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DOE Interior Lighting Campaign Nets Millions in Energy Savings

June 29, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said its Better Buildings Alliance technology and market campaigns have attracted over 160 participants and supporters in the Interior Lighting Campaign (ILC) and 40 Green Lease Leaders.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said its Better Buildings Alliance technology and market campaigns have attracted over 160 participants and supporters in the Interior Lighting Campaign (ILC) and 40 Green Lease Leaders. The alliance works through partnerships with public and private sector organizations to help interested landlords, tenants, and owners to adopt energy efficiency technologies that best meet the needs of their buildings for sustainable leasing and upgrades to indoor lighting.

“The marketplace is seeing a rapid adoption of highly-efficient indoor lighting and green leasing practices, as the price of cutting edge technologies and the risk of creative market approaches continue to decline,” said Kathleen Hogan, DOE, deputy assistant secretary for Energy Efficiency. “This is exemplified by the increasing number of organizations partnering with DOE to adopt the next technology or novel market strategy – and through this, showing the will to push the limits and benefits of energy efficiency in commercial buildings.”

In the first year, the ILC quickly exceeded an initial goal of replacing 100,000 indoor lighting troffers. The campaign has now upgraded 650,000 troffers and is now working toward a goal of 1 million. Total national energy savings for the 650,000 so far is about 1.3 trillion BTUs or the equivalent of $13.5 million in energy savings.

 With support from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), there are now close to 50 participants, including CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc., Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Target, and T-Mobile, and 110 industry supporters.

DOE also said its Green Lease Leaders program, a joint project of the Better Buildings Alliance and the Institute for Market Transformation, now covers more than 375 million square feet of commercial floor space across the U.S.

Through Better Buildings, DOE aims to make commercial, public, industrial, and residential buildings 20 percent more energy efficient over the next decade.

Here’s where you can read more, including lists of the companies participating: Energy Department’s Interior Lighting Campaign nets $13.5 million in energy savings in first year; Green Lease Leaders add 1 billion square feet of commercial building space

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