Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Aug. 22, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Nov. 15, 2013	Dec. 18, 2014	Apr. 17, 2014 Installment	Oct. 09, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 08, 2013	Dec. 20, 2012
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued		8,035,826
Estimated fair value of intangible assets							$ 20,000,000						$ 1,599,000
Goodwill		42,991,000us-gaap_Goodwill	21,498,000us-gaap_Goodwill	10,166,000us-gaap_Goodwill			18,600,000us-gaap_Goodwill			10,166,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Purchase price													856,000
Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs	5,000,000	(94,000)	9,964,000	15,125,000
Cash retained for working capital purposes	700,000rvlt_WorkingCapitalCash
Investment and consulting agreement, number of common stock to be issued		42,735
Stock based compensation		1,711,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	809,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	45,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Conversion of convertible securities, value of shares issued		25,879,000
Change in fair value of embedded derivative			(6,990,000)
Revenue from the date of acquisition		46,200,000	15,300,000
Net income from the date of acquisition		1,600,000	400,000
Tri-State DE LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration					1,800,000
Business acquisition, contingent consideration					900,000
Goodwill					2,786,000
Liabilities assumed					728,000
Purchase price					5,772,000
Business acquisition, liability incurred					1,500,000
Business acquisition, liability incurred repayment term					6 months
Business acquisition, interest rate on liability incurred					5.00%
Business acquisition, net of estimated working capital adjustment		25,000
Seesmart notes payable assumed					80,000
Tri-State DE LLC \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued					543,052
Business acquisition, value of equity issued					1,600,000
Contingent obligation, number of additional shares to issue					365,628
All Around
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration						900,000
Business acquisition aggregate purchase consideration						5,000,000
Business acquisition, contingent consideration						300,000
All Around \| Unregistered Restricted Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued						1,600,000
Business acquisition, number of Installments						11
Estimated fair value of intangible assets						2,200,000
Goodwill						2,800,000
Business acquisition, value of equity issued						1,800,000
Restricted common stock, issuance commencement date						2015-05
Acquisition share price						$ 2.00
Issuance of unregistered restricted stock, expected consideration						3,200,000
Tangible assets						1,700,000
Liabilities assumed						1,700,000
Purchase price						5,000,000
All Around \| Unregistered Restricted Common Stock \| Preliminary Value
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, value of equity issued						1,900,000
Value Lighting
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration							10,600,000
Business acquisition aggregate purchase consideration							39,300,000
Business acquisition, number of shares issued							8,468,192
Business acquisition, number of Installments							4
Business acquisition, common stock issuable installment value							20,900,000
Business acquisition, contingent consideration payable in cash or common stock, maximum							11,000,000
Business acquisition, contingent consideration							7,800,000
Business acquisition, preliminarily reduced purchase price							100,000
Goodwill							18,635,000
Liabilities assumed							18,438,000
Purchase price							39,309,000
Seesmart notes payable assumed							1,362,000
Relume Technologies Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration	5,000,000
Goodwill	8,624,000
Liabilities assumed	4,601,000
Purchase price	11,608,000
Business acquisition, net of estimated working capital adjustment	4,300,000	454,000
Seesmart notes payable assumed	26,000
Relume Technologies Inc \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued	2,174,000
Business acquisition, value of equity issued	7,300,000
Elite LED Solutions Incorporated
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration									500,000
Business acquisition, number of shares issued									300,000
Business acquisition, contingent consideration													356,250
Contingent consideration, sales consulting agreement period									5 years
Contingent consideration, monthly fees obligated to be paid									20,000
Investment and consulting agreement, number of common stock to be issued									850,000
Common stock vesting period		5 years							5 years
Number of unvested shares cancelled								850,000
Stock based compensation								0
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration										10,100,000
Goodwill		10,166,000
Liabilities assumed		5,400,000
Purchase price		18,276,000
Reduction of goodwill		1,200,000		1,300,000
Preliminary purchase price subject to adjustment														18,300,000
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Distributions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash Consideration			3,500,000
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Convertible debt accelerated under change in control
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of premium on convertible debt principal												20.00%
Seesmart notes payable assumed												3,400,000
Payment to holders elected to be paid in cash											2,400,000
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued										7,700,000
Business acquisition, value of equity issued										5,000,000
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Common Stock \| Distributions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued			1,992,996
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Common Stock \| Convertible debt accelerated under change in control \| Debt Repayment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible securities, value of shares issued											1,000,000
Conversion of convertible securities, number of shares issued											1,479,947
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued										11,915
Business acquisition, value of equity issued										$ 1,000,000
Seesmart Technologies Incorporated \| Series D Preferred Stock \| Distributions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, number of shares issued			738