Dear Reader:

There are two ways to cross the crevasse between the language of the manufacturer – lumen output of a fixture – and the language we typically use in planning, designing and executing a new lighting plan and mix of LED fixtures:

Install thousands, such that your experience base enables you to be able to anticipate intuitively how lumen output in the air equates to delivered lumens on the ground, or …

Develop what are called Point by Point simulations, utilizing computer-assisted lighting design software, that takes the rated output of all of the fixtures you are considering purchasing, and – together with all of the conditions of your plant’s floor plan – converts those variables into footcandle metrics across various points throughout the plant.

We suggest the latter is easier, more accurate, and less expensive.

Our team utilizes a software package developed by Lighting Analysts, In...