North Coast Electric Company

The lights at a car dealership (get it?..."driving force") are similar to the lights at a jewelry store. They are meant to show off the product at it’s best. So a proposition for an energy efficient lighting upgrade must also address the quality and volume of light. Electronic HID did just that for a North Idaho car business icon.

Knudtsen Chevrolet is a family owned car dealership founded in 1939. Their success has been built on excellence in every area of their business.

In the course of maintaining their conventional HID lighting system Knudtsen was introduced to electronic HID from Metrolight by a local Electrical Contractor, Electric One. Our North Coast Energy Solutions team worked with Electric One and the local utility company to prepare a proposal for converting the lights to Metrolight eHID.

Here’s what that looked like:

Energy Savings: 65%

Annual Killowatt hours saved: 336,187

Annual CO2 Saved: 504,280 Lbs

Payback Period: 1.7 years (after incentives)

Annual Electricity Cost Savings: $34,946

Lamp life is also extended with eHID so there will be maintenance cost savings in addition to electricity cost savings.

And when the inevitable power rate increases occur the annual savings look even better!!

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