While most of the district was on Spring Break last week, lighting projects were underway in three schools. Glendale Elementary had energy hogging light fixtures in the lower level entry and in the media center replaced with retrofit energy efficient fixtures. The annual savings created as a result of this project is almost $1,700 and it will pay for itself in one year and seven months.
At Five Hawks Elementary, the gymnasium lights were upgraded to more efficient fixtures with "instant on" brightness replacing the old lights which took awhile to warm up to their full brightness. The environmental impact of this project can be compared to a total greenhouse gas reduction (in pounds of CO2) of 12186.7 which is like 1.2 cars not being driven for one year. The annual savings is just over $700 with payback in about 4 years.
The blue gym at Twin Oaks Middle School also received more energy efficient light fixtures making it a much brighter space for students and athletes. The annual energy cost savings for this project is $2258.24 with payback in 3.9 years. The cost per school day at TOMS if the retrofit lighting was not installed equals $9.41 or $188.19 per month so some pretty substantial savings. Below are a few images of the new lights.
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