Thursday, August 25, 2016

Importance of Interior & Exterior Lighting For Your Business

When it comes to the success of your business, lighting is a key component, even though it is something that many business owners take for granted. Lighting inside and outside of your business can impact the safety around your property, employee and customer experience, and your electric bill. To help improve your all over business atmosphere, contact the commercial lighting experts in Mid-MO. Proper lighting on the interior and exterior of your business location is beneficial in many ways. Advanced Lighting Service has compiled a list of reasons why lighting is important for you and your business.

Interior:


Safety-

Proper lighting inside of your business can help promote a safe location for both employees and customers. Employees need a well-lit area to complete their daily tasks for your company, as well as help them navigate your business. Customers feel safer in a building with properly installed and working lighting as well.

Experience-

It has been proven that employees are more productive when proper interior lighting is installed in a business. A customer will usually have a more pleasant buying experience in a well-lit building as well. To help ensure both your employees and customers are satisfied, ensure your interior lighting is up to par.

Electric-

If you are looking to save on your electric bill, we have an easy step to help. Converting florescent lights to LED lighting, inside your commercial building, can help save 50 to 70 percent on the lighting operating cost for your business

Exterior:


Safety-

The lights on the exterior of a building help create a safe environment for both employees and customers. When your employees are doing maintenance tasks outside, such as taking out the trash after dark, a well-lit area around the dumpster can make for a safer experience. For customers, a parking lot with plenty of lights illuminating the area helps to ease worry about the safety of entering and exiting the business.

Experience-

Employees and customers may have a negative experience while navigating a parking lot that is not lit up properly. To help create a pleasant overall experience, install adequate lighting on the exterior of your business and in your parking lot.

Electric-

Your exterior lights can be changed to LED as well, helping to save your business money on the electric bill. This type of bulb pulls less energy, while maintaining a high quality illumination of your parking lot and the exterior of your commercial building.

Lighting is an important part of your business plan. Ensuring your commercial building has adequate lighting, inside and out, can help improve your business in a number of ways. From overall experience and safety of your customers and employees, to saving you money on the electric bill, lighting has a huge impact on your business. For help installing and maintaining your commercial lighting system, contact the best commercial electrician in Mid-MO


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Friday, August 19, 2016

5 Benefits of Maintaining Your Commercial Lighting System

The lighting system in and around your commercial building is a staple when it comes to the productivity of your company. Properly maintaining a light system has a number of benefits for a business. The team of expert commercial lighting professionals in Missouri can help your business run efficiently, by regulating the lighting system at your commercial property.

Advanced Lighting Service provides a maintenance plan for our customers. We regularly come by to check out your commercial lighting system. Replacing bulbs before you experience a burn-out is a key part of our maintenance plan. We want to make sure your lighting provides proper illumination for your employees and customers as they frequent your building.


1) Safety Inside Building


Lighting on the interior of a building is just as important as any other location on the property. Your staff and customers use lights to navigate through your store or building. If the lighting system were to fail, it would be a dangerous situation for everyone involved. Proper lighting on the inside of your business can even help promote a positive workplace and increase employee productivity.

2) Cost Savings


The regular replacement of commercial bulbs can actually help save your business money. As a light uses the last bit of the bulb supply, it can pull more and more energy to stay illuminated. Removing the bulbs before a burn out occurs can save your company money on the electric bill.

3) Protect The Exterior


Proper lighting on the exterior of your building helps promote a safe environment for everyone around your property. From customers walking into the store, to employees taking the trash out in the evening, ensuring your parking lamps are illuminated can help increase the safety on your property.

4) Reduce Burn Out 


If a bulb is continually replaced before a burn out occurs, it can prevent any lack of lighting on your property. A burned out light creates a dim place, which can be dangerous for employees and customers alike. Frequent replacement of a light can help eliminate the risk of a burn out at your business.

5) Keep Employees On Task


In the event that a light does burn out, it can distract employees from their duty. If an employee has to replace a bulb themselves, it can take time away from the task at hand. A light burn out can also be distracting to customers. If an area in your commercial space is dark, customers tend to avoid the location.

A company that participates in a lighting maintenance plan with Advanced Lighting Service can reap many benefits. Properly maintained bulbs can impact a business in a positive way. Sign your business up today for our maintenance plan to start experiencing the benefits! Our team of highly trained commercial electricians can help improve your lighting environment for happier employees and customers. 


