Better light. Lower bills. A space your customers and staff will notice.
Commercial LED upgrades deliver the same strong ROI as industrial retrofits — with the added benefit of visibly improved light quality. Better illumination affects how your space looks, how long customers stay, and how comfortably your team works.
Fluorescent and HID lighting is expensive to run — and it shows.
Commercial spaces running T8 fluorescent panels, recessed troffers, or HID track lighting carry two separate problems. The first is financial: older commercial fixtures consume significantly more energy than modern LED equivalents, and in a retail or office environment running 10–14 hours a day, that gap adds up fast.
The second problem is visible. Fluorescent lighting degrades over time — colour shifts, flicker increases, and lumen output drops long before the lamp officially fails. In a retail environment, that affects how merchandise looks. In an office, it affects how people feel at 3pm on a Wednesday.
A LED retrofit addresses both. Energy costs fall by 40–55% from day one. Light quality improves immediately and stays consistent over the fixture's lifespan.
40–55%
Typical energy reduction in commercial retrofits
$10K–$60K
Typical annual lighting energy cost for commercial facilities
2–4 yrs
Typical payback period for commercial LED
90+
CRI of commercial LED vs ~70–75 for standard fluorescent
Commercial environments where lighting directly affects the bottom line.
Commercial LED specification varies significantly by use case. Retail needs high CRI and tight beam control. Offices need uniform, glare-free illumination. Grocery needs colour accuracy and cold-rated fixtures. We specify for each environment individually.
Retail & Showrooms
High-CRI LED that makes merchandise look its best. Accurate colour rendering, directional control, and consistent output across the full sales floor — without the energy cost of halogen or HID track.
Grocery & Food Retail
Colour-accurate LED optimised for produce, meat, and deli displays. Cold-rated fixtures for refrigerated cases. Consistent illumination that keeps product presentation sharp under long operating hours.
Office & Professional Spaces
Glare-controlled, uniform LED panels and troffers that reduce eye strain and improve working conditions. Designed to complement natural light and maintain consistent output across the working day.
Automotive Dealerships
Showroom lighting that renders vehicle paint and finish accurately. Bright, consistent illumination for service write-up areas, customer lounges, and indoor display spaces.
Hospitality & Food Service
Warm, high-CRI LED for dining areas, service counters, and kitchens. Tunable options available for spaces that shift between daytime service and evening atmosphere.
Healthcare & Professional Clinics
High-CRI, flicker-free LED for examination rooms, reception areas, and corridors. Consistent, clinically appropriate illumination that supports both patient comfort and clinical accuracy.
"Eco Solutions replaced all of the lights in our store with new LED fixtures which really brightened it up. They were easy to work with when we wanted to make any changes or adjustments to where the fixtures were installed. I would definitely recommend them if you are looking to upgrade to better more efficient lighting."
Kaitlin
— Owner, Standish Home Hardware
In commercial spaces, light quality is a business asset.
Colour rendering affects how your space performs
CRI — Colour Rendering Index — measures how accurately a light source renders colour compared to natural light. Standard fluorescent sits at CRI 70–75. Commercial LED starts at CRI 90+. In retail, that difference affects how merchandise photographs, how products are perceived on shelf, and whether customers linger or move on.
Lighting affects how people feel in a space
Glare, flicker, and inconsistent illumination are documented contributors to eye strain and fatigue in office environments. Well-specified LED eliminates all three. The impact on staff comfort and sustained productivity is measurable — and it's a meaningful secondary return on the retrofit investment.
LED output stays consistent over its lifespan
Fluorescent lamps begin degrading from the moment they're installed. By the midpoint of their rated lifespan, lumen output can be 20–30% below initial levels — often without anyone noticing the gradual decline. LED maintains consistent output across its full rated lifespan, so the space always looks the way it was designed to.
"I actually had people coming in and asking if we did a full store renovation because it looked so good but people could not figure out what we changed."
Carmen Cornelius
— Owner, Carmen's Big Way Foods
Results from commercial spaces across Canada.
Windsor Plywood
Full indoor and outdoor LED retrofit for Windsor Plywood in Leduc.
75%
reduction in lighting energy use
$77,316
annual savings
17.48 yrs
project lifetime
Glass Doctor
Full indoor and outdoor LED retrofit for Glass Doctor in Calgary.
84%
reduction in lighting energy use
$49,177
annual savings
17.03 yrs
project lifetime
Source Board
Full indoor and outdoor LED retrofit for Source Board in Edmonton.
67%
reduction in lighting energy use
$59,333
annual savings
16.87 yrs
project lifetime
Commercial retrofits deliver strong returns across facility types.
Based on a representative mid-sized retail location. Your figures depend on floor area, fixture count, and operating hours — all calculated precisely during our free assessment.
Mid-Sized Retail Location — Representative Scenario
120 × 40W T8 fluorescent troffers + 40 × 150W HID track, 12 hrs/day operation
| Before | After | |
| Annual energy cost | ~$14,200 | ~$7,100 |
| Annual maintenance cost | ~$4,800 | ~$600 |
| Total annual cost | ~$19,000 | ~$7,700 |
| Annual savings | — | ~$11,300 |
| Retrofit investment | — | ~$36,000 |
| Simple payback | — | ~3.2 years |
| 10-year net savings | — | ~$77,000 |
Commercial payback periods run slightly longer than industrial — reflecting lower energy intensity per fixture — but remain well within the range where the investment is straightforward to justify.
Questions we hear from commercial clients.
Yes. Retail, hospitality, and food service clients almost always require after-hours or overnight installation. We schedule around your trading hours as standard — not as a special request.
We work with fixture specifications that integrate cleanly with your existing ceiling and architectural finishes. For branded or designed retail environments, we can match colour temperature and fixture profile to your fit-out standards.
Yes. Multi-site rollouts are something we handle regularly. We coordinate scheduling, standardise specifications across locations, and provide consolidated reporting on energy savings and project performance across the portfolio.
For most retail and hospitality environments, zone-by-zone installation means only a small portion of the floor is affected at any one time. We work to keep disruption below what customers would notice — and most installations across a single location complete within one to three nights.
Our core scope is interior commercial lighting. Exterior and signage lighting can be included where it forms part of a broader retrofit — discuss your full requirements during the assessment and we'll advise on what's in scope.