If Public and Private Sector Companies and Organizations across the US retrofit with LED Tubes, LED Fixtures, and LED Lamps, the Energy Saving Performance is outstanding. The Data and Calculations below illustrate the Sample Performance of LEDs across America for the "Non-Residential" Property Types:
| US Census DATA | Property Type | (Non-Residential) |
| # of Buildings in the US | 4,542,250 | |
| Total Square Footage | 66,870,000,000 | |
| Run Time (Hours / Week) | Varies: 49 to 168 | |
| Run Time (Hours / Year) | Varies: 2,548 - 8760 | |
| _________________________ | _____________________________________ | _________________________ |
| ASHRAE DATA | Baseline Watts / sq. ft. | Varies: .3 to 1.5 |
| _________________________ | _____________________________________ | _________________________ |
| Industry Avg. | 50% Savings with LEDs | 0.5 |
| _________________________ | _____________________________________ | _________________________ |
| Consumption Calculatitions | Current Watts Used | 73,767,000,000 |
| Current Annual kWh Used | 256,259,624,400 | |
| Avg. US Cost / kWh | $0.11 | |
| Current Annual Cost of Lighting | $28,188,558,684 | |
| _________________________ | _____________________________________ | _________________________ |
| SAVINGS with LEDs | Annual kWh Saved with LEDs | $128,129,812,200 |
| Annual $ Savings with LEDs | $14,094,279,342 | |
| 7 year $ Saved with LEDs |
$98,659,955,394 | |
| _________________________ | _____________________________________ | _________________________ |
| The Environmental Impact | lbs of CO2 Saved per kWh | 1.3 |
| Annual lbs of CO2 Saved with LEDs | 166,568,755,860 | |
| 7 year lbs of CO2 Saved with LEDs | 1,165,981,291,020 | |
| 7 year Tons of CO2 Saved with LEDs | 582,990,646 | |
| Vehicles (SUVs) Taken Off the Road | 13,880,730 | |
| _________________________ | _____________________________________ | _________________________ |
Support Data for the Different Property Types:
| US Census DATA | ASHRAE DATA | ||||
| Property Type | # of Buildings in the US | Total Square Footage | Run Time (Hours / Week) | Run Time (Hours / Year) | Baseline Watts / sq. ft. |
| Office | 736,000 | 12,044,000,000 | 53 | 2,756 | 1.0 |
| Warehouse & Storage | 452,250 | 10,477,000,000 | 49 | 2,548 | 0.8 |
| Mercantile 'Retail' | 667,000 | 10,398,000,000 | 65 | 3,380 | 1.5 |
| Education | 327,000 | 8,651,000,000 | 50 | 2,600 | 1.2 |
| Lodging | 153,000 | 4,521,000,000 | 150 | 7,800 | 1.0 |
| Public Assembly | 305,000 | 4,393,000,000 | 54 | 2,808 | 1.1 |
| Religious Worship | 307,000 | 3,405,000,000 | 29 | 1,508 | 1.3 |
| Service | 478,000 | 3,388,000,000 | 63 | 3,276 | 1.0 |
| Health Care - Inpatient | 11,000 | 1,865,000,000 | 165 | 8,580 | 1.2 |
| Food Service | 349,000 | 1,851,000,000 | 84 | 4,368 | 1.4 |
| Parking Garages | 40,000 | 1,440,000,000 | 168 | 8,736 | 0.3 |
| Other | 102,000 | 1,222,000,000 | 49 | 2,548 | 1.0 |
| Health Care - Outpatient | 116,000 | 1,053,000,000 | 56 | 2,912 | 1.0 |
| Public Order and Safety | 72,000 | 1,168,000,000 | 95 | 4,940 | 1.0 |
| Food Sales | 174,000 | 994,000,000 | 118 | 6,136 | 1.5 |
| Vacant | 253,000 | 1,908,000,000 | |||
| TOTALS | 4,542,250 | 66,870,000,000 | |||
The Better Building Initiative companies in this category are highlighted below. We applaud their leadership in Energy Reduction:
Green Campus Partners LLC
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
http://www.greencampuspartners.com/january-3,-2012-press-release.php
Green Campus Partners LLC is a portfolio company of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, a leading global clean energy private equity firm. Green Campus Partners LLC co-develops, structures and arranges capital for commercial, industrial, hospital, and university energy conservation projects, Energy Savings Agreements and renewable and distributed generation projects. These efforts are expected to result in more than $200 million in financing for energy conservation projects as part of the Better Buildings Challenge. Green Campus Partners works closely with the Administration, stakeholders, and other partners to make principal investments in energy efficiency projects, leveraging their expertise in energy efficiency structuring and development, deep capital markets relationships and commitment to providing solutions. Since joining the BBC in June of 2011, GCP has structured and arranged committed financings for approximately $90MM in EE transactions which includes closed or awarded transactions with 13 school districts. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Green Campus Partners LLC can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
The Green Sports Alliance
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
http://greensportsalliance.org/topic/environmental-category/energy
