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Chris Radosta

Chris Radosta is the Director of Regional Sales at Regency Lighting. Chris uses his experience in Maintenance Services and Retrofit Services to ensure that Regency’s customers receive excellent service and are set up for success.
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How to calculate HVAC energy savings from lighting: A step-by-step guide

Posted by Chris Radosta on Jul 5, 2017 9:20:00 AM
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This is the second in our series of articles meant to take the mystery out of savings and payback calculations for lighting. From designers to engineers to executives, lighting projects are more commonly cross-functional decisions. 

This article focuses on one of the least-covered questions on savings calculations for lighting projects: How can a lighting retrofit save you money on HVAC costs?

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Topics: Savings, Payback, & ROI, Lighting maintenance, Energy efficiency, Hotel lighting, Education facility, Energy savings, Multifamily lighting, Commercial office lighting

Why do lighting projects fall behind schedule? 4 obstacles to avoid

Posted by Chris Radosta on May 5, 2017 1:55:00 PM
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There are some things in life that are inevitable: Death, taxes, and construction projects falling behind schedule.

Actually, one of those things is escapable with good practice and a stroke of luck.

Here at Regency, we are privileged to have some of the most skilled project managers in the industry but there's sometimes no ducking the inevitability of setback.

Before we go too much further, let's get this out of the way: this is not a laundry list of excuses or a pity party. The intent here is to address the most common snags that emerge over the course of a project while explaining how we mitigate them.  

We're lighting people over here, as you know, so we'll be looking specifically at lighting projects and the challenges that come with them, but the principles below could be broadly applied to most any construction project.

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Topics: FAQs, Project Management

How to calculate return on investment (ROI) and payback for your lighting project

Posted by Chris Radosta on Nov 17, 2015 1:00:00 PM
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This is the fifth and final post in our series about savings and payback calculations for lighting retrofits. We have made it through the calculations to tally up how much can be saved, but what does that actually mean for your business and for your bottom line? How fast can you make your money back and let your new, efficient lighting pay for itself? Let’s get started.

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Topics: Savings, Payback, & ROI, Energy efficiency, LED retrofit

How to calculate material savings from long-life lighting: A step-by-step guide

Posted by Chris Radosta on Nov 3, 2015 3:47:20 PM
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This is the third post in our series to take the mystery out of savings and payback calculations for lighting retrofits. Lighting projects are more common than ever with the efficiency, long-life and lowering cost of LEDs, and there can be a large number of factors to tally up in the savings calculations. We are helping to answer the question of how you know which ones to include.

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Topics: LED, Savings, Payback, & ROI, Energy efficiency, Incandescent lighting

How to calculate energy savings for lighting only: A step-by-step guide

Posted by Chris Radosta on Oct 20, 2015 10:30:00 AM
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This is the first in our series of blog posts meant to take the mystery out of savings and payback calculations for lighting. Regardless of your role within a company, from design to energy to construction to maintenance, a lighting project will likely come across your desk at some point. We are here to arm you with some simple tools to make sense of the numbers. 

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Topics: LED, Savings, Payback, & ROI, Energy efficiency, Energy savings, Wattage

Show your work: The plain truth behind lighting retrofit savings

Posted by Chris Radosta on Oct 13, 2015 3:00:00 PM
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Are you responsible for store design, facility maintenance, new construction projects, or energy costs for your company? Lighting is one of the most significant consumers of energy that, regardless of your role in your company, you probably have to deal with at some point. With the growth in LED, manufacturers all across the globe are promoting how much you can save by retrofitting to LED lighting, but why are their claims of savings so different? Can you trust the savings and the numbers they propose? Do the numbers seem too good to be true?

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Topics: LED, Savings, Payback, & ROI, Energy efficiency, Energy savings, LED retrofit

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