Retrofit Lighting
Reduce Energy Consumption and Maintenance Costs
COMMERCIAL RETROFIT LIGHTING MADE EASY
Lighting is an integral part of your commercial or industrial building. However, if the lights in your building are old, your energy consumption and maintenance is likely costing you. At Colorado Controls, we want to ensure the lighting you use every day provides you with the most efficiency, longevity, and durability possible. Contact us today to get started on your lighting retrofit project.
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Why Choose LED Lighting for Your Business
- Low energy consumption
- Low energy bills
- Low maintenance
- 17-year lifespan when powered eight hours a day
- Low/no heat emitted to reduce risk of burns and fires
- Increased employee comfort, mood, and productivity
- Made from non-toxic, recyclable, earth-friendly materials
How Much Do Retrofit Lighting Projects Cost?
You’re already asking how much does a retrofit lighting project cost, and you’re absolutely right to ask this question. You run a successful business, and you’re aware of how this could affect your bottom line. Know that you’re not alone.
At Colorado Controls, we understand your concern for how much a complete building lighting system retrofit could cost you, but we’re also here to deliver some great news:
Your retrofit lighting system could be paid for in full through various tax incentives, rebates, and grants, which means you don’t pay a dime and improve your bottom line. Sound too good to be true? Here’s how it works for rebates through Fort Collins Utilities:
- Rebates through Fort Collins Utilities
- Incentives available to you until funds are expended
- Get projects above $1,000 pre-approved
- Rebates available to Fort Collins
- Utilities electric customers
- Wattage reductions calculated based on standard equipment values
- All exterior and interior lights are eligible
- All lights on Energy Star Retail and DesignLights Consortium are eligible
- Rebate payment made on completion of retrofit lighting project with submitted application and project-related invoices
With this rebate program, combined with state and federal tax incentives, you may be able to walk away with a retrofit lighting system at a $0 cost to you. Want to learn more? Don’t wait to save a ton of money on improving your bottom line. Contact Colorado Controls today.
7 BENEFITS OF RETROFIT LIGHTING
As a business owner, you want to reduce costs to help your bottom line. But how do you do that when utility costs are pretty much fixed? You get more efficient fixtures. Here are the seven benefits to retrofit lighting:
Decrease Energy Costs
Your current lighting system is costing you a ton. When you retrofit your building with upgraded lighting fixtures and accessories, you can see a 25-90% decrease in utility cost. You may be able to drive these savings higher with building automation solutions and enhanced energy management systems.
Tax Incentives, Grants, and Rebates
In some cases, you can get paid to retrofit lighting in your building. You read that right. Colorado is on a mission to reduce fossil fuel energy consumption by offering various incentives, grants, or rebates to businesses who retrofit their buildings to become more energy efficient.
Quick Return on Investment (ROI)
What other investment do you know can turn a return in less time than it takes to retrofit your building with new lighting fixtures? In most cases, as soon as your installation is complete, you will start seeing a reduction in your utility bills. You use your lights daily, which means reducing the energy being used reduces your costs.
Reduced Maintenance
Not only can you save money with retrofit lighting, but you can also reduce your maintenance costs. LED fixtures take less work to maintain and repair than your typical building lighting fixture. With less maintenance costs, you help your bottom line again.
Eco-Friendly
You will save energy and save money with retrofit lighting. You will also help the environment. Using less energy means less fossil fuels are burned to power your building. What’s more, LED fixtures don’t contain harmful chemicals that threaten the environment.
Better Quality Lighting
Once you see the savings and the positive impact on the environment, you can then enjoy the improved lighting quality from LED fixtures. The lighting from LED is better on the eyes and emits a cleaner, crisper light. Upgrading your lights doesn’t mean decreasing your lighting standards. In fact, you can improve both.
Improve Productivity
Proper lighting helps increase productivity in a few different ways. For example, in a warehouse, clean, crisp lighting helps reduce picking errors. In an office, quality lighting can help reduce eye strain that eventually leads to migraines and time off. Upgrade your lighting and upgrade your workforce.
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Now that you know seven of the greatest benefits to retrofit lighting, it’s time you ask if any of these could improve your warehouse, office, or building. If you’re like most businesses, you’ll see the savings in money, time, and productivity to be huge. Connect with our expert team to day to get your project started.
What’s Included in a Typical Retrofit Lighting Project?
You may have seen companies offering retrofit lighting services to reduce your utility costs and increase eco-friendly operations. You may want to know more on what retrofit lighting actually entails. And if it is something that would work for your business, you may want to give a few of these companies a call for a project estimate.
Well, Colorado Controls is here to share with you what actually goes into a retrofit lighting project so that you can make the best decision possible for your building. And if you’ve read this far, then you know how beneficial upgrading your lights can be to you, your workforce, and your business.
What Is a Lighting Retrofit?
Your lighting retrofit will include replacing lighting accessories, fixtures, and bulbs so that the energy usage of those items become more efficient. This reduces energy use and energy costs. Your bottom line improves, and you get a little more breathing room in the budget spreadsheet. In essence, a lighting retrofit is a quick and easy way to upgrade your current lighting system and reap a ton of benefits.
WHY RETROFIT YOUR LIGHTING SYSTEM
The benefits of retrofit lighting systems were explained above, but we will share some more reasons why upgrading your lighting system could help you, your workforce, and your business:
- Comply with new energy standards
- Superior light quality
- Boost work productivity
- Reduce worker errors
- Earn tax rebates, savings, and grants
- Decrease HVAC costs
- Quicker and easier operation
What to Expect From Retrofit Lighting Projects
You may want to get more information on retrofitting your lighting system. You may need to talk with an expert. And you probably believe it to be a great option for your business. But you’re still not sure. The big question you may need answered is what the lighting retrofit process actually looks like. Here’s the process in four easy steps:
1. Analyze Existing Lighting System
It’s common to dive into projects without first analyzing the current operation. Each and every building has a unique operation and needs different types of lighting systems. One of the biggest analysis pieces is how a lighting retrofit will meet operational needs while also improving the workspace. At Colorado Controls, we walk you through our analysis so that you can know exactly what we can help with and how it will affect your business
2. Get a Detailed Proposal
A lighting retrofit project takes more than baking a sheet of cookies. Our proposal will include various information pieces, including what we discussed with you through our analysis process. Our comprehensive proposal process gives you all the details you need to make the best decision possible — even down to the LED fixtures and accessories we’ll be using. We also include your project’s payback time and future return on investment (ROI).
3. Walkthrough and Installation
Once we get the proposal signed, we’ll do a thorough walkthrough with you to answer any lingering questions or address any prominent concerns. After the walkthrough, we’ll go ahead and start the installation process of your retrofit lighting system. The timeline to completion can vary based on your building’s needs and volume of fixtures and accessories that need to be upgraded.
What’s more, your retrofit lighting project may include other features related to lighting, including the following:
- Dimmers
- Timers
- Occupancy sensors
- And other energy saving devices
4. Cleanup and Rebates
Colorado Controls prides itself on leaving your building or facility like we found it. In fact, we strive to make your place look a little bit better than we found it, including helping with recycling the old light fixtures and accessories. With all the new lights, it’s surely going to feel like a new space.
Once we get cleaned up, we’ll guide you through the rebate process. We want to save you every penny possible, which means we’ll help you submit the paperwork to get the maximum return on your retrofit lighting system. In some cases, tax incentives, rebates, and grants can get you a retrofit lighting system paid for in full.
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