- Lighting accounts for over 30% of electrical work.
- Lincoln, Douglas, and Grant Hall were specifically designed to harvest daylight.
- The sensors in Lincoln Hall require ACCC for repair work, not lampers, so this increases costs
- Over the last couple of years, UIC has been upgrading lights to LED
- UIC uses 4100 (cool frequency) for lighting
- Retrofitted lights are dimmable
- The majority of campus lights are incandescent T8 (type of socket)
- When switching from T8 to LED, the initial cost is more expensive but the maintenance is less costly over time
- Budget of projects is important when considering lighting upgrades.