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Cintas’ LED Lighting Transition Nears Completion
LEDs, other facility-related energy-reduction projects are part of the company’s ambition to achieve Net Zero GHG emissions by 2050 CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLEDs, other facility-related energy-reduction projects are part of the company’s ambition to achieve Net Zero GHG emissions by 2050\n\n CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) is nearing completion of a multi-year companywide LED lighting transition project to help reduce facility-focused energy use and support the company along its Path to Net Zero.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230309005706/en/Since its fiscal year 2019, Cintas Corporation been transitioning facility lighting at more than 170 of its oldest, largest and most energy-intensive facilities across the United States and Canada. The project to replace traditional incandescent and fluorescent lighting fixtures with LED lighting systems has helped Cintas reduce its facilities' annual energy requirements by almost 23.3 million kilowatt hours. Cintas lowered its energy consumption intensity by 7.9% from its fiscal year 2021 to its fiscal year 2022, aided by the impact of the LED systems. (Photo: Business Wire)\nCintas’ 475 facilities throughout the United States and Canada fulfill the needs of its four business divisions. These field locations, distribution centers and corporate facilities combine for about 23 million square feet of space that requires heating, cooling and appropriate lighting.\n\nCintas identified an opportunity to decrease energy use by installing LED lights at its older, more energy-intensive locations, and initiated the company-wide LED transition project in FY’19.\n\nCintas’ Quality and Engineering Team completed LED installations at more than 125 locations by the end of the company’s fiscal year 2022, and entered the current fiscal year with fewer than 50 target facilities remaining in the current phase.\n\n“We’ve already installed LED lighting in over 6 million square feet of space in our facilities, which is poised to reduce our annual energy use by almost 23.3 million kilowatt hours going forward,” said Christy Nageleisen, Cintas’ Vice President of ESG.\n\nMore than 27,000 incandescent and fluorescent lighting fixtures have been swapped out, and the energy savings generated by the LEDs represents more than 16,500 metric tons of CO2 emissions averted annually.\n\n>> VIDEO (YouTube): Cintas Uses LED Lighting Conversions to Reduce Energy Requir...