Bates Container began a re-lighting project at our 195,000 sq. ft. corrugated box plant in North Richland Hills, Texas.  Southwest Energy Solutions replaced (112) 400 watt and (67) 1000 watt metal halide fixtures along with (60) 64 watt T8 fixtures. In there place they installed (190) 234 watt T5, (65) 351 watt T5, and (25) 64 watt T8 fixtures.  The wattage savings was 30%.  In addition to the energy savings, the quality of light improved and exceeded our expectations.  The future savings is that the T5 lights will loose only 5% of their output against the metal halide lights loosing 35% over the life of the lamps.  The huge loss of output from the metal halide fixtures was the main reason so may 1000 watt fixtures had been installed to replace 400 watt ones.  We expect and have seen the 30% savings in lighting cost as well as a greatly improved work environment.  SES studied our existing lighting and engineered a very good solution to our lighting needs.

Bob Pinard of Southwest Energy Solutions provided a recommendation to convert our high wattage lighting in the warehouse to a more efficient fixtures. Although I was skeptical that the savings Bob specified could be obtained, I was blown away (along with Bob’s conservative estimates) by the recapture timeframe of less than 16 months along with an annual reduction in our energy consumption of 2.1 million KWh’s.

We started our working relationship with SES on a pick module project in Conroe, TX. I would give them high marks for project implementation and follow through all the way to the completion of the job. Their project management group is very responsive to change, they have a high sense of urgency, and they stay very focused on getting their projects completed on time. Because of their successful performance we will be using them again on two new projects. Frazier Industries