Ever wondered whether energy audits are a worthwhile investment for your business? This slidedeck examines the value--and drawbacks--of spending your money on an audit.

1. Are energy audits a worthwhile investment?
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2. June 2013
To identify sources of energy loss in commercial,
retail, or residential establishments and to provide
recommendations for maximizing efficiency and
reducing consumption.
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Purpose of an energy audit
Figure 1: Typical commercial energy audit process (source: Go Green Global)

3. June 2013
In retail stores, lighting is one of the primary culprits
for energy use.
In this instance, an auditor can quickly and
inexpensively collect and analyze the following
metrics:
•Number of lights
•Location of lights (and therefore lighting levels). The
Illumination Engineering Social of North America
(IESNA) provides illumination standards.
•Time of use
•Cost of electricity
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What auditors examine

4. June 2013
An auditor’s main goal is to reduce your energy use,
not to increase your bottom line of procuring sales!
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The problem
Figure 2: If you can’t move product, energy savings won’t matter in the long run.

5. June 2013
Products must look attractive to sell.
You can’t simply dim existing lights, delamp, or
retrofit lights with a more energy efficient bulb in
order to save energy: the amount of light and quality
of light matter.
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Importance of quality lighting

6. June 2013
Attempting to reduce your electricity bill without
considering “look and feel” can affect your business.
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Unmatched goals
Figure 3: Sure, you’ll save energy by dimming, but at what cost to your business? Source:
natalietanretail.blogspot.ca)

7. June 2013
Auditors will often suggest retrofitting with more
energy-efficient bulbs to save money, but because of
their goal (maximize savings), the solution may be to
install CFLs (as they are inexpensive and more
energy efficient than incandescent or halogen) or
LEDs.
While LEDs are far more energy efficient than even
CFLs, they are more expensive and, for all intents
and purposes, there is not a great divide in energy
efficiency between a $20 LED bulb and a $40 LED
bulb.
Due to an auditor’s primary goal, it is not uncommon
for the quote to involve the inexpensive LED.
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Unmatched goals

8. June 2013
So what’s the problem with cheap LEDs if they are
in the same ballpark in terms of energy efficiency as
the more expensive LED?
Light quality.
And light quality is vital to the appearance of your
products and the success of your business.
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Problem with cheap LEDs

9. June 2013
For retail store down lights, for example, an evenly
distributed, anti-glare, uniform light of the right
output (lumens per Watt), color rendering index
(CRI), and correlated color temperature (CCT) is
vital to a product’s appearance (see Light quality of
LED lamps).
Even the R9 value of LEDs plays a significant role in
determining the attractiveness of a product, and an
acceptable R9 value is something that the more
inexpensive LEDs often fail to meet (see the
ironically-named blog: Why the LED R9 value isn’t
important).
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Light quality and LEDs

10. June 2013
An energy audit can certainly assist you with
identifying areas you can optimize for energy, but
you should also seek the advice of a lighting expert
to ensure you retrofit your store with lights that can
optimize for appearance as well.
On a tight budget? Calculate your energy savings
with free online tools, such as the Leapfrog Lighting
savings calculator, and research the products of
lighting manufacturer’s online.
Reputable manufacturers should have lots of
information about their products and technology
available through their website (datasheets and
whitepapers) and be easily accessible through
multiple channels (phone, email, Twitter, LinkedIn,
Facebook, Google+, for example).
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Conclusion

11. June 2013
Leapfrog Lighting lamps use intelligent lens design, integrating lens
redistribution technology and reflectors. This solution distributes the
light evenly over 100x the area of the original light source, which
enhances the anti-glare effects without reducing the amount of
emitted light.
This allows Leapfrog Lighting lamps to achieve a high efficiency and
better light distribution than anything else on the market today.
The solution is in the design
Leapfrog Lighting lamps take the light from the very high intensity of
the LED source and through a patented, integrated lens-reflector
design redistribute that light to a pleasing, soft-edged image
reminiscent of well-loved, but inefficient, halogen bulbs.Leapfrog Lighting ENERGY STAR
PAR30
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The Leapfrog Lighting difference

12. Additional specifications
Datasheets
You can obtain additional product specification information about all
Leapfrog Lighting LED lamps by viewing our datasheets located in
our Download Center:
http://www.leapfroglighting.com/resources/download-center/
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13. Leapfrog Lighting online store
Product catalog and online store
Leapfrog Lighting conveniently lists and sells all products through
the online store:
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14. Leapfrog Lighting provides specification-grade LED products for
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