Upgrading to LED Lighting in Your Parking Facility
Many parking facility owners focus on optimizing four primary areas of their business: safety, reliability, customer experience, and cost.
It often seems like keeping costs down is one of the most challenging aspects of owning a business. However, keeping costs low for guests improves customer satisfaction and retention. Having a consistent customer base can increase profit potential, so costs management is essential in all businesses.
Reducing costs sometimes means making concessions on service, safety, quality hardware, and software. However, we’ll demonstrate how upgrading to LED lighting in your parking garage (or any facility) can slash costs without compromising any area of your service. Upgrading to LEDs may even provide savings sizable enough to invest in enhancements elsewhere in your business.
Benefits of LED Lighting Upgrades
LED lights consume very little energy compared to outdated fluorescent, metal halide, or high pressure sodium (HPS) lights. Parking facility owners who upgrade to LED lights will see immediate energy savings. The larger and better lit your facility, the more dramatic your monthly savings could be.
The light from LEDs disburses more evenly than light from other bulbs, so there is less dimness between lighting fixtures. LED lights are generally low maintenance, have a long life (10+ years), and are very durable. Unlike other lights, LEDs are not sensitive to high or low ambient temperatures.
Brighter, more reliable lights improve safety for your guests and employees. LED lighting systems are usually programmable, so you can ensure that dark areas of your facility are always well-lit, no matter the time of day. You may even attract a new customer base who prefers to support environmentally conscious businesses.
The Upgrade Process
Upgrading to LED lighting is a quick, straightforward project. Since LED lighting draws less energy than other fixture types, most facilities won’t need to update their electrical panels or wiring to support them. If our seasoned electricians do see any issues with your wiring or panel, we can easily upgrade them in conjunction with your new lighting. The benefit of working with an experienced electrical contractor like Wetherbee is that you get a truly turnkey solution to address any upgrades that your facility needs.
Once we replace your light fixtures, a Wetherbee electrician can assist in programming your lights to turn on and off according to your desired schedule. To maximize your energy savings, we can program some lights to turn off during daylight hours. Clients with multiple rows of lights can see cost savings by lighting only the innermost lights during the day and programming the outermost lights to turn on at dusk and off at dawn. LED lighting can be dimmable, colorful, and decorative. Whatever your lighting vision, Wetherbee can help you achieve it.
As the duration of sunlight shortens and lengthens throughout the year, you’ll find that your lights no longer come on and off at the perfect time. If your lights need reprogramming because of daylight drift or any other changes, we gladly provide periodic maintenance.
Wetherbee offers a diverse array of parking services. Ask your electrician about other ways that you can upgrade your facility in addition to your new lights.
Reinvesting Your Energy Savings
When your monthly operating costs decrease, you can focus on lowering the price you charge customers. Another option is to reinvest that extra money back into your business.
A parking garage in Oakland, CA, implemented an energy-overhaul program to slash carbon emissions. The result? A 45% energy savings that paid for the garage’s new ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations. By reducing energy consumption throughout the building, the facility was able to install the EV charging stations without needing to upgrade their existing electrical panel.
What upgrades could your business make with the energy savings from your new LED lighting?
Upgrade with Wetherbee
Wetherbee is your local solution for LED lighting upgrades, EV charging station installations, SKIDATA access control systems, and any other electrical project. If you have questions about how Wetherbee can help you improve your parking facility, get in touch.
