E-Max, Inc. was formed in 1969 by Andrew H. Susemichel, P.E. to provide mechanical, electrical and structural engineering services for all types of industrial facilities. E-Max remains a privately held company, located in Louisville Kentucky, serving companies across the United States. In 1974, E-Max, Inc., in coordination with Martin Sweets Company and Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, designed an industrial process to manufacture 65,000 anchor insulators for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. E-Max answered the challenge of changing technologies with the Energy Saving Industry in 2005 by investing in the development of Energy Saving Technologies which monitor, control and reportthrough a gateway, enabling the customer to conserve on energy and reduce their overall costs.
Lighting typically accounts for 20 - 50% of electricity consumption in commercial facilities here in North America. Advancing technologies, such as LED lighting, allow us to significantly reduce these electricity costs, but not all products are created equal, nor do they always apply to every scenario. Many claims are also made in regards to the health benefits of certain types of lighting, but again, there are also a lot of "snake oil salesmen" out there who just want to take your money and run.
If your employees are uncomfortable, then they are distracted and performance suffers. Likewise, if your heating and cooling equipment isn't working up to par, or working "overtime", it's costing you money as well as creating comfort issues. It might be time to replace that furnace or boiler - even though the upfront cost to do so is daunting. It's also probably time you looked into some kind of building control option. It might be as simple as a programmable thermostat, or as complex as an entire building management system.