Services

Advanced Power Technologies ("APT") provides its customers with a complete solution to their lighting, electrical & signage needs.  Our services include: 

Parking Lot Lighting Design & Installation

Nightwatch - Exterior Lighting Maintenance

DayWatch - Interior Lighting Maintenance

Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrades and Retrofits

Neon, Fluorescent & LED Sign Design, Installation & Maintenance & Rappelling Service

Architectural Lighting Design & Installation

Environmental Recycling Of Lamps & PCB Ballasts

ATM Security Lighting Conformance & Upgrades

Hurricane Preparation & Recovery Services

Parking Lot Lighting Design & Installation

Parking lot lighting is one of APT's faster growing areas, with good reason.  Proper lighting makes people feel safe and secure while shopping or working in the evening hours.  With crime and litigation at record levels, the manager or owner relies on modern technology in order to raise outdoor light levels.  Sophisticated retailers understand the benefits of proper lighting and many require a minimum of 5 foot candles in their parking lots.  Several municipalities and counties throughout the United States and Canada have updated old lighting code requirements.  Existing facilities are at risk of code violations, as well as increased incidence of crime, unless they upgrade their lighting to new code requirements.

An increase in retail sales in strip centers, shopping centers and malls has been attributed to upgraded parking lot lighting.  Studies have proven that site lighting is one of the top three reasons why this has been achieved.

APT specializes in the design and installation of new and existing parking lot lighting.

DayWatch - Interior Lighting Maintenance

Why should you consider a lighting maintenance program?  Group relamping, regularly scheduled inspections, cleaning, and recycling by a trained and competent lighting maintenance company can save you time and money, as well as allow you to budget a fixed amount of expense which also maximizes the efficiency of your lighting system

The most expensive portion of the cost related to a lighting system is the electric consumption.  The second largest contributor is the labor to install the lamp while the smallest portion is the actual cost of the lamp.  If your maintenance department is changing one lamp or fixture at a time, at the hourly or salary rate, it is far more economical to implement a cost saving group relamp,  or regularly scheduled Daywatch Maintenance Program.

According to industry standards, a spot relamp takes approximately 20 minutes to change 4 foot lamp compared to 5 minutes for a group relamp per fixture.  If you pay your maintenance person $14.00 an hour, that would translate into $4.66 per lamp for spot relamping.  APT's Daywatch Programs are designed to reduce maintenance costs while maintaining the design lumens in the fixture.  Each time we service a fixture or group relamp an entire facility, we make all necessary repairs to the fixture as well as clean the fixture lens, which can increase light output by up to 25%.

As lamps get older they loose light output, however, you are still paying for the full wattage of the lamp.  There is also a lamp inventory that must be maintained as well as the expense of receiving, packing, and recycling failed lamps.  Manufacturer's warranties must be monitored.  All of the above costs erode your bottom line profits and increase lighting maintenance expenses.

Customized DayWatch Maintenance Programs are designed to meet your needs and your budgeted dollars.  APT can control and reduce your lighting maintenance issues and in addition will enable your Maintenance Department to focus on other non-lighting issues.

Nightwatch Exterior Lighting Maintenance

APT's unique and complimentary NIghtWatch program provides added value and improved security to parking lots and other areas requiring safe and adequate lighting.  Our NIghtWatch program surveys and repairs several thousand sites throughout the Southeast.

The NIghtWatch program provides our customers with:

• Monthly on-site inspections performed during evening hours for all exterior lighting and signage;

• Monthly inspection reports;

• Prompt scheduled service and emergency repairs;

• 4 hour emergency service

• APT marked poles for tracking accuracy and warranties; and

• 24 hour, 7 days a week service.

Our NightWatch program is one of your best defenses in case of a lawsuit claiming that you have been negligent in maintaining your lighting system.  Our NIghtWatch program assures your customers and tenants a safer and more secure property during evening hours.

In addition to time and material rates, APT offers several cost-effective service contracts covering all exterior lighting and signage, including parking lot lights, canopy lights, LED, neon and fluorescent signs.  These piece work and fixed cost alternatives provides our facility and building managers the opportunity to effectively and efficiently budget exterior lighting & sign maintenance costs. Custom programs are available.  The choice is yours!

APT uses only the best quality materials available from top manufacturers.  In the event a lamp or ballast should prematurely fail during the warranty period as a result of a manufacturing defect, APT will replace it at no cost to our customer.

Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrades and Retrofits

Advanced Power Technologies assists commercial, industrial, institutional, hospitality and retail clients in their efforts to save energy and reduce operating costs, while maintaining and improving the aesthetics of their environment.  This is accomplished by designing and installing energy efficient alternatives to existing inefficient lighting equipment.

As an added value, APT can help provide financial programs where the energy savings realized will exceed monthly costs of financing.

Considering today's national energy crisis, it is imperative to reduce operating costs as well as conserve energy while protecting our environment.

