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By Chantelle Summers

For East Idaho Business

ocal businesses in search of alterna-tive methods to save money whilesaving the earth should look to Falls

Insurance Center for ideas.Energy conservation was at the heart

of the companys recent building reno-vation, said Joshua Tieken, vice presi-dent of operations.

Its been a real topic of interest forseveral members of the community, hesaid.

Those who have driven past thebuilding at 885 S. Holmes Ave. havelikely noticed the 54 solar panels re-

cently installed on the buildings roof.In fact, Tieken knows people have no-ticed because hes become used to vis-itors stopping by out of curiosity tolearn how the system works.

We got interested in solar power be-cause we thought if the power ever didgo out in the city, wed have a respon-sibility to our clients to be open tohave power and computers to get helpwhen they need it, Tieken said.

He explained that he and his fa-ther Rod Tieken, president of FIC, re-searched their alternative energy op-tions thoroughly considering wind

power to fuel their office needs as wellas buying a large generator powered bynatural gas or diesel fuel to pick up theslack in the event of an outage.

In the end, the solar panels made themost sense as the life expectancy beforerefurbishment is 25 years versus the 10years of a wind-powered device.

The solar panel meter comesequipped with a gen link, allowing forgenerator access to power the buildingif needed, said Tieken.

Solar is a little less than half the

price of wind right now, said TreverGerdes, part-owner and salesman atBig Dog Solar.

He explained although the initialcost to install solar panels can be ex-pensive close to $48,000 for a 12.5kilowatt system such as the one at FIC, tax credits and federal grants canoffset the cost by 65 percent. For an av-erage-sized residential building, a solarpanel system may cost close to $15,000before tax credits and incentives.Homeowners get a 35 percent break onthe initial setup after installation.

Tieken said his company is not com-pletely off the power grid. It still has a

connection with Idaho Falls Power thatallows for continuous power should thesolar energy fail to keep up with office

consumption.The solar panels feed the energyback live into the net metering sys-tem. When the building produces moresolar power than its using, FIC gets acredit towards the next bill. When theyuse more power than the sun can pro-

vide, they just get bil led for it.Since the panels were installed in

April of 2012, FIC has seen a dramat-ic decrease in its power bill. Accordingto Tieken, most months, especially thesummer months, the power bill has

been cut in half thanks to the solar pan-

els.Weve produced 23.6 megawatthours of energy and weve offset 16.3tons of carbon waste. That 16.3 tonsis essentially one acre worth of forestland, said Tieken.

In addition to the recently added so-lar panels, Tieken named a list of otherprojects completed during the renova-tion process to make the building moregreen.

The flat roof was replaced with atrussed roof and blown in with insu-lation to help prevent heat loss in thewinter and cool-air loss in the summer.Old windows were swapped out for

high-efficiency windows. The gas fur-naces are in the process of being con-

verted into electric to correspond withthe solar panels. Outside, a sprinklersystem with a timer was installed toconserve energy and water. And the listgoes on.

The Tiekens were also bothered bythe offices excessive paper consump-tion and chose to invest in iPads andelectronic printers to store paperworkand collect client signatures. Insteadof 25 boxes a year of paper, they nowonly use about 10 because, he said,Sometimes you just cant avoid using

paper.Tieken said FIC is always planningfor the future, looking for ways to fur-ther reduce its impact on the environ-ment. He said he hopes to conductbusiness largely through social mediaand other Internet avenues to reducepaper consumption.

Not only do we create a positive im-pact on the environment, but were alsocreating a positive situation hopefullyfor us and our clients in the event of amajor power loss, he said.

Fueledby the

Krysten Bullock/[email protected] flat roof at Falls Insurance Center was changed to a trussed roof to accommodate solar panels and more insulation.

Falls Insurance Center sees savingsfrom several green upgrades

Krysten Bullock/[email protected] front of the Falls Insurance Center was all glass at one time. When the companyreplaced their windows with energy efficient windows, they replaced the glass wall withone, smaller window. The landscaping was also designed to need less water and willinclude grass where dirt is now.


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John Conquergood knew about

ductless heat pumps.He even knew about the rebates. Buthe didnt think he could afford it.

hen he saw that his neighbor wasputting in a ductless heat pump unit forair conditioning. A self-professed cu-rious type, Conquergood talked to thecontractor and checked it out with hisneighbor.

