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CSU Long Beach Wins Best Practice Award
A "Best Practice Award for Lighting Design and Retrofit" was awarded to California State University, Long Beach at the 2011 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference. A number of the campus retrofits garnering accolades were installed under the California Energy Commission’s SPEED program based on recommendations made by SPEED's key partner, the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis. CSU Long Beach implemented technology retrofits in 24 buildings over the course of two years including bi-level LED parking garage lighting, high-bay T5s, bi-level stairwell lighting, and CFL canopy exterior downlights, leading to an estimated campus savings of 600,000 kilowatt-hours and $72,000 per year. "The results will not only reduce our energy cost, but will reduce CSULB’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity use," said Paul Wingco, energy and sustainability manager for the university’s Department of Physical Planning and Facilities Management.
"The results will not only reduce our energy cost, but will reduce CSULB’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity use," said Paul Wingco, energy and sustainability manager for the university’s Department of Physical Planning and Facilities Management.
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Bold CPUC plan to reduce statewide lighting energy use
Recognizing that lighting accounts for one-quarter of California’s electricity use, in 2010 the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) added a lighting chapter to the California Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. The plan seeks to leverage advanced technology and best practices to transform the California lighting market and achieve a 60-80% reduction in statewide electrical lighting energy consumption.
"The lighting chapter is a comprehensive strategy to bring together all aspects of the lighting market in California to achieve the state's 2020 and 2030 zero net energy (ZNE) goals," 2005-2010 CPUC Commissioner Dian M. Grueneich said. "By coordinating public policy and regulations, building designers, owners, managers and occupants, consumers, and technology developers, we can make best practices in energy-efficient lighting job one."
Helping lead the process to draft, vet, and adopt the chapter, CIEE, the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), and the global energy company KEMA coordinated with SPEED's lighting technology demonstrations and technology adoption acceleration efforts. CIEE and the CLTC produced the supporting document “2010 Lighting Technology Overviews and Best Practice Solutions” linking SPEED and the statewide lighting market transformation programs created to achieve strategic plan goals.
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California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan
Lighting Chapter, California Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan (pdf 365kb)
2010 Lighting Technology and Best Practices Overview (pdf 3.4mb)
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