A Professional Lighting Design Improves Performance and Reduces Costs

When installing a professional lighting system, we always recommend using a professional lighting design service. A professional lighting design service provides the end user and installer with a detailed report that shows the lighting levels that will be achieved on-site. This ensures there are no surprises at the point of commissioning and acts as a guide during installation, reducing installation time. A good lighting design will also offer cost savings, both by reducing the number and size of luminaires used on-site and by lowering electrical consumption. All of this should be achieved while increasing the quality of light on-site.

Raytec offers an award-winning, free-of-charge, lighting design service to all our customers – bringing your installation to life.

Case Study: Port Moresby Power Station

In 2019, our Australian distributor, Pacific Automation, contacted Raytec to design a lighting scheme for Port Moresby Power Station – a 58-megawatt grid-connected power plant in Papua New Guinea. The challenge was to provide a lighting solution that would reduce the site’s carbon footprint, be maintenance-friendly, and deliver an effective working environment. As leaders in the field, Raytec acknowledged the site complexities and provided a premium design solution that included full-site modelling and illuminance mapping. Raytec also provided a detailed design report that acted as the perfect guide for installation, highlighting the best luminaire for each location and the correct mounting positions and angles. By tailoring the exact fitting for each installation point, the end user could use fewer luminaires overall, reduce their electrical consumption, and improve the uniformity of light on site.

Lighting Design Benefits

In 2020, Raytec won the HazardEx ‘Best Customer Service’ award for its Lighting Design Service – the success of this service comes from the clear benefits that Raytec’s lighting design service offers our customers.

Uniform Illumination

Raytec’s lighting design service offers our customers the perfect solution for achieving the correct lux levels on-site. Illuminance mapping provided by Raytec’s lighting design service displays the distribution and uniformity of light on-site via a pseudo-colour report. This enables the customer to see exactly how the light is distributed on-site, ensuring illumination safety standards have been met.

Increased Performance

Using Raytec’s lighting design service means each luminaire is precisely picked to deliver the exact amount of light required for each specific area of a site. This way we can improve and maximise the quality of lighting on site. As an example, an external stairwell requires a different lighting solution to an internal machine room and should be specified differently.

Cost Savings

Effective lighting design is a powerful tool for achieving cost savings in both the short and long term. Raytec ensures this by providing a detailed design report outlining the product choices and quantity, that can help you save costs by placing the optimum number of fittings. This will save the end-user on initial outlay costs, as well as ongoing energy savings.

Guide for Installation

Raytec is one of the few LED lighting manufacturers to provide both 2D and 3D modelling of the installation design, real-life insight into how the installation will perform, and where required, a virtual walk-around of the site to check for key lighting metrics.

This visual representation of the final installed lighting solution that includes lux levels and spread of light ensures there are no surprises at point of commissioning and provides a useful reference for installers.

How to Access Raytec’s Award Winning Service

Getting your hands on this service is easier than you would expect. Depending on the complexity of your installation, Raytec can offer you a range of designs varying from simple to highly detailed, with the shortest turnaround time being just 3 days!

The team is continuously expanding its resources by employing more skilled professionals and investing in machinery, such as our in-house Goniophotometer, which helps to provide a much quicker turnaround, with just as much accuracy, efficiency, and detail. From perimeter surveillance to lighting for offshore environments, your site could be next!

To get your free lighting design, fill in a request form from the page here or connect with the team at solutions@raytecled.com for more information.