Lighting Tips

Your lighting energy cost may represent as much as 50% of your business’s energy bill. Fortunately, there are ways to reduce this cost:

• Install occupancy sensors or turn off lights when not needed. Occupancy sensors have been shown to save up to 30 percent on lighting costs during normal working hours. Lights in storage areas, conference rooms, restrooms, or near windows can be left off when space is unoccupied or daylight is sufficient.
• Install timers, time clocks or photocells to ensure that interior and exterior lights are turned off at the appropriate time.
• Buy efficient replacement lamps. Forty-watt fluorescent lamps can be replaced with 34-watt compact fluorescent lamps that produce just as much light. Incandescent lamps can often be replaced with compact fluorescent lamps that can reduce lighting costs by up to 75% and last up to ten times as long as incandescent bulbs.
• Call SDG&E about our energy efficiency services and rebates at (800) 644-6133.