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| · | HID illumination management, combined with other EES innovations conserves up to 40% of the energy consumed by HID lighting. |
| · | PowerSavertm technology works with existing HID fixtures and components, increasing the value of installed asssets and in-place personnel skills, rather than discarding them. |
| · | Daylight visible malfunction indicators means a simple “drive-by” can serve to identify malfunctioning Outdoor Stationary fixtures, reducing maintenance costs by eliminating the need to dispatch maintenance crews at night, or to turn on and observe HID fixtures during daylight hours as a means of detecting malfunctions. |
| · | PowerSavertm products are essentially immune to power line noise. Although we “de-rate” the source voltage range, all components are rated for 480 VAC 50/60 Hz. Lightning protection is provided by means of a 200 Joule MOV. |
| · | Using less electricity reduces the greenhouse gas emissions produced by oil, gas and coal-fired generators. This means that energy savings can be qualified to earn carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, providing a source of revenue for the parties. |
| · | PowerSavertm technology results in payback of installation costs in as little as two to three years. |
| · | The implementation of PowerSavertm technology is attractive to political leaders because of its potential for increasing employment through local retrofitting and fixture assembly operations, and local manufacturing of components such as current-limiting inductors, and replacement components when existing components are found to be unserviceable. |
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| · | PowerSavertm automatically detects and eliminates cycling, a characteristic of HPS and MH lamps at the end of their service lives. Thus, there would be no need to replace cycling-weakened ballasts and igniter components of these fixtures before the end of their rated service lives. This saves the time, money and fuel associated with field replacement of these components. |
| · | PowerSavertm eliminates the shortening of lamp life that occurs when new lamps are placed in fixtures with ballasts or igniters that have been damaged or weakened by previous dropouts or cycling events. This shortening of lamp life can be in excess of 50% of the lamp's rated service life, which would double the effective cost of lamps. |
| · | PowerSavertm fault indicators signal end-of-service-life for HID lamps based on user-defined parameters for number of starts and total burn time, eliminating the guesswork. |
| · | PowerSavertm technology blocks high voltage “igniter” pulses until the lamp cools sufficiently for re-ignition (after ‘dropouts’ during power fluctuations, or during cycling events). This enabls a single ballast to last for its rated service life, saving the additional cost of replacement ballasts that are typically required during the service life of a fixture. |
| · | Re-energizing power grids after shutdown places a large initial load on the system. PowerSavertm is programmed to delay applying power to lamps for a customer-specified time interval after power-up to allow the grid to stabilize before adding roadway lighting to the load. |
| · | Adjusting streetlight illumination when appropriate reduces light pollution and the disappearance of “dark skies,” a phenomenon that is becoming more important to consumers. |