When Scottish high-end alcohol label printing company, Spirit Label Solutions, moved into a new £5 million warehouse, they asked local business Electrical Solutions to come up with a lighting scheme, and with the help of Luceco, they delivered the solution.
Blank canvas
Starting from scratch in an empty warehouse, Luceco carried out a survey of the site to decide the best indoor, outdoor and emergency lighting for the space.
This warehouse had to double up as both a printing warehouse and an office space, so the lighting had to be suitable for both applications, as Chris Bryant, Group Managing Director of Electrical Solutions (Scotland) explains: “The brief we were given by our contractors, Advanced Building Contractors Ltd, was to supply a lighting scheme for a manufacturing space and a small office in the same warehouse. The client had limited knowledge of lighting, so working with Luceco we were able to recommend the appropriate lighting and fittings for the job.
“When we visited the site with Luceco, we carried out a survey and produced a lighting design to meet their requirements. One thing we knew we had to get right was the balance of natural lighting in the space. The warehouse featured big skylights, which in the day provided the best natural light that wasn’t too warm or cold. We needed to replicate the same natural light when it got darker as accurate colour rendering is essential for printing environments and so LED lighting was an ideal solution.”
The perfect solution
LED lighting provides the perfect solution for industries that require the LG1 recommended Colour Rendering Index (CRI), as it has only a small oscillation in light output and eliminates the strobed effect often caused by traditional lamped luminaires.
Following the site survey and lighting design, Spirit Label Solutions chose to use Luceco’s Elara Bay, cost-effective LED luminaires ideal for high ceiling mounting positions in industrial and warehouse environments, and surface mounted LuxPanels for the office spaces.
Chris said, “We chose to work with Luceco as we trusted them with their proposal and knew we were going to have their support throughout the entire project from planning and ordering to fitting and future repairs, and the client was delighted with the transformation.”
Luceco Project Manager, Grahame Scott, said: “It was great working with Chris and the Electrical Solutions team after previous projects together.
“Knowing accurate colour rendering was essential for this warehouse project, we knew our Elara Bay and LuxPanel luminaires would deliver the results that Spirit Label Solutions was looking for in their new manufacturing and office space.”
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