Retail's Best Friend: Long-Life, ecomagination-Qualified Diamond Precise® Lamps Cut Energy, Maintenance CostsCLEVELAND — The full line of ecomagination-qualified Diamond Precise® electronic compact reflector lamps from GE Consumer & Industrial are a cost-conscious retail chain's best friend. Compared with standard 50-watt halogen PAR20 lamps or standard 50-watt incandescent R20 reflectors, a 21-watt Diamond Precise® lamp cuts wasteful spending on lighting energy by up to 58 percent. Easy to retrofit in existing accent fixtures, the budget-friendly lamp minimizes maintenance costs and hassles by providing up to two and a half times the life (5,000-hour rated life vs. 2,500-hour rated life for a 50-watt halogen PAR20 or 2,000-hour rated life for a 50-watt standard incandescent R20 reflector) of lamps it could replace. "Diamond Precise® is for retailers and other commercial operations that are in tune with how significantly energy costs affect the overall cost of light," says Jim Benson, incandescent-halogen product manager, GE Consumer & Industrial. "This lamp offers major energy savings plus a rated life that can really impact maintenance costs." Developed for use in retail, commercial, museum and restaurant settings, Diamond Precise® lamps deliver up to $14.50 per year in energy savings (assuming $0.10 per kWh and 5,000 annual burn hours). Although its face lumens are lower, the multi-faceted Diamond Precise® reflector concentrates lumens on target, diminishing wasted extraneous light. The better, more accurate optical control of Diamond Precise® lamps is achieved by utilizing the advantages of GE's exclusive low-voltage MR16 ConstantColor® lighting technology. Diamond Precise® lamps also offer the convenience of a direct retrofit and the controllability of standard PAR20 and R20 lamps. Operable on standard incandescent dimming circuits, Diamond Precise® lamps feature a medium screw base with built-in electronics that enable a conversion from line voltage to 12 volts. GE Consumer & Industrial encourages customers to work with GE distributors to address wasteful spending on energy. Some helpful software tools include the company's Cost of Waiting Estimator, available online at www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/education_resources/tools_software/, and ValueLight, GE's advanced, proprietary cost-of-light tool available exclusively through GE distributors. Diamond Precise® is a registered trademarks of General Electric Company. GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and "ecomagination," a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram®, Profile™ GE®, Hotpoint®, SmartWater™ Reveal®, Edison™ and Energy Smart™ consumer brands, and Entellisys™ industrial brand. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.
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