Commercial lighting has different applications and environments in Oswego, Naperville, Aurora, Yorkville and Plainfield. Having the right lighting for an operation’s functions, employees and customers involves assessing the facility and installing the illumination that accommodates different areas while reinforcing personal safety.
In this discussion, we’ll review lighting in three commercial sectors: warehouses, offices and medical/healthcare facilities.
Warehouse Lighting
Warehouse workers in Oswego, Naperville, Aurora, Yorkville and Plainfield need to be alert to ambient factors such as overhead hazards, moving vehicles, other workers, pedestrians and perils such as slips, trips and falls. Clear and efficient vision is crucial in this atmosphere.
Proper warehouse lighting contributes to greater productivity and personal safety, less damage and loss of inventory and equipment, lower electrical loads and costs, greater appeal of surroundings and even higher employee morale.
Four types of light are common at warehouses: fluorescent (white), metal halides (bluish white), high-pressure sodium (amber/golden) and natural light (external through skylights).
Just a few locations that need proper lighting at a warehouse include high bays, loading docks and the areas for shipping, receiving and storage. Adequate lighting will involve variables such as brightness, distribution, lighting direction, shadows and contrasts with colors and backgrounds. It will also resolve issues such as flickering and excessive glare.
Professionals who specialize in warehouse lighting will be able to provide the consultation, products and systems for the illumination needed throughout a particular warehouse. Support will often include determining correct lighting levels and repairing, replacing or installing lighting components where needed.
Proficient support becomes especially valuable because light output decreases over time as lamps get older and dirt and soot gather on warehouse surfaces such as the walls, windows and ceilings. If you operate a warehouse and haven’t had your lighting evaluated in a while, you can consider scheduling a system audit with your local professional.
Office Lighting
Office lighting is a leading component of how employees feel within the workplace. Whether consciously or subconsciously, they often respond to surrounding illumination through their demeanor and performance, especially over the course of multiple hours. Proper office lighting also helps to keep an office safer and more secure.
Think of how a certain office’s lighting may have left an impression on you when you visited it. Perhaps you noticed the mood that it set and the accents that it made in even the most subtle ways, such as at the reception area or in a conference room.
A knowledgeable electrician with experience in offices in Oswego, Naperville, Aurora, Yorkville and Plainfield will be able to assist you with your lighting according to leading factors such as:
lighting balance. Lighting at your office should be neither too dull or dim nor too harsh and bright. Good office lighting strikes and maintains a balance that might also incorporate natural light from outside.
office layout. Your spatial schematic will determine the optimal number and placement of lights, such as ceiling/overhead lights, floor lamps and wall lamps.
electricity usage. Your lighting should be distributed throughout your office in the right amount for what is required, and utility bills should reflect that correct allocation.
understanding and satisfying regulations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established guidelines for office lighting, especially for working areas. Compliance with them is essential.
Medical Lighting
As we’ve already touched on, lighting influences our mood, performance and safety in ways we might not even recognize. This can be particularly true in healthcare environments such as hospitals, clinics, doctor’s offices and rehabilitation centers.
The lighting at these locations can have a great influence on patients and the professionals who depend on focus and vision to serve them. Good lighting also factors into being able to see and interpret charts and labels, including those on medications.
Proper medical lighting becomes even more of a factor at the many facilities that have little or no illumination by natural daylight. Energy use must be considered as well – at hospitals, lighting can account for more than 20% of all electric consumption.
Working with a commercial electrician that is skilled with medical lighting can ensure that you address vital variables such as:
design. It should meet functional requirements for different areas throughout the facility (e.g. public space, clean room, surgery, outdoor landscape). It should also account for factors such as color rendering and temperature, glare control, and lighting-control methods and mechanisms. Many healthcare facilities do not implement reasonable light distribution design according to each area’s room index and space height.
type. Some areas may call for natural light if it is available. Others may benefit from LED lighting, which lasts longer and uses less energy than fluorescent and incandescent lighting. In many cases, installing LED lights also does not require opening the ceiling plenum.
output. Different medical areas need their own levels of lighting output from different lamp configurations. Some lighting may also need covers or shields to prevent them from interfering with sensitive technology.
safety. Spaces such as operating rooms and clean rooms must meet the clean requirements of professional lighting. Some lamps also will need to satisfy optical bio-safety, electrical safety and electromagnetic requirements.
In addition to consulting you, a commercial electrician that is proficient in medical lighting will be able to install, maintain, retrofit and repair your lighting in Oswego, Naperville, Aurora, Yorkville or Plainfield.
Warehouse, Office, Medical: Commercial Electrician Near You
Trinity Electrical Services provides the service and support for proper warehouse, office and medical lighting in your area. If you would like to discuss the lighting at your location, we welcome your call at (630) 499-1492. We will be glad to hear from you and answer your questions.
We are also warehouse, office and medical lighting electricians for nearby communities such as North Aurora, Batavia, Montgomery, Sugar Grove, and Plano.
Trinity Electrical Services is licensed, bonded and insured.
