Rebates help fund the Projects
The projects were partly funded through rebates received from the California Public Utilities Commission.

The garage projects were completed within budget at costs of $640,000. The City received rebates in the amount of $75,000. Tracking our energy consumption and their associated costs, we anticipate annual cost savings of around $50,000.

The projects in the Monterey Sport Center started in 2005 with the replacement of the lighting in the Gymnasium. In 2007 the City completed the lighting upgrade by replacing the high-pressure sodium lights in the swimming pool area with induction lighting. Therefore our chart shows the energy consumption prior to 2005b (red bars) and today (teal bars). When comparing the energy costs for FY 04/05 and FY 06/07 the annual cost savings are about $47,000.

Lighting Upgrades Cut Back on Maintenance Costs
Another very important side effect of the energy upgrades is that the new lights do have a life expectancy of more than 100,000 hours compared to a 30,000 hours, thus cutting back on replacement cycles and maintenance costs. These additional savings are estimated to be around $65,000 over the lifetime of the lights for all project sites. The timesaving can be now allocated to other areas in the City that require our attention and maintenance, thus raising the standard of our services.