A NEW BEGINNINGSetting the standard for commercial buildings with LED lighting

From its modest beginnings in a 1200 sq.ft. flex space, to expanding into four separate locations scattered throughout a small business park, LED Source® now has a new 13,000 sq.ft. facility built entirely to their specifications.

Located in Wellington, Florida, the new building has the distinction of being the first commercial building of this size lit entirely with LED lighting.

Using state-of-the-art LED technology, the new corporate headquarters showcases how LED lighting can dramatically revitalize and improve any commercial location while saving significant costs on maintenance and energy bills.

The new space primarily uses Cree® CR24 and CR22 LED troffers, in addition to Lighting Science and Toshiba LED lamps, and Philips ExceLine BayLyter

fixtures. A total of 178 LED fixtures and lamps provide energy-efficient illumination that when compared to conventional lighting sources, reduces related consumption by 69 percent or 40,488 kWh annually.

It is estimated that the annual savings for LED Source® will be $982 in air conditioning, $2,498 in maintenance costs and $4,453 in lighting energy. Total annual savings is projected at $7,933 and the Return On Investment (ROI) is anticipated to be a little over three years.

QUICK FACTSFounded in 2005, LED Source® is North America’s first and only franchisor focused exclusively on LED lighting. The Company provides solutions to a variety of spaces and specializes in design, support, development, project management and financing through its Retrofit, Architectural and Entertainment divisions. Applications include commercial office spaces, warehouses, hotels, retail stores, restaurants, parking garages, schools, churches, theaters, art galleries, nightclubs, landscape, architectural and much more. The clientele for LED Source® is a mix of end-users and re-sellers who have come to appreciate its high level of knowledge and service. Additionally, the Company’s LED solutions provide many benefits over traditional incandescent, halogen and fluorescent light sources. This includes lower energy consumption, longer life spans, absence of hazardous materials, decreased maintenance costs and greater design flexibility.

Principles: Marcel Fairbairn, President and CEO; Gavin Cooper, Vice President.

Mascot: LouMan

Franchise Information: Opened first franchise in 2010. Currently 13 franchises across Canada and the United States.

Corporate Offices: Wellington, Florida

Building Size: 13,000 sq.ft.

LED Lighting: Total of 178 LED fixtures and lamps consisting of 40 Cree CR22 and 42 CR24 troffers, 11 PAR20, 14 PAR30 and 43 BR30 Lighting Science LED lamps, 9 PAR20 and 12 MR16 Toshiba LED lamps and 7 Philips ExceLine BayLyter 4-Pod high bay LED fixtures. Total of 18,288 kWh annually.

Annual Savings: AC $982, Maintenance $2,498, Lighting Energy $4,453. Total annual savings of $7,933.

Total Energy Savings: Total annual reduction of 40,488 kWh or 69%.

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Understanding how LED lighting truly works and knowing the differences between LED lighting products, can be daunting. At LED Source®, their LED lighting Experts™ separate fact from fiction and help to lessen the confusion surrounding LED lighting. They are pioneers in the industry and have vast product knowledge and customer support, to answer the many questions surrounding LED lighting.

Founded in August 2005 by Marcel Fairbairn, a veteran of the lighting industry, and Gavin Cooper, who relocated to the US from a UK based LED manufacturer, LED Source® is an international company that lives and breathes LED lighting. They specialize in full-scale evaluations, design, support, development, product management, supply and financing for the commercial, entertainment and residential markets.

No other LED lighting company,

outside of manufacturing, has their level of LED knowledge. LED Source® has formed a team of LED lighting experts with over 100 years of combined experience.

LED Source® partners with only the industry’s most trusted and reliable LED brands including Cree LED Lighting, Lighting Science, Philips Lighting, Toshiba LED Lighting and more.

Individual businesses, all the way through to national chains, are continually looking at ways to lower energy costs and enhance the overall atmosphere of their environments. This can now be accomplished through the use of LED lighting.

LED lighting provides businesses with many options from various color temperatures, dimming capabilities, and even complete lighting system control over many locations from a single place.

In 2010, LED Source® began

to franchise its innovative business model and later that year, sold its first franchise in Montreal, Canada. Presently the Company has 13 active Franchisees and has additional deals pending across North America.

The Company has recently received significant national media attention and has been featured in USA Today, Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine, The Miami Herald and FOX News Live. Additionally, LED Source® has made the 2011 and 2012 Inc. 500|5000 list of the fastest–growing private companies in America.

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“Cree is pleased that LED Source selected Cree troffers to illuminate their new corporate headquarters. The CR Series LED troffers consume nearly 50 percent less energy than a comparable linear fluorescent and delivering quality light with

more than twice the lifetime.”

Tami Timperio, VP of communications

Cree CR24 Troffer