5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs led lighting manufacturer？
Whether you are looking at an LED lighting retrofit or upgrade you’re in luck! Now is the perfect time to start the process of upgrading your commercial property’s lighting.
In this guide we are going to lay out the top 5 benefits of switching to LED lighting.
1. LED lights last much longer than traditional bulbs
Firstly we have to define how LED and traditional lighting’s life spans are measured:
Average Rated Life (ARL): ARL of a lamp or a bulb refers to the time it takes for exactly half the bulbs (50 percent) of a test sample to die out while the other half continue to burn. The Average Rated Life of a light bulb is also popularly known as half-life. We express this in hours and it is an indicator of the longevity of lights.
LED Useful Life: To provide an appropriate measure of useful life of an LED, a level of acceptable lumen depreciation must be chosen. At what point is the light level no longer meeting the needs of the application? Research shows that for commonplace lighting the majority of occupants accept up to 30% of light level reductions with little notice, particularly if the reduction is gradual. Therefore a level of 70% of initial light level could be considered an appropriate threshold of useful life for general lighting. This is sometimes abbreviated to L70%.
The following is a list of the average rated life from a report by the US Dept of Energy of most types of bulbs you see today and the useful life of LEDs.
Incandescent 750-2,000 hours
Halogen incandescent 3,000-4,000 hours
Compact fluorescent (CFL) 8,000-10,000 hours
Metal halide 7,500-20,000 hours
Linear fluorescent 20,000-30,000 hours
High-Power White LED 35,000-50,000 hours
In addition to LED lights lasting longer than their counterparts, they are also quite more durable. Incandescent and fluorescent bulbs break considerably easier than LED lights, making LED lights a better fit for commercial environments e.g. warehouses or manufacturing businesses.
2. You can save a lot of money switching to LED lighting in commercial facilities
With more and more of the market switching to LED, they have been getting cheaper and cheaper. While LEDs are still generally more expensive than traditional types of bulbs, they quickly pay back the initial investment to upgrade/retrofit and become a source of positive cash flow. Here are all the ways you can save by switching to LED:
Electricity Savings
LED lights are up to 90% more efficient than their counterparts. This means you will use less energy to light up your building and in turn will pay less on your monthly electric bill from your utility or supplier.
On top of this, because LED lighting is so much more efficient, you can often find incentives offered by utilities that you can take advantage of.
To roughly calculate your annual savings, use this equation:
Number of bulbs x annual hours of operation x wattage reduction per bulb ÷ 1000 (converting to kWh) x electric rate per kWh.
So an example office would look like this:
500 bulbs x 2,600 x 10 watts ÷ 1000 x 0.10 = $1,300.00 annual savings.
This will vary if some weeks the lights were on more or less than normal. If you are on a variable rate, your bill will also rise and fall with the energy market.
LED lighting also produces very little heat and as a result helps keep buildings colder, saving your money on cooling.
Maintenance Savings
In my experience businesses often forget about the costs associated with maintenance. But in reality there are 3 major sources of savings besides using less electricity.
Replacement costs: Since LED lights last considerably longer, you end up spending substantially less per year on replacements.
Labor: Once you’ve bought your replacement lights you have to have them installed and again, since LED lights last longer, you don’t need to hire an electrician or have an employee install lights as often.
LED lights don’t require a ballast: LED lights do not use a ballast at all so any any and all costs to purchase and replace them is gone.
If you are unsure how to calculate your maintenance savings check out this step by step guide.
3. There are tax benefits and incentives
There are often utility and local government incentives and rebates to switch over to LED lighting, an example of this is PECO’s lighting incentive that is available until 2026. Be sure to check with your local utility and state to see if there are any incentives.
There is a national tax deduction available called Section 179 and it applies to LED lighting. “The equipment, vehicle(s), and/or software must be used for business purposes more than 50% of the time to qualify for the Section 179 Deduction.” Seeing that lighting in places of business will be 100% or nearly 100% used for business, they qualify.
4. Your business may qualify for PACE financing
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a source of financing for lighting, heating & cooling, insulation, motors, solar, fuel cells and water pumps. If your business qualifies, they cover 100% of the upfront costs and provide long term
fixed-rate financing.
