Commercial Lighting Investment Payback Periods
The decision to invest in new energy efficient lighting is first and foremost an investment decision, so the financial feasibility of the project is particularly important.
We ensure that all our projects are scoped to meet the investment criteria of our clients, using products that meet our demanding quality requirements. Thereafter, our objective is to ensure that the project is delivered on time and on budget.
Our Project Office takes responsibility for project execution and deals with all logistics, health & safety requirements and, ultimately, project handover with the related documentation. We also provide project related information that may be required for sustainability reporting purposes – impact on carbon footprint, reduction in energy demand, etc.
We have set out below our experience of the financial impact, from a pay-back perspective, of some of the larger projects we have completed since 2014:
| Project | Province | kWh savings per annum | kVa savings | Payback (years) |
| 1 | Mpumalanga | 1,300,552 | 171 | 3.1 |
| 2 | KzN | 1,271,899 | 145 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Gauteng | 920,721 | 105 | 2.2 |
| 4 | Gauteng | 915,104 | 119 | 2.3 |
| 5 | WC | 863,105 | 99 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Gauteng | 822,815 | 102 | 1.6 |
| 7 | KzN | 749,616 | 86 | 2.8 |
| 8 | Gauteng | 706,049 | 81 | 1.0 |
| 9 | NP | 691,241 | 58 | 1.8 |
| 10 | WC | 672,263 | 80 | n/a |
| 11 | Gauteng | 620,966 | 80 | 2.5 |
| 12 | WC | 605,968 | 130 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Gauteng | 520,930 | 69 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Gauteng | 509,092 | 57 | 1.5 |
| 15 | Gauteng | 499,887 | 77 | 0.9 |
| 16 | Mpumalanga | 488,900 | 74 | 2.5 |
| 17 | WC | 421,088 | 134 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Limpopo | 412,342 | 67 | 3.2 |
| 19 | Gauteng | 374,253 | 57 | 1.6 |
| 20 | KzN | 308,137 | 46 | 3.2 |
| Other retrofit projects | 5,963,878 | 1,025 | ||
| Total | 19,638,806 | 2,861 | ||