Can turning off my lights really have an impact on energy savings on campus?
Of course, every single light switch, collectively, can have a huge impact on our energy costs. From the recent Interurban Energy Study, we estimated in 2006 that 1,714,316 kilo-watts of energy was used to light our buildings at Interurban campus alone. That’s about $85,000 worth. You can see how lighting on campus accounts for a substantial portion of the college’s utility costs and by helping to turn things off we can help to reduce those costs.
