LED Lighting and controls to increase productivity and performance.
A poorly lit warehouse space is not only a major safety risk but also can have a dramatic impact on the overall performance of the space. Whatever the function of the space, picking, packing, shipping or storage, good and efficient lighting is important.
Good lighting is essential to worker visibility, safety and accuracy of the work being done. An efficiently lit facility will also reduce operating costs and impact the company’s bottom line.
Maintaining a warehouse or distribution space is also challenging, especially given these buildings are generally quite large, have very high ceilings and require much more costly equipment to maintain the lighting. For all of these reasons choosing the right lighting for your warehouse or distribution center is critical.
Light Quality Reduces Accidents
Investing in an LED lighting solution will increase the quality of your light levels as compared to other options. Projecting your team is important to productivity, culture, and the financial performance of the business. Dealing with serious injuries can impact your business in many ways. While LED lighting won’t illuminate your safety concerns, it remains that the improved lighting will improve your overall safety program and is the best lighting option available for warehouse and distribution centers.
Longer lasting Lighting reduces Maintenance costs
A warehouse or distribution center typically need many man hours to maintain the outages that have been common in older generation lighting solutions. With the increased cost of energy they require the older legacy systems have been a major contributor to the cost of upkeep in the large spaces. Newer LED lighting solutions often last for 5-10 years and require no upkeep or replacement within their much longer life cycle. This means you save on lighting purchase, man hours to replace burnt out lamps, and equipment costs to reach the hardest to get to areas of your space.
Excellent Durability is Ideal for Warehouses and Distribution Centers
Unlike many businesses those operating warehouse or distribution centers know about the need for durable lighting. With the physical nature of the work, heavy machinery often being used, and long hours of operations having a durable lighting solution can impact performance. LED lighting is much more durable than past lighting solutions. They hold up well to the harsh conditions of the warehouse or distribution center.
Better and more efficient use of Lighting
Lastly, LED lighting is much more efficient, but in its energy consumption and distribution of light. They use often times 25% of the electricity similar non-LED lighting products use, but they also are much better at distributing the light they produce. This often means that we can use far less lighting fixtures than were required with the legacy system. And with available rebates, financing options and overall reduced cost to operate per lumen produced the LED lighting system is right for warehouses and distribution centers.
The Most Energy Efficient Lighting is the one turned off
Lighting controls are a huge part of any warehouse or distribution center upgrade. Putting your new LED lights onto some simple lighting controls or more sophisticated network will reduce your energy consumption dramatically. When activity is light, we can turn off or dim lighting in unused areas. When natural light is available we should harvest it and reduce the production of other lighting sources. These controls, whether simple or more robust, will have a huge impact on your overall cost to operate.
If you wish to improve your warehouse or distribution center with LED lighting, contact us for more information and a free initial survey