After completing a successful lighting upgrade at its sister property, the Meyer Center, MaxLite and Cool City Lights were called upon to retrofit the YMCA of Edwardsville, Illinois ESIC Center and Early Childhood Development Center with energy-efficient LED lamps and luminaires.

By switching to LED, the YMCA will save more than 200,000 kWh and US $33,000 in energy and maintenance costs annually.

“Our members and guests have certainly noticed the improved lighting in our three facilities and appreciate it,” said Gary Niebur, President/CEO of the Edwardsville YMCA.

MaxLite LED lights are used to upgrade a YMCA facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. (MaxLite/LEDinside)

“The energy and maintenance savings of switching to LED lighting in our three facilities is significant and will have a very positive impact on our operational budget for many years to come.”

The 45,000-square-foot ESIC Center was built in 1960 and since then, there have been several additions and renovations to the facility, which provides a wide range of activities for tens of thousands of youth, teens, adults and families to participate in each year. Recognizing the important role lighting plays in providing a safe and comfortable environment for its members, and realizing the cost-saving benefits of LED technology at the nearby Meyer Center, management decided to replace the ESIC Center’s inefficient fluorescent, incandescent and metal halide fixtures with energy- and maintenance-saving LEDs. The YMCA Early Childhood Development Center, a full day daycare for children from infancy to six years old, also received a lighting upgrade inside and out.

Working with MaxLite, Cool City Lights of Glen Carbon, Illinois, developed a retrofit plan that would minimize the costs of new fixtures and maximize the ROI for the non-profit facility. A full range of MaxLite LED lamps and luminaires were chosen for the project based on lumen output, reliability, energy savings and overall cost-effectiveness. More than a dozen MaxLite products were used in the installation including: T8 lamps, downlight retrofits, omnidirectional A-lamps, Vapor Tight linear fixtures, BayMAX Linear and Pendant Highbays, exit signs, ECO-T LED Recessed Troffers, Large Adjustable Wall Packs and Canopy Fixtures.

“The ESIC YMCA LED installation went very smoothly,” said Richard Tallerico, president of Cool City Lights. “The new LED fixtures greatly updated this older facility. The MaxLite quality will enhance the ESIC YMCA and save energy for years to come.

“The Meyer Center is already saving an average of $6,500 in energy costs monthly, and we expect the ESIC Center upgrade to not only improve lighting, but reduce electrical costs by 40-45 percent.”