Patent ID: 8543505

Claim:
A method of tracking lumen generation and payment for lumen generation from at least one LED light fixture used by a customer, the method comprising: paying to a provider of an LED light fixture a pre-determined monetary amount as compensation for photons generated by the at least one LED light fixture for a period of time; using a first meter to measure the electricity entering the at least one LED light fixture over the period of time, using a second meter to measure the light exiting the at least one LED light fixture over the period of time, and storing the measured amount of electricity entering and the measured light exiting the at least one LED light fixture over the period of time on a processor; comparing the measured amount of light at each of the at least one LED Light Fixtures for the designated period of time to data representative of a desired lumen illumination level as stored in the memory of the processor, and the processor adjusting the electricity to be provided to each of the at least one LED Light Fixtures to achieve the desired lumen illumination level and storing the adjusted amount of electricity provided to each of the at least one Led Light Fixtures for the designated period of time to achieve the desired lumen illumination level: communicating the measured electricity and the adjusted electricity provided to each of the at least one LED Light Fixtures to a computing device for storage according to a communication schedule; determining at the computing device the amount of compensation to be paid to the customer's supplier of electricity for the electricity entering the at least one LED light fixture for the period of time; and submitting payment from the provider of the at least one light fixture to the customer's electricity supplier for the electricity entering the at least one LED light fixture for the period of time.