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“Ron and his team replaced the exterior lighting at our corporate campus, and in doing so cleaned up a number of problems we had lived with for years. The overall look is vastly brighter and cleaner.”
John O’BrienDirector of Facilities Wolverine World Wide
“Our corporate office and flagship theater parking lighting has been substantially improved, and the controls on each of the fixtures have enabled us to eliminate what had been wasted energy consumption.”
Roger LubsVice President, Facilities Loeks Theaters, Inc.
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Doug PolandDirector of Real Estate Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.
"Ron has the ability to work through the information needed to make a decision about quite a large capital investment. Our CFO was very impressed with that."
Jeff JalvingFacilities Maintenance Manager, Trendway Corporation
“U.S. Power presents a package that is viable. They have all the information that we need to make an informed decision.”
Mark HeintskillProperty Manager And Director Of Location Development, Auto-Wares
“Ron’s attention to detail is unparalleled in the industry, and his perseverance through some challenging moments during our lighting retrofit here was appreciated by all.”
Mark IgnasiakChief Financial Officer The Sharpe Collection
“Ron and his team did a good job analyzing the cost of the system and the associated savings benefits coming from it.”
John HornbostelVice President, Senior Management Team, Egg Innovations
“U.S. Power’s command of the technologies, ability to navigate through their complexities, and explain things simply and thoroughly has been appreciated by all of us here in Real Estate and Facilities.”
Doug PolandDirector of Real Estate Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.
“One of the things for me that's most important is to make sure that all the paperwork is done as far as rebates, and that's what U.S. Power Vision did!”
Mark HeintskillProperty Manager And Director Of Location Development, Auto-Wares
"U.S. Power laid out in great detail what kind of savings we would incur after doing this project — much more so than anyone I've ever dealt with."
Jeff JalvingFacilities Maintenance Manager, Trendway Corporation
"Once we launched the project, I was pretty much able to be hands free about pretty much everything. I didn't have to do anything or worry about anything. And within the timeframe that they said it was going to be done, it was done and the lights were on."
Ben Bevers-RioDirector Of Operations And Engineering, Rapid-Line
“Ron worked with our CFO to make the project work for both companies. U.S. Power was able to provide all the necessary information so the CFO could see the savings coming in.”
Jeff JalvingFacilities Maintenance Manager, Trendway Corporation
"We were looking to be able to see a presentation, understand the presentation, see the cost savings benefits of it, and make a decision. That's basically what we were looking for, and what U.S. Power provided."
Mark HeintskillProperty Manager And Director Of Location Development, Auto-Wares
“Cost analysis is something we don't always see with vendors on a project like this. And that was very helpful for us, not only in understanding how we would benefit from it, but it also helped the capital expense review process get approved.”
John HornbostelVice President, Senior Management Team, Egg Innovations
"Understanding what the benefit was going to be at the end of the day (which ended up exceeding what had been estimated) was the deciding factor for us to go with U.S. Power.”
Jeff JalvingFacilities Maintenance Manager, Trendway Corporation
“He's done an excellent job. Ron is very professional and does what he says he's going to do.”
Mark HeintskillProperty Manager And Director Of Location Development, Auto-Wares
“One of the other companies that we talked to does some other projects for us, and they do an okay job, but the technical support isn't quite what we've seen with U.S. Power.”
John HornbostelVice President, Senior Management Team, Egg Innovations