It's now easier to get efficient, more affordable, less-toxic, longer-lasting lighting.
See the LED Payback Calculator by SF Department of Environment.
See links below for:
- Brands and product details
- Criteria/specifications anyone can paste into contracts for each category or for all categories.
- Discounted prices if you're using City funds.
For City staff, we have compiled all of this information in one, printable PDF document: The Buy Green Lighting Guide and vendors for lamps (bulbs), ballasts, LED fixtures, and drivers, and recycling. You can also access this information through the links below:
Required & Suggested products for City departments:
Compliant LED bulbs, desk and floor lamps, fixtures/luminaires, drivers, exit signs and retrofit kits, under-cabinet and cove fixtures:
Compared to CFLs, LEDs are more energy efficient and longer lasting, and do not contain toxic mercury.
LEDs can replace less-efficient incandescent, halogen, fluorescent, and high-intensity discharge (HID) bulbs/lamps and fixtures. LED drivers can replace fluorescent and HID ballasts.
Limited Use & Prohibited products for City departments:
CFL bulbs, ballasts, and fixtures:
Fluorescent tubes, ballasts, and fixtures:
Halogen and incandescent bulbs:
High pressure sodium and metal halide bulbs:
Other suggested products for City departments:
