First Green Bank headquarters facility in Mount Dora LED parking lot lighting provides 80 percent energy savings

EUSTIS, Fla. – When First Green Bank opens its new headquarters facility on U.S. 441 in Mount Dora in October, LED parking lot lights will light up the parking lot while minimizing energy usage and ecological interference and leaving the stars in the night sky visible.

Ken LaRoe, chairman and chief executive officer of First Green Bank, said the new lighting employs quality LED chips with high performance reflectors that provide up to 14,000 lumens of light and are a feature of the energy efficient and environmentally sustainable design of the facility overall.

The parking lot and perimeter of our headquarters is designed to minimize light pollution in an effort to reduce light trespass from the building and the site, reduce sky glow, increase night sky access and reduce the development’s impact on local nocturnal creatures, LaRoe said. Manufactured by LSI Industries in Cincinnati, the lighting system will save a projected 80 percent in energy expenditure over conventional floodlights.

“Our new lighting system will pay for itself in just three years,” LaRoe said.

The lighting system is one of many features in the new bank facility that will earn First Green Bank Lake County’s first commercial construction LEED Platinum designation from the U.S. Green Building Council for energy efficiency, environmental and safety security.