Energy and waste management actions often create benefits beyond a cut in direct costs.

Converting from standard fluorescent tubes to triphosphor tubes

• increases lamp life, reducing the cost of ordering, purchasing, storing and installing replacement lamps
• improves lamp light power, with potential use of fewer fittings
• improves lighting reliability.

Some of the flow-on benefits from energy and waste management are easy to evaluate. Others will be hard to quantify but help build the case to get the investment approved.

Product and equipment suppliers can help identify these additional savings.