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Delaware's energy fund pays for networked lighting sensors.
No Delaware utility pays for networked controls today. The state does, through DNREC's Energy Efficiency Investment Fund. We design the system, ship it set up and labeled, and test it.
Programs as of October 2026. We confirm what your building qualifies for before you buy. Sources
Who pays in Delaware.
Delaware's utilities don't pay for networked lighting controls today. Delmarva Power's Delaware programs are for homes, and Delaware Electric Cooperative pays for LED fixtures.
The state fills the gap. DNREC's Energy Efficiency Investment Fund is open to businesses and other non-residential customers that pay Delaware's public utility tax, whichever utility serves them. Its lighting rebates have lines for sensors with network capability and for fixtures with controls built in. For bigger projects that also cover heating, cooling or other systems, its top tier counts lighting only when it has networked or fixture-level controls.
Pre-approval is optional on the standard rebates, but it's the safe way to reserve the money, so we line it up before anything is ordered. Programs as of October 2026; amounts change, and your assessment has the current ones for your building.
Upgrading lighting anyway?
Delaware's 2024 IECC took effect April 11, 2026, with ASHRAE 90.1-2022 as the other path. Counties and towns have a year to start enforcing it, so check which edition your permit falls under. It calls for lights that shut off when a room empties, dimming down to 10% in offices and meeting rooms, daylight dimming near the windows and, in garages, lights that step down when nobody's there. Changing the lighting or controls in a space brings that space under these rules, and the controls get tested before final inspection. We hand the test records to your engineer.
State law also sets 2030 as the year new commercial buildings should be ready for zero net energy, so the code will keep tightening.
A sensor in every fixture is the simplest way we know to meet those rules.
See how a project runs- GaragesStep down when a zone sits empty, and dim near open sides in daylightCovered
- DaylightDim near the windows, all the way to 15%Covered
- DimmingOffices and meeting rooms dim down to 10%Covered
No local energy laws yet.
Delaware has no benchmarking or building performance law for private buildings today; only state buildings track their energy use. The energy code is the rule that matters.
Your building can be anywhere in the US.
We design remotely and ship the kit set up and labeled by room. A local electrician installs it, and we test on site or remotely.
Questions owners ask.
Do Delaware utilities pay for networked lighting controls?
Not today. Delmarva Power's Delaware programs are for homes, and Delaware Electric Cooperative pays for LED fixtures. The state's Energy Efficiency Investment Fund is where the money is. As of October 2026.
Who can use the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund?
Businesses, industry, government and nonprofits that pay Delaware's public utility tax, on Delmarva, the co-op or a town utility. New buildings qualify only for going beyond the code.
Which code applies to my project?
The state's 2024 IECC took effect April 11, 2026, and counties and towns have a year to start enforcing it. Your permit office will tell you which edition applies, and a project can choose the new code early.
Does the code call for networked controls?
It calls for shutoff, dimming, daylight and garage controls, and for testing them. A controller on every fixture is the practical way to meet all of that.
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