LumiGrow LEDvHPS Cost Comparison Guide

LED vs HPS
Cost Comparison Guide

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LED vs. HPS LED lighting for horticulture is a hot topic these days. While HPS lighting
has a lower upfront cost, LED lighting is more efficient, provides consistent
Cost Overview light intensity over a longer period, emits less heat, and requires less
maintenance. Still, determining the lifetime cost of your lighting system
can be difficult, and HPS may seem appealing because of its apparently low
upfront cost.
The most important factor to consider when calculating your lighting costs
is total cost of ownership for your system. To calculate your total cost for
horticultural lighting we must look at:
1. Upfront Costs
2. Utility Incentives
3. Electricity Costs
4. HVAC Cooling Costs
5. Light Loss Factor (LLF)
6. Maintenance Costs
7. Labor Costs
This analysis is looking at a common grow room configuration for an

indoor cannabis facility. In our, analysis, lighting a 10,000 square foot
indoor cannabis flower room with LEDs actually saves growers a whopping
$1,159,708 over 5 years versus HPS lighting. That’s a payback of just 1.6
years for your investment! Follow along below to learn how.
Let’s walk through a scenario following “Taylor the Grower” as

he looks at replacing his lighting system. Taylor wants to run an
economic analysis comparing the upfront and operating costs
associated with LED and HPS horticultural lighting systems.
LIGHTING PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

Project Size Crops Grown
10,000 square ft Cannabis

1
Comparing Upfront Costs of LED vs. HPS
Fixtures
Taylor the Grower manages a 10,000 square-foot, indoor flowering cannabis
room. Taylor sits down to compare LED and HPS light plans from two lighting
vendors. The upfront costs of the LED fixtures are over twice as expensive as
HPS, but Taylor is just getting started evaluating his investment.
LED vs. HPS Upfront Cost Table

Upfront LumiGrow
LED Light Plan
HPS Light Plan
Leading Double-Ended
Costs TopLightTM HV
685 W
HPS
1069 W
277-480V fixture 277-347V fixture
Fixture Quantity 437 393
“
Fixture Cost $999 $350
Photosynthetic Photon
800 μmol·m-2·s-1
Flux Density (PPFD)
Upfront Cost $ 436,563 $ 137,550
PPFD is the metric used

The table above compares the upfront costs of the LumiGrow TopLightTM HV
to determine how much
and one of the industry’s leading Double-Ended HPS fixtures.
photosynthetic light reaches
your plant over a square meter
As you can see, the PPFD has been matched across both light plans at 800
per second.
μmol·m-2·s-1 which is the most common lighting industry recommendation for
flowering cannabis.
SECTION 1 - OVERVIEW
Upfront Cost Upfront Cost
LED System HPS System
$436,563 $137,550

2
Utility Incentives: Pay a fraction of the cost
If your utility has an LED rebate, LED lighting is a clear choice, economically.
Energy rebates can reduce your upfront LED fixture cost by 20-60%.
depending on the utility. That’s a surprising amount of free money for any
investment!
Most electrical utilities these days incentivize energy-efficient technologies

to help manage their energy generation infrastructure costs. Additional
incentive programs exist to address climate emissions, reduce pollution and
Utility benefit the public.
Incentives In the spring of 2019, the Design Lights Consortium (DLC) along with
the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE),
developed a horticultural lighting standard to make it easier for utilities to
qualify horticultural lighting fixtures.
In our scenario, let’s use a conservative incentive amount and say a utility
will pay for 20% of your LED lighting upfront cost.
LumiGrow provides you with a utility savings package to engage your electrical utility. The
map above shows states where grow light rebates are available. Contact LumiGrow for more
information on receiving a grow light rebate.

