University Of Miami Evaluates LED's

The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida is working to create a "greener" campus by evaluating LED lighting and other energy efficient products for both interior and exterior applications. The U of M has installed 20 LEDway, BetaLED™ fixtures to illuminate walkways on the main campus and is evaluating LED lighting for interior applications such as conference rooms, hallways and classrooms. Initial installations used for lighting conference rooms and hallways is saving as much as 70 percent on energy costs. The university will use these instalations to evaluate the performance of the LED lighting and other sustainable technologies for future use.

BetaLED, a division of U.S.-based Ruud Lighting Inc., provides the lighting market with high-quality, specification-grade LED luminaires for interior and exterior applications.