Case Study: California State University, Dominguez Hills achieves $1M in energy savings with Enlighted

California State University Teams With Enlighted to Significantly Reduce Energy Consumption

California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), a public university in Los Angeles, needed to reduce heavy energy use, cut costs, and be a responsible steward of scarce resources across a campus of more than 1M square feet. Facilities leadership identified overlit corridors and always-on systems as a major waste and launched a phased lighting retrofit to lower lighting and HVAC loads without disrupting campus operations.

CSUDH partnered with Enlighted to retrofit existing fixtures with wireless advanced sensors that use daylight harvesting, human-specific motion sensing and local intelligent control. The rollout — ultimately covering roughly 90% of campus (around 8,000 sensors) — delivered major results: about $1M in energy savings to date, large annual kWh and dollar reductions per building, utility rebates, improved occupant comfort, HVAC integration for further savings, and industry awards for the project.

California State University, Dominguez Hills

Kenny Seeton

Manager Central Plant/Energy Manager