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Integrated Electric Retrofits Landmark Gillette Sign with Sloan LEDs

The Gillette World Shaving Headquarters sign uses more than 14,000 LED modules.

Published

14 years ago

January 28, 2010

Susan Conner Signs of the Times January 2010 Issue

Integrated Electric (N. Attleboro, MA) and Signs by Tomorrow Norton (MA) have restored and retrofit with SloanLEDs a landmark neon sign that, for decades, stood atop the roof on Procter and Gamble’s (P&G) South Boston manufacturing plant. The 16-ft.-tall x 400-ft.-long Gillette World Shaving Headquarters sign had originally contained 5,000 ft. of neon tubing. Because the sign showed signs of wear and cost more than $32,000 a year to operate, the company voted to restore it, along with adding a large, modern office addition and facade to their aging plant.

Now illuminated by more than 14,000 of Sloan’s V Series Blue and Sloan LED modules, the sign will use only $5,000 worth of electricity per year.

Signs for Tomorrow Norton provided the expertise in working with LEDs and handled replacement of the Lexan polycarbonate faces. Integrated Electric, an electrical-contracting company, handled installation and power distribution. The restoration began in December and completed in early January.

Integrated Electric and Signs by Tomorrow Norton won the project by providing P&G an estimate of construction costs, energy consumption and payback time attributable to low-power LEDs. Integrated worked with NStar, a Massachusetts-based, gas-and-electricity utility, to secure a $56,000 grant, which reduced the payback time for P&G to less than three years. The sign now consumes $5,000 a year in electricity.

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