Taylor calls the electrical utility and asks, “Does my electrical utility provide any incentives to
choose energy-efficient horticultural lighting?”. The utility informs Taylor that as long as the
lighting fixture is listed as a qualified product, the utility will offer a custom incentive of 20% off
the upfront cost.
Utility Incentive Savings Table

LumiGrow HPS Light Plan
LED Light Plan Leading Double-Ended
TopLight HV
TM
HPS
685 W 1069 W
Upfront system cost $436,563 $ 137,550
REBATE CALCULATIONS
20% rebate incentive $87,313 -
Cost after utility incentive $349,250 $ 137,550
Upfront Cost - LED System Upfront Cost - HPS System
$436,563 $ 137,550
20% Utility Rebate for LED Lighting
- $87,313
Adjusted Upfront Cost of

LEDs with Utility Reduction
$349,250

3
Electricity
Comparing Electricity Costs: LED Fixtures Are
25-60% More Efficient
You’ve heard it before – LED technology has a higher upfront cost compared
to HPS. While that is still true today, LED has rapidly overtaken HPS in terms
of fixture efficacy.
The table below shows the out-of-the-box efficacy of different lighting

fixtures. Commercial HPS fixtures are up to 60% less efficient than LED
lighting from an energy efficiency perspective.
Costs Fixture Efficacy Comparison Table

Energy
Efficiency
“
Decrease
Compared
Light Fixture to
Type of Electrical output Efficacy LumiGrow
Fixture Lamp input (W) (umol/s) (umol/J) TopLight
Fixture efficacy refers to how LumiGrow Hybrid 685 1650 2.40 --
efficient a lamp converts TopLight Spectrum
electricity into photosynthetic (277-480V) (Broad-
light. spectrum)
Gavita HPS 1069 1837 1.72 -29%
Pro 1000e 1000W
(277-347V) electronic
ballast
ePapillon HPS 1041 1767 1.70 -30%
1000 W
electronic
ballast
PAR HPS 1024 1334 1.30 -46%
Source 1000 W
GLXI electronic
ballast
Sunlight HPS 400W 443 416 0.94 -61%
Supply Sun magnetic
Star ballast
Radetsky, L. (2018, May 3). LED and HID Horticultural Luminaire Testing Report. Retrieved from
https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/energy/pdf/HorticulturalLightingReport-Final.pdf.

Taylor asks, “How much will the electricity cost to run the two lighting systems?” At $0.12 per
kWh (US-national average), the LED room saves Taylor 29% a year ($63,478/year) on lighting
electricity costs over HPS.
Electricity Costs Table

TopLight HV
TM
HPS
685 W 1069 W
Daily Usage (Hours) 12 hrs 12 hrs
Input Watts Per Fixture 685 W 1,069 W
Total kW 299 kW 420 kW
ANNUAL POWER CALCULATIONS
Annual Operating Hours (365 4,380 4,380
Days)
Annual kWh to light 1,311,131 kWh 1,840,112 kWh
Annual electricity cost to $157,336 $220,813
light
Annual lighting kWh saved 528,981 kWh -
Annual lighting savings $63,478 -
Annual electricity savings (lighting) with LED lighting $63,478
Yearly LED Savings

$63,478
Subtotal

4
Electricity
HVAC Cooling Costs: LED lighting has lower
heat output
Our LED light plan uses approximately 29% less electricity to light than the
HPS light plan. Conveniently, this equates to 29% less heat.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Engineers (ASHRAE) has an established rule of thumb (based on the
location’s cooling season). In essence, it takes roughly 1 kWh of cooling to
offset the heat generated for every 3 kWh watts of lights.
Costs
Taylor’s growing facility requires a cooling system to maintain a steady 78˚F.
“How much money is saved on HVAC cooling costs by retrofitting to LED?,”
Taylor calculates a savings of $21,159 a year on cooling costs.
“
HVAC Cooling Costs Table
TopLightTM HV HPS
Heat emitted by lighting 685 W 1069 W
fixtures is directly correlated 277-480V fixture 277-347V fixture
to the amount of electricity Fixture Quantity 437 393
used. Daily Usage (Hours) 12 12
ANNUAL COOLING COST CALCULATIONS
Annual kWh to light 1,311,131 kWh 1,840,113 kWh
Annual electricity cost $52,445 $73,604
to cool
Annual cooling savings $21,159 -
The table above is calculated using the lighting load offset, the ASHRAE average cooling season
requirements, and the average cooling system’s performance rating.
Annual electricity savings (cooling) with LED lighting $21,159
Yearly LED Savings

