Special thanks to tipster Dennis Latta, Construction Manager responsible for all activity at The Pyramid Center, for sharing some insight regarding LED light fixture energy consumption. In a previous post, I indicated how it was wasteful that the new Energy Code (Title 24) requires a replacement of fixtures when at least 10% are being modified.

Dennis and the Management Team at The Pyramid Center compared the 20 year life cycle costs between conventional style T8 florescent tube fixtures and LED fixtures for a 10,000 square foot office suite.

The findings were that when factoring in initial material and labor, energy consumption, and lifetime maintenance costs, the LED fixtures were the winners by edging the T8 fixtures by about $100,000 which is slightly less than 1/2 of the costs. This savings comes at a mere front cost of just than $1 / square foot in materials.

I’m interested to hear the feedback of others based on this information…