Sustainability
As a leading designer and manufacturer of energy-saving products, Lutron understands the importance of protecting our environment and preserving our precious resources for future generations. Since our founding, we have developed innovative products that save energy, reduce waste, enhance efficiency, and improve people’s lifestyles.
Climate & Energy
We believe that companies like ours can play a role in meeting the challenge of climate change. We are also working to reduce our climate impact by measuring and taking action to reduce our scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions. We’re developing a roadmap to reduce emissions across our value chain and focusing our efforts on the most significant opportunities for innovation and emissions reductions.
Product
Since our founding in 1961 with the introduction of the solid-state dimmer, we have developed innovative products that not only save energy but reduce waste, enhance efficiency, and improve people’s lifestyles.
How Lutron Products Make an Impact
Each year, our products save a total of almost 10 billion kWh in the US alone—the equivalent of $1 billion in annual energy costs or 7 million metric tons of CO2 in lighting energy.
Long Life
Lutron products are built to last. We engineer every product from the ground up and carry out rigorous end-of-line testing to guarantee maximum quality and extended operational life—including tests that simulate ten years of constant use—so the product works from the moment it arrives and for many years after.
Easy to Upgrade
Our products and systems are built for the future, to accommodate upgrades rather than replacements. Whether you’ve had your system for a year or a decade, it’s easy to incorporate new features and capabilities—and access 24/7 support from expert technicians.
Endlessly Reconfigurable
As your projects evolve, Lutron products and systems can adapt with them. Lutron products are designed to be flexible for simple rezoning or major transformations, reducing the need to replace equipment, wire, or conduit.
Save Energy
Lutron products provide significant energy savings for our customers, both residentially and commercially. Dimmers and occupancy sensors conserve energy, while automated shades help reduce heat gain. Lutron’s connected systems integrate lighting and shading controls and provide data that can help optimize building performance, increase building efficiency, and reduce climate impacts.
Wireless Adaptability
Redesign, retrofit, or expand without having to rewire. Our wireless fixtures are individually addressable, which means that control is placed in the device itself, eliminating control panels and copper control wire.
Supporting Sustainable Design
Lutron controls can save up to 60% of lighting energy used in today’s commercial buildings compared to manual or non-automated controls. Beyond energy savings, Lutron lighting fixtures, lighting controls, and automated shading can contribute to achieving green building certifications such as LEED, WELL, BREEAM, and Living Building Challenge.
Products in Action
“Environmental sustainability is deeply rooted in our company’s heritage as we have consistently delivered innovative products that save energy, reduce waste, and improve people’s lifestyles.”
Edward J. Blair
President of Lutron Electronics
Waste
We’re challenging ourselves to find new ways to combat the global waste problem and support the circular economy by implementing company-wide waste reduction initiatives and developing solutions to drive measurable improvement.
Packaging
Lutron is continually innovating to reduce the impact of our packaging by minimizing waste, integrating more sustainable materials, and ensuring damage-free delivery.
Product Packaging
Lutron is prioritizing initiatives to reduce packaging and integrate more sustainable materials. We created a new packaging engineering and design team to support all of our products and distribution worldwide.
Local Suppliers
Over the past two years, we’ve worked to develop relationships with local suppliers of packaging materials. Today, Lutron procures over 80% of its corrugate packaging from local vendors within 25 miles of each facility.
Digital Installation Guides
Digital installation guides accessed via QR code are replacing printed manuals. This not only reduces waste and saves energy—it also enhances the customer experience by providing quick access to additional information such as online tutorials and troubleshooting guides.
Water
Access to clean water is essential to our communities and planet. While Lutron operations do not require large amounts of water, we’re committed to the efficient use of resources.
Water-Efficient Design Standards
We’re working to ensure our facilities have installed high-efficiency water fixtures such as low-flow faucets and toilets. Additionally, we’re standardizing the use of smart water coolers, eliminating plastic bottles from our campuses worldwide.
Smart Water Technology
Lutron is expanding the use of rainwater harvesting systems. For example, our newest manufacturing facility in Costa Rica uses a rainwater management system to collect rainwater for reuse.
Resources
Earth Day planting
Bring your own mug
E-Scrap
Updated recycling
Earth Day
EV charging stations
DIY gardens
Beach clean up
Tree adoption
Eco bag exchange
Earth Day planting
Bring your own mug
E-Scrap
Updated recycling
Earth Day
EV charging stations
DIY gardens
Beach clean up
Tree adoption
Eco bag exchange
Photo at top of page Lutron Office, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Photos in Climate & Energy:
Hero Image: Lutron Manufacturing Center, Costa Rica (LEED Gold Certified)
Images (left to right): Lutron Sales & Service Center, Dubai, UAE (LEED Gold Certified), View of Lutron's Dashboard, Lutron Distribution Center, Austin, Texas.