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By Clarissa Allison | March 11th, 2016
Investing in energy-efficiency is an important step for any business. Doing a lighting upgrade will also yield a significant return on investment. Read on for 7 signs it could be time for you to consider investing in LED Lighting:
1) Your utility expenses are through the roof. This may seem like a no-brainer, because it is. Decreasing the energy you use will cut the amount it costs you to light your business. Also, since your utility bill reflects your usage why not start saving energy today by updating your lighting system? You’ll be saving already when utility costs inevitably rise.
2) You need ways to reduce overhead. Speak to an electrical engineer, they will be able to use technology to create solutions that merge creativity with efficiency for your lighting upgrade. They will help you understand the benefit of technical advances and sustainability, ensuring that you as the client get the benefit, rather than the risk, of innovation.
3) Your maintenance budget is unreasonable. Maintenance costs can creep up in ways that are difficult to spot at times. If your facility uses several different types of light bulbs or has numerous areas that are difficult to get to without specialized equipment, every time one lamp needs to be replaced, you are spending unnecessary time and money. Your maintenance staff may be spending too much time attending to failing fixtures or ballasts. Streamline the products used in your facility, schedule regular re-lamps, and dramatically improve your maintenance budget with a lighting upgrade.
4) Your lighting is stuck in a time-warp. We’ve got one word for you. Fluorescent. Why not update in favor of a more efficient and attractive alternative without the hazard of mercury? Perhaps your parking lot or exterior lighting uses high pressure sodium lamps that don’t have motion detection sensors? Both of these scenarios mean you need a lighting upgrade while also increasing your security measures.
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5) Your local utility company is offering a rebate for energy efficiency upgrades. It may seem counterproductive, but the utility company wants you to save energy, too! To locate incentives by state, visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency®
6) Your business process changes frequently and you need a system that can keep up. Are you a manufacturing facility that has to re-organize your space with some frequency or a property manager with a lot of turn-over? Consulting with a good lighting technician can promote job safety and help reduce inefficiencies in your production. Quality lighting design and efficiency can also help a property get and keep tenants.
7) You’re in the process of building your business. Consider investing in energy-efficiency from the top down to keep your overhead costs lower from the start. Lighting can be a simple and cost effective way to trim your environmental impact, and ‘going LED’ might be the solution that makes the most sense for you and your business.
Are you a business owner? What advice would you give someone who is interested in making the switch to energy efficient lighting? Tell us in the comments!
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Thanks for sharing these. With all of the advancements being made in energy efficiency over the past several years, it's definitely important to take a lighting update into consideration for your business. Money saved on energy costs could be used elsewhere in the budget, and looking into less harsh lighting could work wonders for staff productivity and comfort.