Aug 21 2015
Energy Focus, Inc., a leader in LED lighting technologies, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (the "Cleveland Clinic") to supply its "Buy American" tubular LEDs ("TLEDs") to replace existing fluorescent lights for all of the Cleveland Clinic's facilities.
The initial phase of this LED retrofit project covers the Cleveland Clinic's main campus near downtown Cleveland and is expected to require approximately 250,000 TLEDs and take 18 to 24 months to complete.
In addition to its main campus, the Cleveland Clinic also administers more than 75 northern Ohio outpatient locations, 16 full-service family health centers, eight community hospitals, as well as healthcare facilities in Florida, Las Vegas, Canada and Abu Dhabi.
"We are extremely honored and gratified that the Cleveland Clinic—one of the most respected and innovative medical centers in the world—has chosen Energy Focus as its LED lighting partner, after more than a year of extensive, rigorous evaluations of our TLEDs against other major lighting brands," said James Tu, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Focus, Inc. "Lighting consumes approximately a quarter of the energy used in hospitals. By switching to our industry leading TLED lights, the Cleveland Clinic will see energy savings of 50% or more over the current fluorescent lighting, and well over 10% of all its total energy consumption. In additional to energy savings, our TLEDs offer distinctive health benefits over fluorescent lighting as they produce much smoother, more natural and flicker-free light. We are thrilled to be collaborating with the Cleveland Clinic to dramatically enhance its sustainability profile as well as patient and employee wellbeing through one of the largest TLED retrofits ever in the global healthcare industry."
"In addition to recognizing the industry leading performance, quality and total cost of ownership of our TLEDs, with this sizable and encompassing supply agreement, the Cleveland Clinic, as the largest private employer in northeast Ohio, demonstrates its commitment to both pioneering innovation and to the greater Cleveland region," said Eric Hilliard, President and Chief Operating Officer of Energy Focus, Inc. "Energy Focus has increased its U.S. workforce by more than 60% since the beginning of 2014, the majority of which are located at our Solon, Ohio headquarters facility. The Cleveland Clinic's choice of utilizing our "Buy American" TLED lighting will further propel Energy Focus' momentum for high-tech job creation in the U.S."
Energy Focus, Inc. is a recognized lighting technology developer and manufacturer with over 82 patents in advanced lighting technology. It has been supplying its military Intellitube® to the U.S. Navy since 2007 with zero failures reported to date, and remains the only military-spec qualified TLED lamp provider. The Company completed its first commercial TLED installation in 2010, and over 99% of its commercial LED systems installed since then are still running today.