Knowledge Center

The following links are offered as a service to visitors to the Parking Lites website.  Parking Lites does not warrant the accuracy of the information contained in these sites; in fact we have included sites with opinions that vary from our own.

General Lighting References

• ANSI/ASHRAE Lighting Standards

Parking Garage Lighting

• Description of Newark Airport Using T8 Fluorescents

Fluorescent Fixtures and Alternative Fixtures

• Description of Metal Halide Fixtures
• General Electric Metal Halide Lamps
• Comparison of T5 and Metal Halide fixtures
• Discussion of Fluorescent Lighting
• Discussion of LED Lighting
• Comparison of Fluorescents and Metal Halides in High-bay Applications

Electrical Rates

• Federal Government summary of state electric rates 

Federal, State and Local Tax Benefits

• Discussion of Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Text of Energy Policy Act of 2005

State and Local Incentives

• California Rebates
• Site listing State and Local Incentives

Maintenance and Other Operational Issues

• Discussion of New Ballast Rules

Miscellaneous

• Discussion of the LEED Program
• US Climate Action Partnership Site
• Alliance to Save Energy Site
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions Calculator
• Green Source (Construction-related information source) site
• Environmental Leader site
• Green Book Live site