ARE YOU SPENDING more on your LED lighting than you need to?

摘要

As more growers around the world implement LED lighting in their greenhouses, project managers and light strategists are encouraging them to gather all the facts about a fixture before making an impulsive decision that could cost them more in the longrun. Often, an electrical contractor details and designs a lighting project based around a specific fixture, but after the project design is completed, a grower chooses to purchase a different or less expensive fixture for the contractor to install.“Growers may end up paying more in total project costs because the specifications of the product purchased for the installation deviated from the product for which the project was designed. Perhaps they saw the lower price of a fixture and ranwith it,” says Mark Pedersen, President/CEO, Climatrol Solutions Ltd., Surrey, British Columbia. “We want everything to run seamlessly, and it is very important with a lighting fixture that we have the complete information, just like any other component purchased for their facility. We need to be sure it is going to work for their greenhouse and not cause an issue to their electrical or hydro-electrical system.”