LED lighting improves workplace safety
AKW Logistics has a 500,000 sq ft Quality BRC and Excise Approved high bay storage facility, which has recently had a lighting refit.
It previously had 289 individual 400W metal halide, quad 80W and twin 70W neon batten units, which were replaced by 194 Waveguide Lighting’s Brightstar intelligent LED luminaires, which have a design that provides impressive light quality, optical distribution and energy efficiency.
Improvement in the overall brightness and uniformity of the lighting throughout the facility has improved the quality of the CCTV security recordings and achieves a safer working environment for the fork lift truck drivers with better general visibility and less shadowing. The luminaires are intelligently managed, with motion sensors that reduce the output by 80% in unoccupied areas and with ambient sensors that dynamically adjust the output in response to the ambient natural lighting levels.
The energy saving is 74%, the tangible ROI is 1171% and the payback period is 15 months. The intangible benefits of a safer and better working environment, greater efficiency and improved productivity further support the business case.
