The College will end up spending about $48 for each lamp after it receives a rebate from its power provider for switching to more energy efficient lamps.
But Director of FAS Physical Resources Michael N. Lichten said he is unsure when the College will have distributed all the lamps, but he hopes to include the lamps in the rooms for the beginning of the next school year.
He said the College is waiting on additional shipments of the lamps and is looking for additional people to help assemble the lamps once they arrive.
The impetus for installing the new lamps came in part from a senior project completed by Linsey Murr '96 for Engineering Sciences 100, "Engineering Design Projects," then taught by Lawrence Professor of Engineering Frederick H. Abernathy.
Murr authored a report entitled "An Energy Efficient Lamp and Energy Savings at Harvard," and designed a lamp that would help Harvard save money on energy costs.
Her report claimed that each new lamp, which uses 222 less watts of power than a halogen lamp, would save $20 in electrical savings a year.
According to Lichten, when Harvard officials saw the report, they worked to develop Murr's prototype into a feasible product.
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