I was impressed, Conquergoodsaid. I realized it might work for us.

Conquergood and his wife movedinto their three-bedroom home in 1984It was very well insulated and theydidnt have to do too much work to cutdown on energy waste. hey did re-

place the original aluminum windowsafter about 20 years one window sealhad broken and newer vinyl insulatedwindows were available.

Over the years they also made a fewcosmetic improvements they fin-ished the basement and updated thekitchen lighting.

More recently they wanted air con-ditioning on their main floor that in-cludes the living room, dining room,kitchen plus 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.But they had no ducts and no space forducts the heating was in the ceilingsand the finished basement was belowthe floors.

hey had tried window units andstanding floor units with windowvents, but these were expensive to useand each had its own problems.

After learning what his neighbor wasdoing, Conquergood asked the con-tractor, Young Electric Heating andAir, to look at his house.

Young recommended 3 units one

in the livingroom, one in thedining room/

kitchen area,and one in thebedroom. Seeingthe actual costsand the rebateslaid out in front of him, Conquergoodrealized he could, in fact, afford it.

Young was great. Tey did all the pa-per work, were very responsive and madeit very easy to do, Conquergood said.

Conquergood and his wife use allthree units and like the bedroom unitbest.

he unit is very quiet so it doesntkeep us awake at night, Conquergoodsaid. And we can keep our windows

shut from the outside noise.Conquergood was also concerned

about the cost to run the air condition-ing, but now that theyve been throughtheir first summer he reports that he isquite pleased, it was not at all unrea-sonable.

he bonus has been the heating.While Conquergood and his wife orig-inally put in the ductless system for airconditioning, they are using it for heat-ing too, especially in the living roomand dining room/kitchen areas.

We like it better than the ceilingheat, and its a lot cheaper than the ceil-ing heat. Conquergood said. We turnit on and leave it operating all the time.We dont even adjust the temperature, it

just maintains a nice even heat.As the delights of ductless spread

through the community by word ofmouth and curious neighbors, these su-per-efficient units are eliminating en-ergy waste, lowering bills and boostingcomfort in homes across Idaho Falls.

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Krysten Bullock/[email protected] Young of Young Electric Heating and Air shows John Conquergood, left, how tocheck the filters on his ductless heat pump.

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By Ainsley DespainFor Eastern Idaho Business

Green is the new black,not in ashion but inbusiness.

Te Idaho National Labora-tory is one o those businessesjoining the ranks o the envi-ronment-riendly companies byreducing their overall energy in-

tensity by 16 percent.

Tis year they received theLean, Clean, and Green WhiteHouse GreenGov Award.

Tis award recognizes out-standing organizational achieve-ment in building or feet energyeciency, or renewable energydevelopment and deployment.Te winning project or programwill demonstrate a combination

o measurable results in ener-

gy e ciency (reduced energyconsumption), increased use orenewable energy, and reducedgreenhouse gas pollution, ordecreased petroleum uel con-sumption and greenhouse gaspollution reduction, accordingto the GreenGov PresidentialAwards website.

In addition to receiving thisaward, the INL also reduced pe-troleum uel usage by 317,175gallons per year and increasedits use o alternative uel by 78percent.

Tere are two main areas

where we use uel: transporta-tion and basic operations. Byreducing our uel usage in acil-ity operations we have cut outalmost 600,000 gallons o boileruel, said Chris Ischay, INL Sus-tainability Programs Manager.INL has a signicant number ofuorescent lights. We typicallyreplace the old magnetic ballast,high wattage xtures with newelectronic ballast, low wattagextures that use 28 or 32-wattlamps.

When compared to the mag-netic ballast, electronic ballastssave up to 40 percent more en-ergy, give better color rendering,and have a quieter and cooleroperation.

All fuorescent lamps requireballasts to provide the right

voltage and current. Electron-ic ballasts use high-requency,solid-state circuitry instead oheavy copper windings to per-orm this task. As a result, elec-tronic ballasts produce morelight or each watt, run coolerand last longer, according to theMadison Gas and Electric web-

site.Another update made to theacilities at INL was to replacethe boilers that had been inplace or 50 years.

