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While there is no question that LED lighting is becoming more affordable seemingly every day, making the switch is still a hefty, long term investment for many businesses. Ensuring the quickest possiblereturn on this investment requires significant research, calculations, and often consulting from an expert in the industry. Here at Electro-Matic LED Lighting, we strive to help our clients understand their options so they can utilize all of the grants, incentives, and other opportunities available to them. One incentive that many businesses we work with in Michigan can benefit from is the DTE Energy Michigan Made Bonus, which was designed with the goal of rewarding businesses who use products made in Michigan to improve the energy efficiency of their organizations.

There are so many elements that can make a difference in the success of a brick and mortar business, even down to the simplest of choices like lighting. Although easily overlooked, lighting can play a major role in creating an atmosphere that not only brings customers in but retains them. In more recent times, big brand like Starbucks are making the jump into LED lighting because of the positive effects it can have on both customers and overall profit. Here are a few ways that LED retail lighting can help you enhance customer experience.

LED ticker signs give you a unique edge above the competition. These small but versitle signs can be entertaining, enlightening and even fun for your visitors. Here are unique ways that an LED ticker sign can set your bar or restaurant apart from the competition:

Whether you're a large, international corporation or a small brick-and-motor shop, every business has the ability to become more sustainable. A simple upgrade of supplies or a few conscious choices to purchases "green" products can make a big difference. Here are some ways your business can become a more self-sustaining operation.

The benefits of LED lights range from decreased energy costs and reduced maintenance expenses to better lighting quality and increased lifespan. As a result of the many benefits, cities and municipalities across the country are opting to invest in LED street lighting. Below you will find a few cities who are pioneering LED for municipal applications.

Often times people are hesitant to switch to LED lighting because of the higher initial price tag associated with it. Although the dollar amount can be somewhat intimidating at first, what’s not talked about as much are the unseen benefits and cost savings. Here are some of the hidden benefits of LED lighting.

Restaurants are competing against each other every day to get customers to come come through their doors or drive-thrus. In order to compete, you have to differentiate yourself in some way from the hundreds of other options out there. Utiliizing an eye-catching, outdoor LED sign is one way that you can separate your restaurant in a fast-paced, busy society. Here are 5 ways that an outdoor led sign can set you apart from the competition and help you turn those drive-bys into diners.

There are countless reasons for commercial businesses, industrial facilities and municipalities to make the switch to LED lighting from more traditional alternatives. Perhaps the most persuasive of reasons is the amount of money that can be saved from upgrading to LED lighting as well as the mounting arguments around the idea that LED lighting is the future. Below are four ways to save with LED lighting.

Everyone is trying to cut back on energy consumption, and the thought that the simple swap of a lightbulb from incandescent or fluorescent to LED could be an individual’s ticket to saving the environment is enough to turn some peoples’ heads. While “a little goes a long way” may hold true in the scenario, that is not to say that bigger may not be better. It’s great to feel like you are making a difference and, for some, even better to see a bit of savings in those bills, but if we are truly going to cut back on the amount of energy we spend on lighting, it will take a lot more than switching out a few refrigerator bulbs. Here are three places that LED lighting has the potential to make a huge difference.

Digital signage has come a long way in recent years. Gone are the days of manually hanging letters from signs, which can so easily be tampered with by young vandals, and here are the days of illuminate, immaculate LED signs that are conveniently updated remotely with the click of a mouse. Countless industries should be quick to take advantage of the numerous benefits of digital signage, and schools in particular shouldn’t think twice about investing in the latest and greatest of digital signs. Why is that, you ask? Here are three reasons why every school needs digital signage.