The Benefits of Smart LED Lighting in Modern Warehouses

While LED lighting has taken over homes across the world, it’s also helped to transform the modern warehouse – improving quality of life both for the warehouse workers, and the warehouse owner.

As opposed to other lighting options, such as fluorescent lightbulbs, Smart LED lighting systems are far more efficient for warehouses, delivering the same, if not better results while using a fraction of the power—all while requiring fewer replacements, which indirectly also reduces waste production. 

At LEDSAVE we have proudly helped numerous trade customers fit their warehouse with our commercial lighting solutions – providing a better working environment for their team while also helping them reduce on operating costs and carbon footprint.

With all that said, here are a few reasons why opting for smart LED lighting solutions in modern warehouses can save you money, prevent accidents, and make for a happier workforce.

What Is Smart LED Lighting? 

I’m sure you’re familiar with an LED Light, but what makes a ‘Smart’ LED lighting setup?

Well, for warehouses, Smart LED lights can:

• Automatically stay off or dim, until movement is detected
• Automatically turn on when daylight starts to fade
• Connect with your warehouse management system to maximise efficiency

A typical smart light will have some or all of the following components:

• LED chip: the part responsible for producing light when electricity passes through it
• LED driver: a regulator that helps keep voltage in check as it flows through LED light
• Microcontroller: processes commands from external sources, such as smartphones and other devices
• Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Module: required for wireless connection between the light and remote devices
• Sensor: allow the LED light to activate or deactivate depending on certain environmental conditions
• PCB: connects all the LED light’s internal components and grants insulation
• Housing: the external housing that protects the LED light’s components

Many Smart LED systems are equipped with motion sensors that only activate the light when they detect someone in their proximity. There are also more sophisticated alternatives that can sense the surrounding light to determine whether they should decrease their brightness output. This results in considerable savings and a reduction in CO2 emissions.

Products like our EcoBrite Twin 3Hr Emergency Non-Corrosive LED warehouse light are great for power management, as it has a Microwave sensor, 80W of power consumption, a Lumen output of 8800lm, and a beam angle of 120 degrees. 

Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings

Smart LED lighting is a great way to both save power and reduce CO2 emissions, saving you considerable amounts of money while remaining operationally sustainable. Traditional lighting in warehouse areas requires several large lights that translate into higher electricity costs while opting for Smart LED lighting systems can help reduce this significantly. 

A recent study on the potential for daylight harvesting (one of the latest technologies in LED lighting), found that a facility that used this technology had the potential to reduce its CO2 emissions by 11.7% and its total annual utility costs by 6.3%. 

This can add up over the course of the multiple decades that our LED lights will last, helping increase your bottom line while reducing your hassle over bulb replacements.

Enhancing Productivity and Safety

Smart LED lights can also help boost productivity and prevent accidents in the workplace by reducing eye strain and illuminating areas that are usually poorly lit.

Warehouse activities require excellent lighting, as there’s constant transportation of heavy objects with machinery involved. Not to mention that for workers to properly catalogue items, they must be able to read the fine prints on boxes and pallets.

A study conducted on workers within a factory in the Netherlands proved that increased lighting helped improve productivity by around 3%, with a stronger effect in the winter

Products like our EcoBrite 100 Watt LED low bay light, which features an equivalent HID wattage of 250W, a Lumen output of 15,000lm, and a colour temperature of 5000K are great for warehouse lighting and increasing worker productivity and safety. 

Reduced Maintenance Costs

One of the main advantages that LED lights have over other lighting solutions, such as fluorescent bulbs, is that they rarely ever need maintenance. Since they typically don’t degrade over time as fluorescent lights do and have a considerably longer lifespan, years can go by before an LED light needs a replacement. 

Aside from representing considerable savings, fewer replacements are desirable, as warehouse lights typically hang in high ceilings, making them rather inaccessible, and dangerous and inconvenient to reach. 

Moreover, even when LED lights do need to be replaced or maintained, doing so is easy, and they can typically predict future issues, helping to prevent them from happening at all. 

Integration With Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

Smart LED lighting systems also have the great advantage that they can be integrated with larger warehouse management systems (WMS) for full, coordinated power control. 

Also, as opposed to other lighting solutions, Smart LED systems can be integrated with other automated technologies inside warehouses, thus resulting in increased efficiency. And the best part is that, more often than not, everything can be managed from a simple device via remote control. 

The Importance of Smart LED Lighting in Modern Warehouses

With modern technological advancements come innovations like Smart LED lighting that not only promotes power efficiency but also offers the possibility of reducing CO2 emissions and addressing the concerning greenhouse effect issue. 

Moreover, proper Smart LED lighting can also result in increased worker safety and productivity while saving a fortune in utilities each year. It’s every person’s responsibility to take advantage of the modern lighting solutions at their disposal to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. 

Take the first step towards increased sustainability and lower CO2 emissions today by checking out our wide range of LED warehouse lighting products. 

If you have any questions regarding our products, please do not hesitate to email us at enquiries@ledsave.co.uk, or give us a ring at 01652 638840. We’re open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Please check out our contact page for more information.