Industrial Service
Warehouse Lighting
LED high-bay and low-bay system upgrades for warehouses, distribution centres and manufacturing facilities — energy assessment, photometric design to CIBSE guidance, circuit upgrades and commissioning without disrupting operations.
What an industrial lighting upgrade actually has to solve
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High-bay metal-halide fittings that are failing
Metal-halide high-bays have long warm-up and re-strike times, high replacement costs and significant energy consumption. LED high-bays eliminate re-strike delays entirely, reduce energy consumption and carry extended rated service lives that remove routine lamp replacement from the maintenance schedule.
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Poor uniformity and dark pick-face aisles
Uniformity failures in racked storage aisles are a health and safety risk as well as an operational problem. We carry out a photometric design to CIBSE guidance before specifying any fitting — calculating uniformity ratios across the full racking layout.
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Works that shut down production
Warehouses and manufacturing facilities operate continuously. Works are planned zone-by-zone around the production or logistics schedule — out of hours, weekend or in defined maintenance windows — with temporary lighting maintained in each zone throughout.
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Controls that don't justify the investment
High-bay installations benefit significantly from presence detection and daylight harvesting — particularly in high-roof, naturally lit buildings. We design and commission DALI-2 controls as part of the package, so the energy reduction begins from day one of operation.
Technical detail
Standards & compliance
- BS 7671 18th Edition wiring regulations
- CIBSE SLL Code for Lighting — industrial applications
- BS EN 12464-1 — lighting of work places
- Health and Safety (Display Screen) Regulations interface
- Part L building regulations compliance
Luminaire specification
- LED high-bay fittings for clear-span warehouses
- LED low-bay for mezzanine and lower-racking areas
- Linear high-bay for aisle and continuous-run applications
- Anti-corrosion and IP65 rated fittings for wash-down areas
- Hazardous area ATEX certified luminaires where required
Controls & automation
- DALI-2 addressable control and zone grouping
- PIR and microwave presence detection for aisles
- Daylight harvesting for rooflight and clerestory areas
- Time scheduling for shift patterns
- Emergency lighting integration and test reporting
Electrical works
- Existing circuit and distribution board assessment
- New sub-circuits and containment for high-bay runs
- Emergency lighting circuit separation
- Full test, inspection and commissioning
- WEEE-compliant recycling of stripped fittings
The Numbers
50K+
Typical rated service life for LED high-bay luminaires — eliminating routine lamp replacement from the planned maintenance schedule.
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LED high-bays reach full output instantly — no warm-up period and no re-strike delay after a supply interruption, unlike metal-halide.
5yr
Standard on specified industrial LED fittings, with extended terms available on selected ranges for higher-usage environments.
Why specify Con-Tec
Industrial Lighting, Engineered for Operations
Our Warehouse Lighting Approach
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Survey & Load Assessment
Site survey, existing circuit assessment and photometric measurement of the current installation before any design work begins.
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Photometric Design
Lux calculations and uniformity analysis across the full floor plate, including all racked aisles, before a single luminaire is specified.
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Phased Installation
Works delivered zone-by-zone around your production or logistics programme, with temporary lighting maintained throughout and zero unplanned downtime.
04
Commission & Certificate
DALI controls commissioned and verified, all circuits tested to BS 7671. As-built schedules, commissioning records and EICR documentation at handover.
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What our clients say
“Con-Tec consistently meets the rigour our estates teams expect. Their compliance documentation, site discipline and turnaround on remedial works are exactly what large-scale healthcare contracts require.”
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