{"id":6219,"date":"2013-10-30T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unrbep.org\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2013-10-30T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T20:50:23","slug":"las-vegas-school-district-saves-12500-per-day-from-lighting-retrofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/las-vegas-school-district-saves-12500-per-day-from-lighting-retrofit\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas School District Saves $12,500 per Day from Lighting Retrofit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted: October 30, 2013
\nSource: Energy Manager Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Clark County School District (CCSD) in Las Vegas \u2013 the fifth largest school district in the nation \u2013 retrofitted lighting at 152 of the older schools in its 357-school district and is reaping savings of $12,500 per day, based on the 180-day school year.<\/p>\n

Nevada\u2019s primary utility NV Energy partnered with the school district for the upgrade, which replaced existing fluorescent lights and ballasts with new T-8 fluorescents and ballasts at 152 of the older schools that had the least efficient lighting. The project was completed in December 2011, and the school district has seen savings of 21.4 million kWh annually since the retrofit, which equates to $2.25 million per year, according to Dick Cuppett, energy manager with the Clark County School District.
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\nIn addition, in fiscal 2012, the district earned $790,000 in utility rebates for reduced electricity use to help offset its approximately $40 million per year utility bill.<\/p>\n

John Hargrove, NV Energy\u2019s renewables program manager who oversees the utility\u2019s Energy Smart Schools Program, said \u201cCCSD is our second or third largest customer, and in a town like Las Vegas that\u2019s no small feat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The utility worked closely with the school district over several years, pushing forward the lighting retrofit to help save the district substantial money.<\/p>\n

Besides energy savings, the district will save maintenance dollars since staff doesn\u2019t have to change lighting fixtures in the retrofitted schools for 10 years. Also, the new lights don\u2019t generate as much heat as conventional bulbs, so air conditioning costs are reduced.<\/p>\n

Cuppett employs four \u201cnight rangers\u201d who work from midnight to 8 am and rotate through each school in the district, checking for lights, computers and heating or air conditioning systems left on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted: October 30, 2013 Source: Energy Manager Today The Clark County School District (CCSD) in Las Vegas \u2013 the fifth largest school district in the nation \u2013 retrofitted lighting at 152 of the older schools in its 357-school district and is reaping savings of $12,500 per day, based on the 180-day school year. Nevada\u2019s primary … Continue reading Las Vegas School District Saves $12,500 per Day from Lighting Retrofit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6220,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions\/6220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}