October 4 Is Energy Star's 7th Annual Change a Light Day
OCTOBER 4, 2006. Already this year, Pineapple Hospitality's lodging clients have replaced 75,000 incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents - saving 6.8 million kilowatt hours, which is the equivalent of planting 1,332 acres of forest and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 10 million pounds.
Today is ENERGY STAR's 7th Annual Change a Light Day. It's the day Saint Charles-based Pineapple Hospitality salutes its brightly shining 'green lodging' clients, which already this year have replaced 75,000 incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents.
Come to the Light
'In just the first nine months of 2006, our lodging lighting retrofits have saved a combined 6.8 million kilowatt hours - which is the equivalent of planting 1,332 acres of forest and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 10 million pounds,' said Ray Burger, president or Pineapple Hospitality.
'Oh yeah ... Did we mention that these green retrofits, which literally are as simple as changing out a few lightbulbs, also will save these lodging facilities a combined $1 million annually - 30 to 70 percent of their related lighting bills - and this will go directly to their bottom lines?' Burger added.
Last year, more than 70,000 people in all 50 states and several U.S. territories took ENERGY STAR's Change a Light Day pledge - helping save 23 kilowatt hours of energy and preventing more than 33 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. This year's goal is for 500,000 to take the pledge.
Do yourself and our planet a favor: Take the ENERGY STAR pledge and call Pineapple Hospitality today at 636-922-2285 to receive a complimentary lighting retrofit savings audit/assessment. It will cost you just a few minutes of your day - but it will make a world of difference to your bottom line and to the bottom-line sustainability of our precious planet and the many generations we hope will follow in our footsteps.
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