Tips To Achieve The Best Lighting For Your Warehouse:

There is a variety of warehouse lighting solutions on offer to best suit your needs. Peter Pretorius of Pure Electrical Solutions provided some industry expert advice on the various lines of warehouse lighting available.

Peter advises that each space is unique and requires an on-site assessment to gauge how to implement a more efficient lighting layout, and "it all depends on the client. You can find many different lighting sources and there are so many factors to take into consideration when assessing the space to improve lighting efficiency and efficacy. Induction LED lights and LED floodlights are generally the best for clarity and lumens, and when combined with a solar power source, the client can enjoy significantly reduced electricity costs."

Peter also reports that high bay lighting is not necessarily always needed in a factory, and that implementing "a few flood lights on specific angles is sufficient."

Installing the most suitable lighting is also important for an efficient and safe staff experience, as it assists warehouse workers to perform their best and avoid potential accidents that commonly occur in an industrial setting.

Achieving healthy ROI, increased productivity and enhanced safety:

Effective factory lighting fulfills three important roles: providing a high return on investment, increasing overall productivity, and promoting a safe working environment.

Read below for some guidance to implement an efficient lighting layout in your place of production, to keep business running smoothly and warehouse workers happy.

5 tips to properly light the warehouse:

1. Use a light meter to identify the number of fixtures required

Each warehouse space is unique and therefore requires a customized layout to achieve the best results. Use a light meter in conjunction with the warehouse blueprints to determine how many fixtures are required, and where to install each fixture.

Extra Tip! Continuously lighting shelving can be costly on electricity and maintenance. Fit motion sensors for warehouse lighting management, as it dims when not required and brightens when someone approaches.

2. Select the correct warehouse light temperature

A white, crisp light creates a bright setting that keeps staff alert and awake, generally resulting in better productivity.

Extra Tip! Implement a range of LED technology to reduce warehouse cooling costs, as LED lighting emits up to 40% less heat compared to traditional fluorescent lights.

3. Distribute fixtures to maintain even tones throughout the warehouse space

Strategically placing lighting fixtures within specific areas of a factory helps to balance the light evenly, avoiding glare or patches of darkness.

Extra Tip! Align the illumination pattern emitted to correspond with the facility's physical layout - a narrow aisle should have a skinny light emitted but more open spaces will require a wide illumination pattern.

4. Consider shelving, product placement, wall colour, and natural light

Factor in the attributes of the factory such as natural light and wall colour - the darker the wall and the less natural light, the higher the lumens required for the lighting solution.

Extra Tip! More illumination is required for shelving and products placed closer to the ceiling of the warehouse.

5. Use a variety of lighting in different warehouse areas

A factory has many different areas of production that require different types of lighting to achieve increased safety and productivity.

Extra Tip! Linear lighting works best for utility rooms, warehouse offices, and passageways. Spots are efficient in providing precise lighting for specific areas, indoors or outdoors, at a lower running cost than outdated fluorescent lights.

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