LED Lighting: The Perfect Warehouse Solution

If you have a shop with attached warehouse storage, or indeed just industrial storage space, lighting is something you have to consider.  It can be a headache to light a large space and the maintenance costs can run quite high.  You might feel that you are fighting a losing battle and just do not know where to start with making things any better, However, switching to LED lighting offers you many advantages and could be the solution you have been looking for.

LED Bulbs Offer Better Light

From your staff to your customers, having a better light in your facilities can increase sales and productivity.  Older style lights offered only a more yellow light.  This can potentially make it harder for customers to see the details on products and is actually a colour that for some people makes them feel stressed, and others sleepy - neither being conducive for sales.  LED lights also come in different brightnesses which are perfect for creating merchandising features in the main shop.

Another advantage of LED bulbs is that you can selected a colour temperature, and for both staff and customers to feel relaxed but awake and happy, selecting a daylight or cool white bulb would be best.  This is much better for the health and safety of your staff as it puts less strain on the eyes, which is something that can really plague workers who spend hours in an artificially lit environment.  This in turn increases productivity and makes picking orders off shelves a much nicer experience. It creates a relaxed feeling on the shop floor too, meaning customers are more likely to stay and browse for longer.

Lower Maintenance Needs

An LED light bulb lasts a significantly longer time that its old style counterparts.  This means that there is less need to change dead bulbs.  If you have a warehouse with very high ceilings as would be the norm this can be a real boon.  You will spend less time with ladders or platforms out and more time getting on with the day job.  Because the bulbs last longer you will also find that you are saving money as you won’t need to replace so many. 

But the advantages of LED bulbs do not stop there. 

They are also significantly lower on energy consumption, so your energy bills will be significantly lower. On average LED bulbs have a lifespan of 50,000 hours lighting which works out to be 50 times longer than normal bulbs and about 25 times longer than using a halogen bulb.  From an energy consumption point of view you are looking at a 90% saving on your previous energy bill for a comparable time.  LED lights can easily be set to work with timers and movement sensors enabling you to create the perfect working space without wasting lights - or indeed for ensuring that shop front areas are only lit as customers come in through the door to compensate for quieter periods.

LED bulbs really are the best solution for lighting large industrial spaces for extended periods of time, and are perfect for those who also have customers to impress in shop spaces.