Te boilers we had at MFCwere actually operated very welland the maintenance was excel-lent but as with any system thatold, it used a lot o energy andreplacement parts were veryhard to nd, Ischay said. Teboilers were oil-red and we

switched over to electricity-red

boilers, which may sound ar-chaic but the electricity ratiosin Idaho are so cheap, it saves usquite a bit o op-erating costs.

Ischay saidmost o theINLs electricityis rom IdahoPower and theyget some o theirpower romBonneville Pow-er. Te electric-ity comes rommixed sources such as hydro-

electric, natural gas, wind andcoal.

New digital controls also ac-companied the new lights andupdated boilers.

Te digital controls we in-stalled are similar to a ther-mostat on your wall at home.Teyre all electronic and con-nected to a master server, Is-chay said. So instead o relyingon someone to turn the heat upand down each day, there is onecontrol system that automatical-ly sets the heating levels duringnormal working hours.

Te INL has also installed asensor lighting system in multi-ple locations.

For lighting systems we haveinstalled a lot o occupancy sen-sor controls in town and out atthe site. Te hours o operationor out digital controls are pro-grammed to shut lights o andturn the heat down at the endo the work day, Ischay said.Tis way the buildings are keptcooler at night and especially onthe three-day weekends. Beorewe come in or the day the sys-

tem turns on a ew hours beoreso its warm when the workerscome in.

Tese small renovations werelater joined by the constructiono our completely new build-ings that were built to LEED re-quirements.

Buildings that are up to parwill lower operating costs, in-crease asset value, conserveenergy, and be healthier andsaer or the occupants.

he our LEED build-

ings are completely new andwere currently working ontwo more, one on the site and

one here in town. Sowell have six. In theend, were looking athaving 20 LEED certi-ied buildings, Ischaysaid. he reason thesebuildings are saer isbecause theyre built toLEED standards. Re-quirements, or exam-ple, rom the Americanswith Disabilities Act

o 1990 are all built into the

building design; its not retro-it. Fewer harmul chemicalsare used in the new buildings,or example in the paint andlooring.

Beyond these renovationsand additions, the INL has alsoreplaced two air compressorsand constructed two passivesolar walls as part o an EnergySaving Perormance Contractupgrade.

We are expected to be anenergy leader or the nation,especially since we are the De-partment o Energy. We haveto be an example in the way weoperate our buildings and ourleet, Ischay said. I expect usto continue to grow while atthe same time saving taxpay-ers money. I hope to see thatwe use those savings towardapplied science and betterbuildings.

Ischay said energy conser-vation is not something new toINL as they have already beendoing it or 30 years undernumerous previous adminis-trations. He said some o the

conservation methods they useare based on older laws and ex-ecutive orders.

For example, the EnergyPolicy Act and Clean Air Act,both rom 1990. We have beentransporting employees or 60years and keeping countlesscars o the road because oit, Ischay said. his isnt justa lavor o the month kind othing; its how the INL doesbusiness.


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ASHON Proper light-ing can have a huge impact ona working environment and anelectric bill as one shop ound out.

Te old lights were so dimthat we used a lot o trouble lights

strung on extension cords to lightup our work areas, Sean Maupinrecalls, explaining what it was liketo work in his equipment repairshop beore they updated thelighting. Te new lighting madea big diference our employeeslike to work in the shop now. Itsreally pleasant.

Maupin runs the arm shopcomplex at the Paul CherryFarms Homestead that includesoces, the tool room, the partsroom, main shop area and stor-age space. Tey had a combi-nation o -12 uorescent and

mercury vapor lighting, whichthey replaced with new high e-

ciency -5 uorescent lights.Te old mercury vapor

lights took about 15 minutes to

warm up. So we le them on allday, even when we went out or

lunch, Maupin said.Te lighting upgrades were

designed to reduce wasted en-

ergy and lower the electric bill.Tis has certainly worked out

as Maupin reports.It looks like we are saving atleast 10 percent over-all, and we use elec-tricity or a lot o oth-er things, so the newlighting has made abig diference.

he improvedworking environ-ment or employeeshas been a great bo-nus.

Maupin start-ed looking into thenew lighting when

he learned rom a riend thatFall River Rural Electric has a

lighting program to assist localbusinesses to do these types olighting upgrades.

