When summer heat is stressing you out, it’s easy to turn the
AC in full blast and get cooling fans work overtime. But with the surging electricity bills and
the significant slowdown in business every summer, it’s a must to be wise about
your spending and energy consumption.
With little creativity and adjustments - such as switching
from traditional sign to LED sign, or incandescent with compact fluorescent
lamps or CFLs - you can significantly cut the cost of your electricity bills
while still being cool this season.
However, cutting the electricity cost for your business
doesn’t happen overnight. The decision to be energy efficient doesn’t just end
there. It also must be followed with small changes in company policies,
business practices as well as company equipment. Here are some things that you
can use to save cost in electricity expenses of your business.
Lighting
- Make use of natural lights - It’s summer and usually bright and sunny outside. If you own a restaurant, take the opportunity to save electricity cost by going al fresco and letting your customers enjoy the early morning summer breeze.
- Make use of natural lights - It’s summer and usually bright and sunny outside. If you own a restaurant, take the opportunity to save electricity cost by going al fresco and letting your customers enjoy the early morning summer breeze.
- Reduce
or replace inefficient lights – Keep it a habit to periodically check
light bulbs if they are functioning well and decide to reduce excessive
lights in your store.
- Replace
Neon open signs with LED signs – LEDs use significantly lesser amount of
electricity and can last longer than neon or incandescent signs.
Cooling
- It’s
important to keep the temperature down inside your store but try to make cooling
system more effective by using efficient air conditioning equipment for
your business.
- Schedule
a system check up of all your cooling units and replace anything that
might affect its performance.
- Clean
cooling fans and air conditioning units to make sure that they function
well the entire season
Office Equipment
- Let
all your employees develop the habit of turning off computers, monitors,
and other equipment during non business hours.
- Purchase
energy efficient machines and equipment for your business.
- Use
energy efficient LED signs in your indoor or outdoor advertising as it use
less light and energy compared to other form of visual advertising.
As you try to make your business more energy efficient, you
are also doing your fair share of saving the mother earth. Gather support from
your employees and community so you can get more ways on how you can be more
successful in this program.
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