The Importance of Backup Power for Commercial Facilities
In an emergency situation, is your commercial building or facility prepared? What would happen if a major storm hit your area with a large-scale power failure that resulted in complete loss of power? If your commercial facility is anything like many others across the nation, it is likely ill-prepared to handle a sustained power failure.
In fact, most commercial facilities do not have sufficient backup power that would be necessary to keep the facility running in the event of a total power failure. For example, during the Northeast blackout in 2003, despite the fact that New York City's 58 hospitals had UPS and backup generators in place, 'half of (the city's) hospitals suffered failures in their backup power generators. This failure was not due to generators not being in place; rather, it was due to insufficient generators and lack of knowledge on how the generators would perform in an actual emergency. According to a groundbreaking survey on emergency/backup power and power controls, a 'nationwide sample of facilities executives shows wide