For example New York has a PACE program that provides the following benefits:
Covers 100% of energy upgrade costs with no cash upfront
Provides long-term fixed-rate financing
Allows for retroactive financing up to three years after improvements are completed (no earlier than 5/19/2019)
Can be transferred if the building is sold
Can finance other project costs needed for installation, like asbestos and lead mitigation of roof upgrades
Drives energy savings and increases property value
If you are looking to upgrade to be more energy efficient and have an office building, industrial, agricultural, non-profit or multifamily property, you may qualify for PACE financing.
5. In many cases you can create positive cash flow immediately
Many LED providers offer financing options allowing you to get your project started with little upfront cost. In many cases the money saved by upgrading to LED is greater than the monthly finance payment.
If you combine this with any incentives your state or utility offers, you can really come out ahead.
Looking to get lower energy rates? If you are in a deregulated state we can help, get a free quote now!
Commercial LED Lighting Upgrades Are A NO-BRAINER!
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Guess what?! You can save money and improve worker performance by upgrading your commercial lighting to LED, and the local power company will likely pay YOU to do it!
Here are 5 quick reasons to upgrade your commercial lighting to modern LED options:
#1 Save Money On Electricity Costs
Replacing outdated T12 and T8 fluorescent lighting to modern LED options can provide as much as 79% energy savings. And since LED lighting is more energy efficient, it burns less energy, produces less heat, requires less maintenance. This ultimately means that switching to LED lighting SAVES MONEY over traditional lighting options!
You can save thousands of dollars per year by upgrading your fluorescent office lighting to LED, and tens of thousands of dollars by upgrading your metal halide warehouse lighting to LED. Click to read A Simple LED Lighting Upgrade Could Save You Thousands for a detailed breakdown of just how much money your organization could be saving with an energy efficient lighting upgrade.
#2 Take Advantage Of Available Rebates & Incentives
The second reason to look into a commercial LED lighting upgrade is because your local power company will pay YOU to do it! It may sound counter-intuitive, but when you use less energy you actually help out the electricity company. The energy saved from a lighting upgrade is energy that your neighbor can use. Over time, and on a city-wide or state-wide scale, this energy savings (decrease in power demand) can prevent the need for a new power plant to be constructed.
So to encourage commercial customers to use less energy, power utilities across America have created various lighting rebate programs. These energy efficiency programs are unique to each market, but generally offer a rebate per new LED lighting unit installed or a rebate based on the total amount of energy savings delivered from an LED upgrade.
Click to learn how to Take Advantage Of Commercial LED Lighting Rebates & Incentives.
#3 Increase Worker Productivity
Aside from financial motivations, you might be surprised to learn that your choice of lighting can have a significant impact on the productivity of your company. Dim lighting can cause eye strain and headaches, while brighter, pure white LED lighting essentially mimics daylight and causes the human body to react like it would to natural sunlight.
In fact, improvements in productivity, a decrease in accidents, an increased level of mental performance, improvements in sleep quality, and an increase in morale have all been attributed to better & brighter lighting. Click to read the research showing how Bright Lighting Makes Happier, More Productive Workers.
#4 Upgrading Is Quick & Easy
There’s no need to waste money on new light fixtures. Instead, opt for a commercial lighting retrofit and put new LEDs directly into your existing fixtures!
With Net Zero USA’s innovative LED Retrofit Kits, upgrading a T12 or T8 fluorescent light fixture to LED lighting is quick & easy! We’ve broken down the process to seven quick & easy installation steps that can be completed in just a few minutes.
Click to see How To Retrofit A Fluorescent Light Fixture With LED Lighting
#5 SMART Financing Allows You To SAVE MONEY From Day One
Customers all across America are taking advantage of Net Zero USA’s smart financing solutions and upgrading outdated T12 & T8 fluorescent lighting to modern LED technologies in a manner that is cash-flow-positive from day one. Thanks to affordable financing terms from our lending partners, Net Zero USA is able to offer turnkey lighting projects – product and installation – at a total cost that is lower than what is currently paid on electricity bills! It’s a no-brainer!!
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Net Zero USA has licensed LED lighting installers near you! Contact your local office to schedule a FREE facility audit or request sample products and upgrade lighting yourself.