Fresno County - Lighting Retrofit in Schools

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Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) recently completed a large retrofit project in 984 portable classrooms at 84 school sites expected to save the District $400,000 in electricity costs annually. In about 12,000 fixtures, four T12 fluorescent lamps were replaced with two second-generation, 32-watt T8 fluorescent lamps, and added to each were a high-efficiency electronic ballast, and new lamp sockets, reflector and lens. Electrical load in these rooms has been reduced by 61%, or 2,763,000 kilowatt-hours annually; light level readings, meanwhile, have improved by up to 60%, improving the learning environment. FUSD contracted Resource Solutions Group to perform the retrofit under the School Energy Efficiency Program. After nearly $320,000 in rebates, FUSD's payback should be about 1.4 years, according to FUSD's Frank DiLiddo.

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