Small Business

Lighting

Efficiency tips for your business

Energy efficiency tips

• Implement a maintenance program for your lighting to ensure it is operating at maximum efficiency.
• Use natural lighting where possible - consider installing a skylight or sky tube to enhance natural lighting.
• Consider using light colours on office walls to enhance the effect of natural lighting.
• Consider installing multiple switches to control lights separately, rather than a single switch to control all lights.
• Install timer switches and/or sensor devices to reduce unnecessary lighting costs.
• Talk to a specialist about surveying, designing, supplying, installing and commissioning your lighting needs. energyanswers even offers finance packages, to negate the need for capital expenditure. As an example, higher-efficiency tubes use approximately 40 per cent less power than old fluorescent light fittings.

Energy saving checklist

• Does the building have clear/opaque roofing or a skylight to allow natural sunlight in?
• Have staff/personnel received training or advice about best practice use of lighting controls and switching off lights when not in use?
• Have you developed a maintenance program for your lighting?
  
• Are timer switches and/or sensor devices installed to control indoor/outdoor lighting?

Find out more
Download our Lighting fact sheet with checklist and usage table (PDF, 56KB)
Download the full energyanswers small business information flyer (PDF, 262KB)