The Green Sports Alliance is currently comprised of 35 member sports teams representing over 20 million square feet of sports venues and facilities. Supporting the Better Buildings Challenge encourages professional sports teams and their venues to implement conservation projects that will result in significant financial and environmental performance. As a Better Buildings Challenge partner, the Alliance will aim to reduce the energy use of member facilities by at least 20% by 2020 in aggregate. The Green Sports Alliance members are identifying and undertaking energy conservation projects and are promoting the Better Buildings Challenge to all new members and partners. Green Sports Alliance members are already demonstrating that this goal is attainable. The Seattle Mariners and Portland Trail Blazers have implemented conservation strategies and facility improvements that have resulted in energy savings of 30 percent in fewer than three years. Since joining the Challenge, CenturyLink Field, home to the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders FC, has completed an energy retrofit which will reduce its energy use by 16%. In Los Angeles, AEG’s STAPLES Center is implementing a variety of conservation measures through their ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System to reduce electricity consumption overall by 12%. Most recently they have begun a comprehensive lighting retrofit that will replace almost 3,000 halogen fixtures with more energy efficient LEDs throughout the facility by early 2012, saving over $80,000 per year. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, The Green Sports Alliance can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
Renewable Funding
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
https://www.renewfund.com/services/pace
Renewable Funding is a financial services, technology, and program management firm specializing in innovative approaches to financing clean energy and energy efficiency projects. Renewable Funding is committed to accelerating the development of commercial financing options, with a particular emphasis on the design, structuring and implementation of commercial PACE financing programs. In collaboration with their partners, they anticipate commercial PACE financing will result in over $150 million in commercial building energy efficiency projects during the Better Buildings Challenge. Renewable Funding is partnering with local and state governments, industry stakeholders, and investors to deliver commercial PACE financing; ensuring commercial PACE is designed to attract a wide range of financing options, including access to the capital markets; and actively engaging with Better Buildings Challenge Partners to identify and approve projects on behalf of the communities they serve. Since June, the firm has invested in the technical, legal, and programmatic infrastructure needed to support PACE programs around the country. Renewable Funding has engaged in support of commercial PACE in communities located in the states of Florida, Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and California. In October, Renewable Funding worked with the City of San Francisco to launch a commercial PACE program with $100 million in funding capacity and the firm will be making a series of announcements regarding new programs, partnerships, and projects over the next three months. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Renewable Funding can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
Renewable Funding’s President, Mr. Francisco DeVries, leads the company the company that developed and pioneered the PACE concept and the firm is the industry leader in the design, administration and financing of these programs. Due to federal regulatory issues, the development of PACE programs is suspended at this time. Renewable Funding, along with the PACENow Coalition, is actively engaged in working toward a solution that will enable PACE programs to thrive. More information on those efforts is available at www.PACEnow.org
Metrus Energy
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
http://metrusenergy.com/financial-solution/esa/
Metrus Energy, a pioneer in innovative financing models for industrial and commercial building energy efficiency, is partnering with industry and investors to accelerate the usage of its Energy Services Agreement financing structure. Metrus Energy plans to finance more than $75 million worth of efficiency projects as a Better Buildings Challenge Financial Ally. This will be achieved by financing qualified projects identified by Better Buildings Challenge partners, and showcasing projects under the Challenge to help stimulate greater demand. To date, Metrus has secured letters of intent for more than $10 million in efficiency projects with new customers and engaged in the early stage development of approximately $25 million in additional ESA projects. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Metrus Energy can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
Bob Hinkle, is the President/CEO of Metrus Energy, Inc. and Metrus offers an Efficiency Services Agreement (ESA) is a pay-for-performance financing solution that allows customers to implement energy efficiency projects without any upfront capital expenditure. Through the ESA, Metrus pays for all development and construction costs. After a project is operational, the customer uses a portion of the cost savings associated with reduced energy consumption to make periodic service payments to Metrus.
