The Client

U70 are a rapidly growing window, door and conservatory manufacturer in Essex, with a strong local client base while operating across the whole of the UK.

The Brief

U70 Director of Operations Leon McGill contacted SaveMoneyCutCarbon through its website chat service for some advice on the best energy-saving solutions and funding options for the company’s manufacturing warehouse in Whittam, Essex.

The 32,000 square-foot site houses many items of heavy machinery, so lighting is paramount for safety. The lighting installed was expensive to run with poor lux levels and some fittings were broken completely.

The challenge was to improve the quality of light but also resolve high maintenance costs and issues over failed lights. The cost to U70 could be several hundred pounds each time they needed to change a lamp as a cherry picker and external labour were needed. This often meant waiting for several lamps to fail before changing them.

Energy savings of 68%
Capital Free Financing 7 year payback

The Solution

Financing a large retrofit lighting project was a key issue and it quickly became clear that the work would be a perfect fit for the recently launched SMCC Capital-free Funding solution, where there are no upfront costs for the customer and repayments are made by sharing the savings on energy bills.

SaveMoneyCutCarbon inspected the warehouse and Regional Sales Manager Terry Sutton discussed the options in full and offered U70 three competitive LED lighting product solutions. The company selected Thorn George LED models with a trial fitting being installed to ensure it was the exact solution.

To fully manage the “pay as you save” project, SaveMoneyCutCarbon first installed a wireless measurement and monitoring device to view real time energy saving data and report back to U70. A baseline set of data was collated for several weeks before the installation of the new lights for comparison with energy use post-installation.

This allowed U70 to review comprehensive metrics and have confidence in the energy savings to be made. It also allowed SaveMoneyCutCarbon to get detailed insight into trends and suggest changes to the way energy is being used to improve further on savings.

The company then commissioned the installation of 63 Thorn George 150W High bays that have a working life of 50,000 hours, providing premium quality light levels with no need for expensive maintenance.

The LED lights are super energy efficient, using up to 50% less than standard high bay models and  have industrial-strength IP65 rating to protect against damage from dust and water, and IK087 impact rating.

Savings Summary

  • £6,126

    £ saved

  • 68.8%

    kWh

  • 7

    years payback

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“We had a real challenge to find ways to commission much-needed new lighting for the busy warehouse with the running costs being so prohibitive. The capital-free solution provided by SaveMoneyCutCarbon made the decision a real no-brainer and convinced us to go ahead. We haven’t been disappointed – the savings on energy mean that the retrofit is effectively self-financing. We’ll go on saving money for many years, through near zero maintenance costs and lower electricity bills.”

Leon McGill Director of Operations at U70 Ltd:

“U70 needed a solution for existing 400W High bays, not only because of the impact they were having on his energy bills but also for the high costs of constantly replacing them. Leon was a pleasure to work with and the whole process was particularly smooth, delivering a perfect solution, no capital outlay with a 5-year warranty no more lighting maintenance costs for many years either.”

Terry Sutton, Regional Sales Manager East at SaveMoneyCutCarbon

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