Don’t Park Your Energy Efficiency | 2012-07-02

Don’t Park Your Energy Efficiency: Building owners and managers who think outside the box when considering ho...

Building owners and managers who think outside the box when considering how to implement sustainability goals can find untapped energy savings in their Above At the Vista Civic Center in San Diego County, LEDs illuminate an outdoor parking lot from dusk to dawn, automatically dimming to 50 percent to save energy and increasing to 100 percent strength when they detect motion. parking facilities. Parking lots and parking garages are often overlooked venues to reduce energy consumption, as well as a chance to achieve significant cost savings. With the outdoor LED lighting market maturing and technology becoming more cost effective, retrofitting or building energy-efficient parking facilities can result in decreased maintenance and ownership costs in addition to energy cost savings. Because LED lighting is an efficient lighting source that doesn’t draw as much power as an HPS ...

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