Commercial Exterior Lighting: Storefronts, Patios and Entrances|What Commercial Outdoor Lighting Is Really For: The Business Case|Lighting a Commercial Building for Restaurants, Retail and Offices

Your building is doing something at night

People drive past your building after dark constantly, and what they see is either a lit facade or a dark rectangle. A dark building reads as closed, and in a quieter way it reads as not there. Light keeps a building in circulation.None of this is about making the building pretty. The building is on display whether the doors are open or not, and light is what keeps it communicating. It is one of the few exterior expenses that runs every night without further input.

The front of the building

Signs only work close. A lit facade reads from much further out. Lighting that highlights the shape of the building creates a shape drivers recognize. Company colors are available on a permanent system, and they can shift for a season, a holiday or an event.

Entrances, walkways and outdoor seating

An entrance that is hard to find in the dark costs you customers who never mention it. Make the way in unambiguous from the road. For restaurants, the patio is capacity that only exists https://evercrestlighting.com/about/ if it is lit. Warm, low and glare free: the same rules as a home patio, with more riding on it.Buildings change hands and managers move on, which is exactly why the plan should live in a file rather than in a conversation.

Neighborhood and community entrances

A neighborhood entrance is the first and last thing every resident sees each day. Light on the monument and the beds reads as maintained and cared for. For a homeowners association, it is one of the few grounds expenses residents actually notice.

Scheduling is the real commercial difference

The process is the same: consultation, design, installation. The difference is timing, every time. No business wants ladders across the entrance at lunch, so the work gets planned around your hours.

Seasonal color as part of the same system

A permanent system has an advantage for commercial property that homeowners care less about: the display changes without anybody coming back out. Holidays, community events and the calendar are all just settings. Nothing to arrange every season, which is the part that appeals to whoever manages the property.

From the car to the entrance

The approach gets overlooked, and it is the only part every visitor walks through. A dark lot with an unlit walk colors the whole visit. The walk earns its place on the plan, even though nobody puts it in a brochure.Buildings get lit in stages all the time. The facade is usually the first phase because it is the most visible, with the entry, the approach and the seating areas following as budget allows.

Getting your property looked at

Every commercial building gives you a different set of surfaces and sight lines, so the plan follows a look at yours. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs commercial outdoor lighting for retail, restaurants, offices and residential developments across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. Consultations are free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or [email protected].

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