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Cabarrus County · Concord, NC

Concord’s Commercial LED Lighting Contractor

Warehouse high-bay, retail and office layouts, parking lot lighting, and controls that cut the load and the maintenance. Bobby Shaver scopes the fixture count and the wattage before and after, so the savings are a number, not a promise.

Why Concord businesses move to LED

Old lighting is a bill you pay every month and never see.

Commercial lighting is one of the largest fixed loads most Concord businesses carry, and on old fluorescent tubes or metal halide high-bays, it is a load that runs high and needs constant relamping. A warehouse in the Poplar Tent industrial parks, a retail floor near Concord Mills, or an office off Church Street running dated lighting is spending on energy and maintenance every month that an LED layout would cut hard. That is the case Bobby Shaver makes with numbers, not a pitch.

The retrofit starts with a count: how many fixtures, what wattage they draw now, and what the LED replacement draws. Metal halide high-bays that pull 400 watts each get replaced with LED high-bays at a fraction of that, and the drop across a whole warehouse is dramatic. Fluorescent troffers on a retail or office ceiling get swapped for LED panels that are brighter, more even, and drawing less. Bobby lays the numbers out so you see the actual load reduction and the payback window before deciding.

Beyond the fixtures, the controls are where a lot of the savings live. Occupancy sensors that shut lighting off in empty areas, daylight harvesting that dims fixtures near windows, and scheduling that turns exterior and sales-floor lighting on and off automatically all cut the bill further, and a new layout often requires them under current North Carolina energy code. Bobby designs the control scheme to the space, wires it, and permits and inspects the job where the scope calls for it, whether that is a warehouse, a retail suite, an office, or a parking lot full of pole lights and wall packs.

Call (704) 575-9463 or reach out online to scope the lighting. See finished work on the project gallery.

01

Count and load audit

Bobby counts the fixtures, records the current wattage, and specs the LED replacement so the load reduction and payback are on paper up front.

02

Layout and controls

The fixture layout is set for the mounting height and use, and the control scheme, sensors, dimming, and scheduling, designed to the space and the code.

03

Install around operations

Fixtures are swapped and circuits reworked on a schedule that keeps a Concord business running, with the disruptive phases planned for off hours.

04

Permit and inspection

Where the scope is a new layout, added circuits, or controls, the permit is pulled and the inspection scheduled and passed.

Lighting work we handle

Commercial lighting for Concord properties

Warehouse High-Bay LED

Metal halide and old fluorescent high-bays swapped for LED in Concord’s industrial and flex space. Brighter floor, far lower load, less relamping.

Retail and Sales Floor

Even, bright, well-rendered LED lighting for retail near Concord Mills and beyond, laid out so the merchandise and the space look right.

Office LED Panels

Fluorescent troffers replaced with LED panels for a Concord office, cutting glare and load while lifting the light quality people work under.

Parking Lot and Exterior

Pole lights, wall packs, and building-mounted security lighting on photocell or timer control for safer, lower-cost Concord commercial exteriors.

Lighting Controls

Occupancy sensors, daylight harvesting, dimming, and scheduling that cut the bill further and meet current North Carolina energy code on new layouts.

Emergency and Exit Lighting

Code-required emergency and exit lighting installed and tested so a Concord commercial space passes inspection and keeps people safe on an outage.

Serving Cabarrus County

Concord’s warehouses and storefronts run brighter and cheaper on LED

From the high-bay-lit warehouses in the Poplar Tent and I-85 industrial corridors to the retail and office space around downtown Concord and Concord Mills, the buildings still running old lighting are paying a premium every month and dealing with dead tubes and burned-out lamps. An LED retrofit fixes both at once, and the controls keep the savings going long after the install.

Bobby works Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Midland, and the surrounding Cabarrus County commercial market from the Norwood base. Bring the square footage and the current fixtures and the numbers come back fast. Call (704) 575-9463 or contact us online to scope the lighting.

The reason Bobby leads with a fixture count and a before-and-after wattage instead of a savings pitch comes straight from his plant background. At Michelin he spent years measuring load, not guessing at it, and a commercial lighting retrofit is a load problem you can put exact numbers on. Metal halide high-bays pulling 400 watts each across a Poplar Tent warehouse, or rows of T12 fluorescent troffers over a Concord office, add up to a fixed monthly draw that never shows on a walk-through but shows up on every Duke Energy bill. Swapping them for LED at a fraction of the wattage produces a figure he can hand you, along with a realistic payback window and the maintenance you stop paying for once the relamping stops.

Controls are where the second round of savings lives, and where current North Carolina energy code often has a say on a new layout. Occupancy sensors in stockrooms and restrooms, daylight harvesting on the fixtures nearest the windows, and scheduling that runs the sales floor and the parking lot on a clock rather than a switch all keep the load down after the retrofit is done. Bobby designs that control scheme to the space, wires it, and pulls the Cabarrus County permit where the scope, a new layout, added circuits, or a controls package, calls for it, so the job is inspected and the savings hold.

Common questions

Concord commercial lighting, answered

Is a commercial LED retrofit worth it for a Concord business?
Usually, yes. LED fixtures cut a commercial lighting load dramatically against old fluorescent or metal halide, and the drop in energy and maintenance often pays back the retrofit inside a couple of years for a Concord warehouse, retail floor, or office. Bobby scopes the fixture count, the wattage before and after, and the controls so you see the actual load reduction, not a vague promise of savings.
Can you upgrade our warehouse to LED high-bay in Concord?
Yes. Warehouse and flex space in Concord’s industrial parks runs on high-bay fixtures, and swapping metal halide or old fluorescent high-bays for LED is one of the highest-return lighting jobs there is. Bobby handles the fixture layout for the mounting height, the circuit rework, and the controls so the space is brighter and drawing far less power.
Do you install parking lot and exterior lighting in Concord?
Yes. Parking lot pole lights, wall packs, and building-mounted security lighting for Concord commercial properties are part of the work. LED exterior lighting improves safety and cuts the load, and photocell or timer controls keep it running on schedule without anyone flipping switches.
Can you add lighting controls and occupancy sensors?
Yes. Occupancy sensors, daylight harvesting, scheduling, and dimming controls cut a commercial lighting bill further and are often required by current energy code on a new layout in North Carolina. Bobby designs and wires the control scheme to the space and the code.
Is commercial lighting work in Concord permitted?
A like-for-like fixture swap on existing circuits is often maintenance, but a new layout, added circuits, or a controls scheme is permitted and inspected work in North Carolina. Bobby tells you which category your job falls in and pulls the permit through the City of Concord or Cabarrus County when it is required.
Can you retrofit our lighting without shutting the business down?
In most cases, yes. A fixture-for-fixture LED swap can usually happen zone by zone during off hours or overnight so a Concord warehouse, storefront, or office keeps running through the work. Where a circuit has to come off for a new layout or added controls, Bobby schedules that phase for a time that does not stop operations and communicates it in advance. The disruptive parts are planned around your hours rather than sprung on you the day of.
How fast does an LED retrofit pay for itself for a Concord business?
It depends on the fixtures you are replacing and how many hours a day they run, which is exactly why Bobby quantifies it instead of quoting a generic figure. High-bay metal halide in a warehouse running long shifts pays back fastest because the wattage drop is largest and the burn hours are highest; office troffers on shorter schedules take longer. He lays out the fixture count, the before-and-after wattage, and the maintenance you stop paying for so you can see the payback window on your own numbers before deciding.

Cut the lighting load on your Concord property

Fixture count, load audit, LED layout, controls, permit, and inspection, handled around your operations.

(704) 575-9463