Have you looked at doing a lighting retrofit for your building in the past, and decided not to proceed because the rebates were not large enough? It’s time to take a second look. Because of new legislation there are more incentives available for lighting retrofits. In some cases, the owner of a building can receive a Personal Tax Deduction if the energy savings are enough.

I recently had a customer ask us about taking a second look at doing a retrofit on their building. Originally we just looked at replacing the existing lamps and ballasts (most of which were T-12 magnetic ballasts) with high efficiency T-8 Lamps and Ballasts. Now we are looking at replacing entire fixtures with new technologies that were not as readily available, and more expensive two years ago.

The last time that I looked at the project, I had to “go it alone”, looking for all of the information about what it took to get a rebate, and then where I could get all of the proper parts. It took a lot of time and energy to do this. Now, because there is such a demand for lighting retrofits, there are electrical contracting companies that are willing to help you do this initial work up. We have enlisted the help of a lighting supplier that deals with these types of jobs all the time. They are willing to go out to the jobsite with us, and the owner, and discuss the options. One of the greatest parts about it is that they are willing to provide 2 to 4 new fixtures that can be installed so that the customer can see the difference that these new technologies make.

Now is the time to take action. If you have already looked at lighting retrofits, but were unhappy with the bottom line, it’s time to take a second look with a Phoenix electrical contractor that has enlisted the help of a leader in the lighting retrofit industry.

Jason
Estimator