Industry wasting £1.4bn on lighting
24 Mar 2015
An estimated 75% of UK industrial lighting installations don’t meet current industry design standards, according to research from Eriks UK.
This may be costing industry as much as £1.4bn a year as it impacts staff efficiency and plant energy consumption, said Adam Hicks, an industrial lighting specialist at Eriks UK.
“We have found that there is a distinct lack of awareness among many maintenance professionals and facilities managers about the level of routine cleaning and maintenance required to not only comply with BS EN standards, but maximise the overall efficiency of the lighting system,” he added.
One of the most effective ways of extending the life span of an industrial lighting system, said Hicks, was to invest in modern lighting technologies, principally LEDs.
“Then the UK’s manufacturing base can recover a significant amount of wasted capital that can then be re-invested to further improve the running of each individual plant,” he said.
