I've reviewed the threads on here and I see that warehouse lighting is discussed frequently. My understanding is that active warehouse aisles are considered multi-occupant spaces under the credit and must be provided with controls to "enable adjustments that meet group needs and preferences". Does anyone have experience with how such controls might work? If my job is to drive a forklift to a certain location in a warehouse to retrieve or store something, I don't know what I might possibly want from the lighting system beyond adequate foot-candles.
Before I tell my warehouse client that this credit isn't for them I'd like to at least know what kind of lighting control system I'm rejecting. Thanks for your comments!
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
November 3, 2013 - 8:17 pm
Steve, that's a hard question to answer. If I'm a forklift driver it's hard for me to think of anything I want other than a well-designed lighting system with adequate brightness, low glare, and less-than-awful color temperature. If those are provided than controllabilty doesn't really enter into it for me. I would focus on task lighting at work stations (don't know what kind of work gets done there, but a location where someone has to read an order list, for example), but I honestly can't say what LEED would be looking for as far as aisles.
Peter Dishno
Commissioning Engineer24 thumbs up
December 13, 2013 - 5:52 pm
Steve,
One of the solutions that I have seen to this is to include 'Safety' lighting into the aisles that are on 24/7 while utilizing occupancy sensors for the rest of aisle. That way the forklift driver can clearly see where he is going while driving. When the forklift driver stops in an aisle, the lighting will be turned on from the driving motion.
Pete