the board is the move to LED lighting in all our public areas by the end of 2013

Daintree Networks and Cree are already working together with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, delivering the joint solution at a wholesale distributor. The retrofit to the office and breakroom resulted in more than 91 percent savings.Once the GSA has completed findings, then it can recommend technologies to some or all of its portfolio. With more than 370 million square feet of building stock, if the GSA widely implements a technology, it can easily push the entire market forward.

For the federal agency, 2015 isn’t the endgame when it comes to meeting energy efficiency goals. Even once that mandate is met, the GSA then needs to turn its focus to net-zero energy designs by 2020, said Powell, who noted that taking the heat out of lighting by using LEDs will likely be a component of those designs. We have a great deal of incentive to roll out technologies that prove out as quickly as possible,” he said.Rezidor has announced over 300 of its hotels worldwide will switch to energy efficient LEDs by the end of 2013.According to Inge Huijbrechts, director of responsible business at Rezidor, the owner of the Radisson, Missoni, and Regent hotel brands has signed a deal with Philips to complete the transformation of its portfolio as part of its ThinkPlanet sustainability plan.

The Think Planet programme is aiming to deliver a 25 per cent reduction in energy consumption by 2016 and is expected to save the company 25m over the same period by focusing on relatively simple, low cost improvements.One of the things we're going to do across the board is the move to LED lighting in all our public areas by the end of 2013," Huijbrechts said. "Philips will provide technical assistance and design assistance for the different hotels because it's very important to choose the right lighting and take into account aspects like dimming and transformers, etc."Additionally, Huijbrechts said the return on investment for larger renewable energy installations was too long for the company to consider, but added that she would push to set up supply deals with clean electricity providers.