January 10, 2018 
Winter is a prime time for dangerous ice, heavy snows and strong winds that can result in hazardous conditions leading to power failures. Businesses are especially susceptible during this time of year. Arranging for backup power solutions is key to preparing for uninterrupted business in the face of blackouts and staying safe in the coldest months of the year.
Prepare for Winter Elements with Backup Power Solutions
Is your business prepared to face a blackout?
A power outage can potentially result in lost revenue and product. And a blackout that affects business operations can also threaten client safety or even damage property. Electricity is, indeed the lifeline of any operation.
Because the impact of a blackout is magnified as winter temperatures drop, you can’t afford to take a chance on your emergency backup power solutions. In fact, according to a National Governors Association report, severe weather is the chief reason power outages are becoming more likely.
Four years ago, severe weather and winter storms caused 15% of business, home, and auto catastrophe losses throughout the United States. That number has consistently risen every year since and experts predict that more frequent and severe storms will lead to longer power outages than years before. Last year, for example, the total losses more than doubled the average from the past 20 years.
They’re more frequent in the winter and the outages are even lasting longer, too.
A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that the average power outage lasts about 2 hours and 20 minutes, but increases by 260 percent (up to 6 hours and 10 minutes) when a major event like severe weather is involved.
Backup power solutions keep safe, reliable power flowing to your business in the event of a winter blackout. While you can’t predict when an extended blackout might affect your operations, you can take steps now to prepare your business and protect your clients against the severe weather elements.
Invest in Emergency Backup Power Solutions
With the average length of blackouts growing longer, many businesses are turning to generators to help ensure uninterrupted operations. A report from the Society for Risk Analysis reports “a string of natural disasters and prolonged blackouts have motivated consumers to invest in personal generators at unprecedented rates.”
Preparation is the best way to protect your business, no matter what Mother Nature throws your way. So, keep the lights on and operations running all year long with a backup power solution.
KMB Backup Power Solutions
Even the most savvy business owners have questions about choosing the right backup power solutions. The experts at KMB know this is a big investment, which is why we want to help you understand as much as you can about the generator you’re considering.
As a full-service engineering solutions provider licensed in the United States and Europe, we take a systematic approach to design modifications for existing systems or add additional state-of-the-art systems to reduce energy usage and costs. Our comprehensive energy engineering solutions including lighting retrofits, HVAC improvements, backup power solutions, energy control systems, combined heat and power generation, demand response and more.
If it isn’t clear that your business is prepared for any and all contingencies that winter can bring, contact us to learn more about building backup power solutions for you business today.