New lighting fixtures to increase energy efficiency of science building

After an energy audit within the Center for Natural Sciences at Ithaca College, the Office of Energy Management and Sustainability plans to upgrade some lighting fixtures and controls within the building to improve its energy efficiency. Greg Lischke, director of energy management and sustainability, discussed these plans with a small crowd of faculty and staff members at an information session Sept. 12. Lischke and Kailash Viswanathan, vice president of operations at GreenerU Inc., an engineering consultant company for college campuses, briefly went over the results from the CNS energy audit during Summer 2018 and outlined the college’s plan for improving the building’s sustainability. The professors and staff in attendance raised questions throughout the presentation concerning their respective research projects and the effects the lighting may have on them.