GreenScape Pros
Phoenix, AZ
Desert landscaping company overcomes 115°F heat challenges with autonomous night mowing, increasing property coverage by 68%.
Employees
28 employees
Fleet Size
3 autonomous units
Founded
2011
Industry
Commercial Landscaping
GreenScape Pros
Operation Capability
More Properties
Annual Savings
Fleet Size
Heat Incidents
Summer Revenue Increase
The Challenge
In Phoenix, summer temperatures regularly exceed 115°F, creating dangerous working conditions for outdoor crews. GreenScape Pros was limited to early morning hours—typically 5 AM to 11 AM—during peak summer months.
"We essentially lost half our productive capacity for four months of the year," explains Operations Manager Maria Santos. "And even those morning hours were brutal. Heat exhaustion was a constant concern, and productivity dropped significantly as temperatures climbed."
The company was losing contracts to competitors who had larger crews and could absorb the summer slowdown. Something had to change.
The Solution
GreenScape's breakthrough came from a simple realization: autonomous mowers don't suffer from heat exhaustion. The company deployed three AutoMow units configured for overnight operation, mowing properties between 10 PM and 6 AM when temperatures drop to manageable levels.
"The mowers don't care if it's 95°F at midnight," Santos notes. "They just keep working."
The daytime crew shifted to high-value tasks: irrigation repairs, planting, hardscape maintenance—work that requires human judgment and dexterity. The result was a complete restructuring of operations that turned the desert heat from a liability into a competitive advantage.
Implementation Timeline
Heat Assessment
2 weeksEvaluated night operation feasibility
Pilot Program
4 weeksSingle unit testing night operations
Customer Communication
1 weekNotified properties of schedule change
Full Deployment
3 weeksAdditional 2 units deployed
"We now mow at night when it's cooler. Our crews focus on high-value work during the day. The heat that used to be our biggest weakness is now irrelevant to our mowing operations."
Maria Santos
Operations Manager
Key Takeaways
Night mowing eliminated heat-related productivity losses
Customers appreciated quieter daytime property visits
Crew morale improved significantly with better working conditions
Summer months transformed from slowest to most profitable
Competitive advantage in Phoenix market due to capacity flexibility