Lighting Efficiency

Save money, earn rebates and improve lighting quality

Lighting Efficiency, by ConservationWise from Xcel Energy^SM, 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.

5 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 standard Lighting Efficiency rebate program. Requires preapproval before equipment purchase and installation.
4. Lighting redesign studies 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.
5. One-Stop Efficiency Shop – The One-Stop Efficiency Shop offers special rebate levels and services for small and mid-sized facilities with a facility electric demand of 400 KW or less. Contact the One-Stop Efficiency Shop, operated on our behalf by the Center for Energy and Environment, at kfunk@mncee.org or (612) 335-3487 to verify your eligibility and energy-savings potential.

Save now!

• Lighting Efficiency program brochure
• Lighting Efficiency retrofit rebate application (includes rebate amounts)
• Lighting Efficiency new construction rebate application (includes rebate amounts)
• Lighting Efficiency LED Traffic Signal Rebate Application
• Lighting Efficiency redesign study preapproval application
• Lighting Efficiency redesign study rebate application
• Custom Efficiency preapproval application
• Custom Efficiency lighting evaluation worksheet

Resources

One-Stop Efficiency Shop

• One-Stop Efficiency Shop brochure

Lighting Redesign

• Lighting redesign brochure
• Lighting redesign study process flow chart
• Lighting redesign providers list

Lighting Brochures and Case Studies

• Energy-efficient lighting products fact sheet
• E Source brochure: Lighting Maintenance
• E Source brochure: Managing energy costs in colleges and universities
• E Source brochure: Managing energy costs in full-service hotels
• E Source brochure: Saving money with lighting alternatives
• E Source brochure: Saving money with high-bay lighting
• E Source brochure: Super T8
• Caterpillar case study
• Warehouse case study
• Xcel Energy's lamp recycling program brochure
• Managing and cleaning up broken fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps
• Demystifying Fluorescent Technologies (PDF version)
• Order your free copy of Demystifying Fluorescent Options

Lighting Tools

• Input wattage guide (contains average lighting equipment input wattage for estimating energy savings)
• Lighting tax deduction calculator

Links To Additional Information

• Visit the Lighting Research Center, a leading university-based research center devoted to the latest testing and information on lighting
• Visit Lamprecycle.org to find information on recycling mercury containing lamps
• Lamp recycling information at EPA.gov
• Visit the U.S. Department of Energy – Lighting information