Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
54 8.1 Environmental Stewardship There is significant pressure from modern society to be better stewards of the environment, biosphere, and planet. Environmental stewardship takes many forms, but the most relevant to airport garage lighting include: ⢠Efficient usage of limited resources and more reliance on renewable sources. This is a primary driver to transitioning technologies, especially when considering an end-of-life replacement of luminaires. Significant resources are provided by power companies, as well as local and federal government agencies to encourage transition to more efficient technologies. These resources include DOE grants, power company rebates, low-interest loans, escrows, etc., all of which can contribute to easing the initial capital investment. ⢠Reduction of the production of greenhouse gases and other pollution. ⢠Reduced waste production/increased recycling of waste. 8.2 Provision of New Customer Service in the Garage Another consideration for investing in more efficient technology is the overall capacity of the installed electrical circuits in the parking garages. The power needs of airport patrons are constantly increasing. Adding amenities such as electric car charging stations for patrons and for rental commerce may require significant investment in electrical infrastructure in the garage unless circuits can be freed up by lighting that utilizes less power to produce the same light levels. The freed-up electrical power may enable more highlight lighting. 8.3 Customer Comfort Customer comfort is essential to attracting new customers as well as keeping existing customers. Airports require customers as any business does. Therefore, providing ease of wayfinding, decreased fear of crime, and increased visibility all add to customer comfort in using the garage. In addition, customer comfort due to space conditioning may become more possible when energy is freed up from transitioning to more efficient lighting. 8.4 Other Financial Considerations The number of luminaires needed for replacement in an airport garage can be quite significant, and can present significant bargaining power for buyers. In addition, manufacturers of the newer lighting technologies are eager to gain adoption and thus increase sales of these products which rep- resent significant investments. Therefore, it is possible for airports to use their purchasing power to acquire a demonstration of a variety of lighting technologies in situ at little cost to the airport opera- tion authority. Purchasing power can also be used to negotiate the overall cost of the investment to directly affect the ROI. This is particularly true for medium- and large-sized airports. C H A P T E R 8 Other Considerations
