--- title: How one hotel achieved nearly 60-percent first-year ROI on its LED retrofit description: The Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead is saving thousands a month in energy costs after retrofitting its 35,000-square-foot function space lighting to LED. image: https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/ballroom_hyatt.jpg --- - [Corporate](https://www.regencysupply.com/) - [Shop](https://shop.regencysupply.com/) - [Studio](https://rl.studio/) [Login/Signup](https://shop.regencysupply.com/b2b/portal/login/) [![Regency Supply Logo](https://regencysupply.com/wp-content/uploads/rs-logo-r-2.svg)](https://regencysupply.com/) Menu - [Search Site](https://www.regencysupply.com/searching/) - [Shop Products](https://shop.regencysupply.com/) - [Services](https://www.regencysupply.com/services/) - [Architectural Lighting Design](https://www.regencysupply.com/services/architectural-lighting-design/) - [Lighting Supply](https://www.regencysupply.com/services/lighting-supply/) - [Electrical Supply](https://www.regencysupply.com/services/electrical-supply/) - 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[Store Login](https://shop.regencysupply.com/) ### REGENCY INSIGHTS BLOG Practical advice on commercial lighting from LED retrofts to lighting design [ Back to blog home](https://insights.regencysupply.com) [View all posts  ](https://insights.regencysupply.com/all) ![How one hotel achieved nearly 60-percent first-year ROI on its LED retrofit](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/ballroom_hyatt.jpg) # How one hotel achieved nearly 60-percent first-year ROI on its LED retrofit Posted by [Jules Tompkins](https://insights.regencysupply.com/author/jules-tompkins) on September 21, 2016 ![print](https://www.regencysupply.com/rl-custom/printer.png "Print this page") [![Share on Facebook](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/Icons/icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/Icons/icon-linkedin.svg)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/Icons/icon-x.svg)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=How%20one%20hotel%20achieved%20nearly%2060-percent%20first-year%20ROI%20on%20its%20LED%20retrofit) [![Share on Pinterest](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/Icons/icon-pinterest.svg)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.hubspot.com%2Fhub%2F158015%2F305390_10100548508246879_837195_59275782_6882128_n.jpg) [![Share on Email](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/Icons/icon-mail.svg)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Finsights.regencysupply.com%2Fhyatt-60-percent-roi-led-retrofit-conversion%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) WRITTEN BY A HUMAN ![How one hotel achieved nearly 60-percent first-year ROI on its LED retrofit](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ballroom_hyatt.jpg?width=724&name=ballroom_hyatt.jpg "How one hotel achieved nearly 60-percent first-year ROI on its LED retrofit") The engineering staff at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead has a lot of function and pre-function space to maintain. It's nearly 40,000 square feet, to be exact, and that's in addition to 439 guest rooms, 21 suites, and multiple lobbies on multiple levels.  [The hotel is a prime destination](https://www.regencylighting.com/guides/hotel-lighting/) for conventions being held in the Atlanta area, making the look and condition of its ballrooms and meeting rooms of critical importance. And unreliable lighting – as much as anything – was working against the hotel's efforts to keep these areas spick and span. "One of the issues in our pre-function space and our bar room space was we were spending so much time replacing light bulbs," Wes Shirley, the hotel's Director of Engineering, recalled about the pre-retrofit problems he had to navigate.  "Usually it would always happen at the worst time of the day... With the ceilings being so tall, you'd have to get a lift in. It was just a nightmare." To cut back on the maintenance headaches Shirley and staff were experiencing, they converted hundreds of sockets to LED. The result? A first-year ROI of nearly 60 percent, thousands saved in monthly energy costs, and much less time on lifts and ladders. *Learn more about the project by checking out the video below or reading our success story [here](https://insights.regencysupply.com/hubfs/PDFs/Grand_Hyatt_Case_Study.pdf). *     *Looking for more lighting success stories? 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