Commercial lighting contractors offer electrical services

Commercial lighting accounts for about 18 percent of the energy used in the U.S.- says the Department of Energy.  If you have not already switched over to using LED bulbs, you have the opportunity to save your business a fair amount of money by doing so.

This is not as simple as changing a light bulb, however — LED bulbs generate so much heat that they should not be put in a fully enclosed light fixture, and they often have fins on them to help radiate away all that heat. So it may be necessary to install some new light fixtures and to mount the bulbs onto something that can absorb heat and radiate it away. This is something that commercial lighting contractors can help you with.

Reducing waste in commercial lighting

The trick, when installing commercial lighting, is to balance the need of customers and employees for enough against the need to avoid wasting light and energy when it is least needed. Since people complain almost immediately if there is not enough light, but the problem of overuse only becomes apparent when you get the bill, businesses tend to err on the side of too much light. Only when the excess light takes the form of glare and makes it harder to see do businesses act on it right away. According to a 2012 study, overuse of lighting is such a common problem that the average business can save 35 percent of their energy use.

Commercial lighting contractors can help you task-tune your lighting to suit it to exactly what you need when you need it. This is especially helpful if your business is moving into a new building that was once used by a different business, which required more light or different light. What sort of lighting you need — whether bright and clear or moody and warm, and how well everyone needs to be able to distinguish colors — depends on what sort of business you have.

Commercial lighting contractors in Fort Mill, SC

Pyramid Electric Service are electrical and commercial lighting contractors licensed in North and South Carolina and serving the greater Charlotte area, including Charlotte, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Indian Land, Marvin, Weddington, Matthews and Waxhaw. We also do lighting and security camera planning and installation. Expertise.com has rated our company as one of the top 25 electrical contractors in the Charlotte area. Get a free estimate for all your electrical needs without recurring monthly fees. We offer emergency service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You should call Pyramid Electric Service today, the electricians you can trust. We have been serving York, Lancaster, Mecklenburg and Union Counties since 1963.