December 22, 2022

Student Recreation Center Gets Another Energy Saving Upgrade

Posted in: Facilities Updates, Sustainability

Image of the pool at the Student Recreation Center after new LED lighting installation.

During the Fall 2022 semester, the Student Recreation Center received another lighting upgrade with the replacement of thirty-eight 1,085 Watt metal-halide* light fixtures over the pool area. The new fixtures use 240 Watt LED bulbs and will result in an energy savings of 310,717 kWh per year!

The project was managed by the office of Capital Planning & Project Management with the contractor Big Shine.

How these savings translate:

Graphic depicting the environmental impact of the lighting upgrades at the Student Recreation Center's pool: 310,717 kWh saved, 50 cars removed from the road, 272 acres of US forests required to remove CO2, 509,794lbs of CO2 emissions removed. — Graphic courtesy of Big Shine.

Read about the previous Recreation Center lighting upgrade project.

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