CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
                      NEWS RELEASE


For Immediate Release: November 16, 1994
More Information Contact: Rob Schlichting - (916) 654-5159



     STATE LOAN PROVIDES SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY COLLEGE 
            WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS


The California Energy Commission today approved a $60,364 
low-interest loan that will allow San Bernardino Valley College 
to install energy efficient lighting in three buildings on its 
15,000-student campus.  

Total budget for the energy-saving project is $119,522.  In 
September 1994, the Energy Commission awarded the San Bernardino 
Community College District $59,158 in federal grant money.  The 
just-approved loan gives the school the rest of the funds needed 
to complete a lighting upgrade in the Chemistry and Liberal Arts 
buildings, as well as Snyder Gymnasium.
  
Dr. Norman Smith, Executive Director of Facilities, Planning and 
Administrative Services for the San Bernardino Community College 
District, said that the improvements should save the college more 
than $22,300 annually on its utility bill. 

"Because of the age of its buildings, Valley College offers many 
opportunities to save on energy costs through the use of modern, 
up-to-date technology,"  Smith said.  Four of the 20 buildings on 
campus were built in 1929, while others were added in the 1950s.  
"Our newest building was constructed in the 1960s," he said.  

Today's loan was funded with money from the state's Energy 
Conservation Assistance Act, which gives low-interest loans to 
local governments, schools and other agencies willing to invest 
in energy efficiency.  Energy savings from the project should 
allow the college district to repay the loan in approximately 
three years.

The loan will be used to match the federal cost-sharing grant 
from the Institutional Conservation Program, which encourages 
reduction of energy consumption and cost in public and nonprofit 
schools and hospitals.  


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Dr. Norman Smith, 
Executive Director of Facilities, 
Planning and Administrative Services, 
San Bernardino Community College District 
(909) 381-8013

Energy Commission Contact: 
Claudia Chandler, Assistant Executive Director, 
(916) 654-4989




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