Green Lights participants see lighting as an investment - a source of profits. Signing the MOU makes lighting an organizational priority. Lack of Information and Expertise - Lighting information travels slowly outside the world of the lighting industry. Green Lights provides informational tools to help lighting investors make an informed upgrade decision. Green Lights has developed a registry of financing resources available free of charge to all Green Lights participants.
Prices remain high due to small production runs.
Split Incentives Between Landlord and Tenant - To realize savings from a lighting upgrade, each tenant must renegotiate the lease with the landlord. The landlord rarely installs energy-efficient lighting in new construction, since utility charges are passed on to tenant. Green Lights is developing standard lease language that removes the split incentive barrier between landlord and tenant. The building's existing hybrid ballasts were replaced with electronic ballasts that consume less electricity, weigh less, make less noise, and create virtually no lamp flicker. Two hundred occupancy or motion sensors were installed throughout the building, reducing average annual lighting hours from 6,300 to 5,200.