{"id":794,"date":"2020-10-13T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrospire.co\/?page_id=794"},"modified":"2023-07-24T19:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:04:29","slug":"making-the-business-case-for-solar-lighting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acrospire.co\/articles\/making-the-business-case-for-solar-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Business Case for Solar Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Making the Business Case for Solar Lighting<\/h1>\n

Solar street lighting is here to stay. Not since the adoption of LED technology has their been such a dramatic leap forward in street lighting technology.<\/p>\n

As we wrote in a recent ILP Journal article, the advances in solar technology mean it is now a viable and realistic solution here in the UK.<\/p>\n

However just because solar lighting is shiny and new, it doesn\u2019t mean it should be adopted without question. It\u2019s important for lighting engineers to be able to make a clear and well reasoned business case for the use of solar lighting over conventional wired solutions.<\/p>\n

Whilst solar lighting offers a number of intangible benefits such as improved resident pride at the used of a green solution, this article will focus on tangible results.<\/p>\n

These are the hard numbers that will help all involved in the specification and installation of lighting achieve buy in for their solar lighting project. The benefits we will calculate are;<\/p>\n