Common-Area Lighting

Energy Trust offers cash incentives for lighting upgrades in common areas such as parking lots, porches, hallways and laundry rooms. Consider the benefits:

Energy-efficient lighting uses 75 percent less energy while producing the same amount of illumination as standard incandescent bulbs
Common-area lighting upgrades result in immediate savings, aren’t intrusive to residents and create a safer, brighter property
Energy-efficient fixtures use 20–30 percent less energy than standard fixtures
Energy-efficient lighting, including compact fluorescent bulbs and tubes, last up to 10 times longer than incandescent options, resulting in fewer trips up the ladder for you or your maintenance crew

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Payback on energy-efficient common-area lighting projects is surprisingly fast. When our cash incentives are combined with Oregon Business Energy Tax Credits, common-area lighting upgrades can pay for themselves in less than one year. Using simple project details provided by you or your contractor, we can generate an estimate showing your dollar and electrical savings, along with approximate payback period.

Measure Description	Incentive per Fixture
2 or 3-Foot and U-Shape Fluorescent Fixtures, T12 to T8 and Electronic Ballast
One or more lamps	$10
4-Foot Fluorescent Fixture, T12 to T8 and Electronic Ballast (must meet high-performance T8 specs)
One-lamp	$15
Two-, three- or four-lamp	$20
Delamping (Per 4-foot lamp removed)	$5
6 or 8-Foot Fluorescent Fixture, T12 to T8 (800 Series) and Electronic Ballast
One or more lamps	$8
One or more lamps (24,000+ hours rated life based on 3 hour duty cycle)	$15
One or more HO lamps	$10
8-Foot Fluorescent Fixture Conversion (800 Series) and Electronic Ballast to 4-Foot Lamps (Must meet high-performance T8 specifications)
One lamp, 8-foot, T12 - to two-lamp, 4-foot T8 fixture	$20
Two lamp, 8-foot T12 - to two- or four-lamp, 4-foot T8 fixture	$30
Compact Fluorescent Lighting (Replace Incandescent)
One-piece screw-in (locking devised/dedicated base strongly recommended)	$2
Two-piece screw-in (locking devised/dedicated base strongly recommended)	$4
Hard-wired compact fluorescent fixture with magnetic ballast up to 26 watts	$10
Hard-wired compact fluorescent fixture with electronic ballast 7 to 26 watts	$25
Hard-wired compact fluorescent fixture with electronic ballast 27 to 55 watts	$35
Hard-wired compact fluorescent fixture with electronic ballast 56 to 99 watts	$45
High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Fixtures (Replace Incandescent or Mercury Vapor)
Metal halide, less than 175 watts	$40
Exist Signs
LED, cold cathode, electroluminescent, photoluminescent, or self-luminous	$20
Lighting Controls
Dimmable Electronic Ballast	$15
Occupancy Sensor, wall switch	$25
Occupancy Sensor, fixture mount	$50
Occupancy Sensor, ceiling or wall mount	$75

Your property must be an Oregon rental property or condominium building (see terms and conditions). The property’s energy must be primarily delivered by Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural or Cascade Natural Gas to qualify for Energy Trust cash incentives. Energy-saving improvements must meet program requirements.

Follow these easy steps to get cash incentives and tax credits for energy-efficient improvements to your rental property:

Call us at 1.866.311.1822 to schedule your free building assessment. We’ll review your property’s insulation levels, in-unit appliances, windows and common-area lighting, then show you which improvements could be the most cost-effective.
Obtain a bid from the contractor of your choice. Use our list of approved contractors, or select another Oregon Construction Contractors Board–licensed contractor.
Submit the final contractor bid and your completed pre-application form by contacting us at Multifamily_Oregon@energytrust.org or 1.866.311.1822. We’ll assign you a Multifamily account representative who will provide and assist you with the applications for Energy Trust cash incentives and Oregon Business Energy Tax Credits.
Return your signed applications to the appropriate office(s) and begin working on your energy-efficient improvements. Note: If you are also applying for an Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit, you must do so before you start your project.
An energy advisor will review your energy-efficiency project when it is at least 70 percent complete to ensure compliance with Energy Trust quality control guidelines. When you have completed and paid for your project, work with your contractor to submit final invoices marked “paid in full” and a completed W-9 form. You will receive your Energy Trust incentive within three to four weeks of submitting final paperwork.

Questions? Call us at 1.866.311.1822.

Energy Trust will help you complete all required forms, including the pre-application form and applications for cash incentives and Oregon Business Energy Tax Credits.

To see a list of all of our cash incentives for multifamily properties, download our multifamily program information sheet PI320M. For a full list of lighting cash incentives, download our lighting information sheet PI320L.