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School Gym Lighting Upgrade Saves Without Capital Funds

School Gym Lighting Upgrade Saves Without Capital Funds

This district cut a portion of their energy consumption from 400 to 223 watts with their gymnasium lighting upgrade. That 44% percent reduction from high-efficiency LEDs and improved sensors and controls was all accomplished without using capital funds.

July 14, 2020
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Claremont Unified School District
Electrical & Lighting Solutions

Claremont Unified School District is a public school system in southwestern California.

Challenge

Claremont Unified School District wanted to upgrade lighting systems in two gymnasiums to reduce energy consumption and utility costs, while increasing the facilities’ lighting quality, and upgrade the functionality of the district’s gymnasiums.

The district wanted to install an upgraded lighting system with intuitive controls, without having to do costly structural and infrastructure updates.

Solution

The district worked with ABM and FSC Lighting to retrofit 16 inefficient lamps with high-efficiency LED lighting.

The project also included the installation of manual-dimming fixtures at Claremont High and El Roble Intermediate schools, along with occupancy sensors to control usage in El Roble Intermediate School.

The district secured funding from the California Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39), allowing the district to make the upgrades, without having to use capital funds.

Benefits

ABM helped the district make the operational changes to improve energy efficiency at its facility, while improving lighting levels and controlling future maintenance costs.

Other benefits included:

- Reduced energy consumption from more than 400 watts to 223 watts
- Students can now use the gymnasiums as multi-purpose rooms for all activities
- Lighting controls were blended into a manual and automatic fixture package, to provide improved lighting-level control
- Corner lighting sensors were installed to reduce usage when not occupied at two schools

Ensuring students have a comfortable and safe environment is critical. Read how ABM and FSC Lighting upgraded Claremont Unified School District’s gymnasium lighting, cut costs, and improved operations with grant funding.

“The coordinated effort between ABM and FSC Lighting went smoothly and was a great improvement over previous controls at our Claremont High School and El Roble gyms. In both cases, the ability to adjust the sensors for energy savings when there are no occupants was improved, as was our ability to dim and turn off lights partially. Feedback from the physical education staff at both sites has been very positive. Overall, the end product at both gyms is tremendous and we could not be happier.”  
— Dr. Jim Elsasser, Superintendent, Claremont Unified School District

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