How can LED Lighting improve your institution?

Application Opportunities

• Showroom
• Sales floor
• Parking lot and structure
• Decorative accent and flood
• Display case
• Refrigerated/frozen foods case
• Offices
• Foyer and entry way
• Security
• Sign lighting

Case Studies

BUSINESS
Jack in the Box Restaurant
LOCATION
San Diego, California
COMPANY INFO
• Founded 1951 in California
• 2,200 Franchise
Restaurants in 18 States
• Serves 500,000,000 Customers Annually
LIGHTING AREAS
• Front Order Counter
• Cooking Area
• Freezer Boxes
• Wash Room – Prep Area
LED PRODUCTS INSTALLED
• Seesmart ® SKU #200009 LED T8 Day White Clear Lens Tube Lights
• Seesmart ® SKU #200011 LED T8 Natural White Clear Lens Tube Lights
ROI
14.2 Months (conservative calculation based LED T8 Tubes only)
RESULTS
Jack in the Box is very pleased with the results thus far with the lighting and energy savings from their LED installation. They are currently evaluating and
developing plans for future installations.

 

Jack in the Box Restaurants

Jack in the Box  Inc. is  a  publicly  traded  restaurant  company NASDAQ: JACK)   
based  in  San  Diego  that  operates  and  franchises  Jack  in  the  Box® restaurants, one of the  nation’s  largest  hamburger  chains, with  approximately  2,200  restaurants  in  18 states  serving  an  estimated  half  billion customers  annually.     

Jack  in  the  Box  is  a  recognized  leader  in  adopting  and  utilizing  technology.  In  
2007  Jack  in  the  Box  received  a  Technology  Innovation  Award  from  Nation’s  
Restaurant News  and  an  Industry  Leadership  Award  from  Computer  Sciences  
Corporation.  Jack  in  the  Box  is  developing  and  testing  many  different  
environmentally -friendly  amenities  in  restaurant  locations  across  the  United  
States.  Some  of  these  amenities  include  tankless  water  heaters, water -saving  
utilities, while  solar  lighting  tubes, energy  management  systems, synthetic  turf  
and  LED  lighting. 

LED  lighting  was  recently  installed  in  a  San Diego, California  restaurant  location, 
producing  big  gains  in  efficiency  as  well  as light  output  levels.  As  part  of  a combined evaluation  effort, recessed  lighting  in  the restaurant  was  replaced  with Cree  LED recessed  light  products  and  fluorescent  tubes were  replaced  with Seesmart ®  LED  T8  Tubes.  A total of 56 32 Watt T8  4100K fluorescent tubes  and their  associated  ballasts  were removed.  Seesmart  LED  T8  Tubes  were then  installed in  the  existing  fixtures  in various  locations throughout the restaurant.  The locations and the associated before  and  after  LED  light  output  readings are provided  in  the table below. 

 

 

 

	FOOTCANDLE  READINGS BEFORE  LED*	FOOTCANDLE  READINGS AFTER  LED*
Front  Order  Counter  Area (with  prismatic  acrylic  lens)	40	43
Cooking  Area   (with  prismatic  acrylic  lens)	45 -60	80 -110
Freezer  Boxes   (with  prismatic  acrylic  lens)	10 -12	38 -40
Wash  Room  (Prep  Area)  (with  prismatic  acrylic  lens)	45	55

* Based  on  information  and  readings  taken  from  Jack  In  the  Box  location  in  San  Diego, CA  using  an  Extech  handheld  light  meter.

 

BUSINESS
Integrated Food Service
LOCATION
Gardena, California
LIGHTING AREA
New Food Processing Area
INSTALLATION INFO
• 90’ x 17’ Room Size (1,530 square feet)
• 14’ High Ceiling
• 27 Fixtures (4-tubes each)
• IP65 Rated Sealed Fixtures
• Total Room Power Consumption = 1,620 Watts
LED PRODUCTS INSTALLED
• Seesmart ® SKU #200010   LED T8 Cool White Clear   Lens Tube Lights
• Seesmart ® SKU #150010   4 Lamp LED T8 Sealed Luminaire
APPARENT POWER SAVINGS
1,836 Watts (Compared to the same installation using 32 Watt T8 Fluorescent Tube Lights)
RESULTS
Integrated Food Service is enjoying the light output along with the low operating
costs afforded by the LED fixtures. They are currently developing plans for future
Seesmart ® LED lighting product installations in other buildings on their campus.
 campus.

Integrated Food Service

Integrated  Food  Service  (IFS) is  a  private  company  that  manufactures  food products  for food  and  nutrition  policy  programs.  IFS recently built  a  new  food  processing room at their  facility  in  Gardena, California.  After getting  an  initial  lighting  plan and proposal using  fluorescent  lighting  from  a  traditional lighting  contractor, they contacted  Seesmart® to  provide  a  quote  for  an  energy  efficient  LED lighting solution.   However, IFS  provided  some  challenges  in  selecting  a  proper  lighting package that  would  provide  enough  light  for  their  operations, but  also  stand  up  to their work  environment.  Lighting  products  need  to  be  able  to  endure  almost  round-
the -clock  operation  with  splashes  from  nightly  hot  water  wash downs. Seesmart® developed  and  tested  a  few  lighting  plans  and  scenarios  using  
various  LED  products  before  finalizing  on  using  LED  T8  Tube  Lights  mounted  in a sealed  LED  4’ tube  light  fixture  offered  by  Seesmart®.  This  IP65 -rated  (dust and moisture  infiltration  penetration  rating) clear  prismatic  wraparound  fixture  works well  for  IFS  since  it  is  keeps  dust  and  water  out  of  the  fixtures, and  it  is  flush mounted  to  the  ceiling, which  means  that  flour  and  dust  will  not accumulate  on top of  the  fixtures, saving  them  a  great  amount  of  time  and labor  normally  devoted  to cleaning  the  tops  of  the  fixtures  for  health department  reasons. IFS  chose  the  Cool White  LED  T8  tubes  with  the  clear  lens  to  get  the  maximum  amount  of  light possible  without  sacrificing  color rendering  qualities.  The  21  fixtures  installed  in the  room  each  draw  60  Watts  of  power, adding  up  to  a  total  draw  of  1,620  Watts for the  entire  1,530  square  feet  of  processing  area  while  providing  105  foot-candles of  light, which  is  more  than  the  USDA  100  foot-candle  requirement  for food  processing  work  areas.  

This  installation  saves  more  than  1,836  Watts  when compared  to  the  same  installation  using  32  Watt  fluorescent  tubes.   IFS  is working with  Seesmart®  to  determine  the  additional  savings  on  their HVAC  load  reduction with  the  LED  Tube  Lights  for  this  new  space  and  for  other rooms  at  their campus.  Since  the  room  must  be  kept  at  55°F, lower  operating temperatures  of  the LEDs  help  reduce  the  load  on  the  cooling  system.  IFS  is also  developing   plans  to outfit  more  of  its  existing  buildings  with  LED  lighting products  to  take  further advantage  of  the  many  benefits  of  Seesmart® LEDs.