Los Angeles County - Lighting Retrofit in Schools
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Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) lighting project saves $652,000 each year. The district has cut roughly 5 million kilowatt-hours - a 6% drop relative to 2004 - by installing 10,000 efficient lights (T5 fluorescent lights and light-emitting diode [LED] exit signs) in schools and other facilities. LAUSD has saved approximately 219,000 therms of natural gas annually by removing redundant HVAC systems and by upgrading other equipment. The district has directed that all new schools will be built to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standards.