Poor lighting can negatively affect a business. Utilizing versatile strip lights in commercial and industrial settings helps provide proficient task lighting leading to better employee focus, increased visibility for customers, and decorative lighting to enhance architectural designs and artwork. Strip lights come in various styles, IP ratings, prices, and control options to provide a solution for many applications.
This blog explains how strip lights can be utilized in numerous commercial and industrial applications and highlights their benefits.
Factors of Strip Lights for Commercial and Industrial Spaces
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Extensive IP Ratings: Strip lights have a wide range of IP ratings, from IP20 to IP68. This ensures compatible products are available, whether installed in a retail store or a spa.
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Customization: You can modify LED strip lights for multiple applications by cutting them along the cut points to the needed size. Strip lights also come in various styles, including high-intensity, flexible neon, side-emitting, outdoor, and COB strips.
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Durability: Commercial-grade LED light strips are dependable, sturdy solutions. These flexible lights are well-suited and can withstand various environments.
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Cost-Efficiency: LED strip lights are more cost-effective than traditional light fixtures. They emit less heat and require little maintenance, resulting in lower electricity bills and replacement costs.
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Dimmable Options: Most LED light strips are dimmable, allowing adjustments based on lighting needs and increasing energy efficiency.
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Seamless Controllability: Strip lights are easy to control with smartphones, RF or IR remotes, and some home assistant systems. With specific setups, you can control multiple fixtures simultaneously or schedule your lights to turn on/off at designated times. For example, we have controllers with a biorhythm setting to adjust color temperature and brightness based on the time of day. These can be operated with a remote, or smartphone/tablet if using a smartphone app controller.
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Motion Sensor Compatibility: Installing strip lights with motion sensors reduces energy. This mini motion sensor works with LED strip lights and has a built-in timer to shut lights off after a selected wait time.
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Accessories: A multitude of accessories are available to mount the strip lights, including connectors, aluminum channels, power adapters, junction boxes, wires, power supplies, and more. KLUS aluminum channels designed to reach an IP67 rating are also available to protect the strips from water or debris.
How to Utilize Light Strips For Industrial and Commercial Use?
Movie Theaters
In movie theaters, add commercial strip lights along steps for safety when going up the stairs and increased visibility when finding seats or along the ceiling for overhead lighting. In the theater lobby, strips under the counters create decorative lighting to create the desired atmosphere and attract customers.
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Restaurants
Strip lights can be installed under bar tops or as toe-kick lighting around the bar. Warm-white strip lights can be placed around the seating area to create decorative ambient lighting. Outside, they provide additional lighting on patios, pergolas, or columns.
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Hotels
Strip lights can accentuate architectural features in lobbies. Install toe-kick lighting under beds or above headboards to outline room features. We recommend natural and cool white strip lights for hotel lobbies and guest bathrooms. Warm white is recommended for bedrooms.
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Office Spaces
Install strip lights around the edge of the desk or under overhead cabinets. These light strips act as task lighting to help you see your workspace better. Offices with ceiling recessed can utilize strip lights for cove lighting.
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Retail Stores
Use strip lights to accentuate and highlight products. 98 CRI strip lights are available to accurately depict the natural color of products in jewelry, cosmetic, and clothing stores and showrooms, making them more appealing to consumers.
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Gas Stations
Installing colorful strip lights under the canopy over the gas pumps can draw attention to your location. Verify the strips are approved for outdoor use, preferably weatherproof (at least an IP64 rating).
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Television Lighting Consistency Index
The Television Lighting Consistency Index (TLCI) calculates the accuracy of how an artificial light depicts color on camera. TLCI uses a measurement scale of 1-100. This strip light has a 99 TLCI rating and a 98 CRI, ensuring high visual quality in filming locations.
For more information about the TLCI, check out this blog on our affiliate website, Super Bright LEDs.
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Outdoor Business Lighting
Use strip lights to outline any edges or recessed areas of a building's exterior. Strip lights or LED light sheets installed under signs can display light through and around the sign.
Disclaimer: For outdoor strip lights, you need waterproof strips with at least an IP64 rating and IP65 rating for power supplies and controllers.
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Additional Applications
Strip lights are adaptable lighting technologies that fit various other applications, including:
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Warehouses
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Factories
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Concert Venues
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Commercial Boats
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Art Galleries
Read this blog from our affiliate, SBL, for more information on choosing lighting for an art gallery.
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