Trib: Mt. Lebanon investing $2.5 million to save energy

Mt. Lebanon is borrowing about $2.5 million to make energy-saving improvements around town, and the company installing them is guaranteeing that the improvements will pay for themselves.

Linc Services of Canonsburg will install LED streetlights in the Uptown business district; upgrade other lighting around the municipality; upgrade the heating systems at the Public Safety building on Washington Road; and make major improvements at the Recreation Center and ice rink off Cedar Boulevard, said municipal Manager Steve Feller.

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• www.triblive.com/neighborhoods/2197204-74/improvements-linc-bonds-energy-pay-savings-heating-ice-municipality-center (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

District Poised To OK Stadium Lighting Change

With "green" as the badge of progress, Mt. Lebanon School District will take a step ahead of Upper St. Clair and install energy efficient lighting at the high school stadium. The new lighting, which will come on in the off hours when there are no school events scheduled, will save taxpayers about $5,000 a year. Mt. Lebanon presently has a full complement of lights on at the stadium until 6 a.m. According to data provided by Mt. Lebanon's administration, lighting at the stadium alone is burning 51,000 kilowatt hours per year.

Link: www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/11-12-ML-USC-conserve-power-B