  {"id":86986,"date":"2018-11-01T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T01:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86986"},"modified":"2019-05-10T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:46:47","slug":"parking-structure-lights-save-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/01\/parking-structure-lights-save-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"New <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa parking structure lights save energy, reduce costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-commuter-services-parking-structure-lights.jpg\" alt=\"person walking up the stairs in parking structure\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-86985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-commuter-services-parking-structure-lights.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-commuter-services-parking-structure-lights-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> lower campus parking structure is a little brighter with the installation of 30 new energy efficient <abbr title=\"light-emitting diode\">LED<\/abbr> lights next to each stairwell and elevator.<\/p>\n<p>Commuter Services estimates the new fixtures will reduce energy costs by nearly 60 percent compared to the old lights. Additionally, these new <abbr>LED<\/abbr> bulbs have battery backups allowing for short-term emergency lighting in case of power outages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are excited about the installation of new <abbr>LED<\/abbr> lights, which are more efficient and use less energy,&rdquo; said <strong>Cate Matsushima<\/strong>, Commuter and Fleet Services manager. &ldquo;One of our goals is to make the parking structure more welcoming and sustainable for our <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the high-impact, low-cost projects that Commuter Services is implementing at the parking structure. Other projects include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/11\/gecko-themed-trash-cans\/\">Gecko Deco service project<\/a> with eye-catching signage giving campus visitors prominent and fun places to put their trash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa lower campus parking structure is a little brighter with the installation of 30 new energy efficient <abbr>LED<\/abbr> lights next to each stairwell and elevator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1139,1359,73,9],"class_list":["post-86986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-commuter-services","tag-energy","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86986"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87034,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86986\/revisions\/87034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}