LIGHTING UPDATE October 17, 2014 Eddie McKnight, Instructor TOUCHSTONE ENERGY COOPERATIVES
Things are Changing Fast Futurist Jim Carroll 2014 NRECA Accounting Conference 7 of 10 preschoolers will work in a job that doesn’t exist today Half of what a college freshman learns may be obsolete before he graduates Consumers will soon want to operate their home lighting and electric usage by smart phone… will you be ready?
Lighting – 3 rd Highest Single Home Energy User (
Lighting Revolution
Lots of Options
Lots of Confusion Among Consumers
Lots of Messages
Lots of Colors
Lots of Styles
Better Prices
BETTER PRICES!!
What Are Lumens?
How Many “Lumens per Watt?”
Color Temperature (Measured in Kelvin)
What To Recommend? Return on Investment? Bulb Type1 year5 years10 years Incandescent$6.84$35.19$69.39 CFL$6.39$13.99$27.99 LED$10.76$15.92$22.37
What To Recommend? (Kentucky Version)
Touchstone Promo
Cool Stuff
Cool Stuff OLED’s?
Final Cool Stuff
Now Available from Touchstone Energy Energy Efficiency Display Modules LED-USA special promotion Technical Lighting Course Energy Audit Course NEW: “Essential Energy Conversations” (Two Hour, 3 in one day)* Service Excellence series
Sources of Information E-Source Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Energy Information Administration (eia.gov) LEDUSA.com Lowes Home Depot
Instructor Eddie McKnight