Articles & News

• ECO Ahead

  Published Monday, September 19, 2011

  ECO Ahead A businessman lies sleepless in bed. He has consulted with others and confided in family, but he remains uncertain. He’s wrestling with the idea of quitting his sales job after nearly a quarter century working with a major manufacturer. The businessman, Jeff Pinyot, started the job after graduating from Pitt with and engineering degree in more»

• Indianapolis International Airport Retrofits Lighting Systems Using Induction

  Published Wednesday, September 7, 2011

  INDIANAPOLIS – How many light bulbs does it take to change your carbon footprint by more than 5,200 metric tons per year for the better? Over the next several weeks, the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) will finish the last of more than 2,800 lamp replacements in the IND parking garage and Indianapolis Maintenance Center (IMC), resulting in a reduction more»

• Fishers Business Emerges as an Industry Leader in Green Space

  Published Wednesday, August 3, 2011

  Nearly five years ago, a small engineering based business emerged in the Fishers Office Suites, the two-story yellow building in downtown Fishers. Level Solutions, Inc., originally an HVAC super-rep agency started by Steve Little and Jeff Pinyot, has emerged as an industry leader in the Green Space. After Dave Packard joined the two, they continued their more»

• Businesses Adapt to a Turbulent Economy

  Published Thursday, July 14, 2011

  Bill Surbaugh remembers when getting a personal loan was as easy as a note and a handshake. Now owner of Surbaugh & Son, a real estate company that opened in Anderson in 1910, he grew up watching his father and grandfather conduct business. “They had this pad of notes,” he says. “If they needed a loan, they just wrote themselves a note for however more»

• Texas A&M – A Brighter Future for Parking

  Published Monday, June 27, 2011

  Transportation Services at Texas A&M University in College Station is shining a much brighter light on its parking customers, thanks in part to a $15 million state energy conservation upgrade that includes building heating/cooling automation. Lighting fixtures in all five campus parking garages are being replaced, with completion expected this month. more»

• Calculating ROI for an Induction Retrofit

  Published Friday, January 7, 2011

  Question: How do I calculate the ROI on a lighting retrofit to find out if it is worth the investment? D.J., Santa Fe, N.M. Answer: A healthcare facility equipped with traditional lighting technologies is a potential "gold mine" to an informed manager who understands that old lighting technology can be a money pit, while the application of new, more»

• Wallpack Units from ECO Lighting Solutions

  Published Monday, December 6, 2010

  Wallpack Units From ECO Lighting Solutions Contractors looking for facility and outside lighting should examine the variety of green lighting technologies from ECO Lighting Solutions, including fluorescent, induction and Light Emitting Diode (LED). For commercial and industrial building projects needing outside safety and requiring environmental more»

• Products from ECO Lighting Solutions featured in Buildings Magazine

  Published Wednesday, September 15, 2010

  For buildings with concerns for outside safety while being environmentally conscious, the Induction ECO Area Light offers numerous economic, environmental, and safety benefits. The Area light will burn for 100,000 hours (more than 22 years of dusk to dawn use), requiring minimal replacement and maintenance costs compared to metal halides and high pressure more»