of the
retrofit and determined that the customer will see annual cost
savings of over $80,000 per year by installing Orion’s fixtures. In
fact, Clow Valve’s initial performance review has found that this
lighting project, in concert with a sprinkler system and air
compressor upgrade they undertook at the same time, will reduce
their energy use by approximately 30 percent, even as they have
increased their number of employees and facility operating
hours.
Orion was awarded these projects because of the performance of
its high bay products in high heat environments, short delivery
time from its production facility in Wisconsin, extensive
experience in both foundry and machine shop environments, and
ability to deliver superior performance at competitive prices. As
Kyle Silvey, the engineer leading the project for Clow Valve
explained, “We looked at a number of options over the past two
years. They either cost too much or were not appropriate for our
operating environment. Orion’s products are top of the line and
they can provide assistance that their competitors can’t.”
Orion’s APOLLO® LED High Bay fixtures are manufactured in
Wisconsin and are Buy American Compliant. Orion offers the fastest
lead times in the industry, meaning customers start saving money
faster by reducing energy consumption sooner. For more information
about Orion’s ISON®, APOLLO®, and HARRIS line of industry leading
products, contact your local electrical distributor or visit
www.orionlighting.com.
About Orion Energy Systems
Orion is one of the leaders in the transformation of commercial
and industrial buildings to state-of-the-art energy efficient
lighting systems and retrofit lighting solutions. Orion
manufactures and markets a cutting edge portfolio of products
encompassing LED solid-state lighting and high intensity
fluorescent lighting. Many of Orion's nearly 100 granted patents
and pending patent applications relate to lighting systems that
provide exceptional optical and thermal performance, which drive
financial, environmental, and work-space benefits for a wide
variety of customers in the retrofit markets.
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