Warehouse illumination falls into the category of high-bay lighting. Modern warehouses comprise tens if not hundreds of thousands of square feet of storage space with operations that can continue around the clock. Lighting a modern warehouse requires operators to maximize the efficiency of their operations while minimizing utility bills and operating costs. Energy efficient LED warehouse lights are the best option to accomplish these dual goals.

Architects and planners often use a default rule that warehouse lighting will cost $1.00 per square foot of warehouse space per year. Thus, the annual electricity bill to light a 100,000 square foot warehouse is expected to be $100,000. This general rule presumes that a warehouse will install traditional high intensity discharge (“HID”), metal halide, or high pressure sodium lighting fixtures. Any reduction in this cost will go directly to improve the profitability of the warehouse’s operations, and managers strive to find those reductions anywhere they can.