Ballasts Can Renew Lighting's Shine
The latest electronic ballasts are efficient and flexible, allowing facility executives to do more with lighting systems
By Brandon Lorenz - Building Operating Management
Facilities that have undergone a lighting retrofit within the past decade still have opportunities to make improvements when it comes to operational costs and functionality. How much a facility stands to gain depends on how recently the ballasts were upgraded.
New electronic ballasts are more efficient and give facility executives more flexibility to use lighting controls - including dimmers - in connection with fluorescent lamps. The new technologies can bring gains to facility executives who installed ballasts as recently as five years ago.
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