$84,637
Subtotal
5
Light Loss
Light Loss Factors (LLF): Yields and Profits
The light intensity of HPS and other lighting technologies rapidly decrease
after they’re first used. Known in the lighting industry as light loss factors
(LLF) or lumen depreciation, these factors cumulatively affect the light
output of fixtures.
Some of these light loss factors are recoverable through scheduled

maintenance like changing bulbs and cleaning reflectors, while others are
non-recoverable due to ballast factors, supply voltage variations, optical
factors and fixture surface depreciation.
Factor The following graph compares photon flux maintenance curves over time for
different light sources.
“
The useful life of horticultural
lighting technologies is known
as the Q90; the operational
hours at which the light output
is 90% of the initial intensity or
less. After running for 10,000
hours, HPS intensities can
drop by 10%, whereas the LED
intensities are still running
close to 98% or more. Graph taken from multiple sources on lumen depreciation.
Yield Loss Factors

When light levels start to drop, so do yields.
HPS production yields will erode rapidly from what the manufacturer
promised, just after the first day of use. The correlation of light intensity and
yield has been studied at universities and commercial operations; we’ll use
these findings to correlate lost revenue due to light loss factors.

Let’s assume a grower flowers under 800 μmol·m-2·s-1 of light, and turns 6 flowering cycles per
year. This would require 4,380 hours of lighting per year. Based on the chart above, this would
result in about a 3.65% decrease in HPS light output. That’s 0.73% HPS light loss per flowering
cycle.
In a study done by Justice and Gerovac (OutCo 2017), they explored average cannabis flower
yields relative to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR): ie. light intensity. Using this
fundamental research we can assume that a 0.73% light loss at 800 μmol·m-2·s-1 corresponds to
about 0.61% decrease in cannabis flower yield.
Justice and Gerovac (OutCo 2017)
Let’s assume Taylor the Grower averages a conservative 40 grams per square foot. Let’s
assume it takes 60-days to harvest, allowing for 6 cycles in a year. The HPS output will then
drop by 3.65% and flower yield decrease by about 3.03%.
The table below shows the percentage of yield lost in your first year due to light loss factors over
each cycle.
Flower Harvest Cycle (730 hrs) 1 2 3 4 5 6

HPS Output Decrease (%) 0 0.73 1.46 2.19 2.92 3.65
HPS Flower Yield Loss (%) 0 0.61 1.21 1.82 2.43 3.03
LED Output Decrease (%) 0 0.12 0.24 0.36 0.49 0.61
LED Flower Yield Loss (%) 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.51

Any commercial grower knows that 3.03% yield is a significant hit to their profits. To show just
how significant, let’s consider the average price for wholesale indoor cannabis flower ranging
from $1,000 - $2,000 per pound (MJBizDaily 2019).
Let’s assume Taylor were to sell his cannabis flower at a conservative $1,000 per pound. The
graph below shows the revenue lost over lighting hours. In the first year running HPS fixtures,
Taylor loses $77,997 in revenue!
1 2 3 4 5
The graph above shows revenue lost due to light loss factors. For the purpose of this analysis, light loss is only calculated
for the first year. Though, exponentially more revenue can be lost due to HPS Light Loss Factors.
“
The primary metric when comparing yields between lighting solutions is light
intensity. In this study, light intensity was made equal between the two lighting
systems. Other factors such a spectrum play a role in plant quality and yield
to some degree, but given all environmental variables are equally optimized
for and photosynthetic light is adequately balanced across blue, green, and red
wavebands, then yield factors due to light spectrum should be comparable. A
LumiGrow Hybrid (also known as “Broad”) spectrum was used for this study.

If Taylor were to provide zero maintenance to his HPS fixtures for 2 years, he would lose over
$400,000 in revenue as a result of HPS light loss!
Many growers manage yield degradation by re-lamping often, but the effects of this Yield Loss
Factor cannot be completely avoided regardless of how much relamping is done. The Light Loss
Factors fluctuate too quickly to get maximum output out of your HPS lighting investment.
Taylor asks the big question, “How much revenue do I lose because of light depreciation factors?”.
Taylor takes a look at annual yield savings by switching to a LED solution.
Yield Loss Factors Table

LumiGrow
HPS Light Plan
LED Light Plan
Leading Double-Ended HPS
TopLightTM HV
1069 W
685 W
277-347V fixture
277-480V fixture
Q90 Lifetime 60,000 hrs 10,000 hrs
YIELD COST CALCULATIONS
Yield degradation for each
0.10 % 0.61 %
730-hour cycle
Year 1 Profit Loss $ -13,000 $ -77,997
Year 1 Yield Savings $ 64,997 -
Annual yield savings with LED Lighting $64,997
Yearly LED Savings