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Columbia : 573-777-4840
Lake of the Ozarks : 573-746-7997
Sedalia : 660-596-7007

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Friday, August 12, 2016

Importance of Parking Lot Lighting

A business owner or manager works very hard to create and maintain their business. The safety of your property should be high on the list of priorities. Advanced Lighting Service knows that you want to provide a safe environment for your employees and customers. The commercial lighting experts in Mid-MO suggest adding parking lot lighting to the safety plan for your business. We have provided a few reasons why additional lighting on the exterior of your property is important.

Safety


When customers and employees are making their way to and from their vehicles after dark, they may feel uneasy in a parking lot that is not illuminated. You never know who or what may be hiding in the shadows. Therefore, it is a good idea to offer pole lamps throughout your parking space to help light up these dark places. If a potential customer makes their way into your parking lot, and feel uneasy about the lighting situation, they may leave and not bring in their business. Help promote safety outside of your business by installing the proper parking lot lighting.

Reduce Crime


Many break-in type crimes take place after the business has closed, usually at night. If your parking lot is not properly illuminated, it may create the perfect camouflage for a criminal to damage your business. You can help reduce your chances of being targeted by people breaking-in by adding parking lot lighting to your property.


Accident Prevention


A number of accidents happen in parking lot areas outside of businesses. Whether it be customer vehicle or work equipment related, providing lights can help make navigating around the outside of your business easier. If the people traveling in and out of your parking lot can see better, it can add a safety element to your property. To help ensure both customers and employees have a good experience driving around your business, consider adding lamps to your parking lot.

Providing lights around your business’s parking lot for your employees and customers can help make your property a safer place for everyone around your business. Keeping the exterior of your property illuminated may provide an additional level of security. From new installation to lamp repairs, Advanced Lighting Service can handle all of your parking lot lighting needs. Our experienced technicians provide prompt and accurate service when dealing with parking lots. We know that safety is of high importance to you and your business. Give us a call at (573) 746-7997 for a quote to help light up your parking lot and promote a safe environment outside of your business.


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Friday, August 5, 2016

Ameren Commercial Incentives

Do you want to save your business money? Advanced Lighting Service and Ameren Missouri have partnered to offer a great opportunity for your business to take advantage of, BizSavers. Your trusted commercial electrician in Mid-MO will provide further information on this program below, and how you can save your business money!


What Is The BizSavers Program?


The program offers cash or electric bill credit incentives to small and large businesses in Missouri for energy efficient projects. Improving lighting systems, building controls, ventilation systems, cooling systems, and many more are examples of upgrades your business can make to qualify for the BizSavers program. This wide range of incentive opportunities can help almost any business reduce their electric consumption and receive incentives for the upgrades made. Overall, this opportunity can help save your business money and energy!


How Advanced Lighting Service Can Help Save Your Business Money:


Lighting typically pulls about one-fourth of a commercial building’s energy usage. Upgrade your lighting system to energy efficient fluorescent, LED, induction lighting, or any type of lighting that saves energy can help you qualify for the BizSavers program. This program can help your business receive an incentive on top of the reduced energy cost.


Application Process:


Standard Incentive-

1. Purchase and install energy efficient equipment
2. Submit application
3. Application review and approval
4. Incentive paid either by check or electric bill credit

Custom Incentive-
1. Complete application before purchase of equipment
2. Submit application
3. Application processed and project reviewed
4. Incentive offer delivered to customer
5. Incentive offer received from customer
6. Completion of the paperwork received
7. Final project review and approval
8. Incentive paid via check or electric bill credit

New Construction Incentive-
1. Submit program application
2. Design team meeting
3. Apply for custom incentives
4. Construction in progress
5. Submit construction completion paperwork
6. Engineer review and inspection
7. Incentive paid by either check or electric bill credit

Industries Who Have Participated:


-Convenience Store
-Educational
-Congregational
-Food Service
-Government
-Healthcare
-Industrial
-IT/Data Center
-Lodging
-Non-profit organization
-Office building
-Retail store
-Supermarket
-Warehouse

Who does not want to save money for their business? Business owners and operators, be sure to take advantage of this opportunity offered by Advanced Lighting Service and Ameren Missouri to save. This is a bright way to save. You are not only cutting back on your electric expense through the BizSavers program, you are also saving on energy consumption. Call Advanced Lighting Service today at (573) 746-7997 for a free energy evaluation for your business to get started!


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Columbia : 573-777-4840
Lake of the Ozarks : 573-746-7997
Sedalia : 660-596-7007

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