3,687 fixtures at Alameda County's trauma center, paid for through the power bill
Highland Hospital · Alameda Health System · Oakland, California. A hospital-wide LED retrofit financed entirely with PG&E On-Bill Financing: no capital outlay, and the savings cover the payments.
A 24/7 trauma center that needed better light and a lower bill.
Highland Hospital is the primary trauma center for Alameda County and a safety-net hospital for much of the East Bay. It wanted lighting that made patients and staff feel safer and more comfortable, and a system efficient enough to cut the energy bill.
The constraint was capital. A hospital budget has more urgent claims on it than light fixtures, so the project had to pay for itself without an up-front check.
Every fixture replaced. Every dollar financed through the utility.
3,687 fixtures to LED
Interior fixtures across the hospital replaced with high-efficiency LED, phased around a hospital that never closes.
PG&E On-Bill Financing
Zero-interest financing repaid through the hospital's PG&E bill from the energy savings. EverWatt, a member of PG&E's Trade Professional Alliance, handled the application.
Payback in about 5.3 years
After the loan is repaid, the savings stay with the hospital.
“PG&E’s On-Bill Financing program allowed us to upgrade the lighting at Highland Hospital to brighter, warmer LEDs, which require less maintenance costs. We pay off the project through our power bill each month, and we show immediate savings and never have a capital outlay. It’s a no-brainer.”
Running a hospital on a capital budget that's already spoken for?
On-Bill Financing can pay for lighting and controls from the savings. We'll tell you what your facility qualifies for.
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