LightsOut Houston - April 22, 2011
Companies that went Dark Smart in 2010
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5718 Westheimer Road Investors LP
American General Life Insurance Company
American Red Cross, Greater Houston Area Chapter
Americo Real Estate
Behringer Harvard
BMS Management
Breof Bnk Texas LP
Brookfield Properties
CalSters
Cameron Management
CB Richard Ellis
CenterPoint Energy
Chevron
City of Houston
Consolidated Asset Management Services
Crescent Real Estate Equities, LLC
Cushman & Wakefield of Texas
CWBD, LP
DNA Development, Ltd.
El Paso Corporation
Energy Edge Consulting, LLC
English+Associates Architects
EPEC Realty
FC Tower Property Partners, L.P.
Fort Properties Management
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Granite Properties
Griffin Partners
H W Briar Park, L.P.
Hanover Real Estate Partners
Harris County
Heritage Plaza Property Services
Hines
Houston Pavilions
Houston Rockets
Humble ISD
International Bank of Commerce
J A Billipp Co.
JPMorgan Chase
Kroger
Lamesa Properties, Limited
Lincoln Property Company
Means Knaus Partners
Memorial City Mall
Memorial Hermann Hospital System
Mission Management Company
Moody Rambin
Navisys Group
Pacific Sun Investments
PCA Cypress Creek, LLC
Richmond Honan Property Management, LLC
Senterra Real Estate Group
Shorenstein Properties, LLC
Solvay North America, LLC
Stream Realty Partners
Tarantino Properties
The Appelt Company
Thomas Properties Group
Transwestern Commercial Services
Two Riverway Holdings
UCM/GP 1301 Fannin, L.P.
Weingarten Realty Investment
Woo Westwood LP
2009 Signage Competition winner - PageSoutherLandPage, LLP.
LightsOut Houston
Be sure to check back soon for a special video of the lights going out in Houston!
The "Energy Capital of the World" will continue its sustained commitment to become the "Energy Conservation Capital" by turning off the lights on April 22, 2011. LightsOut Houston started in 2008 as a city-wide commitment to energy efficiency by commercial building owners and their tenants. The goal of the program has expanded to establish a sustained reduction in the use of non-essential electricity by all buildings throughout the Greater Houston area. Participants are asked to sign a pledge of their commitment to energy conservation.
LightsOut Houston 2010
Over 89.7 million square feet of commercial space in Houston committed to maintaining a sustained reduction in the use of non-essential electricity. This equates to 350,000 kilowatt hours or $35,000 saved over the 2010 LightsOut weekend; annualized this would be 42,800,000 kilowatt hours or $4.3 million -- or enough electricity to power 3,140 average Texas homes for a year. At a time when companies are looking for ways to save money, conservation may be the simplest solution yet.
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Abel Design Group - 2010 Winner
Security lighting, any obstruction lighting, emergency lighting and lights in occupied offices will remain lit.
When: Friday, April 22, 2011 at 10PM
Where: Houston's Downtown and other areas of Greater Houston
Who: All Class A, B and C office buildings in downtown and all government-owned buildings (excludes hotels, streetlights, emergency lighting, etc).
Why:
- To raise awareness among office building operators and tenants to go LIGHTS OUT when the office is not occupied.
- To develop operating procedures, by the property owners and tenants, that change today's lighting habits, including working with janitorial service companies and building security to implement procedures to turn off lights when personnel is not present.
- To establish a sustained reduction in the use of non-essential electricity in commercial buildings. The downtown area has approximately 35 million square feet of office space. It is estimated that by eliminating just 50% of the lights routinely left on overnight and on the weekends, we can save 8.4M KW-Hours annually. That equals to almost $1 million annually. This is enough energy to power more than 600 Houston area homes for a year!
- To change Houstonians' habits at home by also remembering to turn off lights.
If you are interested in participating, please sign the pledge or email us at lightsout@houston.org.
