Irwindale, CA, July 31, 2007 –(PR.com)– Ernst & Young Plaza in the heart of downtown Los Angeles is a 41-story office building with a center courtyard on the 2nd floor surrounded by retail shops and restaurants. Far above the courtyard is a web-like truss-structure ornamented with 3,400 tiny bulbs to provide a star-like romantic scene in the evening. Replacement of the incandescent light bulbs with solid-state LED light bulbs from Act One Communications has landed a significant saving for the building owner.

Before the replacement, the 7-watt incandescent bulb used has a typical life of 3,000 hours, which translates into an actual usage of only about ten months. Hence, on the average, 340 bulbs would burn out each month and needed to be replaced, one by one, by the service crew. This routine maintenance led to an annual cost of tens of thousands dollars plus the need for a heavy lifter equipment. Read the full story