Schneider Electric
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management helping its residential, commercial, industrial, infrastructure and data center customers improve their efficiency and reduce their energy consumption with products, services and solutions. As a Better Buildings Better Plants Challenge Partner, Schneider Electric has committed to reducing the energy use of 9 million square feet of building space, covering 40 different plants, by 25%. The company’s showcase project includes pursuing Superior Energy Performance certification at a Smyrna, TN plant site that includes a recently installed 1,000 kilowatt dual voltage solar farm. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Schneider Electric can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
In the first years of the 21st century, Schneider Electric has entered a new area of environmental, societal and social responsibility for business, politicians and the community as a whole. Schneider Electric fully intends to meet this commitment.
By adopting our Principles of Responsibility in 2002, Schneider Electric equipped itself with a collective and individual reference framework. Similarly, the Planet and Society barometer, a company measurement tool set up in 2005, mobilises every employee and provides a way to share the monitoring of action plans with all of Schneider Electric's stakeholders.
Serious Energy, Inc.
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
http://www.seriousenergy.com/blog/tags/tag/sustainability.html
Serious Energy, Inc. increases the value of buildings with a platform of products and services that combine real-time building analytics and material science innovations. Since 2002, Serious Energy’ s solutions have helped make 70,000 buildings—including the Empire State Building and the New York Stock Exchange-- more valuable, comfortable, and efficient. Our customers have achieved extraordinary reductions in energy use and drastically improved indoor environments through measures such as super-insulating windows that have directly avoided investments in new heaters, chillers, and other systems. Serious Capital, a division of Serious Energy, brings together proven technology and financing to guarantee savings and better building performance in a way that requires no upfront payment. As Financial Allies of the Better Buildings Challenge, they have committed to executing $100 million worth of energy efficiency upgrades with their clients. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Serious Energy, Inc. can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
High Performance Windows outlined in this Serious Energy Blog Post are one of the many energy saving strategies in addition to new opportunities in high performance lighting with linear LED Tubes:
Blog Excerpt Source: http://www.seriousenergy.com/blog/facility-managers-key.html
We love this recent article by Ronald Hicks on SustainableFacility.com: “The Facility Manager’s Role.” In it, Hicks insightfully calls attention to the importance of facility teams for ensuring the success of any sustainable building project. We couldn’t agree more. Though Hicks mostly refers to the importance of the Facility Manager for ground-up projects, or brand-new buildings, (“the earlier a facility manager is involved and understands the structure, the greater impact he or she can have on the life cycle of the building”) he does also underscore the importance of involving the Facility Manager in renovations. That’s because no one has more intimate knowledge of the ins and outs, strengths and weaknesses, of a building than the Facility Manager. And when Facility Managers are empowered with easy-to-use retrofit options such as iWindow, which deliver increased energy efficiency and dramatic comfort benefits without altering the existing glass or exterior appearance of a building, or with SeriousEnergy Manager enterprise building optimization platform, they are able to more effectively manage energy use, keep occupants comfortable, and achieve management’s bottom-line cost-cutting and sustainability goals. Because they provide the crucial, day-to-day supervision of buildings, Facility Managers have the practical and granular knowledge of how a building’s systems are functioning or not functioning. This detailed level of knowledge is crucial, whether at the very beginning of a new building project’s design phase, or in the renovation or retrofitting process. The Facility Manager is key to ensuring success. We like giving them the tools to be successful – for the comfort, productivity, and health of all of us who work, live, and play in buildings – and for the economic success of building owners.
