Sustainability and Energy Action Plan

BUILDINGS AND ENERGY GRANTS PASS SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY ACTION PLAN BE-4-2. Upgrade Sports Fields Lighting Sports field lighting comprises the largest percentage of Parks’ electricity usage.42 Only one of the sports fields has energy -efficient lighting. The lights at the remaining fields are quite energy intensive, resulting in such high energy usage by the department. Not only is the lighting inefficient , but human error in turning the lights on and off improperly can result in extended usage and wasted energy usage .Switching over the current lighting systems at sports fields to automated ones with energy -efficient lights would reduce energy consumption significantly. 46