Lighting the LED Revolution

"We estimate that MATC is achieving, on average, a 30-percent reduction in energy use for lighting across a variety of indoor and outdoor applications. That's pretty impressive given that indoor LED lighting installations have replaced T8 fluorescent tubes, which had previously been considered the most energy-efficient option," said Wes Marquardt, MATC engineering services manager. "We are committed to energy conservation while at the same time providing good lighting levels for our staff and students. We are evaluating LED lighting across nearly every lighting application and deploying LED lights when they meet our requirements for energy savings and light quality."

Project Highlights

• MATC began installing LED lighting fixtures in mid-2007 with eight BetaLED bollard lights that illuminate student walkways on the college's downtown campus.
• Today, approximately 400 LED fixtures illuminate a number of MATC campus venues, including outdoor walkways, the student center, administration offices, bus stop shelters and display cases.
• Current MATC campus LED lighting installations feature LED lighting fixtures from a number of vendors.