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After successfully installing LED lighting, one of the next energy effi cient ideas TNLL has is to place
solar panels in areas of its complex that are currently under-utilized, like a space between two ball
fi elds. This photo is just an illustration of a single idea from Millennial Energy Project .
Photo courtesy of Millennial Energy Project
TNLL completes its energy-
effi cient LED lighting project
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A Bronx little league
just completed a project
that will make its facilities
more energy effi cient.
Throgs Neck Little
League recently fi nished
the installation of new
LED fi eld lighting that
league offi cials said would
go a long way to helping
the non-profi t organization
save funds that could
be used for youth programming
and reduce its energy
usage footprint.
Additionally, the
league is also in talks
with non-profit Millennial
Energy Project, which
helped it craft its grant
proposal for the LED replacement
project, on a
plan for solar panels that
could make the league
energy independent, said
Mike Pabon, MEP acting
executive director.
According to the NYC
Department of Design and
Construction, which oversaw
the contract because
the league is on city-owned
land, the project upgraded
its existing metal halide
fi eld lighting to LED.
An agency spokeswoman
stated that a total
of seven light towers were
affected and that 188 lights
were reduced to just 45
LEDs.
The City Council
funded $360,000 towards
the project, with Elmhurst
Electric the contractor, according
to the DDC spokeswoman.
The LED lights should
cut energy usage by about
two-thirds.
Borough President Ruben
Diaz Jr. allocated approximately
$400,000 to
rebuild the fi elds after the
lighting construction.
Diaz’s funding includes
other improvements important
to the league, like
fencing, said league president
Frank Eisele.
The ground around the
two fi elds needed rebuilding
because of the project,
Eisele said.
The borough president’s
grant was awarded to the
TNLL because it showed
a strong commitment towards
sustainable public
policy.
The borough president
said that TNLL is a great
organization, providing a
place where borough youth
can learn about baseball
while acquiring life-skills
such as self-discipline and
teamwork.
“Throughout my tenure
in offi ce, we have invested
in our parks and facilities
that teams use during
their season,” said Diaz.
“The installation of new
LED energy-effi cient lights
is part of our ongoing commitment
to building and
upgrading spaces where
our children can play and
exercise.”
Diaz added: “We are
fully committed to providing
Bronx residents with
world-class sports and recreational
options.”
Eisele said that he believes
the borough president
is a strong proponent
of green, clean energy and
said he and his fellow board
members were thrilled he
supported the project.
“The lights are brighter
and the LEDs are much
more energy effi cient”, he
said. “The electrician (on
the project) told me that
each light generates more
energy than a clothes dryer
at home.”
The league may request
another allocation of funding
for a solar panel project
currently in design, he said.
Erica Pabon, and her son
Michael Pabon, who played
for the league and brought
in volunteers from his college,
Penn State, to help with
fi eld improvements, were instrumental
in shaping the
project.
Millennial Energy Project
has come up with a
conceptual design for the
TNLL solar project, said Pabon,
and the TNLL board is
coming up with its own solar
panel application, said
Eisele.
Additionally, having
fewer lights also means that
there is now more space to
dedicate for the Monk parrots
that sometimes nest in
the lighting, said Eisele.
According to Pabon, the
new TNLL lights use about
a third as much energy as
the older fi xtures.
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