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Tim Gerrity, an electrician with SmartWatt Energy, Inc., changes a lighting fixture at Eastern Shore Associates Insurance (ESA) in Fulton as part of a National Grid Energy Savings Program. Changing all the lighting at the Fulton office with fixtures that use half the wattage of the previous fixtures is expected to save the agency $3,800 annually. The Energy Savings Program covers 70% of materials and labor, so ESA expects a full return on its investment in less than a year after installation is complete, said Melissa Calverase, ESA vice president, finance. “All of ESA’s 11 offices throughout central New York participate in glass, metal, plastic metal and cardboard recycling,” Calverase said. “We also use electronic files and scan documents as often as possible to reduce paper usage. Our program with Shred-it in Fulton has also saved over 100 trees since we began using the service in 2007.”
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