Dear Reader:

There are three sides to the equation that determines how much money your firm spends per kWh of electricity, and they are your kW of consumption (units), the number of hours you’re consuming that electricity (time), and when (peak versus off-peak).

While you can persuade yourself that all three components are fixed – and therefore non-controllable – this couldn’t be further from the truth. At minimum each is at least influenceable. The key is to break the flow of electrons down into its three parts, and attack each individually. As always, the total is the sum of its parts.

Your LED lighting system plays into this control marvelously if you plan for it, and if you’ve been savvy enough to include a lighting controls platform, or are about to with your upcoming purchase, should you be currently in the midst of your due diligence.

Let’s take them one at a time, as it relates to lighti...