subject: Street Lighting Poles, Fixtures, And Design For Commercial And Industrial Areas [print this page] Some companies provide turnkey installation of street lighting poles, fixtures, and design for industrial areas. Custom pole heights can be achieved by mounting them on concrete bases, or in some cases, having manufacturers cut them to custom lengths.
We also provide the most energy efficient fixtures with minimum lumens depreciation and maximum lamp life. Turnkey services are available throughout Texas that include everything from the initial lighting design to final testing of installed, operating equipment.
In many ways, this type of roadway lighting is more complex than what we typically see in municipalities. Many industrial facilities are located in very remote areas.
While the site may be miles from any city, a sufficiently large factory, shipping depot, warehouse, or railway siding will more than likely have a very complex network of roads that require an array of interrelated equipment to illuminate to the specification of facility contracts and local and regulatory codes.
It is very important, therefore, that street lighting poles, fixtures, and designs be carefully developed with a number of key considerations in mind. First, the foot candle density along the road should be what is actually needed.
Many times specialists find that initial design work which was done in haste often over calculates what is actually needed. This will result in purchases that are over budget if the appropriate foot candle density is not first determined in the initial design phase.
With advanced photometric design software, experts can render one or more models of proposed system of street light poles, fixtures, and designs that forecast in visual form exactly how different types of equipment will perform under different circumstances, and in various configurations.
In the majority of projects to date, pulse start metal halides have proven to be the preferred fixture type for lighting thoroughfares around industrial facilities. While there are a number of emerging technologies in LED and solar road lighting, in most cases, the price points for the purchase of metal halides ranging from 400W to 1000W in power are more cost effective for clients.
With the newest technology, these lamps last longer without losing lumens output, thus minimizing replacement costs. The energy efficiency they feature is also sufficient to stay within acceptable limits of electrical costs and thus deliver tangible return on investment in both performance and longevity.
The distance of these fixtures from the ground, and the reflectors they use, also plays a great role in getting maximum lighting output without having to over purchase equipment. If photometrics indicate a need for street lighting poles, fixtures, and designs to be higher from the ground than is standard in most roadway lighting systems.
Poles can also be mounted on custom concrete bases we build that will put the fixtures at the exact height needed for maximum performance. Some manufacturers, too, will cut poles to custom heights for turnkey services to get lamp placement at a precise height that is absolutely necessary for a certain area.
Additionally, different reflector types are also essential components of street lighting poles, fixtures, and designs. By varying optics, commercial lighting design teams can generate light distribution patterns that yield lateral throw, forward throw, and circular light patterns for maximum visibility and safety.
Turnkey installation services typically include such things as digging underground trenching, installation of electrical systems, construction of pole bases and poles, installation of poles and fixtures, and testing of light fixtures.
