It All Adds Up: One of the Nation’s Largest Public Universities Saves 90% on Energy with LED
It All Adds Up: One of the Nation’s Largest Public Universities Saves 90% on Energy with LED
4 Pages2013 Acuity Brands, Inc. All rights reserved. | www.acuitybrands.com/education University of Minnesota CASE STUDY It All Adds Up: One of the Nation’s Largest Public Universities Saves 90% on Energy with LED Challenge: Home to more than 51,000 students, the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus found stairwells were fully illuminated 24 hours per day throughout 120 buildings across campus. Its outdated fluorescent fixtures were consuming 64 watts and illuminating stairwells when not in use. Solution: The University discovered that 93 percent of the time buildings are open, it could dim stairwell lighting to use less energy. It identified LED lighting and controls as a solution that could minimize energy consumption and deliver a large return on investment. To do so, U
