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AEP OHIO CASE STUDY
MANNINO’S HITS A GRAND SLAM IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH
AN LED LIGHTING UPGRADE!
The Company
Mannino’s Grand Slam is a leading provider of indoor
softball and baseball batting cages, private lessons, fall
and winter leagues, camps, clinics and cage rentals. The
business was established in 2008 when Kathy Fishbaugh
and Brian Mannino combined two existing baseball and
softball businesses to become Mannino’s Grand Slam
USA.
Their vision is to provide the best playing experience for
each player. Provide an opportunity for each player to
improve their skills and create a fun, family environment.
They strive to improve their facilities and improve the
overall experiences people have in the facility. They
make the game fun through practice and preparation.
Energy Efficiency ACHIEVEMENTS
• Over 80% reduction in annual kWh usage
• Significant reduction in annual lighting and
maintenance costs
• Increased overall light levels by 41%
• Customers more satisfied with their customer
experience at Grand Slam
Company Description Leading provider of indoor softball / baseball services -Dublin, Ohio
CASE SUMMARY
Industry
Youth Sports and Athletic Training
Building Type
Mixed Use Retail – Strip Mall
Program Type
Prescriptive
Measures Implemented
LED Lightning Retrofit
Total Project Cost
$42,000
Project Annual kWh Savings
160,000-170,000
Total Annual Savings
$20,000-$24,000
Payback Period without AEP Ohio
Incentive
22 months
Payback Period with AEP Ohio
Incentive
11 months
The Situation
Prior to their lighting retrofit, Mannino’s Grand
Slam USA operated with 125, 400w Metal Halide
Highbay light fixtures to illuminate the 18,000 sq.
ft. facility. While Metal Halides illuminated the
facility, it tended to allow for dark places
throughout the facility. This was especially
cumbersome in the batting cages where shadows
were often present and generated customer
complaints. Also, the Metal Halides used a
significant amount of electricity and required
ongoing maintenance.
The shadows in the batting cages
were one thing customers would
often complain about. –Brian
Mannino, Owner
The Solution
A neighbor of Brain Klass, who is also a customer
of Mannino’s, mentioned to Brian Klass that he
thought the lighting could be greatly improved.
Brian Klass and David Warner of Spectrum LED
Solutions, a registered Solution Provider for AEP
Ohio Business Incentive Programs, approached
Brian Mannino about upgrading the lighting to
LEDs at his facility. According to Brian Mannino,
“Spectrum LED showed us how
much less energy we would be using with LED
lighting and the savings we would potentially
have on our monthly electric bills. Spectrum LED
Solutions made it really easy for us with them
setting up everything from the electricians to
replace the lights to working with AEP and their
programs”.
Through the Prescriptive program, Spectrum LED
Solutions had the 125 Metal Halide light fixtures
replaced with 82- 6 lamp LED highbay tubes and
26 - 4 lamp LED highbay tubes. They were also
able to take advantage of the bonus incentive
offered through the program in June, 2014 for
replacing the Metal Halide lights. Brain Mannino
indicated “that as a small business, if it wasn’t for
the AEP Ohio Incentive, they would not have
been able to complete the upgrade”.
Key Benefits & Savings
Replacing the inefficient Metal Halide lights
presented many benefits for Manninos.
Not only did the change in lighting have an
overall change in the appearance of the venue,
but the change in lighting also allowed Mannino’s
to save on maintenance cost. They were
spending $2000-3000 per year on Metal Halide
lamps, ballasts and labor costs. Virtually all
maintenance costs are eliminated with LED since
there are no ballasts and the LED Tubes come
with a 10 year warranty. In addition, the LED
lighting provides “instant on/off” capability
whereas Metal Halide requires warm up and cool
About AEP Ohio’s energy efficiency programs for businesses
AEP Ohio’s Business Incentives program provides cash incentives to help business customers purchase and install energy efficient equipment.
Prescriptive incentives are available for common commercial and industrial measures including lighting, HVAC, motors and drives, refrigeration,
and food preparation and storage equipment. Custom incentives are available for process improvements and other measures not covered through
prescriptive incentives
Visit AEPOhio.com/Solutions for more information.
Disclaimer: AEP Ohio does not guarantee the energy savings
and does not make any warranties associated with the measures eligible
for incentives under this program.
down periods. After occasional power
interruptions, their customer base would need to
sit around for 20 minutes waiting for lights to
warm up before they could resume training.
Before
After
“Customers noticed immediately something was different. Then when they got into the cages
they really notice a difference in the lighting because with LED lighting it is a cleaner light, fewer shadows and overall more balanced lighting.
---Brian Mannino - Owner
Brian Mannino is presented with a big check for
his efforts in the AEP Ohio Energy Efficiency
program. Pictured left to right Brian Klass-
Spectrum LED Solutions, Rebecca Karason- AEP
Ohio, Brian Mannino, David Warner- Spectrum
LED Solutions, Maggie Beggs- AEP Ohio and
Tracie Campbell AEP Ohio.
Things are much brighter now for Mannino’s in more than one way. Customers are having a
better customer experience.
As an indoor baseball/softball facility, lighting is
one of the biggest things people either
compliment or complain about…lots of
compliments now”.
---Brian Mannino - Owner
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