Your business’s outdoor lighting plays an important role in your employees' safety and the design aesthetic of your building. However, planning the design of your outdoor lighting can be overwhelming at first. Let’s take a look at the most popular types of outdoor lighting and some of the latest advances in smart lighting technology.
How Smart Technology Is Making It Easier than Ever to Customize Your Business’s Lighting
Before we get into the most popular types of outdoor lighting, let’s take a look at some of the latest technological advances that small business owners can take advantage of when managing their outdoor lighting.
The latest innovations allow users to adjust their business’s lighting to their preferences, in many cases directly from an app on their phones. Some smart outdoor lighting products can sense the amount of daylight and adjust accordingly to reduce energy consumption. Some other features include customizable light settings and timed lighting schedules to fend off intruders.
Top Picks for Your Outdoor Lighting Plan
1. LED Flood Lights
LED flood lights emit bright, white light across a wide surface area, making them an ideal choice for parking lots and around warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and more. LED lights are often preferred to incandescent or fluorescent bulbs due to their energy efficiency, cost savings, long life span, and durability. LED flood lights are available in motion-sensor designs and are an ideal choice in areas where security is a concern.
2. Motion-Sensor Lights
Part of your business's lighting plan can also include motion-sensor lighting. Depending on your business’s needs, motion-sensor lighting may be more effective than continuous lighting in some areas. Motion-sensor lighting can reduce energy costs, limit light pollution, draw attention to unwanted trespassers, and eliminate the need to manually switch lights on and off.
3. Wall Lights
Wall lighting emits light over a smaller surface area than flood lights yet still serves as a type of security lighting. Wall lights are great for passageways, stairways, and sides of buildings. Some designs can even provide a modern aesthetic to your outdoor spaces.
4. Path Lights
Path lights help keep your employees and customers safe by illuminating any obstructions on the path to avoid slips, trips, and falls. Like wall lights, path lights can help you create a contemporary look to the exterior of your building.
5. Uplights and Downlights
Downlights are often used in landscaping to illuminate driveways and walkways. As the name implies, these lights emit light downwards. Downlights are available in a variety of modern sconce designs to add a sleek look to your outdoor design. Uplights are installed at ground level, cast light upwards, and are often used to illuminate architectural features. Both uplighting and downlighting can enhance security around your small business’s property.
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