Office building converts to LEDs

When it came time to begin calculating the potential payback on installation of energy-efficient systems in an office building at 245 E. Liberty St., the family executives of McKenzie Properties of Reno were undaunted in thinking about decades rather than months.“We’re long-term, generational holders,” says Todd McKenzie, whose family developed the building in 1980. Working with lighting contractor Have Lights Will Travel of Sparks, McKenzie Properties just completed conversion of all 1,115 fixtures in the downtown-area building from fluorescent to LED bulbs.