$149,634
Subtotal

6
Maintenance Costs: Bulbs and Reflectors
As discussed earlier, growers adversely affect yield and earning
potential if they don’t relamp HPS bulbs according to the manufacturer’s
recommendations. Leading HPS manufacturers recommend HPS bulb
replacements and reflector maintenance every year (or in some cases after
10,000 hours).
Let’s examine a grower’s annual material costs to keep their HPS lighting
system running per manufacturer recommendations.
Maintenance Taylor decides to buy bulbs and reflectors from the supplier for $89 and $56
Costs a piece, respectively.
Taylor asks, “How much does it cost to relamp HPS fixtures and replace
“
reflectors?” Taylor spends $56,985 a year to maintain double-ended bulbs
and reflectors.
While the material costs to relamp and replace HPS reflectors are already
significant, the disruption of relamping a facility also means slower
LED lighting doesn’t require production schedules and increased labor costs.
relamping, and as a general
practice, once you hang your
LED fixtures, you needn’t
Maintenance Costs Table
worry about replacing them for
many years.
TopLightTM HV HPS
685 W 1069 W
Useful lamp &
50,000 10,000
reflector life
MATERIAL COST CALCULATIONS
Per fixture lamp cost $0 $89
Per fixture reflector
$0 $56
cost
Annual Maintenance
$0 $56,985
Cost
Annual Maintenance
$56,985 -
Savings

Annual material savings with LED Lighting $56,985
Yearly LED Savings

$206,619
Subtotal
7
Labor Costs: Bulbs and Reflectors
Screwing in a light bulb, as easy as it may sound, still takes staff and time.
Growers either schedule these maintenance tasks between crop turns,
or they get staff to heave plant material around to make room for ladders
and scaffolding. In either case, the disruption is an expense that cuts into
production.
Integrated pest management (IPM) protocols may require HPS fixtures to

be bagged or covered before spraying. Commercial production will then be
Labor slowed or halted.
Costs LED lighting maintenance on the other hand, is simplified by IP-rated

fixtures that are designed to be sprayed down (or even submerged) to clean.
“What’s the labor cost to maintain HPS light loss factors?” Taylor pays facility
employees about $20 per fixture to relamp, clean reflectors and cover them
for spraying. Taylor manages a tight ship so his professional team calculates
that it’ll cost about $7,860 a year to maintain an HPS lighting system.
Economically, Taylor mostly calls this a wash, but depending on how often
scheduled maintenance is required, or how disruptive it is will cause this
charge to add up.

Labor Costs Table
TopLight HV
TM
HPS
685 W 1069 W
LABOR COST CALCULATIONS
Labor cost per fixture $0 $20
Annualized labor costs $0 $7,860
Annualized labor savings $7,860 -
Annual material savings with LED Lighting $56,985
Annual labor savings with LED Lighting $7,860
Yearly LED Savings

$214,479
Subtotal

Summary of an Increasing your profit margins
LED retrofit It’s time to tally up the numbers and compare the economics of the two
scenarios. Let’s summarize and take a look at the 5-year total cost of
ownership for the LED and HPS systems.
Taylor finishes his calculations -- it looks like the simple payback and 5-year
total cost of ownership for an LED retrofit is a win-win with a great payback.
The simple payback of the total cost of ownership for Taylor’s LED solution is
only 1.6 years with the rebate (or 2.1 years without the rebate).
Our LED lighting solution started out as an investment two times the cost of
a HPS lighting system, but quickly saves us just over a million dollars in just
five years.
Lighting a 10,000 square foot indoor cannabis flower room with LEDs
actually saves us a whopping $1,159,708 to be exact.
The following assumptions were made for the purposes of this ROI report:
• 10,000 square feet of cannabis flowering cultivation space
• 4,380 hours of lighting per year (equals 6 flowering cycles)
• $0.12 per kWh electricity costs (US-national average)
• Conservative 40 grams per squre foot yields
• Conservative $1,000 price per pound (MJBizDaily, 2019)
Although different environments will see different results based on a range

