Method of providing lumens and tracking of lumen consumption

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for compensating an LED light fixture/light source provider for generation of photons by one or more LED light fixtures used by a customer. In one example, a method comprises receiving a monetary amount as compensation for photons generated by the LED light fixtures/light sources, maintaining a contractual relationship with the customer in exchange for the monetary amount, the contractual relationship including a requirement that the provider pay an electricity supplier for the electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources, determining, with a meter associated with each respective LED light fixture/light source, the amount of electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources used by the customer over a period of time, and in response to the determination and on behalf of the customer, submitting payment to the customer's electricity supplier for the electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources used by the customer.

1 . A method of generating lumens from at least one light emitting diode light fixture, the method comprising:
 providing at least one light emitting diode light fixture, generating photons of light for a period of time, said photons of light comprising information or data;   using a meter to record the electricity entering the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over the period of time and storing the metered amount of electricity entering the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over the period of time in memory on at least one processor;   measuring the photons of light exiting the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over the period of time and storing in said memory the measured photons of light exiting the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over the period of time on the at least one processor;   automatically comparing at the at least one processor the measured amount of photons of light at each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time to data representative of a desired lumen emission level wherein the at least one processor automatically adjusts the electricity to be provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture to achieve the desired lumen emission level;   storing in said memory the adjusted electricity provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time;   retrieving from memory and compiling on a computing device the metered electricity and the adjusted electricity provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time; and   recording in the memory the compiled metered electricity and the adjusted electricity for the period of time and assigning a light emitting diode light fixture identifier to the compiled metered electricity and the adjusted electricity.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising communicating the metered amount of electricity to a computing device on a weekly basis. 
     
     
         3 . The method  claim 1 , further comprising communicating the metered amount of electricity to the computing device, the communication comprising a unique identifier. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , the unique identifier comprising global positioning system information. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising communicating the metered amount of electricity to the computing device upon a provider request. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 identifying the total amount of electricity associated with each respective light emitting diode light fixture, and the amount of lumens generated by the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over a period of time.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 increasing an amount of current applied to at least one light emitting diode of the light emitting diode light fixture if the amount of lumens generated by the at least one light emitting diode light fixture is determined to be below a pre-determined level.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising retrieving the metered electricity and the adjusted electricity provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture from the memory of the at least one processor according to a communication schedule. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising retrieving the metered electricity and the adjusted electricity provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture automatically.