Lower Cape TV is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community access television station that supports community voice, local news reporting, and access to video storytelling tools and training. The organization runs public and education access cable channels 99 and 22 for the towns of Brewster, Eastham, Orleans, Wellfleet, and Truro, and provides free access to video equipment and training for community members.
When the organization moved their offices and television studio into a fixer-upper 1980s warehouse in downtown Orleans, an Energy Assessment by local Mass Save® Sponsor Cape Light Compact identified an energy savings opportunity in the flickering, fluorescent lighting. Over 60 fixtures were replaced with LEDs, and occupancy sensors were added.
Older, outdated TV studio lighting has a reputation for being inefficient and emitting excess heat. Cape Light Compact supported the installation of more than 40 new LED studio lights, which are highly efficient and create a more comfortable studio environment.
Lower Cape TV took advantage of Cape Light Compact’s non-profit offering for incentives, and the lighting upgrades, in total, are expected to save approximately 140,000 kWh annually, or around $23,000.*
Environmentally friendly, high-performing, and comfortable operational lighting and studio space.
Operational Lighting: Retrofitted 62 fixtures and 8 screw-in lamps and added 8 occupancy sensors. Added 42 LED studio lights.
