CSU 2010 Best Practice Award for Energy Efficient Lighting Retrofit Project

"May 3, 2010 - King Library receives CSU Energy Efficiency Best Practice award in the Lighting Retrofit category!

The King Library Lighting Retrofit project was submitted to the Ninth Annual CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2010 and was chosen from submissions from the 23 CSU campuses for the Best Practices in Energy Efficiency award in the lighting retrofit category

Project highlights include:

  • Occupancy sensors in the bookstacks
  • Spectrally enhanced (5000K) light for better visual acuity
  • Combining 5000K light with existing, warmer color temperature light
  • Retrofitting common, inefficient ceiling fixtures
  • Reducing building electricity consumption by 22%
  • Reducing building cooling load
  • Maintenance savings
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