Steps to Becoming an LED University

1. Identify a pilot LED lighting installation. Potential applications include:

a. Parking-garage lighting

b. Parking-lot lighting

c. Pedestrian street or pathway lighting

d. Outdoor building-facade lighting

e. Interior and exterior recessed can lighting

2. Contact LED fixture manufacturers with solutions for the pilot application selected. The following link provides contact information for a number of LED fixture manufacturers. They can provide application, product and pricing information as well as help you to calculate potential energy and maintenance cost savings. http://www.ledcity.org/fixture-contacts.htm

3. Select, purchase and complete installation of LED lighting products for the initial pilot project.

4. Contact Deb Lovig, Cree LED Programs Manager, at deb_lovig@cree.com to discuss joining the LED University program.

5. Get agreement from the president’s or chancellor’s office to participate in the program, share results of the pilot, commit to evaluating LED lighting across your infrastructure and deploy LED lighting where it makes good business sense.

6. Confirm energy savings, energy cost savings and maintenance cost savings as compared to the traditional lighting solution. Compare initial purchase costs and overall lifetime savings to determine return on investment. This information will be valuable in helping all stakeholders decide where LED lighting makes good business sense.

7. Plan an announcement of your participation in the program.

You may wish to conduct a survey or solicit input from staff and/or students to assess how the new lights are being received. Signs can be posted to prompt email feedback on light quality and safety issues. You may also wish to take before-and-after photography (professional-quality) to help illustrate the dramatic difference in the new lighting.

Energy Savings

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in the next 20 years, rapid adoption of LED lighting in the U.S. can:

— Reduce electricity demands from lighting by one-third

— Eliminate 258 million metric tons of carbon emissions

— Avoid building 40 new power plants

— Create financial savings that could exceed $200 billion