Neon, Fluorescent & LED Sign Design, Installation, Maintenance & Rappelling Services

APT is one of the nations largest sign maintenance and service companies.   With offices strategically located throughout the U.S. and Canada we are able to offer fast and reliable service.  Our lighting and sign technicians are trained to diagnose and repair all signage including neon, fluorescent, cold cathode, fiber optic, electronic message centers and LED signs.  There are no jobs to high for us to reach.  Rappelling services are available to service signs at the top of large buildings and areas where our standard equipment cannot reach.  By safely and securely attaching ropes and rappelling equipment to the roof of your facility, APT can minimize repair expenses by working from the top down.

APT is your ONE SOURCE for any type of sign.  We offer fabrication services for channel letter signs and message centers, replacement of sign faces, regardless of material, as well as design services and management of high volume production runs.  Our sign installation service includes code compliance, permitting, and assistance with local regulatory agencies.  As a state certified electrical contractor, APT is able to offer turnkey sign installation & maintenance anywhere your facilities are located.  Most important, our goal is to repair it properly the first time, every time.

Architectural Lighting Design & Installation

If you want your facility to stand out, APT will design, install, and maintain proper lighting to accentuate and attract attention to your facility. 

APT has designed, engineered and installed fountain lighting, landscape lighting, roof top lighting and all architectural points of interest in between.

Proper lighting practices and efficient quality lighting products help to insure a long lasting, visually pleasing project.

Environmental Recycling Of Lamps & PCB Ballasts 

Nationally, about 600 million lamps are disposed of annually, each containing 12 - 50 milligrams of mercury, with some high intensity discharge lamps containing as much as 250 milligrams of mercury.  These lamps and PCB ballasts must be properly recycled.  During the handling of these lamps many break, releasing mercury vapor to the handler and the environment. Solid waste incineration or landfill of mercury containing lamps releases the mercury back into the environment. Some lamps may also contain lead in the glass and lead solder.

ATM Lighting Conformance & Upgrades

ATM Security Lighting Conformance & Upgrades APT provides ATM and Night Depository Light Level readings for exterior lighting conformance. Based on State Mandated ATM Lighting Codes, it is important to perform annual readings to prove maintained luminance at banking locations. If unsatisfactory results are found, APT will review these results with the appropriate corporate security manager. We will design upgrades and discuss recommendations for necessary adjustments to the existing lighting system to achieve optimal performance. APT will re-read the location once the necessary work has been preformed to ensure that the location has exceeded the applicable ATM lighting statute. Following a passing grade, APT will then submit a Certificate of Conformance along with the light level report to retain in your records.

Hurricane Preparation & Recovery Services - RACERS

Advanced Power Technologies has learned many things from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons.  So many changes have taken place at APT in preparation for the 2007 hurricane season that there are too many to list.  

The most dramatic change is the formation of a dedicated Hurricane Response Management Team.  The RACERS (Recovery And Customer Emergency Response Services) Team will go to the affected area and set up APT’s mobile command center at the affected branch or location.  With this additional focused team, we can manage and coordinate the increased volume and complications of a natural disaster without disturbing the normal flow of business. 

Another effective recovery tool that we are initiating is our Advanced Evaluation and Survey Agreement. This proactive recovery plan is for clients who want APT to automatically survey all of their locations in the “strike zone”.  There are no “up front” costs to the program; all you need to do is let us know and we will send you the forms to fill out.   

This auto proceed assessment will include a full photo survey of your signage and all exterior lighting, as well as any damage to your property that affects signs or lighting.  These photos and a written report will be sent to you for your immediate review.  Once reviewed, you can either authorize repairs, or we can provide an estimate for making those repairs or any needed upgrades.  A flat fee per surveyed location will only be issued if a named storm hits and we dispatch the RACERS Team to survey.  If no storm hits, there will be no charge to you and we will keep the forms for the next potential disaster, its that simple. 

This program eliminates the days usually lost from first strike until the time communication is restored, as well as the time it takes for your manager to report lighting and sign damage.  As a result of this proactive program, we estimate a time savings of 3-15 days on this evaluation process.  Additionally, if we are authorized in advance to proceed with repairs, 2-6 weeks can be saved in the completion time, and will result in having your facility 100% lit in a more timely and efficient manner. 

If you would like to pre-authorize this evaluation and photo survey to be performed, APT will create work orders and survey forms prior to any named storm.  These work orders will be put in our Mobile Command Centers file, so that our RACERS team will already have it and be ready to go to work.  By doing it this way, you will be the first priority in our system.  

Although it is always our hope that major storms do not adversely affect your facilities, the inevitability of another natural disaster is a reality.  By improving and stream-lining our processes, as a result of our past experiences, we believe that being proactive rather than reactive will make all the difference in helping you get back in operation.

For up to date storm information visit the National Hurricane Center