The Commercial LED Buyer's Toolkit

Five practical tools in one PDF: what your utility pays by state, how much light your building actually needs, a printable payback worksheet, the certifications that decide your rebate, and the federal deduction with its deadline.

• 1Rebate guide by state. What the strongest utility programs pay, with the source for each.
• 2How much light you need. Foot-candle targets by building type, from IES recommended practice.
• 3ROI worksheet. Fourteen lines, printable, gets you a payback period.
• 4DLC Premium explained. The terms that decide what you can claim.
• 5Section 179D primer. Up to $5.81 per square foot, and the June 2026 deadline.

Six pages. No sales pitch, and every figure cites where it came from.