enLux LED Down Lights Provide Energy Saving, Patient Friendly Illumination for St. Croix Medical Center

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whether you’re a resident or business owner, living in the United States Virgin Islands (U.S.V.I.) consists of jaw-dropping views, year-round tropical weather and 38 cents per kilowatt-hour, the highest price of any U.S. state, island or territory.

“This project was a complete gut of an office supply company, and the owners sold the building to the doctor”

Michael Bruno, a five-year resident and owner of Electricity Wise Strategies, and Renee M. D’Adamo, owner of RMD Architecture, know first-hand of the concerns the people of U.S.V.I. have when it comes dealing with high energy costs and usage.

“Alarming is an understatement,” says Bruno. “No matter how large or minute a project is, it’s always a factor that weighs heavily on the property owner, and ultimately has a trickledown effect that spreads throughout.”

Primary Care, PLLC is a privately owned and operated family practice that was established in 1986, when Dr. Arakere B. Prasad decided to make the island of St. Croix his permanent home. Primary Care, PLLC is one of the few facilities on St. Croix that offers same-day services (appointments are on a limited basis) to those who require immediate medical attention. Along with Dr. Prasad, the staff includes two front office clerks, two billing clerks, two nurses, two nurse practitioners and an office manager that ensure a constant patient flow.

Expanding on his success and need of space, Dr. Prasad purchased an office supply space that he envisioned as the new location of his medical practice. Looking to stay within his project budget, Dr. Prasad’s decision to work with Bruno and D’Adamo was an easy one.

“This project was a complete gut of an office supply company, and the owners sold the building to the doctor,” said Bruno. “The exterior of the project was just as important as the interior elements, which included an incoming patient waiting room, front office and a number of private doctor/patient examining rooms. Because I was working so closely with the new owners and the architect (D’Adamo), I recommended the greater part of the project to include enLux DL1 3500°K down light fixtures.”

As patients enter the facility, they encounter an earth-toned inspired motif that is calming and inviting. Featured behind the beige marble topped desk is a decorative stone display that covers the reception area’s main wall, and continues into the seating area. White colored walls with wood trim accent the doorways throughout the facility.

Using enLux's patent pending RYgB light emission technology, the company’s low-energy, high-illumination DL-1 TC Down Light provides superior color light in warm 2700°K, neutral 3500°K or cool 4500°K, or any custom CCT. Light colors include red, amber, green and blue, with custom colors within CIE 1931 chromaticity. The DL-1 Series LED down light can save more than 85 percent in energy use compared to incandescent lighting. It exceeds industry lighting performance standards, while requiring very low power, and has a 50,000 hour life. The DL-1 Series has received two UL listings - UL1993 for the down light with E26 or GU24 connection, and UL1598 for the down light with junction box, hard wire connection. The enLux DL-1 TC Down Light is an Energy Star product.

Completing the interior lighting scheme, R30 eyeball fixtures are employed, and up/down surface mounted exterior fixtures add an interesting architectural element to the building’s façade. The enLux R30F is an 80 degree beam floodlight that uses only 14W, and is dimmable with most standard commercial and residential dimmers. Thirty R30s replaced 75W incandescent floodlights, a 100-200W colored incandescent floodlight, and 26W CFLs with comparable light output.

An enLux companion luminaire, the R30W, is a 160 degree beam wide floodlight drop-in replacement for a 75W incandescent floodlight and a 200W incandescent color floodlight. The R30F and R30W are available in 120V, 220V and 277V white or color light like the R30F; the R30W is also dimmable.

“At the end of the day, there’s no getting around the fact that the electricity cost here in the Virgin Islands is about .38kWh. As a result, our new lighting fixtures provide a 12 month payback or 100% ROI on an annual basis,” said Bruno.

Many quality comments about the lighting quality have been received by the staff of Primary Care, PLLC. According to Bruno and D’Adamo, as a result of the Primary Care, PLLC project, other doctors' offices have looked at Dr. Prasad’s new office in a “different light” and have removed their old lighting sources in exchange for enLux LED Lighting sources.

All enLux LED products are environmentally friendly and ‘green,’ 100 percent recyclable and contain no toxic gases or hazardous materials, meeting compliance with California Title 22 and 24.

For further information, contact enLux Lighting, 5005 S. Ash Ave., Ste. 5, Tempe, AZ 85282, Phone [phone] or go to www.enLuxLED.com.

About enLux

enLux is an award-winning manufacturer and innovator of LED technology based in Tempe, Ariz. Its products include the R30 Series LED lamp, DL Series Down Light and 6K Series Outdoor Area Light.

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