California, USA: purchase LED lamp to enjoy tax refund

Has been the 8 largest U.S. Green and sustainable cities in the United States, Oakland, the city of California, the first time the location of the municipal government named Dahl, the underground garage was renovated. In order to achieve the purpose of energy conservation, the city government with light-emitting diode lighting (LED) instead of the garage used metal halide lamp (MH).

The Oakland government is responsible for energy conservation project government procurement team responsible for the procurement of LED lamps. The team has inspected the production of 7 LED lamp manufacturers, through the repeated comparison of energy consumption and lighting, the team finally chose the Illinois city, a lamp factory production of LED lamps.

In February this year, in the "Dahl Qi" underground garage after the completion of the main structure of the renovation, the 180 energy consumption of 80 watts, color temperature of 5000 (K) LED lights will be installed in place workers. Although the construction workers to "one on one" replaced the way with a LED lamp to replace the MH lamp, but there is still a lack of light source garage corner. To this end, the buyer has increased the number of ways to increase the number of garage garage light source problem. The project official said, although the amount of spending slightly more than the original budget arrangements, but the energy saving effect of LED can not be ignored. The quality of the LED light and the stability of the light source to ensure the safety of the driver into the underground garage, at the same time, compared with the previous MH lamp, LED lamp can reduce energy consumption by about 80%. According to the estimates, "Dahl Dozier" underground garage 1 years can save lighting energy consumption spending $32 thousand including lighting control and emergency system, the municipal government can recover all the decoration cost upfront in 7 years. In addition, the energy-saving lamps can also save 26 times a year for the underground garage.

It is reported that the total amount of Oakland city by the way the government procurement of replacement of energy-saving lighting equipment practices can enjoy the energy technical assistance project in California Energy Commission granted $43 thousand tax rebate treatment. Currently, the tax refund is being processed.