Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has received a $450,000 0 percent interest loan from the UI Student Sustainability Committee and a $225,000 grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation to replace 550 lamps and fixtures in its lobby with energy efficient light-emitting diode lights.
The previous fixtures used 619 million watts of energy annually; the new fixtures are expected to use 132 million watts per year, saving about $100,000.
Additional cost savings could come in the form of labor and bulbs (because the bulbs last longer) and a reduction in cooling costs because of less heat being produced by the new fixtures.
The LED fixtures are programmable and able to produce any light color.
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