GE Lighting’s LED solution for Korea’s Hollys Coffee

GE Lighting’s design team recently retrofitted the lighting system for dozens of Hollys Coffee branches across Korea with its Energy Smart LED PAR30 lights. Hollys Coffee is a specialty coffee company headquartered in Korea and the country’s first local coffee franchise with over 340 branches in Korea, The Philippines, Malaysia and the USA.

“The brief from Hollys Coffee called for a solution that would be more energy-efficient compared to their existing lighting system, as well as to maintain the same lighting level while using fewer lamps. After studying the operational and experiential considerations at the individual branches, our team proposed an energy-efficient solution comprising the innovative LED PAR30 lights to replace the halogen lamps. This solution also allowed for adjustment of beam angles so that we could apply the lighting accordingly to provide optimal atmospheric experience at each Hollys Coffee branch. A total of 1500 units of LED PAR30 lights were installed in 18 Holly Coffee branches across Korea,” said Mr Han, Sales Manager at GE Lighting.

GE’s light uses 10 W Energy Smart LED PAR30 compared to the previous lighting source which uses 75 W, thereby effectively reducing energy consumption by more than 85%. Although the LED PAR30 lights produce fewer lumens, the lamps’ optics concentrate light on the target and extraneous light is diminished. The LED lights are designed for the ambient requirements of a broad spectrum of retail environments. They have a long life span of approximately 25,000 hours and offer halogen-like colour in 2700, 3000 and 6500 K. These lights are energy-efficient, contain no lead or mercury and are RoHs-compliant.

The retrofit is is expected to save Hollys Coffee around US$12,304 a year on an operating level, in terms of energy usage (~86.67% reduction) and maintenance (~50% fewer lamps replaced). This translates to a payback period of approximately 1.15 years. From an environmental protection perspective, the energy savings is equivalent to eliminating over 100,000 kg of carbon dioxide car emissions per year, or creating around 29 acres of new trees.