Watertown co. creates green bulbs that don't cast glare
A bright idea from Think- Lite has indoor tennis clubs throughout Massachusetts going green and saving green.
The Watertown-based technology company, which designs and manufactures custom lighting solutions for everything from hotels to airports, is replacing standard 1,000-watt metal halide bulbs at clubs with ones that burn for 10 years, provide zero glare to the eyes and help players see tennis balls clearer when lobbed at high speeds.
"People who play often take their lighting very seriously. It was very important to be a perfectionist in creating that solution," said ThinkLite CEO Dinesh Wadhwani, 23. "They may not know or care to understand the technical needs, they just know the light is not good enough. So they'll tell you, 'It's not bright enough, go figure it out.' "
Wadhwani, who co-founded ThinkLite as a Babson College student, said more than 30 clubs worldwide, including nine in the Bay State, have signed up for the Hamme- Lite solution, with new facilities clamoring for greater energy cost savings "almost every week."
ThinkLite, which continues to serve its solution to indoor courts nationwide, is hoping to generate more than $15 million in total revenue this year through its products, Wadhwani said. The company has 54 employees in the United States and 13 other countries.
ThinkLite's reduced wattage bulbs can be installed in courts without having to change their infrastructure. Unlike traditional metal halide bulbs, ThinkLite's products can also be turned on and off at any time as they don't need to "warm up," Wadhwani said.
"Before, all the light would go up to the ceiling and come back down. Now you see light in all directions," he said. "It's much more softer and lighter on the eyes."
Wadhwani, who has gotten back into the swing of playing tennis, said the HammeLite solution can help club owners and managers save 60 to 70 percent on their lighting and energy costs, which can run upwards of $600 a month, per court, at the average club.
ThinkLite sources its core technology from a private research lab in Germany, and has a manufacturing partnership with Samsung. The four-year-old company also has lighting designs "ready to go" for indoor soccer, track and lacrosse fields, and basketball courts, Wadhwani said.
HammeLite was researched, designed and prototyped over a 13-month period, and is named after local tennis pro Laury Hammel, owner of the Longfellow Clubs in Wayland, Natick and Franklin.
Hammel said he was happy to make the switch to ThinkLite bulbs as a way to better "reduce carbon footprints."
"Light in that size of a facility is critical to performance and fun," Hammel said. "It's not fun if you're swinging at a ball and you miss it because you can't see it."
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