The University of Michigan-Flint Is Expecting to See a Roughly 50 Percent Cost Savings

The University of Michigan-Flint is expecting to see a roughly 50 percent cost savings from recent upgrades to lighting around campus. Large glass, sphere-shaped lights at McKinnon Plaza were replaced with LED (light-emitting diode) lights, according to the university. The plaza now has six double lights and nine single light poles. Similar replacements were made at the University Pavilion parking ramp. The savings for the plaza is expected to amount to about $6,000 per year and about $18,000 per year for the parking ramp. “The new lights are dark-sky compliant. They provide all down lighting, and no light pollution,” said Tim Jagielo, UM-Flint Facilities & Operations electrician, in a UM-Flint news release. The campus' Parking Lot A and surrounding sidewalks will be the next areas on campus to get updated lighting, officials said. Source: mlive.com