Trane honors Alabama city with energy efficiency award
Trane recently presented the City of Vestavia Hills, AL, with an Energy Efficiency Leader Award. The city reported that replacement of outdated lighting with highly efficient illumination at the city’s sports fields, pool, and tennis courts is generating a nearly 50% decrease in energy usage. Leaders also anticipate that the more efficient lighting systems could potentially reduce maintenance costs by up to $5,000 a month.
Prior to the upgrades, some of the city’s outdated fixtures were nearly 30 years old. With better concentrated lighting a result of the upgrades, the city has been able to reduce the number of fixtures from 1,400 to a little over 700, drastically reducing electricity costs. The city’s limited maintenance staff, previously required to visit each park on a schedule to turn the lights on and off, now uses automated controls on the new lighting system to complete the job remotely, saving manpower and electricity.