How to do a room-by-room audit of your existing lighting set-up

If you want to cut the lighting bills in your business, you need to know:

• the types of lighting that are currently being used
• whether you have the correct lighting levels in all parts of your business
• the types of energy efficient lighting that could replace your current lighting set-up.

Once you have this information, you’ll be better-placed to make improvements to your lighting set-up. You need to end up with the right lighting levels at the lowest cost. This section will show you how.

Download the ‘Energy Reduction Plan ‘ template here: EnergyCut.info/erp-template and use the ‘Room by room lighting audit’ worksheet in Appendix E.

Getting underway

To start your lighting audit, you, your tradesperson or lighting expert should start with a floor plan for your premises. If you don’t have one, you can draw one by hand, or use software such as ‘Floorplans Pro’ for the iPad or ‘Floor Plan Creator’ for Android devices.

Make sure that you mark up your work stations, reception, meeting rooms, bathrooms, amenities, walkways, storeroom and kitchen etc.

You’ll then be able to begin your room-by-room lighting audit.