• You could save money with high mast lighting.lights on in daytime image by jimcox40 from Fotolia.com
  
  High mast lighting on your business property can make parking lots or high-traffic open areas safer. This type of lighting is gaining more use in the private sector after it was originally introduced for large, multilayered traffic exchanges, and it may be a good option if you need to provide security lighting on your property with a minimum of installation and upkeep costs.
  
  

Cost Efficient

• The lights used in high mast lighting are energy efficient and last for many years. Instead of putting up a number of 50-foot light poles with one or two lights that provide little or no directional lighting on your property, you may only need one or two high mast poles that can carry as many as eight to 10 lighting fixtures. Newer LED fixtures have an average life expectancy of 13 years if they operate an average of 10 hours a day.
  
  

Safety

• High mast lighting can provide additional safety to your parking lot by providing dusk-to-dawn lighting. Each of the light fixtures is adjustable so you can provide either ambient lighting for the entire property, or you can provide directional lighting for specified zones. Light trespass can be an issue if it crosses onto neighboring property, but for the most part you can adjust the directional lighting away from any residential area.
  
  

Maintenance Savings

• With regular pole lighting, you need a bucket truck to access the light fixtures. High mast lighting requires professional maintenance, but your lights should operate many years without care, making them cheaper to maintain. Bad weather is about the only thing that shortens the life expectancy of high mast lighting.
  
  The standard color for poles or masts is gray aluminum. The poles require little maintenance during their lifespan. If you want a colored light pole, order one of the many colors available when you set up your high mast lighting. The manufacturer bakes the color into the aluminum, so there's no need to repaint and no additional maintenance cost for colored poles.