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  • Increase Profitability
  • Energy efficient products improve your profits by curtailing expenses

  • Improve Equipment Reliability
  • Energy efficient equipment, by its very design is more reliable. Typically higher quality materials are used and systems are engineered better. Plus, new energy efficient products come with new warranties.

  • Increase Employee Productivity
  • Employees work better when they are happy and comfortable. Temperature, humidity, ventilation and lighting directly affects how they feel. Energy efficiency projects almost always improve these areas resulting in increased productivity.

  • Improve Accuracy
  • For manufacturing and distribution companies in particular accuracy will improve with whiter, brighter lighting

  • Increase Safety
  • One of the easiest and fastest safety improvements is the removal of metal halide lighting systems. They often leave huge amounts of space dark during a power fluctuation. These same lamps also tend to cause blind spots when employees look at them which can lead to further accidents.

  • Increase Building Valuation
  • Many commercial buildings are valued as a multiple (often 10) of their earnings. Therefore, simply decreasing the utility costs of a building by $50,000 will increase the value of that building by $500,000! This is something to consider before you sell or go for additional financing.

  • Improve Indoor Air Quality
  • By providing better temperature and humidity control not only do you make your facility more comfortable, but you also decrease the likelihood of mold, and all its attendant problems. We can also remove many types of odors and airborne diseases that you may find in hospitals, schools, bus stations, etc.

  • Improve Occupancy Comfort
  • Temperature, humidity, ventilation and lighting directly affect employee comfort. Energy efficiency projects almost always improve these areas leading to improved productivity and attendance.

  • Improve Employee Morale
  • As comfort and productivity improve so does company morale. All things being equal people always prefer working in a healthier environment. This may also make a difference when recruiting for new personnel. Studies indicate that physical environment weighs heavily for people when considering a new position.

  • Increase Cash Flow
  • Increased cash flow comes from many sources such as lower utility bills, lower operating costs, and less capital expenditures needed. Plus, there are less measurable, but potentially greater sources of cash flow such as increased productivity, less employee turnover, less recruiting and therefore less management required.

  • Decreased need for capital
  • Because you can fund energy conservation projects out of the savings in your operating costs, you may be able to eliminate the need for large amounts of capital investments. We even offer energy efficient roofing that can be financed from your operating savings.

  • Decrease Utility Costs
  • Your utility bills go down, often substantially

  • Decrease Operating Expenses
  • Utility bills go down, maintenance bills go down, recruiting costs go down, and related management costs go down

  • Decrease Systems Failures
  • Better equipment lasts longer and breaks down less often. Many computer crashes are actually a symptom of poor power quality.

  • Lower Maintenance Costs
  • With less breakdowns, equipment lasts longer and performs better

  • Decrease Accident Liability
  • Providing better lighting and employee comfort decrease the likelihood of accidents, and decreases your liability

  • Decrease Recurring Costs
  • Once you remove energy waste from your system it can never come back. Why pay every month for electricity or gas that you are just wasting? After upgrading your system and permanently remove this waste you permanently remove these monthly costs.

  • Decrease Dependence on Foreign Oil
  • By doing the right thing and effectively using energy efficient products you are decreasing our country’s reliance on our nations for energy.

  • Decrease Harmful Pollutants
  • Using less energy means creating less energy which means less pollution