LED lights still burning brightly

21 Nov 2019

21 November 2019 

Between then and 2018, 40,000 LED lights were installed at 13 of our facilities, reducing electricity consumption by 3.5M kWh and CO2 emissions by 3,371 tonnes per annum.

A recent review of the project at St John of God Geelong Hospital showed that after one year of using LED lights, the hospital has cut CO2 emissions by 485 tonnes.

St John of God Health Care Facilities Management Manager Dean Farnsworth said when the project started in 2012, it was rare to see LED lights in commercial buildings, let alone hospitals.

“Fast forward a few years and the technology is now common place, and they are being installed as standard,” Dean said.

“We should be very proud of this project – we were really ahead of the curve.”

More energy efficiency at Geelong

St John of God Geelong Hospital is harnessing the sun’s energy with new solar panels to power the building.

St John of God Geelong Hospital Chief Executive Officer Stephen Roberts said the new solar panels would enable the hospital to reduce its electricity consumption considerably.

“We will use 132,000 kWh less per annum,” Stephen said.

“We will monitor the effectiveness of the panels throughout the next year to ensure we understand how the array is operating and use it to its full advantage.”

Did you know?

Aside from using significantly less power than conventional lamps, LEDs also last longer, for example: A LED tube lasts 80,000 hours compared to a fluorescent tube that lasts 12,000 hrs.

An LED down light lasts 50,000 hours compared to a halogen downlight that lasts 2,000 hours.