Starting in late 2011 and culminating in early 2012, the Hawaii Kailua Town Center Parking Garage underwent a complete lighting retrofit with EvoLucia’s LED lighting to deal with the challenges of increasing energy costs and environmental impact.
 
The parking garage was lit by seventy 175 watt HID fixtures on levels One and Two and sixteen 180 watt Low Pressure Sodium fixtures on Level Three. The garage is open seven days a week, yearlong and it is illuminated both day and night.
 
The first floor of the garage features 14 ½ foot ceilings, so the thirty-one 175 watt HID fixtures were swapped out for thirty-one 90 watt EvoLucia LED parking structure lights. On the second floor, the lower ceiling height allowed for a changeover of thirty-nine 175 watt HID fixtures to thirty-nine 75 watt LED parking structure lights. The rooftop posed a unique challenge.
 
EvoLucia's LED lights save over 50% in energy-savings and can contribute to substantial decreases in energy costs and maintenance. The facility's total electricity consumption, including traditional and LED lights, has dropped over 42% from a high of 400kWh/day in July 2011 to a low of 232kWh/day after the installation in April 2012. "We are saving about $1500/month in energy costs and we are projecting that our maintenance bill should drop by $15,000 annually based on the EvoLucia products' nearly 100,000 hour life," added Nishijima.