Jan Dean rom Fall Rivercame right out and got the ballrolling. Reynolds Electric didthe installation and did a great

job. Maupin said.

He estimates that Fall Rivercovered just over hal the costs,

providing a great moti-vation to get this done.

Tis has been such asuccess that Maupin is alsolikely to do more thereis an older shop elsewhereon the arm where he islooking at doing morelighting upgrades.

And the word omouth continues in thecommunity.

he olks rom twoclose-by arms came

over to see what we had done,Maupin said.

Shop eliminates wasted energy, trouble lightsSean Maupin, manager of thefarm shop complex at the PaulCherry Farms Homestead,shows the new lighting that wasinstalled to save energy and illu-minate the shop better. (Submittedphoto)

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In 2006 District 91 adopted anEnergy Conservation program de-signed to educate teachers and cut

back on unnecessary spending interms o energy usage. Nearly ouryears ago District 93 jumped on the

bandwagon and now both districtsare reporting a dramatic decrease intheir energy consumption.

Energy Education, now Cenergis-tic, is designed to come in and help the

school save money. Helping teachersand students to remember to turnthings of is part one, and part twolooks at the scheduling o the heatingsystem, said Don rauntvein the En-ergy Education and Facilities Manag-er or District 93. Tat combinationwill have saved $2 million since start-ing the program.

rauntvein reports that since im-plementing energy education, pro-

grams that were once cut are nowgiven new lie. Drivers Education orDistrict 93 was cut, but the district issaving enough money it can success-ully bring the program back. Pro-

grams in danger o being cut, suchas ater school orchestra and band,are no longer on the chopping block.

Cenergistic is a people-basedprogram, said Michael McGuyerthe Energy Manager or District 91.he program is designed to modiybehavior, make us more consciousto turn o lights; it then gets morecomplicated with computer pro-gramming and building controls.

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lobal warming and rising energy costshave successully made going greena topic on everyones mind, including

those in the school district.What started as a temporary project has

now rooted itsel into the philosophy andgoals o both Bonneville County School Dis-tricts 91 and 93.


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Both districts have suppliedmost o their schools with con-trols that monitor lightuse, locate wherecomputers are onin the building andunique heating sys-tems. Tese controlscan be accessed rom asingle computer in McGuyersand rauntveins of ces respec-tively.

I can go into the system

and see that theres a computerle on somewhere in the dis-trict, itll tell me i its a teacherscomputer and their name so Ican call their ofce and ask itheyre there i theyre notI can manually turn o theircomputer rom my of ce,said rauntvein. I canalso control it all rom mycell phone.

Te controls also allowthem to adjust the heat inthe schools, so on warmer win-ter days they can regulate how

much energy is used in heatingthe buildings.Were less employee depen-

dent, added Kevin Klingler, Di-rector o Operations or District91. It cost a lot upront, but itpays or itsel in a hurry. Weveimplemented this in most build-ings.

For District 91, 12 o their 18schools are now equipped withthe controls.

New buildings are beingconstructed in District 91 andDistrict 93. Tese projects arebeing designed with energy

conservation in mind. By us-ing geothermal technology, theschools will be able to use lessenergy in heating or cooling theclassrooms.

Were basically borrowingthe water, laughed McGuyer.We use a pump and dump sys-tem, so we pump the water inand take out the heat or cool,depending on the time o year.And then we return the water tothe earth just at a dierent tem-perature.

Summit Hills, a new elemen-tary by Bonneville High Schoolis using a dierent technique toheat as well.

All o our elementaryschools have the same one-boil-er design, said rauntvein.[Summit Hills] will have two,giving us this ability to controlthem separately.

New designs and behaviormodications have le big im-pacts on the districts pocketbooks and both districts are us-ing taxpayers money in otherareas than the electric bill. Dis-trict 91, since implementing the

program seven years ago, is justover $4 million in savings; Dis-trict 93 will pass the $2 millionmark at the end o June.

Te same money that paysbills, pays paychecks, saidrauntvein. It is a little incon-venience, but in the long run itis saving jobs.

Youre taking care o taxpay-ers money, McGuyer added. Itis just the right thing to do; it isoolish to throw away money.

