Lighting Retrofit
Utah Indoor Soccer, Woods Cross
 Utah
Indoor Soccer keeps the lights on for 9 to 15 hours a day, seven days a week at
its 20,000 square foot indoor soccer facility. With funding from Rocky Mountain
Power's Energy FinAnswer Express DSM program, Utah Indoor Soccer replaced older
high bay metal halide light fixtures with energy-efficient T5 high output
fluorescent light fixtures. The new fixtures improved lighting on the soccer
fields and cut electricity use by more than 50 percent.
Regarding the utility incentive program, the lighting contractor responsible for
implementing this project had this to say, "You can't beat it. It was the
difference between doing and not doing this project." And in addition to the
direct electricity savings, the new lamps last longer, thereby reducing
maintenance costs.
Quick Facts
- Efficiency measures: T5 high output fluorescent light fixtures
- Total project cost: $15,060 ($10,025 after the utility incentive)
- Annual energy bill savings: $6,070 (88, 700 kWh/year)
- Simple payback period: 1.7 years (2.5 years before incentive)
- Benefits:
- reduced electricity use
- better lighting quality
- better light control
- longer lamp life and less maintenance
Source: Rocky Mountain Power, 2004
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