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How to Calculate Lighting Needs for an Industrial Space

Jan 17th 2018

How to Calculate Lighting Needs for an Industrial SpaceFiguring out lighting needs for an industrial space requires taking multiple factors into account. In order to be a safe and productive environment, industrial spaces must be well lit. However, this has to come with attention to electric bills and the cost of replacing bulbs and repairing fixtures.

Superior Outlet is a premiere supplier of industrial lights for places like airport hangars, gymnasiums, warehouses, luxury car garages, and more. We have provided lighting bulbs and fixtures for businesses big and small. This article from Superior Lighting will offer some helpful definitions and break down a few simple specs for lighting various locations.

Some Quick Terms:

These terms are important to know when it comes to figuring out what your industrial lighting requirements are.

Lumen:

This is a metric unit derived from the amount of visible light given off by an illumination source. The more light shown off, the higher the corresponding lumen count will be.

Lux:

This is the metric unit that measures how intense the light will be as it is perceived by the human eye when it passes through or hits a given surface. One lux equals a lumen per square meter.

A Foot-Candle:

A foot-candle is the non-SI unit that gauges the strength of light thrown from a surface in common use in the American lighting industry to calculate adequate levels of light in one square foot. A foot-candle equals 1 lumen per square foot about 10 lux.

Size and Type of Space

· Public spaces like doorways, loading docks or workplace corridors tend to be served by 2-to-5 foot-candles.

· Lunch and break rooms, exhibition halls, locker rooms and large component manufacturing places tend to use 10-20 foot-candles on average.

· Conference rooms, open warehouses and lots used for auto sales generally use about 20-50 foot-candles.

· Auto showrooms, gymnasiums and small component manufacturing often need about 50-100 foot-candle lighting.

· For high precision manufacturing and professional gymnasiums use 100-200 foot-candle lighting.

· Anything high performance requiring prolonged and exacting visual tasks usually uses 500-1000 foot candles.

Industrial Lighting Available from Superior Lighting

1. Install fresh fixtures or replace old worn out models with these cutting-edge, high quality LED office lights from Superior Lighting.

2. Illuminate your warehouse with these powerful, efficient and reliable LED warehouse high bay lights.

3. Light up your parking lots, loading docks, corridors and entryways with these LED wall fixtures.

Contact Superior Lighting to Learn About Industrial Space

Regardless of the size and scope of your needs when it comes to illuminating an industrial space. We can help find the best lights for offices, entryways, locker rooms, warehouses, storage facilities, gymnasiums airport hangars and more. To get in touch with Superior Lighting, call 1-888-577-1894 or visit our website to view pictures, prices, styles, and all things industrial lighting. One of our priorities is to deliver lighting solutions that are environmentally conscious and responsible. We will bring this passion and sense of purpose to meet the needs of your industry.

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