Bright Ideas for Lighting System Improvements
Discover opportunities to reduce costs and improve lighting quality with the quick self-assessment questions below.
Discover opportunities to reduce costs and improve lighting quality with the quick self-assessment questions below.
If it does, then a lighting upgrade or retrofit could deliver substantial utility cost reductions and maintenance savings. The next step is to assess your equipment, energy use, and maintenance costs to identify the best opportunities.
Utility and maintenance costs aren’t the only reasons to upgrade. Lighting quality impacts productivity, sustainability, and more. The right upgrade delivers both savings and key benefits.
Efficient lights cost less when they’re on, but building controls and sensors help keep lights off when you don’t need them. Together, improving efficiency with upgrades and cutting waste with controls can maximize your utility savings.
Turning lights off when they’re not needed can also extend the lifetime of lighting equipment and reduce related repairs. Sensor technology and mobile apps also drive maintenance responsiveness and efficiency.
Without data, it’s hard to know if you’re overspending. Measuring and benchmarking your lighting maintenance can help identify where it’s not cost-effective and suggest upgrades to equipment and maintenance that can improve results.
Even if you decide you don’t need a system upgrade at this time, assessing the maintenance of your current system can still uncover ways to drive savings or improve quality and safety.
A lighting upgrade or energy retrofit is a great time to address deferred maintenance on facility infrastructure like parking lot poles. In this case, you could be combining energy savings, a better parking experience, and safety improvements.
Rust is easy to see, but as electrical and lighting systems age, other kinds of deterioration are harder to notice – until something fails. Technical experts can spot those risks in time to prevent high costs, and that helps you earn long-term value from your lighting assets.
As an attractive amenity or a new revenue source, electric vehicle charging is a clear benefit but a complex installation. There’s the choice of charger, power infrastructure, and parking operations to consider. Look for a partner with planning experience and vendor relationships to help you navigate changing technologies and optimize your EV charging strategy.
If you haven’t considered EV charging, now may be the time. Trends in sales and sustainability awareness indicate that more electric vehicles are in our future.
If you’re not sure that number is near zero, you may have energy saving opportunities worth a look. Benchmarking your energy spend is a good place to start. If your facility spends more on energy than similar facilities, a lighting assessment could uncover ways to reduce that spending.
If you’re worried about the upfront investment required to cut lighting energy waste, ask about an energy performance strategy. That could help you move forward with no or lower upfront costs.