3 Reasons You Need to Upgrade Your Commercial Lighting Control

Streamline Costs, Enhance Productivity, and Manage a Healthier Team

Technology helps make your workday easier. Whether it's your computer network, your security system, or your AV components, the right devices make your job possible.

But if you’re looking to lower energy costs while increasing productivity, there’s one system you’ll need to upgrade. Commercial lighting control has a significant impact on the way your employees and customers see your business.

Understanding the benefits of a lighting upgrade is easy. Here, we’ll highlight some of the key ways your business can get the most out of it. Just keep reading below.

Streamlining Costs

• Lighting uses up to 39 percent of your total electricity
• Smart lighting can reduce costs up to 65 percent

Upgrading with smart lighting control throughout your business can help you save on overhead costs. Streamlined control allows you to keep track of the amount of energy you’re using, turn lights on and off from anywhere, and receive push notifications when a light was left on in an unoccupied room.

Also, upgrading with LED fixtures can natively reduce costs. LEDs last up to 20 years with regular usage, and they use up to 80 percent of the energy it takes to light them. Conversely, incandescent bulbs only use about 20 percent. LEDs burn cooler and offer much more versatility in terms of dimming and color temperature control.

Increase Productivity

• Worker productivity can increase up to 25 percent when provided the best possible view

In addition to artificial lighting control, workers also respond to natural sunlight. Motorized sunshades are a perfect way to minimize glare while still offering outdoor views.

Sunshades are translucent shades that protect from harmful UV rays while maintaining visibility. They can help you manage energy costs by reducing the amount of pressure you put on your HVAC system and lowering your reliance on overhead fixtures.

Plus, a study commissioned by the California Energy Commission has shown that workers with access to natural views can be up to 25 percent more productive throughout their day.

Encourage Wellness

• Tunable lighting can reduce the risk of “sick building syndrome”

In the 1970s, offices around the country were plagued by a mysterious ailment known as "sick building syndrome." The symptoms were vague, but studies showed that workers who spent hours a day without natural light were more likely to develop a sense of unwellness, which significantly impacted their productivity.

Today, many offices have windows and outside areas to help combat sickness. Plus, some modern lighting control systems offer tunable LEDs. Tunable illumination allows you to control the “color temperature” of your light fixtures.

In other words: Sunlight’s intensity changes throughout the day. In the afternoon, it’s brightest; in the morning or evening it’s much softer. Your body responds to the light through circadian rhythms. When experiencing brighter afternoon light, you’re most active. When experiencing softer evening light, you’re more relaxed.

Tunable lighting allows your system to automatically adjust to reflect the appropriate color temperature for the time of day, so your staff can remain productive without experiencing any adverse side effects.

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