Both districts will continuewith the program and plan tocontinue making modications

that will conserve energy byeliminating lighting when nat-ural light is enough, upgradingto timers in parking lots, im-plementing recycling and overall improving the quality o theschools and decreasing the en-ergy consumption.

For more inormation onwhat Bonneville County schooldistricts are doing to save mon-ey visit www.d93.k12.id.us orwww.d91.k12.id.us .


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ruly green products pro-duced by an environmental-ly conscious corporation mayseem hard to come by, but inSoutheastern Idaho you donthave to look arther than yourbackyard.

Conceived 28 years ago byFrank VanderSloot, Melaleu-ca has always ound deep rootsin the environment, rom thedrawing board, to manuactur-ing and development, to deliv-

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VICOR Its easier to buypaint when you can see the col-or.

We hear rom both our cus-tomers and our employees that

the lighting is so much better,said Whit Gardiner, co-owner oValley Lumber & Rental. Teycan read the labels on our prod-ucts and see a more accuraterepresentation o paint colors.

Valley Lumber & Rental iscoming up on its 10th anniver-sary. It started of as a lumberyard and, over time, Whit andhis co-owners turned the ware-house space into retail space ora hardware store and equipmentrental.

We had diferent kinds olighting throughout and we

were spending a tremendousamount o money on electricity,Whit said.

Trough word o mouth,Whit heard that his electriccompany, Fall River Electric,had some incentive programs tohelp him cut down wasted ener-gy and lower his electric bill.

I contacted Fall River Elec-tric and learned they would payor about hal the cost o newlighting. Tey came out and didthe calculations to show whatenergy savings I could get rom

converting to more energy-e -cient lighting, Whit recalls.Over a two-week period last

summer, Valley Lumber re-

placed all o its lighting, includ-ing 35 metal halide lights andmore than 100 8-oot uores-cent lights. As Whit describes it,

Te incandescent lightingwas switched over to LEDs, andthe metal halide lighting was re-placed with energy-e cient u-orescents, Whit said. Also, the8-oot uorescents were convert-

ed to high-e ciency 4-oot uo-rescents we kept the housingon these xtures and replaced theballasts and the bulbs.

Te diference was remark-able. Valley Lumber had beenhaving ballast ailures with theolder uorescents, so it was oper-

ating with about hal its lightingxtures and many dark corners.

We now have twice as muchlight or the same cost, Whit

said. And the light-ing is more consis-tent throughout.Even the storage andwarehouse space ismuch nicer.

In addition to the

improvements thatcustomers and em-ployees experiencewith the new light,there is a nice added

benet where the old metal ha-lide lights were replaced.

It used to take 15 minutesor these lights to turn backon ollowing any outage, orexample rom a severe winteror summer storm, Whit said.Now they come back instan-taneously and business contin-ues uninterrupted.

Valley Lumber & Rental

was pleased with the lightingtransormation done by JustinBooher at Frontier ElectricalServices. And they are happyto pass on the inormation byword o mouth to their custom-ers, hoping other businesses canbenet rom the Fall River Elec-tric program.

Better lighting brightens store

Submitted photoWhit Gardiner, co-owner of Valley Lumber in Victor, shows off the stores paint selection under new lighting.

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shipping more water so we sellconcentrated products, Hol-lander said.

Its one thing to be green, headded. It is another to be greenand e cient.

Part o that approach cuts out

selling in retail stores as well asadvertising, but even without itMelaleuca grows every year. In2012 Melaleuca grew a clientelebase o 9 percent, an impossibleeat or most companies. Tebusiness grows almost entirelyrom word o mouth.

We like to say i youve heardo Melaleuca, you didnt hearit rom us, laughed Hollander.We grow almost entirely romreerrals.

While Melaleuca is availableto the public, there is a mem-bership available or thosewho want one. Members pay asmall ee but are then granted awhole list o beneits includinga preerred price on productsand the ability to shop throughportals to save money at other

stores, like arget. Melaleu-ca is starting to oer more intheir line up as well, includinginsurance and health care sav-ings.

Its not magic, said Hol-lander. Its hard work. Wereworking and perorming theway no one else wants to.

More inormation aboutMelaleucas product line andphilosophy can be ound onlineat www.melaleuca.com.

