ECPPS eyes LED lighting project

El­iz­a­beth City-Pasquotank Public Schools of­fi­cials are con­sid­er­ing a pro­posal to covert all school fa­cil­i­ties to LED light­ing as a way to save money on en­ergy costs. Chris Nel­son and Ted Vo­gel of He­lios En­ergy at­tended a com­mit­tee meet­ing of the El­iz­a­beth City-Pasquotank Board of Ed­u­ca­tion Mon­day af­ter­noon. He­lios has pro­posed a ser­vice con­tract al­low­ing it to in­stall and main­tain LED light­ing for some 1.2 mil­lion square feet of space at ECPPS fa­cil­i­ties. Ac­cord­ing to its pro­posal, He­lios would cover the up­front costs of in­stalling the LED light­ing and then con­tract for main­tain­ing the light­ing over a des­ig­nated pe­riod — likely seven years. LED, or light-emit­ting diode, lights gen­er­ate as much as twice the amount of light for the same amount of en­ergy.