Cree has announced a solid-state lighting (SSL) project at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) located near Toledo, OH involving the university's Perry Field House athletic facility. The university had contemplated replacing the metal halide (MH) lighting in the facility with T5 fluorescent lighting but found that the Cree CXB Series of LED high bay fixtures would provide better lighting, better meet the university's sustainability goals, and match the fluorescent alternative in payback period.
Bowling Green had joined the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (PCC) back in 2012 requiring that the university pledge to achieve climate neutrality. In support of that commitment, students created the Student Green Initiatives Fund involving voluntary $5 per semester contributions from students. That fund would prove important to the SSL project.
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