In offices, the office worker employee costs are apprx. 400 times the cost of total lighting energy use.

Retrolux™ is an energy efficient lighting system which can be retrofitted in an existing lighting fixtures. The uniqueness of Retrolux is that it can be dimmed using a PC. The installation process eliminates wiring not only for retrofitting but also for dimming control.

Dimmable lighting systems are gaining acceptance in commercial establishments, especially taking these three factors in mind, which our company has always believed in, i.e.

• Reducing lighting costs
• Raising comfort levels
• Promoting individuality

A laboratory study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center is very interesting. The study found that individuals who had dimmable ceiling light adjusted it as their tasks changed.

Further, individuals who had the controllable lighting were more satisfied with the lighting, felt more comfortable in the room, rated their work as less difficult, and rated the lighting quality as higher than subjects who did not have control.

The productivity of individuals who had controllable lighting had gone up by about 5%.

Importantly, having the control system produced a 35% to 42% decrease in electrical consumption.

In an offices the office worker employee costs are at least 400 times the cost of total lighting energy use. Hence even a 5% gain in productivity enables higher returns on investments in energy efficient lighting systems.