Lansing Community College’s (LCC) West Campus is well on its way to becoming one of the first community colleges in the country to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) designation.
According to excerpts from the article:
Lansing Community College's West Campus has a geothermal heating and air-conditioning system that saves the college more than $100,000 a year in energy costs.
Motion sensors shut off the lights when a room stays empty too long. Sensors on the outdoor sprinklers keep them from operating in the rain.
The building has low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paints on the walls, which emit fewer noxious fumes, and low-volume water fixtures in the bathrooms.
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