Lutron Electronics Lets the Numbers Tell the Story: Dimming the Lights Means Big Energy Savings for Home and Offices

Leading lighting control company launches new interactive website.

In its ongoing commitment to energy savings, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., the world leader in the design and manufacturing of light controls, has launched a new interactive Web site that demonstrates exactly how lighting controls, particularly with dimming, cut energy consumption, save money, and protect the environment: www.lutron.com/energy.

Filled with facts about lighting energy, the site allows visitors to "play" with interactive dimmers and see first-hand how dimming technology saves energy. Lutron offers a large roster of lighting control products that reduce energy usage for residential and commercial applications—and dimming is a central strategy to achieve this.

Visitors to the site can input criteria about their home or office space into a calculator, including the number of fixtures, lamps per fixture, wattage per lamp, and hours used per day. The calculator provides concrete numbers to show exactly how much energy and money would be saved—and the resulting reduction in carbon dioxide emissions or the increased lamp life.

The new Lutron energy site also provides ongoing aggregate energy-savings metrics achieved by Lutron dimmers since the company introduced them in 1961. Please refer to the accompanying fact sheet. The computations are based on data from the U.S. Department of Energy and Lutron sales records.

For anyone considering new lighting controls, the new Lutron Web site also includes a convenient link to receive a free consultation from a local Lutron representative to discuss energy-saving solutions for their specific project.

The new site is part of Lutron's "Light Greener, Light Better™" campaign, dedicated to raising awareness that homes and businesses can control exactly how much light is used for a given task or situation without compromising quality—and, in the process, save money and contribute to a healthier environment.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting accounts for nearly 20 percent of the average home's electricity bill. For commercial structures, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that lighting accounts for 44 percent of an office building's annual electricity use—more than any other source, including heating or cooling systems—and 56 percent for education buildings.

Dimming lights just 25 percent saves 20 percent in energy and substantially extends the life of an incandescent bulb.

"Controlling your lighting—as you would control your water, cooling, or heating usage—is usually the easiest and most effective way to save energy that is often overlooked at homeor at work. Our new energy website allows people to experience the energy savings they can get from Lutron dimming and dollarizes that savings for them. This is very important now because energy costs are high and getting higher. And dimming your lights fights the threat of global warming by preventing unnecessary CO2 from being released into the atmosphere," said Michael Jouaneh, Marketing Manager for Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

Total Energy Savings of Lutron Dimmers
(estimated energy savings achieved by Lutron dimmers since 1961 in the United States. Figures are based on data from the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Lutron sales records.)

As of 8:16 a.m. on December 11, 2007, Lutron dimmers have achieved 11,603,990,183 kWh in energy savings, equivalent to:

• Dollars Saved: $1.1 billion
• Pounds of CO² not emitted: 22.0 billion
• Pounds of coal preserved: 9.3 billion
• Cars off the road: 1.9 million
• Trees Planted: 2.7 million

For up-to-the-minute figures, visit : www.lutron.com/energy.

Installing an additional Lutron dimmer in every U.S. home would save $230 million in electricity per year and reduce CO² emissions by 4.3 billion pounds per year—the equivalence of taking 370,000 cars off the road.

For more information about Lutron, visit www.lutron.com.

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., headquartered in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of lighting controls, lighting control systems, and shading solutions for residential and commercial applications. Lutron offers a variety of light dimmers, whole-home and whole-building dimming systems, controllable window treatments, and color-matched accessories, including wall plates, receptacles, and fan controls.

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