Jan 25 2011
EverLast Induction Lighting’s EverLast PV/Wind Hybrid Area Lighting System has been chosen by Houston’s NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas for illuminating a parking lot with an advanced lighting system.
The parking lot did not have any electricity. Alex Orr, EverLast’s Commercial Sales Representative commented that the NASA Center was keyed up to utilize the completely sustainable EverLast PVW System, especially with its ability to generate power from both solar and wind energy. Other systems available rely either on wind or on solar energy, which made them vulnerable to fluctuations in climate.
The EverLast PVW Lighting System includes battery power storage, a wind turbine generator with PV solar panels, and integrated SMART sensor controls for powering the EverLast induction light fixtures. Even remote areas could be lighted by using the singular combination of components, for which patents are pending and they deliver commercial grade and powerful lighting. With this system NASA is able to offer energy efficient and grid-less lighting for its employees, and at the same time pass up the expenses related to the installation of normal lighting systems.
The PVW system could be installed with either a 70w Type IV induction shoebox fixture or a 70w Type III cobra head fixture. Both the fixtures are corrosion resistant and IP65 rated and when compared to HPS and HID fixtures both of them are 70% more energy efficient. The PVW system has been installed all over the country even in remote locations in Colorado, Texas, California and Michigan and are manufactured in Jackson in Michigan. According to Orr, the past decade has seen an increasingly growing demand for sustainability and the PVW system would provide a lasting solution, which was both efficient and environmentally friendly for the customer.