Get LEDucated: Recent Episodes
Marcel Fairbairn / Leslie Kaat
Discussions about LED Lighting, the Business, Energy Savings, incredible people - and yes, the many tools available as well. Join the co-hosts each week and lets Get LEDucated!
Jodi Albaitis, MS, CFRE, has been working in the nonprofit field for more than 20 years. She has served public school districts, colleges and universities, and a wide range of community-based non-profit organizations as a fundraiser, grant writer, communications specialist, strategic planner, program designer, and more. She lives in Grand Rapids, MI, with her husband, Steve. Between the two of them, they have three college-aged kiddos and one goofy rescue dog.
Great to have Jeff Seifert from SnapCount join us again for another interesting and informative discussion. He and the SnapCount team are one of our closest partners, and a huge part of our franchise business model foundation.
Join us as Ross Reida shares information on financing your LED Lighting upgrades with FREE MONEY!
Ross has been funding projects 30 years! He plays a role in transforming energy efficient projects, which have been frustrated by budgetary issues, long sales cycles, and low close rates due to the upfront project cost. Innovative financing has elliminated those challenges and made LED Upgrages frictionless!
Cindy Blumenfeld from Engineered Tax Services brings a fun & informative discussion on the latest & greatest tax incentives. Cindy discussed the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) sec.179D Tax Deductions, Disposition of retired assets, Cost Segregation studies, R&D Tax Credits & more! Learn how the these recent tax law changes may help you secure more jobs, and increase your / your clients ROI.
Dave is the Electrical Supervisor for Odawa Casino in Michigan. He was on the leading edge of (lighting based) energy savings, and an early adopter of LED as well. Dave has also found many other ways to save energy, cut carbon emmissions, and more. He's a passionate leader in the field and speaks to many other folks in his position in other casinos. Great to hear his stories of success!
Ramesh worked as a researcher doing fundamental and application research at the Lighting Research Center in the earlier part of his Career.. He moved on as Optical design engineer at Kurt Versen (now part of Hubbell brands) and got them using LED’s in their downlights. Ramesh took up a Product management role at Maxlite a little over 6 years ago, and managed to grow their indoor industrial and commercial line significantly. He was the key inventor of the c-Max control system that we've also discussed recently and also integrated c-Max into 7 product lines. Fun fact.. Ramesh and his wife both have the same educational background with the same degrees.. she is more of a designer and worked at Zumtobel. She does not work in Lighting anymore. Brought to you by the LED Source Franchise business.
Brendan leads MaxLite’s global manufacturing and supply chain strategy, including inventory planning, quality, assembly, distribution and opportunity capture. Prior to joining MaxLite, Brendan advanced through leadership positions in operations, product management and engineering at Acuity Brands’ Mark Lighting, Philips Lighting, Lockheed Martin and United Defense. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Penn State University and MBA in finance from Temple University.
On Episode 20, Brendan joins us to discuss:
- Congestion at the ports causing delays
- Impact of seasonal surges on capacity
- Cost of shipping impacting prices
- IC chip impact
- Counter measures
Stephen heads up outdoor products for leading brand, MaxLite. He's with us today to discuss a lot of things LED - but especially the latest launch of MaxLite's M-Series fixtures, featuring c-Max controls.
Mark Jewell and his company, Selling Energy, is the hands down leader on sales training within the energy savings and LED lighting industries. He once again shares ideas that can benefit ANYONE in the space, and get you on your way to higher learning and higher earning... especially following this crazy pandemic! Brought to you by LED Source® Franchise business system.
Umesh Baheti is SVP for Product, Engineering and Supplier Relations for MaxLite. In his capacity, he oversees product development and roadmap for the entire MaxLite product portfolio and bringing new innovation to market. Umesh brings strong industry and technology perspective on innovation with his past experiences with enterprises including Philips Lighting and Amazon. Umesh has led the innovation team for MaxLite C-Max controls, a unique and leading integrated controls solution. Check it out!
It's no secret... LED Saves Energy! This has created a flurry of rebate opportunities available from utility companies and State and Federal gov't. The rebates often float around under the radar, leaving businesses unaware, and paying full prices! Another problem, even when folks are aware of rebates, collecting on those can be a daunting task. In comes Encentive Energy to help customers leverage the thousands of rebates and incentives that are available.
Lance Barkley wanted to do something that would set him ahead of his competitors, and give him an advantage. He found that opportunity with an LED Source franchise, and has made the most of it ever since.
Another spirited talk between two principals of LED Lite Holdings / LED Source / LED Franchising - a leader in LED lighting solutions since 2002.
An informal chat about the many issues plaguing all industries, but certainly, the LED business in general. Missing components, shipping costs (and delays) and more.
One of our closest partners, and a foundation of our franchise business model is SnapCount, the first, and by FAR the best platform for retrofit LED solutions! Take a listen, and learn from the founder himself! Brought to you by LED Source Franchise.
It's amazing how many people think the business is slowing down, or growth has stopped. We discuss some stats (including the healthy 15% YOY growth that is expected to continue at least until 2026) and some low hanging fruit for anyone to grab! Brought to you by the LED Source Franchise system.
Mark Jewell has been educating business owners and salespeople specifically in our industry, longer than anyone. His book, program and business called Selling Energy, leads the way for anyone looking to make a career or business in the LED Retrofit space. Check it out! Brought to you by the LED Source Franchise.
Join us for another week of varied thoughts around the LED business. We talk a bit about Lumiled, Human Centric Lighting and other random "stuff". Hope you'll come along.
Occasionally, we'll run into LED opportunities that can be tougher than others. And often, it's simply because that individual or group who are the decision makers make it tough. We discuss a few of those on today's episode... brought to you by www.LEDsourceFranchise.com.
We talk about this a lot... because it's such an important topic. Bad LED's are a plague to our industry and leave customers feeling burned. The lights fail or sometimes even worse, flicker like disco lights. Learn more about why, and how to avoid it. Brought to you by www.LEDsourceFranchise.com.
Not many manufacturers have grown more through the LED revolution than MaxLite. Their head of National Accounts, Bryan Warner, was an early entry in the LED space, and joined MaxLite about 8 years ago. He's a fountain of knowledge, and shares much of that with us on today's podcast! Brought to you by LED Source Franchises everywhere!
It sounds so cliche... "the customer is king"... "customer is always right" (not true by the way...) or "customer centric". In fact, although some companies do love to over use these and other customer centered claims or statements, so few companies really do believe it. We discuss these ideas today on Get LEDucated... sponsored by LED Source Franchise.
Leslie and Marcel discuss how far LED tech has come since it's early days of high prices, low output and questionable quality. Today, you can get an extremely bright LED lamp or fixture, with 10 year warranty and even, built in controls. Episode brought to you by www.LEDsourceFranchise.com
Did you know that an LED Retrofit can generate HUGE savings, and even bring back a massive return on ever dollar spent? One example we'll discuss shows a return or more than $10 for each $1 invested! Learn about some of the important components of saving on an LED Retrofit!
LED Lighting is AMAZING for generating energy savings and ROI. In fact, you can pay for an LED lighting retrofit in a year or less - just based on energy savings alone. Controls add another layer of savings, bringing ROI up another 10-30% on most projects. Controls are really really important. Listen, and learn a bit about controls for YOUR LED lighting retrofit!
Leslie and Marcel get together and discuss the ideas and thought process that got LED lighting from "indicator" status, to being the dominant (only??) light source used today. We were there... how did it all happen?