Transcend Equity
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
http://www.transcendequity.com/mesa_solution.asp
As a Better Buildings Challenge Financial Ally, Transcend Equity is working to finance $100 million in energy efficiency projects by partnering with industry and investors to accelerate the usage of its Managed Energy Services Agreement (“MESA”) structure, facilitating investment in energy efficiency improvements in privately owned real estate. These projects are expected to reduce energy use by 25% or more, leveraging a recent joint venture equity investment by Mitsui USA to attract additional debt providers. As part of their participation in the Better Buildings Challenge, Transcend equity will aggressively market and source projects, evaluate and finance projects identified by other Better Buildings Challenge partners, and showcase projects under the Better Buildings Challenge to help stimulate additional demand. Since its initial commitment to the Better Buildings Challenge in June of 2011 Transcend has: expanded its staff, executed contracts with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to implement its regional Commercial and Industrial Retrofit Program, utilizing ARRA funds for credit enhancement behind major retrofit projects in the Chicago area; closed and initiated construction on a $1.5 MM retrofit project that will save 24% of the energy use in a 320,000 square foot office building, the first transaction of its kind in New York City, with credit enhancement from ARRA funds; launched a higher education retrofit initiative in Pennsylvania with equity investment from the Treasury of the State of Pennsylvania; and started pre-development on $30 MM in new retrofit projects including two private universities, two office buildings and one mixed use development. With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Transcend Equity can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
From the Transcend Equity sustainability “solutions” page: Transcend Equity has created a proprietary transaction structure known as MESA that allows us to make capital improvements into your portfolio at no cost to you. Through MESA, our company effectively becomes your energy supplier. MESA is an operating expense that replaces your current utility expenses and is set equal to your historical energy costs. In exchange for these historical costs, Transcend Equity will invest its capital into comprehensive improvements in your portfolio. We earn a return on our investment from the efficiencies generated by these improvements. Learn more on “Home MESA Works”: http://www.transcendequity.com/how_mesa_works.asp
Ygrene Energy Fund
Sustainability and/or Energy Reduction Leadership:
Ygrene Energy Fund offers no-cost PACE program design, administration and funding to cities and counties throughout the U.S. Ygrene gives equal weight to careful program design, strict administrative guidelines, broad-based marketing, contractor training and certification and comprehensive support for all stakeholders. Ygrene Energy Fund commits to generating $100 million of energy efficiency retrofits through commercial PACE projects, establishing a new means for building owners to finance upgrades with lower utility bills, increased property values, added comfort and environmental responsibility, low interest rates, long repayment periods, simple underwriting procedures and profitable economics." With LED tubes that are Made in American with Domestic and Imported components according to Buy American ARRA standards, Ygrene Energy Fund can save 50% or more on its electricity for lighting and also help create the jobs that support American Energy Independence.
Leadership and Team Building: Chairman Dennis Hunter. September 21, 201 - Beginning with Sacramento and Miami-Dade County, Ygrene Energy Fund is putting up the capital and administering the projects as part of its lead role in a private partnership that also involves Lockheed Martin, Barclays Capital and the global reinsurer Hannover Re.
"We're actively working to set up the program in Los Angeles and San Diego and other cities and counties," said Ygrene Chairman Dennis Hunter, a onetime real estate developer and former vice chairman of Sonoma National Bank.
The partnership - the PACE Commercial Consortium - was put together by a San Francisco nonprofit, the Carbon War Room, founded by Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, to find "market-driven solutions to climate change." ( www.carbonwarroom.com). Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/20/BUBH1L70O8.DTL#ixzz1lY1A5zNN
