Going green is an initiative that nearly every industry is being forced to consider and the lighting industry is no different. the desire to incorporate new technologies to meet green initiatives is driving unprecedented change in lighting solutions and is alos presenting the industry with its fair share of challenges. Technology that goes to market witout proper testing, solutions that hit the mainstream before tyey’re ready, lighting solutions that are developed without condiseration for the environments in which they will be asked to perform: all of these challenges create a reasonable level of skepticism when it comes to adopting new technologies like solar LED lighting for streets and parking lots.