The United States Navy is running retrofit lighting at two sites in California, in what is being called possibly the largest retrofit in the history of the Navy. Naval buildings in Port Hueneme and Point Mogu replace more than a thousand models of lamps in the streets, parks and outdoors. Led lamps of high efficiency being installed must be reduced by 60% the cost of lighting. The lamps, which have a life expectancy three times larger than the replaced ones, must have reduced maintenance costs.
The energy manager of the bases, Tom Santoianni, said the project will reduce energy consumption by 317,445 kWh, representing a reduction of 228 metric tons of emissions of carbon dioxide. The initiative should trim the annual energy bill of construction in 45.5 thousand U.S. dollars, based on the average distribution of $ 0.14 per kWh. In the project, the bases are replacing 430 street lamps of high pressure sodium, 549 facilities in residential quarters, and 105 in parking facilities and areas in general.
A study of 2009 shows that the Navy could save 87% of the electricity used in lighting systems of ships replacing the bulbs by LEDs and HID models. Also last year, the Navy signed a contract for 100 million dollars to install solar energy systems in their buildings' yards.
Source: Environmental Leader
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