Warehouse Lighting Design Summary

• In a modern warehouse, not only should the building be spacious and sizeable, but all lighting units must be complete and have a good lighting environment and a comprehensive fire protection system. This enables people to see the conditions in the warehouse undoubtedly. Since the warehouse must remain dry and ventilated, the lights in the warehouse are generally faint, dim, and have low luminance to reduce the build-up of heat. Hence, lighting is extremely critical and pertinent in a storage facility.

For warehouse lighting, • Employing appropriate illuminance should be selected based on visual requirements, working nature, and environmental conditions. Proper light diffusion and the uniformity of lights adopted, reducing unnecessary shadows and making the visual space clear, and the correct selection of light sources and lamps to limit glare, improving the safety of work and activities under the light are highly essential. Flicker-free lights are required to reduce irritability and restlessness. Therefore, it is vital to reasonably choose a light source that reduces the adverse effects of light, heat and ultraviolet radiation on people and objects. Handling light color and color rendering index creates a favorable color discrimination environment for work and life to devise a luminous atmosphere that makes people feel relaxed, comfortable, and beautiful in work and activities.

• When replacing a light source, environmental protection and energy-saving are two major elements that should be considered. Likewise, while selecting a light source with the longest life span to reduce the workforce and material resources involved in lamp replacement, improving visual conditions, making staff feel tranquil, serene, and happy under the light, and reducing the light pollution should also be borne in mind.

1. 1. Meet the requirements of warehouse lighting illuminance. In general terms, the ground flux intensity of the warehouse should be at the very least be less than 50lux, in order to facilitate the identification of cargo labels, etc.;
2. 2. Energy saving: The intelligent control of the lighting system generates two-way lighting of the warehouse, where one road can be closed during the day and two roads at night to save energy;
3. 3. Safety: The explosion-proof lighting fixtures accompanied by features such as being waterproof, dust-proof, and giving an anti-corrosive performance should be used to ensure the safe and stable operations of the lamps;
4. 4. Long life: Lamps with an extended life and high stability should be selected to prevent the increase in operational expenditure or maintenance costs in the later period and ensure the timely maintenance and replacement of lamps;
5. 5. Restartability: Consider lamps that can be instantly reactivated and restarted to avoid latency time for lamps.