Melaleuca

RebatesLocal power companies offer rebates for making

energy-efficient upgrades to your home or business.Idaho Falls Power has the Commercial Energy Effi-

ciency Program and a Commercial Lighting (replace-ment) program available to businesses.

The Lighting Program focuses on replacing old T-12lamp fluorescent fixtures with magnetic ballasts, withmore efficient T-5 lamp fixtures with electronic ballasts.

Rebates are based on the particular retrofit and gen-erally range from $20-$35 perfixture. Or, zero-interestloans are available for qualifying customers to covercosts.

The Commercial Program is more comprehensiveand can look for electric energy efficiency savings inthe entire building or focus on individual componentssuch as heating, ventilation, air conditioning or motorsfor example. Rebates are based upon the kWhs saved generally around 20 cents/kWh. Zero interest loansare also available to cover costs up to $50,000.

Idaho Falls Power rebates: www.idahofallsidaho.gov/city/city-departments/idaho-falls-power/services-for-your-business.html.

Fall River commercial rebates: www.fallriverelectric.com/savingEnergy/commercialEfficiencyRebates.aspx.

Energy efficiencykeeps Idaho growing.

We can all be wattsmart and save energy by turning off lights and

electronics when not in use. Also, by setting the thermostat to 68 in the

winter and 78 in the summer. Were proud to support energy efficiency

programs and to be on the forefront of new renewable technologies

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(BP) What could youdo in 23 years? A lot, appar-ently you could trip yourway to an Oscar win like Jenni-er Lawrence. Better yet, whatabout banking billions by 23like Facebook CEO Mark Zuck-erberg? You could have a baby,send them to college and buythem their frst (legal) libation

all beore having tochange a light bulb.

With the U.S. incandescentphaseout wrapping up in Janu-ary 2014, there are a lot o con-using messages in the lightingaisle using unamiliar words likelumens and kelvins. Youvegot things to do (and 23 yearsto do them), dont get bogged

down in technical lighting jar-gon.

Te solution is simple, in-stead o getting lost in the mazeo bulb options, go or the onethat will make your lie easierand save you money. Most LEDlight bulbs use approximately 85percent less energy than theirincandescent counterparts,

can last or up to 23 years andbrighten your home beautiully(based on Cree LED bulb 60Wreplacements at 9.5 watt, $0.11per kilowatt-hour, 25,000 hourlietime and average usage o 6hours per day).

Go green, save greenUsing less energy means

spending less money, and aerreplacing your top fve most-used light sources withLED options, you cansee an average annual

savings o $61 dollars.Now thats a bright idea.When LED light

bulbs frst hit the mar-ketplace, they wereringing up at as muchas $50 a bulb. For manyconsumers, it was toohigh a price to pay orlight bulbs. As technol-ogy advanced in recentyears, LEDs have become moreaordable. Tis month, TeHome Depot and Cree releasedthe most cost-riendly, techno-logically advanced light bulb to

hit the marketplace. Selling orapproximately $13, this lightbulb is less pricey than earlierLEDs and can pay or itsel inless time.

Its easier now than ever be-ore to go green and save moneywhile doing it, says Je Epstein,merchandising vice presidentat Te Home Depot. As tech-nology advances in LED bulbs,the price o the light bulbs arecoming down. Te Cree bulb isthe most advanced bulb on themarket, or the best price.

Matching the right bulb tothe right room

Your blood, sweat and tearswent into creating your homesweet home, and you want toshow it o. Te fnal touches onhome decor mean fnding theright color light to showcase aroom. Color temperature is howyou measure the color o thelight. Incandescent light bulbsgive o a warm light with a rat-in o 2 700 kelvins a hue ev-

eryone has grown amiliar with.However, you can achieve a sim-ilar color temperature with LEDwarm light bulbs that are a rac-tion o the cost to operate. Alsoan option in energy saving LEDsare bulbs with bright or daylightcolor temperatures or variousrooms. First, think about whatyou use the room or. Kitchensmay be best in brighter, cleandaylight light. Living rooms and

bedrooms are beautiulin warm lighting with arating o 2,700 kelvins,

similar to a tradition-al incandescent lightbulb. rack lightingis ideal or LED bulbsbecause you dont haveto climb back up a lad-der to change it or acouple decades. LEDsalso come with dimma-ble options so you canchange the light based

on unction or your mood andunlike other energy-e cient op-tions, come on instantly to ullbrightness. Lighting label actsheets are on most bulbs today,

all in Home Depot stores, so iyou want to read color tempera-ture, also known as Kelvinsyou will fnd it on this label.Remember the lower the kel-

vins the warmer hue the bulb is.Te higher the kelvins the morebright and blue hued the bulb is,best or outside places or some-where you want bright light.

