The dimming panel in the auditorium of Pitman High School in Pitman, NJ was an old piece of equipment that was no longer able to dim the house lights. Since it would have cost between $80-$90,000 just to change out the panel, the district decided that it made more sense to replace the lights and dimmer at the same time. So, along with installing a new dimmer, GreenTech replaced the 250-watt incandescent quartz cans and metal halide high bays on the ceiling with 56-watt LED lights, and the 75-watt incandescents in the wall sconces with 13-watt LED A-lamps.
In addition to eliminating obsolete technology that’s costly to maintain, the school reaped the unanticipated benefit of much better quality lighting. “We never even noticed how uneven and shadowy the old lights were until the new ones were installed,” says Tom Hermes, Director of Buildings and Grounds. “Now you can probably see a kid chewing gum in the back row. But it’s not an annoying brightness – just a nice even light with no shadows. We couldn’t be happier.”
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