Campus sets goal to slash electricity use


The University of California, Davis, today turns on a new Smart Lighting Initiative to slash the amount of electricity it uses to illuminate its buildings and grounds. UC Davis is the first large institution in California to act on a September state mandate to reduce lighting energy use by 60 percent or more by 2020.

What's more, the university intends to reach that goal in half the time — by 2015. It has a good start: Since 2007, it has already reduced lighting energy consumption by about 10 percent.

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