Do you own a bar, restaurant, entertainment venue, car dealership or other type of business that can benefit from a canopy structure? Combining solar with an overhead canopy offers multitude of benefits.
While many business owners recognize that installing solar will dramatically decrease their utility bills, they don’t realize it can also increase revenue. A solar canopy is a strategic investment that can generate income, yield significant cost savings, and attract new customers.
How Solar Canopies Can Improve Your Business
Let’s look at seven ways to improve your commercial business by installing a solar canopy:
- Customers Stay Longer – A solar canopy shields customers from the elements and helps them stay longer. At restaurants and bars, food and beverage revenues will increase. The longer they stay, the more money you make.
- Customers Visit on Inclement Days – A rainy day that would normally keep your customers home or at other indoor business locations is no longer a deterrent. Customers may choose your venue with a rain-proof solar canopy versus another competing business.
- Increased Usable Space – Does the footprint of your building limit the amount of customers you can serve? A solar awning or canopy may double your capacity, increasing occupancy and revenue. Make use of underutilized real estate and grow your bottom line.
- Promotional Experiences – Get people talking, and word will spread that your business provides a unique experience. A solar canopy can help your establishment stand out and give you a forward-looking appeal to drive repeat business. Augmenting with EV charging can be added appeal too!
- Advertising Opportunity – Generate new income by offering local companies the opportunity to advertise with signs on your solar pavilion. This makes the solar canopy more than just a structure; it’s also an active source of new income for your business.
- Increased Safety = Less Liability – Your insurance premiums could decrease, as your solar canopy can help shield walkways from rain, snow, and sleet, making your business safer.
- Employee Satisfaction – Offering solar carports or EV charging to employees can increase their satisfaction, in turn improving customer service. Happier customers will spend more money at your business. In addition, if employee turnover decreases, you will save money on recruiting, hiring, and training.
Solar Canopies in Practice
Often, solar canopies are installed in a parking lot, which is generally considered an underutilized asset, yet they yield financial growth. So, what does this look like in practice for a commercial business?
For Bars & Restaurants
Bars and restaurants can increase their occupancy levels for the majority of the year by installing a solar canopy over an outdoor seating area. Usable space is expanded – even on rainy days – as the canopy is waterproof.
When the weather is hot, patrons will stay longer in the shaded area, allowing larger total tabs. Not only do food and liquor revenue flourish, but the ability to utilize gambling grows, too. As dwell time lengthens, the amount of money a customer spends at your establishment increases.
For Car Dealerships
Now, consider a car dealership. Installing a solar carport means that vehicles that are sitting on the lot waiting to be sold can be protected from the elements, including hail.
Solar panels are more impervious to hail than a new vehicle, which will have to be repaired, or even scrapped after a storm. Insurance premiums for the dealership go down, saving the business money. And not only does the canopy provide protection, but it also simultaneously generates electricity, offsetting utility costs for the dealership.
Get in Touch with Tick Tock Energy
These are just two of many examples demonstrating how a solar canopy installation can boost your bottom line. Reach out to Tick Tock Energy today to learn more about how solar can benefit your business and increase your revenue. We make quality personal, providing unique solar solutions to meet specific customer goals.
Proud to be named 11-time Top Solar Contractor in the US, Tick Tock Energy offers commercial and industrial, farm/ag, and residential customers superior high-quality solar systems with long-lasting value. Our mission is to educate, inspire, and motivate individuals and businesses to pursue reduce energy use and costs.
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