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Oswego District 308 installs more efficient lighting system at all 22 schools · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego District 308 installs more efficient lighting system at all
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  Speaker 1: 22 schools. Written by Eric Schellkopf. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlit.
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  Speaker 1: A more efficient lighting and control system has been installed
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  Speaker 1: across Oswego School District 308's 22 schools that is expected
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  Speaker 1: to save the district about $ 98, 000 a year. ComEd energy
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  Speaker 1: efficiency incentives covered $ 974, 877, or 90% of the project's cost,
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  Speaker 1: which was about $ 1. 08 million, district officials said. The district's
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  Speaker 1: out-of-pocket cost was $ 107, 589. The district is expected to save $ 88, 095. 12
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  Speaker 1: a year in energy costs and $ 10, 000 a year in
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  Speaker 1: maintenance costs as a result of the improvements. We primarily
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  Speaker 1: focused on the gymnasiums, cafeterias, and the exterior lighting, and
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  Speaker 1: Cranach Energy Savings and Lighting Consultant at Twin Supplies Limited
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  Speaker 1: told Oswego school board members at the August 24th board meeting.
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  Speaker 1: We replaced a lot of the technology that was there.
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  Speaker 1: The newly installed lighting system is more efficient. If no
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  Speaker 1: one enters the room for 30 minutes, they dim down
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  Speaker 1: to 50%. Krainak said in talking about the new light fixtures.
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  Speaker 1: And if no one is in there or if there
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  Speaker 1: is no motion detected after another 15 minutes, they turn
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  Speaker 1: off completely. Settings can be adjusted space by space to
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  Speaker 1: fit each room's needs. The project installed 2,196 new fixtures, 1,738
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  Speaker 1: indoors and 458 outdoors, along with select trouble areas identified
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  Speaker 1: in each building. The new fixtures deliver 149 lumens per
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  Speaker 1: watt compared to 116 lumens per watt for the equipment
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  Speaker 1: they replaced. On average, you increased your light output by
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  Speaker 1: about 30% for every one watt that you used. Fellow
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  Speaker 1: Twin Supplies Limited Energy Savings and Lighting Consultant Joseph Skokna
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  Speaker 1: told school board members. They also last significantly longer. The
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  Speaker 1: new fixtures are rated to hold 70% of their output
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  Speaker 1: for 127,000 hours, compared to 40,000 hours for the previous equipment.
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  Speaker 1: This project reflects our commitment to being responsible stewards of
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  Speaker 1: our resources while improving the everyday experience in our buildings.
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  Speaker 1: District 308 Operations Director Andrei Shkounsi said, Our students, staff,
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  Speaker 1: and families will benefit from better lighting for years to come,
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  Speaker 1: and the savings we're capturing can be reinvested in our facilities.
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