Electrical Industry Articles and Stories

Wall pack lighting is installed on the exterior walls of buildings where it provides needed illumination to ensure safety and security. This type of fixture is perfect for parking lots, pathways, exits, entrances, or wherever nighttime visibility is crucial.

Industrial facilities must have an Emergency, Escape, and Rescue (EER) plan in place whose object is to ensure the safety of personnel during an emergency. Among other requirements, the plan must include the installation of bright, reliable emergency lighting for illuminating a pathway to safety.

As someone who’s tracked LED lighting since its early days as a commercially available technology, my own experience with the products has evolved. I live in an older house with overhead lighting only in the kitchen and bathrooms, so this has mostly meant experimenting with LED bulbs (or “lamps,” in lighting designer lingo) in the 14 or 15 table fixtures scattered around my home.

It truly amazes me how LEDs have transformed the lighting industry in just a decade. In 2012, manufacturers introduced the first bulbs to match the output of a standard 60W incandescent. They weren’t dimmable and could cost $25 or more. Fast forward to 2023, and LEDs now dominate the lighting market, and inexpensive replacement lamps can cost less than $5 and last 10-20 years.

Tube lamps have been a go-to for decades and, while the latest LED fixtures often incorporate integrated lighting elements – in other words, no separate lamps – millions of troffer fixtures initially designed for fluorescent technology are still in service around the globe.