Question: Facilities Management: Lighting Problem Calculate the answer to the following questions. 1000 watts = 1 Kilowatt Electricity costs $.10 per kilowatt hour. The hotel property

Facilities Management: Lighting Problem

Calculate the answer to the following questions.

1000 watts = 1 Kilowatt

Electricity costs $.10 per kilowatt hour.

The hotel property has 360 rooms with an annual occupancy of rate of 70%. There are 10 (ten) 70 watt incandescent light bulbs with a life expectancy of 1000 hours in a room. Light bulbs burn in an occupied room for 6 hours per day for an average 30 day month. You re-lamp every hotel guest room with 10 CFL-30 watt bulbs per room which burn for 6 hours a day for an average 30 day month. How many kilowatt hours will now be required for one occupied room for a 30 day month?

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