What are the benefits of fluorescent lighting?
• Efficient, fluorescent lamps can cost significantly less to operate over their lifetime than incandescent lamps. • Life ratings range from 6,000 to 24,000 hours based on the industry standard of burning 3 hours per start. • Fluorescent lamps are available in a wide range of sizes, shapes, color performance, and wattage ratings. • Rapid-start and instant-start lamps typically start within 1 second of being turned on. What is task lighting and why should we use it? Task lighting is the concept of providing the correct amount of light for the task being performed. It does not require the same amount of light to walk down an isle or run a copy machine as it does to read a type written page, so why light the entire environment? When utilizing task lighting, the general light level in the facility is lowered thus creating a softer, more pleasant atmosphere and saving energy. The work surfaces are then supplemented with task lighting, either under shelf or freestanding to provide the correc
