BENEFITS OF SOLAR LIGHTING FOR BUSINESSES

With the summer months upon us and beautiful weather ahead, it’s the perfect time to evaluate opportunities for a greener future.

As a business owner, you are in the perfect situation to make a positive impact on the environment by adopting green initiatives across your day-to-day operations. The thing is, due to high costs, ever-changing legislation, and more complex technology, business owner’s in the US have been lagging behind when it comes to the adoption of solar and other renewable energy sources.

This quick guide will walk you through some of the basics of solar lighting, including, a highlight of the benefits of solar lighting, different use cases of solar lighting, and how to go about installing solar lighting for your business.

Browse a Variety of Options for Your Property

Every business has unique outdoor lighting needs, which makes a one-size-fits-all solution difficult. SEPCO offers a wide variety of different fixtures to cover all bases when businesses are upgrading to green energy solutions.

Parking Lots

Medium to large businesses generally has bigger parking lots to accommodate their busier customer traffic. Being that parking lots are usually where outdoor lighting is most concentrated, upgrading to solar fixtures here will provide the most impact. The type of solar system to use will be dependent on the makeup of your parking lot.

For business owners on a tighter budget, we recommend our Solar ASL system. This Cobrahead / shoebox style fixture comes with up to a 25-year warranty and five years of free maintenance. This fixture is also most efficient when mounted above 20’.

A system similar to SolarASL is our SolarRatio system. SolarRatio features a shoebox style fixture and is more versatile due to its lower mounting threshold of 15’ while still evenly lighting the surrounding area.

For a more decorative approach, consider our SolarUrban system. This system features a decorative bell-style fixture while remaining efficient at evenly distributing light in a variety of applications. Similar to SolarRatio, this system is also efficient at lower mounting heights starting at 15’.

Signs

One of the first impressions customers have of a business is seeing its roadside sign and logo. Keeping signs illuminated during the darker hours is important to upholding that impression along with helping customers locate the business.

Our best solution for illuminating signs is our SolarRLF system. With a lower mounting height starting at 10’, this system maintains a lower profile and is budget friendly. Other applications SolarRFL excels in are illuminating storefront flagpoles, landscaping, and facades.

Security

Business owners know that protecting their customers, employees, and assets is essential and that a reliable security system is a key to doing so. Proper lighting and security equipment play important roles in both preventing and recording incidents.

Built with multiple controls for various needs, our SolarSecurity system has it covered. This system is available in a variety of fixtures and is capable of powering additional security equipment such as cameras. Security equipment is not provided by SEPCO, but the design and autonomy of the custom-crafted system will accommodate your current system.

Additional Buildings

Lots of businesses, especially in the industrial sector, have multiple buildings or structures in one property that require lighting. The groundwork required for installing traditional lighting systems can add up if the desired buildings are distanced from each other. SEPCO’s off-grid systems solve this problem by requiring minimal to no groundwork and being self-sufficient.

One of our solutions for additional building or structure lighting is SolarRWL. While this system can be pole mounted, the solar panel is typically mounted to a rooftop. There are several different applications that can benefit from SolarRWL such as roofed storage areas, pavilions, outdoor