“Light touch After energy-efficient lighting was installed in Boeing’s Integrated Aircraft Systems Laboratory in Seattle, the Shared Services specialist in charge of the project heard some surprising comments from employees as they adapted to the brighter glow. The LED (light-emitting diode) lights were installed in the high bay of the facility, after the building’s Green Team—a group of employee volunteers interested in their workplace environment—requested a more energy-efficient approach to lighting the 34 BEOING FRONTIERS / OCTOBER 2013 building, said Brad Telford, Energy and Conservation specialist. “After the LEDs were switched on, I asked an employee, ‘How do you like your new lights?’ ” Telford recalled. “He told me, ‘It’s great! I don’t need a flashlight to see my drawings anymore.’ ” Another employee, who was using a table saw to build temporary wood structures, said he “absolutely loved” the new-technology lighting because it allowed him to better judge the motion of the saw blade. Telford explained that the LED lights operate with improved light quality over the lights they replaced. New LED lighting is part of the company’s overall effort to use the latest New LED lighting is saving money and energy— and employees love it By Bill Seil T he LEDs have a much better lighting pattern.” – Brad Telford, Energy and Conservation specialist
Frontiers October 2013 Issue
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