Program Provider:

The Smart Lights Program is provided to you by Community Energy Services Corporation, a community-based non-profit organization located in Berkeley, California. CESC is dedicated to revitalizing East Bay neighborhoods by assisting residents and businesses in the areas of health, safety, and greater energy independence.

Program Partners

Smart Lights participates in PG&E's East Bay Energy Watch Partnership, a joint project of cities in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano Counties and other local energy experts like Community Energy Services Corporation. For more information on other Partnership programs available in your area, call 510-540-7200.

CESC is also a member of Green Neighbors, a marketing cooperative of local non-profit organizations that provide resource conservation services for residents and businesses in the East Bay. For more information on other resource conservation programs, call  510-981-2362.

2006-2008 Program Funding

This program is funded by California utility ratepayers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. It is funded from July 1, 2006 through December, 2008. Our goals are to assess the opportunities for energy efficiency at 900 businesses and to assist 450 businesses install new energy efficient lights.

The Origins of the Smart Lights Program

The Smart Lights Program was founded in 2001 by a grant from the State to the City of Berkeley to help address the California energy crisis. Unveiled in March of 2002, Smart Lights started working with small businesses in the East Bay(primarily Berkeley and Oakland) to help them save energy. When the Program ended its first cycle in December of 2003, we had worked with over 1,500 businesses, 900 of which chose to retrofit their lights.