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lmart has launched a retrofit project worth approximately $12 million for an additional 40 stores across China adopting the Honeywell’
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Ex-Or LED lighting technology.
Honeywell, a major American conglomerate company,
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gan to participate in the modernization and implementation of an energy-saving lighting program across China’
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Walmart stores in 2008, providing comprehensive LED lighting products including main floor, freezer, fresh produce, and outdoor billboard lighting.
By installing Honeywell’
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LED lighting products, each Walmart store can cut its annual electricity consumption by around one million kilowatt-hours, equivalent to about 1,200 tanks of fuel. This represents a saving of approximately 50 percent of electricity expenses on lighting and 15 percent of Walmart’
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total electricity expenses.
As this project completes, approximately half of all Wal-Mart stores in China will be outfitted with the energy saving lighting systems.