Case Study

Drakes Mini Grange

A supermarket aisle with shelves stocked with spices, sauces, and packaged foods. A sign overhead marks aisle 3 for Asian, Mexican, and Indian foods. A price reduction sign for taco shells is visible on the left alongside an appliance rebate display.

Received $9,322REPS rebate

Received STC rebates

About

Drakes Supermarkets are an independent and privately owned retail chain. They are the largest independent grocery retailer in Australia.

They contacted MAC Trade Services to upgrade their existing lights to save on their energy bills.

Solution

  • Lights were upgraded in their offices, storerooms and entire retail space.
  • Replace 283 x 36W T8 Fluorescent tubes with 104 x 250W LED battens, 1 x 15W LED batten and 8 x 11W LED tubes.

Additional Benefits

  • Improved lighting levels.
  • Reduction in maintenance and replacement costs.

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Project Cost
After Rebate

< $3000

Expected
Electricity Savings

33,435 kWh per year

Expected
Cost Savings*

$5,895 per year

Return on
Investment

6 months

*Electricity price increases and reduction in Air Conditioner use not factored into savings.