Lighting Efficiency

Save money, earn rebates and improve lighting quality

Lighting Efficiency helps you save money without cutting corners.

For most businesses, lighting is a main driver of energy bills, accounting for up to 44 percent of monthly energy bills. Every step to lower your lighting use, from installing energy-efficient lighting to limiting lights to where and when you need them, can significantly lower your energy bills and earn substantial rebates.

Four ways to lower your lighting costs and earn rebates:

1. Lighting retrofit rebates – Available for existing facilities of any size, our one-to-one retrofit rebates help offset the cost of installing new lighting that’s more efficient than your current lighting.
2. New construction lighting rebates – Available for new facilities or those going through major renovations, we reward you for choosing lighting options that are more efficient than standard-efficiency options.
3. Custom Efficiency lighting rebates – Custom Efficiency lighting rebates are available for energy-saving lighting projects not currently included in our prescriptive Lighting Efficiency rebate program. Requires preapproval before equipment purchase and installation.
4. Lighting redesign study funding and rebates – A lighting redesign study can help determine the proper lighting levels for your space. We help fund studies and offer cash rebates of up to $400 per kW saved when you make recommended changes. Requires preapproval.

Program brochures and applications

• Lighting Efficiency program brochure
• Lighting Efficiency retrofit rebate application (includes rebate amounts)
• Lighting Efficiency new construction rebate application (includes rebate amounts)
• Lighting -- express application for T12 to T8 conversions

• Custom Efficiency preapproval application
• Custom Efficiency lighting evaluation worksheet

• Parking garage lighting retrofit rebate application

• Lighting redesign brochure
• Lighting redesign study preapproval application
• Lighting redesign study rebate application

Resources

• Energy-efficient lighting products fact sheet
• Input wattage guide -- contains average lighting equipment input wattage for estimating energy savings
• Case Study: Warehouse
• E Source brochure: Super T8
• E Source brochure: Saving money with lighting alternatives
• E Source brochure: Saving money with high-bay lighting
• Managing Energy Costs in Grocery Stores
• Managing Energy Costs in Limited-Service Motels
• Managing Energy Costs in Full-Service Hotels
• Managing Energy Costs in Office Buildings
• Managing Energy Costs in Retail Buildings
• Managing Energy Costs in Restaurants
• Managing Energy Costs in Schools (K-12)
• Managing Energy Costs in Colleges and Universities

Links To Additional Information

• Visit the Lighting Research Center, a leading university-based research center devoted to the latest testing and information on lighting
• Lamp recycling information at EPA.gov

Visit Lamprecycle.org to find information on recycling mercury containing lamps