Cleantech Approach (www.cleantechapproach.com, a research and advisory organization focused on providing specialized research and advisory services to municipalities, institutions, and global development organizations utilizing or advancing the use of sustainable technologies and practices) recently published a report on energy efficient lighting, conducted at the request of a top-five municipality.

The municipality requested the report because they are considering retrofitting their facilities and infrastructure in order to make them more sustainable.  The report benchmarks solid state/LED lighting solutions against their conventional lighting counterparts (incandescent, halogen, CFL, linear fluorescent, and metal halide) across three end-markets (residential, commercial office, and retail).  The report identifies end-markets in which these next generation lighting solutions outperform, their relative costs of operation, and their payback periods.  The report has been well received by the sponsoring municipality; other municipalities with infrastructure sustainability needs; architects and lighting designers; real estate developers, operators and owners; and institutions (i.e., universities) who have remarked that they have not had a central resource that presents the information as clearly.

In this report, CTA takes a detailed look at a market that offers cities a tremendous energy saving opportunity, solid state lighting (SSL).  Through their rigorous benchmarking of SSL solutions versus their conventional lighting counterparts, they have determined the markets in which SSL solutions outperform, their relative costs of operation, and their payback periods.

Check out the Executive Summary here!