High Efficiency Lighting LED replacement bulb project

Project Category: 

Energy and Water Conservation

UMass Amherst, in cooperation with DOER, NSTAR/WMECO, and Philips Lighting, installed over 1,100 LED light bulbs across campus in early 2013.  The bulbs were free Energy Star qualified, dimmable, LED light bulbs.  The list of reduced wattage, energy saver-bulbs, includes the Philips 9.7 watt, L-Prize, dimmable LED bulb, equivalent to a typical 60 – 75 watt incandescent light bulb, a number of LED equivalent BR and PAR flood lamps.

Buildings that received LED's:

Lincoln Campus Center
Student Union
Fine Arts Center
Chenowith Lab
Mahar Auditorium
Hasbrouck Lab
Whitmore Administration Building
Worcester Dining Commons
Franklin Dining Commons
Herter Hall
Isenberg School of Management

Total Estimated Savings: 154,191 Annual KWh and over $12,000