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A Bright Idea: Relamping Saves Energy at GE Warehouses

An employee-led effort at a GE warehouse helped reduce its energy consumption 29% in one year, one of 84 GE relamping projects to use GE energy-efficient T5 and T8 lamps.

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[[Charles Boblett] When you think of a warehouse you think of a small area, ]

[but this is spread out over about 50 acres, ]

[and you can almost get lost in here if you're not careful.]

[My name's Charles Boblett.]

[I've been with GE--this is my 37th year.]

[The old lighting, that was more like working under spotlights.]

[This lighting is more uniform, you can read the barcodes better.]

[[Ishon Lee] My name is Ishon Lee, ]

[and I was involved in execution of our relamping initiative across GE Industrial.]

[When we started the whole relamping initiative we looked at 180 facilities globally.]

[And the primary usage is in utilities, in the lighting.]

[So if we are able to reduce the amount of energy that we're using in that lighting, ]

[not only are we going to see a substantial amount of energy savings,]

[we're going to see a substantial amount of greenhouse gas reductions.]

[Not only did we change over 2,000 fixtures, we actually replaced it with a better quality of light.]

[[Vicki Cline] We come in at early hours.]

[The lighting is quite crucial in waking up and getting motivated to start your job each day.]

[My name is Vicki Cline.]

[I'm assembler in Building Five.]

[And now with these new lights, ]

[we've got plants growing on some of the work stations, people feel good about their jobs.]

[[Ishon Lee] When we first did the relamping, some of the remarks were, ]

["Oh my gosh, this is great!"]

[People were very excited about seeing change.]

[Ultimately, it's about ecomagination.]

[It's about being able to reduce greenhouse gases as well as, ]

[from a plant standpoint, seeing a significant amount of energy savings.]

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