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BEST BUY SOURCES LVI FOR MASSIVE LED SIGN MAKEOVER
Manassas, VA, January 1st, 2010, The biggest consumer electronics outlet in the US is also the best -- Best Buy that is. The company operates more than 3,900 stores throughout North America, Europe, China, and now Mexico, mostly under the Best Buy and The Phone House banners, and now the Best Buy brand will be undergoing a massive national re-launch—one of the largest of its kind. Best Buy will be retrofitting its existing big yellow tag signs from old, inefficient, high-output (HO) fluorescent lighting over to the much more energy efficient system of LED lighting.
LVI will be leading the way for all LED installations throughout the store chain. Projects in the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic have already been underway since the end of 2009. Each Best Buy store location that will be retrofitted by LVI will have the outdated fluorescent lighting removed and replaced with the new energy–efficient, long–life, GE Tetra® LED lighting systems. The new LED lighting systems will be mounted inside of each large Tag sign and will save Best Buy up to 83% in energy savings, while at the same time reducing their maintenance costs over the next 7 years.
Project Specifics
LVI completed its first Best Buy LED retrofit in Manassas, VA back in October of 2009. The Manassas, VA store had (2) two large fluorescent tag signs and (1) one double sided monument pylon sign. All signage at the Manassas store was retrofitted using the GE Tetra product. GE offers the same product for both single sided and double-sided signs. Because LVI is able to use the same product for both double and single sided signs, it enables Best Buy to have a consistent product throughout their entire store chain.
Leaner and Greener
Best Buy expects to cut energy usage by more than ¾ and achieve an estimated 52 percent reduction in kilowatt hours with signs lit an average of 12 hours per day, 365 days per year. That represents an estimated reduction of 8,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually or the equivalent of planting more than 2,300 acres of trees per year. The GE Tetra® LED systems are significantly more energy efficient than commonly used neon or fluorescent, and they overcome performance challenges fluorescent can encounter in cold climates.
"GE has more than 19 million feet of Tetra® LED lighting installed with less than a 0.05 percent warranty return rate," says Eric Stevenson, GE‘s global product manager – signage. Lane Valente Industries (LVI) is a new LED lighting installer for GE and has partnered up with GE as a resource for all future LED projects.
For more LED info please visit GE's website at www.LED.com
About Lane Valente Industries
Lane Valente Industries is the nation's leading service provider specializing in retail services. We are focused in providing only quality national maintenance services, high volume rollouts, resets and new store construction. Founded in 1989 as a self-performing regional maintenance service provider, Lane Valente has grown every year with one goal in mind – to provide the most comprehensive and efficient solutions in Retail. Find out more online at www.lanevalente.com