3. Energy Management Ltd. (EML)
Founded in 2013, EML is an Energy Services Company (ESCO) that of offers energy-efficient
lighting solutions / products and professional energy-saving advice locally. The company is
an authorized distributor (Belize and Quintana Roo, Mexico) for Amko Solara - a world
leader in induction lighting technology. As a differentiating advantage EML carries out
lighting efficiency surveys and conducts ‘no charge’ pilot projects for clients to come ‘face to
face’ with the real savings before doing a major project.
The business was formed as a result of its principals (2 ‘born and bred’ Belizeans) sharing a
vision to supply Belize with modern and relevant solutions to the longstanding challenge of
electricity cost. The company’s principal offering is energy-efficient lighting conversions
otherwise known as retrofits or retrofit projects however EML’s vision encompasses growth
into the refrigeration, air conditioning and building enveloping areas within the next 5 years.
Recent notable contracts include works done for: Atlantic Bank, Belize Bank, Citrus Products
of Belize Ltd., Santander Sugar (Green Tropics), Heritage Bank, Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel,
Marie Sharps Fine Foods and the Kolbe Foundation among others.
Energy Management Ltd., (EML for short)
5. Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City
In May 2014, KHMH became the first public entity to make a sound move toward energy efficient lighting
in Belize. Having completed a new parking lot, the national hospital installed 40W induction lamps in
place of the usual 100W sodium lamps whose bulbs last one fifth of the lifespan offered by induction
lights. Backed by a 5 year warranty, KHMH's Amko Solara lamps benefit the hospital-visiting public for
years to come while providing much needed savings. The hospital has illuminated its main entrance area
with 4 Amko Solara Roadway Models.
6. Belize Diesel & Equipment this year raised the
bar by adopting Amko Solara Induction Lighting
in its showroom. Replacing 100W lamps with
induction 35W garage luminaires the dealership
made a noteworthy energy-saving and
environmentally friendly decision. The high
color rendering index provides excellent
illumination for display which Toyota, marquee
motor brand, deserves.
Belize Diesel & Equipment, Belize City
Belcan Bridge, Belize City
In September of 2015 Belize City’s
Belcan Bridge underwent a major
lighting upgrade when overhead street
lights were converted to 49w LED lamps.
This conversion has reduced energy
consumption by two thirds, and the
‘brightness’ of the lamps provides safe
illumination for pedestrians and
motorists.
7. Northern Fishermen Coop., Belize City
The lighting project for the Northern Fishermen Cooperative Society, on the banks of the
Belize River involved internal and external lighting where, in some instances, none had
existed before. EML replaced less-than-efficient lighting in their parking lot (to help combat
criminal activity which had resulted in a series of thefts from vehicles) and the plant room
with LED flood and high bay lamps, and added two additional flood lamps to illuminate the
exterior of the building and their wharf (as shown above).
8. Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel, Belize City
Better lighting means better employees at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel's kitchen where
we did retrofits with Osram LED tubes in the summer of 2015. EML continues to retrofit the
hotel’s offices to date.
EML also retrofitted the hotel’s parking lot with Induction lighting where ‘the hotel went’
from 175w high pressure sodium lamps to 80w induction lamps and also achieved better
illumination as can be seen from the Philip Goldson Highway on any given night.
9. Atlantic Bank, Belize City
A very recent project was the lighting up of Atlantic Bank’s rear parking lot,
reducing energy consumption significantly and providing improved illumination
for the guards that patrol the compound. Here we converted 150w HPS lamps to
50w LED lamps. EML employs the use of mechanical lifts in cases like these.
10. Coney Drive Roundabout, Belize City
Our first ever project – the ‘Coney Drive Pilot Project’, saw the ‘change out’ of
175w high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps to Amko Solara 80w induction lamps in
November 2013, and still makes us proud every night. These lamps are “smart
lamps” which means that they are ‘on a modem’ and we can schedule them to
come on and go off from a remote location – essentially we send signals to a
BTL modem on site and that modem ‘talks to the lamps’ over the very electrical
lines. We donated the project to the city as a pilot project.
11. Kolbe Foundation
Kolbe saves $60,000 by switching bulbs
The Reporter Newspaper June 5, 2015
The Kolbe Foundation, which manages the
Belize Central Prison, expects to save close
to $60,000 a year ($5,000 a month) in
electricity bills by switching to a new,
energy-efficient lighting system provided by
Energy Management Ltd – a local energy
efficiency consulting contractor.
Chief Executive Officer at Kolbe, Virgil
Murillo, told The Reporter this week that
before the switchover, the prison’s
electricity bill averaged around $8,000 a
month, using 26 of the standard 1500 watt
halogen lights to illuminate the yard and the
outer layout of the facility.
12. Belize Medical Associates Ltd
The Belize Medical Associates, having received our Energy Saving Report and
realizing how much they could save on their lighting bill, quickly proceeded with a
pilot installation of LED 18w tubes, replacing 40w flourescent tubes in their
Emergency Department Observation Ward (pictured above) .
13. Traveller’s Liquors
Traveller’s Liquors have replaced an old
inefficient 175w high pressure sodium lamp
with a sleek LED 50w post lamp, to provide
bright lighting over the gated entrance to
their rear yard, bottling and museum
compound.
