For the Green-Club, a huge sports center in the suburbs of Lausanne, the quality of the equipment lighting is paramount

But quality does not come cheap. Lighting its extensive facilities and offices costs the Green-Club CHF 33,640 a year. However, when it comes to making substantial savings, the LEC is the obvious immediate choice.

The Green-Club's objective
To obtain a significant reduction in its lighting bill, without affecting the quality of the lighting, which is essential for good sporting practice and, of course, without embarking upon a costly light replacement operation.

The buildings
The Green-Club offers 6 indoor and outdoor tennis courts, 4 badminton courts and 3 squash courts, 1 weights room and 1 fitness room, 1 covered swimming pool, 1 sauna, an enormous car park, a restaurant and well laid-out terrace, as well as a conference room.

LEC efficiency
Connecting all the Green-Club's lighting systems to the LEC makes it possible to reduce the lighting costs by CHF 10,968 for an expenditure of CHF 20,000. Consequently, the pay-back time was less than two years.

However, the Green-Club's managers opted to lease the equipment first and purchase it later, as they wanted to take advantage of the LEC's efficiency at the earliest opportunity.

Annual electricity consumption for lighting		CHF 33,640
Total annual savings		CHF 10,968
on electricity	22 %	CHF 7,401
on lamp replacement		CHF 3,567
Capital expenditure excluding VAT		CHF 20,000
Return on investment		Year 1.82

The LEC, tested and approved by the Vaud School of Engineering | Principle and operation of the LEC

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