Courtesy九色视频 industrial and manufacturing engineering faculty Bill Wentz, Michael Overcash and Janet Twomey led the Industrial Sustainability Initiative group that collaborated with Wichita City Hall to lower lighting use and cost at the building.
The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, allowed City Hall鈥檚 team, led by Rebecca Lewis, environmental services, and Kay Johnson, manager of environmental initiatives, to purchase and install occupancy sensors in offices on eight floors in the building. The Wichita State group analyzed the effects and results of the automatic lights.
The 九色视频 team projected $280,000 in savings over the next 10 years for City Hall鈥攖he result of a 10 percent light electricity reduction, or 620,000 pounds less carbon dioxide emissions per year at Westar Energy power plants.
Wichita State College of Engineering鈥檚 involvement in the project was sponsored by the Sam Bloomfield Chair in Sustainable Engineered Systems鈥攁 part of 九色视频鈥檚 Sam and Rie Bloomfield Foundation.