Providing light and savings to Camp Courage
Posted by Heather Reinhart on November 30, 2017
Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH) recently provided True Friends Camp Courage with a grant to replace all the lighting at its facilities in Maple Lake with LEDs. Work was recently completed at the facility, which provides camp and respite experiences for children and adults with a variety of disabilities. The switch to LEDs will save True Friends approximately 130,000 kWh each year in energy for an estimated annual energy savings of $15,400, with an additional $8,696 savings in equipment/maintenance costs.
“Non-profits are always looking to be more efficient with everything we do,” said Ed Stracke, True Friends President and CEO. “We want to get as many dollars as we can to the programs and not to the overhead. With the support of WH, that makes it very doable for us.”
The grant, which is for non-profit entitles through WH’s Conservation Improvement Program, covers 90 percent of the total cost of the project. True Friends will pay the remaining 10 percent.
“At Wright-Hennepin we are always striving and looking for ways to make positive impacts within the local communities and non-profits,” said Ryan O’Connor, Key Accounts Executive at WH. “This particular LED project at Camp Courage will save the True Friends organization not only on the cost of installing these new energy efficient lights, but also on their electric bill.”
To learn more about our Conservation Improvement Program, give us a call at (763) 477-3000.
