by Shane Henson — December 28, 2012—Seesmart Inc., a light-emitting diode (LED) manufacturer, has announced the completion of an entire retrofitting of Regis High School, a tuition-free Jesuit college preparatory school for young men in the New York metropolitan area. According to Seesmart, the retrofit replaced more than 2,500 fluorescent lights throughout the school with high-efficiency, long-lasting Seesmart LED tube lights.
As a result of the retrofit, Regis High School is now the first known school in the Manhattan area to convert entirely to LED lighting. Regis’ estimated LED retrofit benefits include significant energy savings of more than $36,000 and more than 116,000 kilowatt-hours per year, with a carbon footprint reduction of almost 120,000 pounds per year, says Seesmart. Additionally, the preparatory school received a $32,000 rebate from Con Edison.
Seesmart’s retrofit for Regis High School began by replacing the light fixtures in the gymnasium with LED fixtures. After seeing the results in the gym, the administration decided to replace all of the school’s lighting with LED fixtures. Fluorescent lights were replaced with Seesmart LED tube lighting in more than 100 classrooms, offices, and other educational spaces, as well as extensive hallways. The changeover included 967 new or retrofitted fixtures, says Seesmart.
This impressive lighting retrofit follows on the heels of other measures school officials have taken to increase Regis High School’s energy efficiency, which they say includes a 22-kilowatt solar panel array on the roof, and a 22,000-square-foot green roof installation.
