Upgrades to gymnasium and exterior lighting reduces energy and maintenance costs in BC school district
School District 27 in the Central Interior of British Columbia upgraded gymnasium and exterior lighting to LEDs in elementary and secondary school facilities—a change that is expected to save the district $30,000 every year.
The district is expecting that the upgrades will reduce electricity consumption by 280,000 kWh every year.
Read more about SD27’s LED upgrades at Energy Plan.
DISTRICT-WIDE SAVINGS
Gymnasiums
- 200,000 kWh
- $21,000 annually
- Project cost – $78,000
- Incentives received – $10,000
- Simple payback of 3.2 years
Metal halide to high bay LED
- Supported by the BC Hydro BESI program
- Received approximately 25% in material funding
- Installed in-house
- Simple payback of 2 to 4 years, depending on hours of operation
F32T8 fluorescent to TLED
- Installed in-house
- Did not have to replace ballasts
- Simple payback of 2 to 3 years, depending on hours of operations
External lighting
- 80,000 kWh
- $9,000 annually
- Project cost – $20,000
- Simple payback of 2.2 years
- Numerous external fixtures all swapped to LED
- Installed in-house