Save Energy and Keep Your Business Safe This Holiday Season

With office parties to coordinate and gifts to send, things can get hectic for businesses during the holidays, as well as expensive. One expense a business can cut down on and save energy on is electricity. When it comes to saving energy, it’s often the simplest but most overlooked things that can have the most impact. Do your part this holiday season to save energy and keep your customers, business and employees safe. Here are a few tips to help you get started.

1. Opt for LED lights. As the Department of Energy notes, LED lights consume 70 percent less energy than conventional incandescent lights. Install safer and more energy-efficient lighting like LED holiday lights. LEDs are also cooler than incandescent lights reducing the risk of combustion and are sturdier making them more resistant to breakage.
2. Use power strips to energize holiday decorations. Holiday lights and neon decorations bring festive cheer into a business space but when these items aren’t on – they still draw energy. Help reduce this expense by plugging holiday decorations into a power strip and turning it off when energy isn’t being used.
3. Get creative with your lighting display. Not everything is about strands of lights. Reflective ornaments and tinsel are just as bright at night, multiplying your resources for shine.
4. Use rechargeable batteries. Rather than plugging holiday decorations into the electrical mains, use battery-powered decorations instead. Rechargeable batteries are more cost-effective than conventional batteries and will save electricity.
5. Install a timer for holiday lights. Holiday lights flickering away on a tree with nobody there to enjoy them is a waste of energy and money. Installing a light timer in the office allows you to turn lights on and off at specific times, meaning lights won’t be left on unnecessarily.
6. Prevent a fire. Keep flammable substances a safe distance away from open flames or electric heaters to prevent objects and equipment from catching fire.
7. Update your contact information. SDG&E can send you email and text alerts in the event of an emergency or outage with the latest information. Update your contact information and enroll today at sdge.com/myaccount.

 
For more tips on how to keep your business safe and save energy this holiday season, visit sdge.com/business-winter.
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