Commercial and industrial facilities like shopping centres, factories, warehouses, schools, and hospitals need a well-mapped lighting plan for high visibility. Imagine going to a supermarket with poor lighting. Not only will you have a hard time looking for items down the aisles, but it will also be challenging to check the labels to see if none of the products will trigger any allergic reactions! It will also be problematic for workers to be efficient since they require double effort just to see. In these types of spaces, LED lighting is a must and a lot of supermarkets have already made the switch!
Lighting large spaces can be expensive, so you have to be very strategic with the fittings and lighting types that you’ll use. Out of all the lighting solutions invented up to this point, LEDs are proven to produce the highest intensity while only consuming a small amount of energy. Aside from that, they also have the most extended lifespan, so it’ll take years before they require a replacement. With LEDs, you’re guaranteed to save money!
Best LED lights for commercial and industrial spaces
When shopping for LEDs, you’ll be greeted with many shapes, colours, types, designs, and specs. There are regular bulbs, decorative pendant lights, versatile strip lights, and functional downlights. Although you have a comprehensive selection, that does not mean that they will suit every kind of space. Lighting a home and lighting commercial and industrial areas belong in an entirely different universe! So, to efficiently light a university or a chocolate factory, here are the LEDs that you’ll need!
LED Panel
These lights can produce an extremely powerful brightness while keeping their promise of low energy usage. Aside from that, LED panels are made of a lightweight aluminium frame and back cover, which prevents the light from leaking and engulfs a large surface area so you don’t need to buy heaps just to ensure full coverage.
Just a few 1200×600 LED panels can illuminate an entire conference room, and you’ll need less square panels than you’d think to brighten up an entire office! Well, that still depends on the size of your space. However, if you battle these panels head-to-head with fluorescent lamps, you’ll be purchasing less than if you use the latter.
LED Strip Lights
Strips lights are the best in illuminating your space and also elevating your interior design. It’s one of the most versatile lighting solutions you can use in commercial establishments, industrial areas, and domestic properties! It has a ribbon-like structure, with one side filled with LED chips and, on the other, a double-sided adhesive, enabling you to stick it to almost every surface! If you cannot stick it, enclose it in an LED profile for a more refined and sturdy finish.
These lights can also produce intense brightness and are available in various lengths, ranging from less than 1 metre to 10 metres in a continuous length. Also, it’s available in multiple colours, which you can play around with, with a controller for an added wow factor in your lighting scheme. Hitting two birds with one stone!
High Bay Lights
These lights are the best for lighting large open spaces with high ceilings like warehouses, factories, parking garages, gyms and swimming pools. High bay lights can illuminate an area with ceilings that are 20ft to 40ft tall, and like other LEDs, although it produces high-level brightness, it’s still energy-efficient and durable. Good lighting is essential for factories, especially for the people working with enormous machines. You want to make sure that everything is safe for the people helping you run your business!
Things to remember when lighting industrial spaces
Industrial spaces have a bigger, deeper and complex structure, making them more challenging to illuminate. Most of the time, natural light cannot provide adequate illumination since the ceilings are too high and the floor area is too large. Also, there are cases where windows do not exist at all, or operations run all night through, so there’s no way for a stream of sunshine to stop by! You can only rely on artificial lighting to provide the necessary brightness to keep the place well-lit and safe.
If you have no idea how to proceed, here are a few things that you need to remember!
Incorporate as much natural light as possible
Although natural light cannot illuminate your space alone, you cannot take it out of the equation. As much as possible (if it’s not possible at all, then it’s okay), let sunlight come in and work its magic. If you’re in the construction process, add more windows or use transparent ceilings to open up the space for more sunshine to seep through. Also, it’s a good practice to regularly clean the windows to make sure that the grime and dirt will not block the sun.
Always do regular maintenance
Poor maintenance often leads to poor lighting conditions and issues like burnt-out bulbs, flickering bulbs, and fast regressing bulbs. If it’s a factory you’re lighting, these conditions can be hazardous for your employees. Flickering lights can bring headaches, eye strain, and fatigue. So, make it a point to schedule regular maintenance on your lighting fixtures for you to address the minor problems before it turns into a big ordeal!
Use adjustable lighting
Uniformity can make a space look tidy and clean. However, that does not mean that you need to have uniform lights throughout your area. Remember, different parts will have varying lighting needs. You need to light each space based on its function so you can supply the adequate brightness required.
Think about it as lighting your home. Each room has different needs. Some require more task lighting, and others are better off with more ambient lighting. So, look for lights that are customisable to fit the needs of the task and the comfort level of the employees.
That’s it! Now that you know how to light industrial and commercial spaces, it’s time to visit our website, Simple Lighting and start shopping! We have an extensive collection of premium-quality LED lights that will suit the requirements of your space.