of factors, it’s always important to align infrastructure upgrades with
business goals by looking at the entire impact of your purchasing decision.
Each project is unique, but overall by following these guidelines you can get
a clear view of the effect your lighting decision will have on your business’
profits.
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LED Retrofit - Detailed Summary Table
TopLightTM HV HPS
685 W 1069 W
Input Watts Per Fixture 685 1,069
Annual Operating Hours 4,380 4,380
Electricity Cost ($/kwh) $0.12 $0.12
(1) & (2) UPFRONT COSTS & UTILITY REBATE
Fixture Cost (per unit) $999 $350
Fixture Cost (total) $436,563 $137,550
20% Rebate Incentive $87,313 -
System Cost After Utility Rebate $349,250 $137,550
(3) ELECTRICITY COST SAVINGS
Annual Electricity Costs $157,336 $220,813
Annual Lighting Electrical Savings $63,478 -
(4) HVAC COSTS SAVINGS
Annualized Electricity Costs for Cooling $52,445 $73,604
Annual HVAC Savings $21,159 -
Cumulative Savings (3) and (4) $84,637 -
(5) LOST LIGHT FACTOR SAVINGS
Annualized Yield Losses $13,000 $77,997
Annual Yield Savings $64,997 -
Cumulative Savings (3), (4) and (5) $149,634 -
(6) MAINTENANCE COST
Annualized Maintenance Cost $0 $56,985
Annual Material Savings $56,985 -
Cumulative Savings (3), (4), (5) and (6) $206,619 -
(7) LABOR COSTS
Annualized Labor Costs $0 $7,860
Annual Labor Savings $7,860 -
Cumulative Savings (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) $214,479 -
ANNUAL CUMULATIVE SAVINGS
Cumulative Savings (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) $214,479 -
PAYBACK AND 5 YEAR SAVINGS
Cumulative Payback in Years 1.6 -
Savings over 5 years, including
$1,159,708 -
rebate Incentive

ROI: LED OVER HPS OVER 5 YEARS
LumiGrow
LED Light Plan
TopLightTM HV
277-480V fixture
Savings over 5 years, excluding rebate Incentive $1,072,395
System incremental cost: LED over HPS $211,700
ROI over 5 years 407%
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO): LED VS HPS

TopLightTM HV HPS
685 W 1069 W
5 year TCO $1,463,155 $2,323,850
Savings $860,695 -
Difference 37% -
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connected to one smart 3-channel power supply
additional mounting and electrical hardware included
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Typical Input Power 685 Watts best of HPS and Metal Halide strategies and improves upon them
by boosting the red and blue wavelengths. Designed to grow the
1650 µmol/s
Typical Photon Flux (PPF) way you’re used to, without the high energy bill.
(825 µmol/s per bar)
PPE 2.4 µmol/J
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4. HVAC Cooling Costs

5. Light Loss Factor (LLF)

This analysis is looking at a common grow room configuration for an

Let’s walk through a scenario following “Taylor the Grower” as

LIGHTING PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

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LED vs. HPS Upfront Cost Table

PPFD is the metric used

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Most electrical utilities these days incentivize energy-efficient technologies

Utility benefit the public.

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Utility Incentive Savings Table

Adjusted Upfront Cost of

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The table below shows the out-of-the-box efficacy of different lighting

Costs Fixture Efficacy Comparison Table

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Electricity Costs Table

Yearly LED Savings

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The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Yearly LED Savings

Some of these light loss factors are recoverable through scheduled

Yield Loss Factors

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Justice and Gerovac (OutCo 2017)

Flower Harvest Cycle (730 hrs) 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Yield Loss Factors Table

Yearly LED Savings

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Yearly LED Savings

Integrated pest management (IPM) protocols may require HPS fixtures to

Labor slowed or halted.

Costs LED lighting maintenance on the other hand, is simplified by IP-rated

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Yearly LED Savings

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• 10,000 square feet of cannabis flowering cultivation space

• 4,380 hours of lighting per year (equals 6 flowering cycles)

• $0.12 per kWh electricity costs (US-national average)

• Conservative 40 grams per squre foot yields

• Conservative $1,000 price per pound (MJBizDaily, 2019)

Although different environments will see different results based on a range

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TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO): LED VS HPS

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additional mounting and electrical hardware included

Model Ordering Guide

Nema Linear smartPAR

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Choose between white and

Modular Design for