Dont reinvent the bulbI youre comortable with a

traditional-looking bulb, keepit simple and buy a tradition-al-looking light bulb. Te Cree

LED Bulb, available exclusivelythrough Te Home Depot, isdesigned to look and eel amil-iar, although theres complicatedtop-o-the-line technology be-hind the shatterproo glass.

raditional looking bulbsalso look great in all fxtures andft in seamlessly with a variety odecor styles. Aer all, you wantguests looking at your house,not a uniquely-designed lightbulb.


ips to save money, energy with LED light bulbs

A bright idea

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Recycling b mBy Donna NimsFor Eastern Idaho Business

Business is booming at West-ern Recycling.

With locations in Idaho Fallsand Pocatello, Western Recy-

cling provides recycling servicesto both business and residentialcustomers in Eastern Idaho andWestern Wyoming. Addition-al locations in Boise, Fruitland,Garden City, Nampa and winFalls provide similar service inwestern Idaho.

Manager Craig Stephensonhas seen changes to the recy-cling business during his ten-ure o more than 20 years withWestern Recycling.

Recycling isnt glamorous,but it is very secure, Stephensonsaid. Back when I started out,

we used to say I youre not sort-ing, youre not recycling. Teend user was required to sepa-rate their recyclables plastic,paper, metal. Most olks dontwant to do that. It might evenmake the diference betweensomeone actively recycling ornot. So now we provide a singlecontainer curbside service orresidences, where all the mate-rials can be mixed together, tomake it easier or the end users.And the materials are sorted atanother location beore beingtaken to the respective mill to beprocessed.

Some mills are ound nearby,on the west coast or example.Other materials are shipped asar as China to be processed.

One o our biggest costsis that o the transportationo materials to the processingmills, said Stephenson. Mate-rials might be held or a periodo time until moving them be-comes more afordable.

In addition to the curbsideresidential service, Western willpick up recyclables rom area

businesses or a monthly ee.Cardboard and paper are a ma-jor part o the business. West-ern Recycling works with majorchains like McDonalds, JoAnnFabrics, and Chik-Fil-A as wellas more local operations includ-ing BioLie and SpeedConnect.Western Recycling bids on recy-cling contracts or larger storesand can provide onsite compac-tors and ront load services. Anumber o third party compa-

nies, or Cardboard Joes, oferlow-cost or no cost recyclingpick up services locally as well.

Being green has becomean important message whenmarketing your business, saidStephenson. Knowing that arestaurant or store is environ-mentally responsible can make abig diference in gaining a newcustomer or retaining a currentcustomer. Its mainstream to re-cycle today. And its an easy wayor a business to show concernor the environment. You maynot be able to have a windmillon site, or solar panels on theroo, but everyone can recycle.

We also ofer on-site shred-ding services, so or the medicalindustry, with new HIPPA re-quirements, we solve a big prob-lem, Stephenson said. We canensure compliance with govern-ment regulations and our on-site destruction combined withour recycling service is oen lessexpensive than sending paper tothe landll.

Another unique service that

Western Recycling provides issecure disposal o electronicequipment, including comput-ers and media such as oppydisks.

Recycling doesnt need to bea cost to businesses, however.

We will pay or just abouteverything except plastic andphone books, said Stephenson.Businesses can bring in news-paper, aluminum, copper andbrass and make some money

rom what used to be trash.For more inormation, visit

www.westernrecycling.net.


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Bales of recyclable material sit behind Western Recycling before being shipped off for processing.

Krysten Bullock/[email protected]

Western Recycling will pay for some material, such as these alumi-

num cans. The cans will later be recycled. Left: Cardboard is separat-

ed for baling at Western Recycling.

Western Recycling sees business grow as sorting is thrown out

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