Cost2Light is an easy-to-use, yet powerful, analysis tool for lighting costs. Building and comparing multiple bills of material has never been easier. Cost2Light is available at no cost, compliments of Columbia Lighting. Simply download the installation program from this web site.

Key Features

Multiple Bills of Material - Up to four separate bills of material can be created for any given project. Each bill of materials can contain multiple luminaire types, lamp types, and operating parameters.

Cost Calculations - Timesaving calculations can be completed for equipment, installation, energy, lamp replacement, and annual operating costs.

Color Graphs - For efficient comparisons, color graphs for total installed, annual energy, and lifetime system costs can be viewed and printed. System payback is readily determined from lifetime system cost graphs.

Detailed Reports - A variety of printed reports are available including project cost summary, lamp list, luminaire list, and bill of material listings.

Windows Environment - The intuitive user-interface was designed specifically for Windows® 95/98/NT operating systems.

Download Instructions

There are two methods for downloading and installing your free Cost2Light software. Each method is described below. Please choose the method that best suits your needs.

Method 1: Download a single installation file
Use this method if you plan to install Cost2Light onto the system that you will be downloading it to. The installation program is ~2mb .

1. Download the file Cost2LightInst.Exe onto the system that you wish to install Cost2Light on.
2. Make sure that all programs are shut down.
3. Run the Cost2LightInst.Exe program.
4. Follow the directions in the installation program.

Method 2: Download the files to make a 2-disk installation set.
Use this method if you need to take disks to different machines in order to do multiple installations.

1. Download the files Cost2LightDisk.exe and Disk1.Bnd and copy them onto a blank 3.5" floppy. Label this floppy "Cost2Light Disk 1".
2. Download the file Disk2.Bnd and copy it onto another blank 3.5" floppy. Label this floppy "Cost2LightDisk2".
3. Make sure that all programs are shut down.
4. Insert "Cost2LightDisk1" into your floppy drive and run the program Cost2LightDisk.exe.
5. Follow the directions in the installation program. You will be prompted when to insert disk 2.