The commercial lighting rebate outlook is strong for 2025, with rebates widely available and covering all popular categories of LED lighting and lighting controls. As LED adoption enters what may be the late majority phase, rebate programs are under pressure to deliver energy savings in a more challenging market, resulting in bonus programs and the first signs of stronger promotion of lighting controls.
Guest Post: Steve Mesh on Writing the Sequence of Operations
Whether you use traditional lighting control devices or newer systems such as networked lighting controls (NLCs), you have to communicate and document how you want those devices or systems to behave. This documentation should include a Control Intent Narrative and Sequence of Operations.
Custom Rebates Evolve
While prescriptive lighting rebates have significantly promoted adoption of energy-efficient lighting and controls, the custom rebate option offers a potentially highly lucrative path, particularly in projects with advanced lighting controls.
The Lighting Controls Podcast: Jason Jeunnette Talks Lighting and Energy Efficiency
In the latest episode of the Lighting Controls Podcast co-sponsored by NAILD and the Lighting Controls Association, Jason Jeunnette talks about his work at the Design Lights Consortium (DLC) as a Technical Manager.
Lighting Controls Updates Utility Rebates Course
The Lighting Controls Association, a council of NEMA, has updated EE107B: Lighting Controls and Commercial Lighting Rebates, a course in the organization’s Education Express program.
2024 Commercial Lighting Rebate Outlook
In 2024, commercial lighting rebates remain a strong incentive for adoption of energy-efficient lighting and controls in existing buildings. Notable trends in prescriptive rebates include continuing widespread availability, softening demand for rebate dollars, more bonus programs, generally increasing average rebate amounts, and strengthening of networked lighting control rebates.
DesignLights Consortium Announces Formation of Horticultural Controls Technical Working Group
The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently announced the formation of a Horticultural Lighting Controls Technical Working Group that will advise and assist the DLC in efforts aimed at accelerating the horticultural lighting industry’s transition to optimized energy and production practices through networked lighting solutions.
Networked Lighting Controls Offer Deep Well of Energy Savings
As first-generation LED lighting systems begin to be replaced, a significant opportunity to maximize energy savings by incorporating networked lighting controls is emerging, particularly when HVAC integration is included, according to a new report by the DesignLights Consortium.
Lighting Controls Association Updates Its Course on Utility Rebates
The Lighting Controls Association (LCA), a council of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, has released a new and updated version of EE107B: Lighting Controls and Commercial Lighting Rebates as a new course in its popular Education Express program.
2023 Rebate Outlook
In 2023, commercial lighting rebates remain a strong driver for adoption of energy-efficient lighting and controls in existing buildings. Notable trends include continuing stability in LED and control rebates, imminent jeopardy for some LED replacement lamp rebates, and growth for networked lighting control and horticultural rebates. A coinciding trend with implications for lighting upgrades is introduction of substantial rebates for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.