Lighting Services
Customers may choose any one of the services we offer, however the best customer approach is generally to engage us to provide a turn-key project.
Through the turn-key approach URG takes responsibility for all phases of the project and the customer maintains go-ahead approval control at each project step:
1. The Initial Survey
- Review past energy conservation efforts,
- Outline Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) planned or underway
- Establish minimum return-on-investment requirements
- Establish areas which have too much or too little light
- Review any existing maintenance problem areas
- Outline and schedule the process from walk-through to implementation
- Verify any utility rebate opportunities
- Review financing options
2. Preliminary Assessment
- Complete a facility walk-through
- Confirm hours of operation by area
- Obtain 12 months of utility bills
- Review replacement technologies relative to existing equipment
- Review economics of replacement options relative to ROI requirements
3. Investment Grade Audit
- Complete room-by-room lighting inventory
- Measure existing light levels
- Install occupancy monitoring equipment where appropriate
- Evaluate existing esthetic and/or light-level concerns
- Choose systems offering optimal performance and energy savings
- Detail areas where custom designed fixtures may offer an opportunity
4. Project Implementation (contract initiation)
- Complete pre construction meeting to determine contacts, schedules, security, safety, access, work hours and material staging
- Begin installation, project tracking (via Microsoft Project) and weekly construction meetings, and periodic hazardous waste pickups
5. Project Closeout
- Complete project punch list, final waste pickups and as-built drawings
- Measure and verify light levels and savings
- Provide warranty documentation
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