2/18/2009

Did you notice

the new sign outside the ballpark? The one you can see on Highway 41?


This is a bigger deal than you may think:
Last year, Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's energy efficiency and renewable energy initiative, helped the franchise replace its outdoor incandescent message board with a state-of-the-art LED (light-emitting diode) alternative. The sign is located at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium, on U.S. Highway 41 in Appleton, Wis.

Focus provided a $7,094 custom lighting grant to help fund the new LED message board, which uses only one-tenth the power of the old sign, saving 93,381 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually and $9,338 in energy savings on utility bills.

"We had a very positive experience working with Focus on Energy," said Rob Zerjav, president of the Timber Rattlers. "Focus walked us through the entire process - from showing our current energy usage to potential cost savings - even giving us suggestions on how to save energy in other areas of the ballpark."
That is from a press release at WisBusiness.com. For more on Focus on Energy, here is their website.

Picture from ECOS-Fox Valley

2 comments:

THE KID said...

That savings is pretty amazing (no doubt a raise for the radio voice of the club!!!).

If the grant was $7k and you're saving $9k a year in utility billings, can you divulge the rough cost of replaceing the sign?

Chris said...

Heck, I didn't know about this until I found it in my inbox this morning.

Raise? I'm in sales. I can give myself a raise if I could just sell something.

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