Good news for those businesses with outdoor lighting on poles. The Victorian Energy Upgrades subsidy is at a record high. As a result, large pole-mounted lighting projects are now likely to be FREE to upgrade to LED in Victoria. This includes car parks, paths, roads, ports and more, but does not include sports lighting. What will you get for free? A detailed lighting design to ensure compliance with your site’s requirements and Australian regulations including AS3000, AS1158 and AS4282. Market-leading LED street lights. A safe and compliant installation, including commissioning. Post-installa ..read more

Football NSW has secured the services of Shine On as its official LED Lighting Partner. Shine On is a sports lighting specialist that has installed LED lights to sports clubs and their facilities around the country. They design and develop their own market-leading LED sports lights that provide the best lighting outcomes at the highest efficiencies. The company recently contributed to the upgrade of lights at Valentine Sports Park Field 1 as part of a project to ensure the facility was compliant with regulations as a FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Training Site. The upgraded LED lighting has seen ..read more

  Top 4 tips for 2022 (and beyond) In May of 2022, the Australian Energy Regulator announced that the default electricity price would be rising by an average of between 5 and 8.2% across Australia. This means that coming into winter, businesses are going to be hit with much larger bills. With many small businesses only beginning to recover from their Covid losses, this is another frustrating burden on Australian industries. While there is no quick fix, there are many ways in which changes, both small and large, can help businesses save thousands on their energy bills.  Here are Shine ..read more

The Australian Standard 2560 Sports Lighting, Part 2: Specific Applications was published on the 27th August 2021 and sets out the performance requirements for lighting for specific sports. Many of the performance standards have changed from the previous version, affecting most sporting facilities in Australia. They have also included additional sports which weren’t previously covered by the standards. This paper sets out the new standards and key changes so you are aware when looking to upgrade your lights and to keep your site compliant.   Key changes • Separation of sports into group ..read more

Does your Victorian business use a fridge or freezer?  Because we have some good news… Thanks to a new Victorian government subsidy offered by the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program, Shine On is now offering highly subsidised (often free) commercial fridge and freezer upgrades to all eligible businesses across Victoria.    How does it work? This may seem too good to be true but it’s actually an important part of the Victorian Governments energy-saving initiatives and small business support.  Many businesses around Victoria are forced to use outdated appl ..read more

Shine On is pleased to announce that we recently qualified to become a supplier for Local Buy in Queensland for electrical and lighting supplies and sport and recreational facilities and equipment (Local Buy Arrangement numbers LB299 and LB303 respectively). This means that it is easier for Queensland local councils to engage with us for their lighting needs. What is Local Buy? Local Buy is a procurement organisation that was established by the Local Government Association of Queensland in 2001, to help meet the procurement needs of local government. Local Buy Arrangements between local counci ..read more

Shine On is excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Hockey Australia as their exclusive partner for LED outdoor lighting. This is the first sponsorship of its kind for us as a business and a huge leap towards our goal of providing better-quality and more efficient lighting for sports and their facilities across Australia.    The partnership will include our full-service sports lighting solutions composed of lighting designs, supply of LED sports lights, pole fabrication, installation and all other associated works. We are proud to introduce Hockey Australia to our comprehensive ..read more

Australia’s sporting industry continues to flourish, resulting in a need to upgrade or install lights of both professional and community sporting facilities to meet growing requirements. Local clubs regularly see matches played and training completed into the evening and professional grounds need to meet first-class lighting standards for both players and viewers.   This article covers the benefits of upgrading the lights at sporting facilities such as fields, courts, greens, and ovals to LED, rather than replacing old technology metal halides or its parts, which are now very hard to find ..read more

The Victorian Energy Upgrades program has recently changed its regulations to enable businesses to access the VEEC subsidy when installing commercial solar systems on their premises. This means that +100 kilowatt systems in Victoria could receive a subsidy of 40 to 50% of total project costs, potentially halving payback periods at the same time as reducing your business’ environmental impact. What subsidies are available? In addition to the VEECs for solar, there are two other main government subsidies you can claim if eligible when installing a commercial solar system in Victoria: 1. Small-Sc ..read more

The VEEC price in Victoria is currently at an all time high for commercial and residential energy efficiency upgrades. The implications are that improvements can be made to your business to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions and energy bills at a significantly subsidised rate. For those that have already participated in the scheme by upgrading their old lights to LED, there is further good news. The high VEEC price has enabled early LED lighting adopters to replace their current lights with new more efficient LEDs at little to no cost. Why would you bother? You may have had your LEDs for +th ..read more