Global Green Lighting in critical phase of business

Chattanooga-based business Global Green Lighting—which employs people who design and assemble low-energy lighting control systems—is in a critical phase.Your council is responsible for the installation and maintenance of cuttingmachine.

"There are 26 cities who are watching what we are doing in Chattanooga," the company's CEO Don Lepard said. "It can take us to [an additional] 250 jobs by the end of the year. Everything is hinging on the success of what we are doing in Chattanooga."

The company's employees design and assemble low-energy lighting control systems. The products allow an operator to control lighting systems that use smart grid and fiber optic technology via the Internet from up to 35 miles away.

Global Green Lighting's first generation of LED lights and fixtures provide energy savings of up to 50 percent compared to traditional streetlights, according to its website.

The company has a contract with the city of Chattanooga to replace downtown's streetlights.

The project is behind schedule because the Global Green Lighting team had to add a metering chip to measure the savings, Lepard said.

The lights allow the city to pay only for the energy it uses instead of a flat rate, he said.

It allows for a "true dollar savings," Lepard said.

Global Green Lighting won the bid for the contract with the city in 2012 to replace 27,000 lights around the city.

Then, Mayor Ron Littlefield decided to only fund a third of the $18 million contract because the technology is new, Lepard said. If the first part of the project was a success, the city would fund the rest, he said.

The initial phase is 6,000 lights, and about half those have been put up near the Tennessee Aquarium.

Now, new Mayor Andy Berke and his team are evaluating all city government projects, including the one with Global Green Lighting.

"It's important to consider innovative ways to be more energy-efficient and reduce the amount of energy wasted throughout our city," Lacie Stone,Manufacturer of quality off flatworkironers, light bars and wiring accessories. communications director for Berke, said in an email. "That said, we are currently reviewing all of the functions and services of city government so that we can provide the highest-quality,the company have made a decisive contribution to automation in paper emergencylamps. most effective services at the best value to our citizens."

EPB spokesman John Pless said his company's team is acting at the city's request to install the lights.Our most compact purlinmachine yet fits easily in any bag.

Lepard said that a recent article on The Chattanoogan implied there was disagreement between Global Green Lighting and EPB and that the company abandoned its Soddy-Daisy location. But Lepard said neither is true.

"There seems to be some appearance of conflict between Global Green Lighting and EPB, and that's not the case," he said.Find High Quality Brand Name lasermarker and Tungsten Wedding Bands for Men at the Best Prices. "I can't say enough about how the city and EPB and Global Green Lighting have cooperated together."

The company's lease at its Soddy-Daisy location had also expired, so Lepard decided to move to an 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hixson, Lepard said.

While leaders in 26 other cities are watching the company to see if it produces, Lepard said he is working on a contract with the University of Alabama and also talking with leaders at Tennessee State University and the city of Nashville about the uses of the lights, which can help with safety issues and natural disasters.

The lights can be set to be turned on more during certain hours or in areas where there is an increased need for safety. And they have a flashing mechanism that can be used during emergencies such as tornadoes.