Restaurant

The Power Smart Product Incentive Program for food service industries

Opportunities exist for restaurant owners and managers to decrease energy consumption and realize cost savings by replacing existing technologies with energy-efficient ones listed below. Improving energy efficiency can improve aesthetics, increase staff and patron comfort and lower maintenance costs.

See how others in your sector have found success with the Power Smart Product Incentive Program:

• Swiss Chalet Restaurants
  
• Denny's Restaurant

Common energy-efficient technologies

Several energy-efficient technologies are ideal for restaurants:

• Halogen infrared lamps
  • 30% more energy efficient than standard halogen and 40% to 50% more energy efficient than similar wattage incandescent lighting
  • Produces less heat than incandescent and standard halogen lighting
• LED MR16 (multi-mirror reflector) lamps
  • Superior optical control
  • Reduced maintenance costs due to a very long life
• Energy Saver T8 fluorescent lamps
  • 50% more efficient than T12s
  • Virtually eliminates lamp flickering
• Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)
  • Use 75% less energy to produce the same amount of light and last up to ten times longer
  • Ideal to use in hard-to-reach places, in guest rooms and where lights are left on for long periods of time
• LED exit signs
  • Extremely long product life: LEDs last 10 to 25 years
  • Reduce energy consumption by up to 90%
• LED signage
  • Reduce energy use by over 85% compared with standard neon signage
  • Last 50,000 to 100,000 hours

Tools and resources

• Product incentives
• Technological information
• Calculate my savings

Start saving with the Power Smart Product Incentive Program today. Apply online or call 1 866 522 4713 for more information.