Frequently Asked Questions

Increase Employee Productivity

Eye strain can lead to poor vision, headaches, muscle stiffness, and difficulty concentrating. Better lighting will make your employee's more comfortable, allowing them to focus on their work.

Increase Your Appeal

LED's provide superior light that is more attractive to employees, customers, and clients. Additionally, energy efficient lighting shows that you are not only concerned about providing quality service but contributing to the quality of the global environment, as well.

Increase Safety

Older ballasts produce more heat than updated electronic ballasts. This produces an increased fire risk.

Reduce Overhead Costs

• Automatic Controls - Use lights only when and where needed
• Cooling Load - LED lighting produces almost no heat, reducing cooling costs throughout your facility
• Lamp Efficiency - LED lamps can use up to 90% less energy
• Maintenance - New lamps and ballasts have a longer rated life

Reduce Upfront Costs

• Install fewer fixtures, because more efficient lamps can yield the same or improved light levels as older lamps.
• Keep existing fixtures - We can retro-fit existing fixtures to house LED bulbs, saving cost and waste from impacting the environment.

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

As mentioned above, with energy efficient lighting you can help conserve natural resources and reduce pollution contributing to a greener tomorrow for everyone.

Illuminator, LLC is an approved trade partner with Xcel Energy and is happy to help deliver equipment rebates to our eligible customers. To take advantage of these rebates, customers must have an active electric energy account in good standing with Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy is the provider and guarantor of these rebates, ensuring that your investment in energy-efficient lighting pays off.

As part of our full-service offering, we go beyond just providing products—we ensure you maximize the benefits of these rebate programs. Here’s how we help:

• Stay Informed: We keep you updated on current and available offers from Xcel Energy, ensuring you never miss an opportunity to save.
• Product Selection: We carefully select the best products to meet your specific lighting needs, ensuring optimal performance and energy savings.
• Rebate Assistance: We handle all aspects of the rebate process for you. From completing the necessary paperwork and application to submitting the application on your behalf, we make the process simple and stress-free.
• Record Keeping: We provide you with all the necessary copies of forms and submissions for your records, ensuring transparency and peace of mind.

By handling the entire rebate process, Illuminator, LLC saves you time and effort while often resulting in significant reductions in project costs. Trust us to make your lighting upgrade seamless and cost-effective!

On August 07, 2023, updates were made to the Environmental Standards for Appliances bill. "Section 8 establishes the "Clean Lighting Act" to phase out the sale of general-purpose fluorescent light bulbs that contain mercury. With certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2025, a person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in Colorado any linear fluorescent lamp or compact fluorescent lamp." More information about this bill can be found using this link; https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1161 . Many other states have also begun to phase out fluorescent lighting, and have set dates to ban their manufacture and distribution.

What does this mean? 

LEDs are the new standard of lighting. After exhausting their existing supply of fluorescent  bulbs, residents of Colorado will no longer be able to source this type of bulb from suppliers in Colorado, and will soon find it increasingly difficult to source out of state.

Tax Deduction 179D enables owners of commercial buildings to deduct in one year all or part of the cost of various energy improvements including - ENERGY EFFICIENT LED LIGHTING!

Starting in 2023, building owners have to improve energy efficiency only by a minimum of 25 percent. The new law increases the deduction to $5.00 per building square foot if the owners meet prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. If not met, the building owner may claim only a $1.00 per square foot maximum deduction. 

Contact your tax accountant for complete details of the 179D tax deduction.

• DLC Certification - The DesignLights Consortium is a nonprofit organization that focuses on testing and verifying commercial lighting products according to rigorous energy efficiency requirements. Products that pass DLC requirements are considered high-performing commercial lighting solutions and as such often qualify for LED lighting rebates.
• Energy Star -  A voluntary program that verifies a product meets strict energy efficiency standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) .
• UL Listed -  This is a globally recognized mark of safety, quality, and compliance for products and services. It's provided by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a not-for-profit organization that's been testing and certifying products since 1894. 
• ETL Listed -  Is similar to a UL listing, but administered by a different organization. It means a product has been tested and certified by Electrical Testing Laboratories (ETL), a division of Intertek, verifying that it meets established safety standards and is considered safe for consumer use. 
• FCC Certification -  Means a lighting product has been tested and approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure it doesn't emit excessive radio-frequency interference, particularly relevant for LED lights with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi capabilities that could disrupt other electronic devices; essentially, it signifies the product meets standards for electromagnetic emissions and is safe for use without causing interference with other communication systems.