Energy-saving lighting control manufacturer Lutron Electronics announced today
that it has been selected by the Empire State Building Company, LLC, owner of
the Empire State Building (ESB), the World's Most Famous Office Building, to
provide sustainable lighting control solutions for pre-built tenant spaces
throughout the iconic, 1930s, pre-war structure. The Lutron solution, developed
in collaboration with ESB property manager Jones Lang LaSalle, is expected to
provide total lighting energy savings of up to 65% and a reduced installed
payback period of 2.75 years (down from 6 years).
ESB is undergoing a building-wide retrofit to improve energy efficiency and
financial performance as part of the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Building
Retrofit program. The project is designed to reduce the building’s energy use by
38% and energy bills by $4.4 million a year, while also preventing 105,000
metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years.
ESB pre-built tenant spaces offer companies turnkey solutions for building out
offices that exactly meet their needs. The ESB’s goals for the energy retrofit
of these spaces include:
- Enhancing performance while reducing renovation costs
- Reducing the cost and time required for future tenant improvements
- Not compromising on tenant service and comfort
- Adopting solutions that integrate and interoperate with other building
systems
The use of Lutron solutions in these spaces will help the ESB meet their goals
and offer potential tenants the opportunity to operate in energy-efficient
spaces while saving energy and benefiting from reduced electric bills.
Lutron solutions used in the ESB include:
- Occupancy/vacancy sensors that turn lights off when spaces are
unoccupied and daylight dimming controls that adjust light levels based on
available daylight
- Wireless components for easy retrofit and minimal disruption
These products deliver world-class performance and meet stringent
return-on-investment requirements as defined by ESB ownership. In fact, with the
adoption of Lutron control solutions, the installed payback period for lighting
controls was reduced from 6 years to 2.75 years.
Energy and financial savings are critical as older buildings like ESB are
converted to new, sustainable standards. Lighting uses the majority of
electricity in a typical commercial building (39% of annual electricity use
3)
and a considerable amount of building peak loads (30% of peak electricity use
4).
Lutron is an acknowledged leader in providing smart, scalable, integrated and
affordable solutions with proven technology that can reduce lighting electricity
by up to 65% on any given project
1. Across the country, Lutron
estimates that its products – including lighting controls and sensors – save the
nation nearly 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, which is approximately
$1 billion in utility costs, nearly 7 million tons of CO2 emissions, or the
equivalent of more than 7 large coal power plants
2.
In addition to creating a simple, repeatable, whole-building retrofit solution,
ESB ownership is leading the industry in sustainable design for commercial
retrofits. According to Malkin, Lutron was highly committed to helping the
project’s designers, specifiers and contractors understand how to estimate,
install, program and use these new products and solutions as efficiently as
possible. With more than 50 years of experience in energy-saving innovation,
Lutron was a perfect fit.
