Lee Waldron's List: Lighting Applications - Sustainability

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 establishes a long-range energy policy to combat the nation’s growing energy crisis. Effective Jan. 1, 2006, through Dec. 31, 2013, the U.S. government is offering substantial, accelerated tax incentives as a reward for installing or retrofitting energy-efficient lighting, HVAC and/or building envelope technologies in qualifying applications.

DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. Established in 1995 and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, DSIRE is an ongoing project of the N.C. Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.

BCAP was established in 1994, as a joint initiative of the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Building Energy Codes Program is an information resource on national model energy codes. We work with other government agencies, state and local jurisdictions, national code organizations, and industry to promote stronger building energy codes and help states adopt, implement, and enforce those codes.

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

In an effort to stimulate America’s economy, on February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The ARRA stimulus package has appropriated more than $700 billion in funds towards federal tax relief, expansion of unemployment benefits and domestic spending in education, healthcare and infrastructure.

To qualify for stimulus funding, the ARRA requires that projects meet certain criteria. Primarily, departments and agencies are being urged to support projects that are of a sustainable nature, that optimize economic activity, as well as increase the number of jobs created or saved in the US. Secondly, projects must have a demonstrated or potential ability to create programmatic, long-term public benefits versus short-term spikes in the economy. Lastly, and being stressed by all sectors of the government, projects must have transparency to the public with each taxpayer dollar spent being subject to unprecedented levels of accountability.

GreenWise™ empowers you to make the world better for future generations by using leading edge, sustainable lighting solutions. We will show you how reducing lighting energy, without sacrificing illumination, can be affordably achieved with GreenWise industry-specific solutions.