Started with a lighting contractor’s problem.
In 2012, Leif Elgethun began looking for a way to replace pencil, paper and Excel on lighting retrofit projects. That search led to Retrolux.
Too much paper. Too many spreadsheets.
The idea for Retrolux was born in 2012 when founder Leif Elgethun got fed up with pencil, paper and Excel for lighting retrofit projects. He looked for software and realized nothing existed that was cloud-based, mobile, easy to use and integrated to simplify lighting sales.
Retrolux brings site audits, product selection, cost estimates and proposals into one project. Contractors, ESCOs, manufacturers and distributors can share project information and control access through team permissions.
Our focus is energy efficiency in existing buildings. We build software to help lighting professionals assess replacement options and explain the costs and expected savings to their customers.
What guides the product.
Field-first
The software has to work where the work happens — on a tablet, on a site, sometimes without a signal.
Practical by design
Audit data carries through to design, estimating and proposals, reducing manual re-entry.
Sustainable outcomes
Energy efficiency is a practical way to reduce waste. We want the work to be easier for the people delivering it.
2012
The year the idea started
130+
Audit attributes available
35+
Proposal and report templates
Talk with the Retrolux team.
We’ll talk through the projects you run, the people involved and the parts of the process that take the most time.