Light Doctor - Commercial and Industrial Lighting Service, Sales, Maintenance, Retrofit and Recycling

Light Doctor Client Wins Energy Award

February 08, 2011

Mountlake Terrace, WA ---February 8, 2011----The Bureau ofReclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration have recently been awardedEPA's 2010 Champions of Environmental Leadership and Green Government Award. This award recognize agencies thatparticipate in the Federal Green Challenge, which challenges them to reducegreenhouse gas emissions, energy and water consumption and better manage theirelectronics, purchasing, transportation and waste.

The award was based upon a lighting retrofit done by LightDoctor, LLC., at Grand Coulee Dam. This$1.2 million contract involved the installation of thousands of highperformance T8 fluorescent lamps in the dam's powerhouses and tunnels, LEDlamps in turbine rooms and pit areas and very long lasting induction lightingin the machine shops and high bay areas.

The installation reduced enough energy for Grand Coulee Damto increase capacity by one full megawatt. The 9 million kilowatt hours of added electricity per year could havepowered nearly all U.S household televisions turned on during the Super Bowl.

Light Doctor has had the privilege of serving the BPA andBureau of Reclamation on many retrofit projects involving other dams, militaryfacilities and Government Buildings.

Established in 1980, Light Doctor, LLC., is aprivately owned commercial lighting company serving the three-state area ofWashington, Idaho and Oregon. Itprovides lighting retrofits, maintenance and recycling services to over a thousandclients in the Pacific Northwest. Clients include commercial, manufacturing, institutional, government andretail facilities.

Light Doctor Grows 70% and Saves 17.7 Million KWHs

January 23, 2011

Light Doctor, LLC. announced today that company revenues grew 70% during calendar 2010.  Moreover, the company’s efforts in doing lighting upgrades reduced electrical consumption, in client companies, by 17.7 million KWHs. 

Light Doctor’s efforts, in energy savings, are the equivalent of saving over 11,800 tons of CO2 emissions per year or removing 1889 cars from the road for one year. 

Light Doctor’s rapid growth allowed the company to hire throughout the year and to expand its geographical coverage to cover entire Pacific Northwest. 

“Lighting retrofits are not only great ways to save energy, they also improve working conditions and improve building values.  Improved lighting increases worker productivity and makes any building a more attractive space in which to work or shop,” said Don Nielsen, Chairman of Light Doctor, LLC.

“New lighting technologies, combined with rebates from utility companies, make the retrofitting of lighting an excellent business decision.  ROI’s on lighting retrofits are often 50% or higher,” said Nielsen.

Established in 1980, Light Doctor is the Northwest’s largest independent lighting contractor offering lighting retrofits, lighting maintenance services and the sale of lighting products.  Hundreds of clients have come to rely on Light Doctor for lighting services at their commercial, manufacturing, institutional, governmental or retail facilities.