Get switched onto lighting audits.Before making any changes to building lighting, building owners and managers need a lighting audit performed to identify the best ways to save. Lighting audits will require an accurate lamp lamp, originally a vessel for holding oil or some combustible substance that could be burned through a wick for illumination; the term has been extended to other lighting devices. count for the asset, the type of lamps and ballasts employed, specific hours of operations for the building and the current cost of electricity in Kilowatt Hours Kil´o`watt` hour 1. (Elec.) A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; - approximately equal to 1.34 horse-power hour. Noun 1. . Audits are inexpensive and resulting savings will most likely pay for the incurred costs within the first year. Typically lighting maintenance companies will charge between $0.04 and $0.08 per building square foot or the audit may even be free pending agreements with the lighting and maintenance company utilized. Regardless of the lighting changes made, it is certain that lighting upgrades will help to lighten light·en 1 v. light·ened, light·en·ing, light·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make light or lighter; illuminate or brighten. b. To make (a color) lighter. 2. the load on an asset's bottom line. |
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