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Formerly dominated by high-pressure sodium (HPS), metal halide (MH), fluorescent, and induction lamps, garage lighting has now become a primary application for LED technology. LED garage lights offer significant benefits, including superior energy efficiency and whiter light. These garage lights provide ample bright illumination to indoor parking structures without the glare and heat common with traditional metal halide fixtures. Equipped with specialized lenses and reflectors, LED parking garage lighting fixtures ensure even light distribution across a wider area, reducing the number of fixtures needed. Easy to install with a junction box or pendant, these outdoor garage lights are low-profile, maintenance-free, and can deliver up to 100,000 hours of high-efficiency illumination. In fact, LED canopy lights for parking garages can replace fixtures up to 400 watts, making them ideal for carports and multi-level parking garages.

FVTB series LED Vapor Tight Lights

From 4,600 lm to 11,900 lm

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FCPG series LED Parking Garage Lights

From 4,000 lm to 12,500 lm

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Key requirements for parking garages include safety and security. An effective parking garage lights should provide excellent uplighting to eliminate “cave effect.” Fixtures should have good sidelighting to illuminate columns and signage. Standards specify no more than a 10:1 variance in lighting from a max/min ratio. In other words, no garage section can have more than 10 times the minimum lighting level of any other point in a garage. The garage also should have a 5.0 footcandle minimum lighting level for proper illuminance.

The structure of a parking garage affects lighting. If your garage is constructed of precast concrete double tees, be sure that lights are installed properly for effective distribution. This structure can be identified in the field by its many deep, upright tees in the ceiling. Fixtures should not be mounted up in the tee because they tend to overilluminate one tee and underilluminate others. Instead, fixtures should be dropped below or nearly below the tee. Garages built of cast-in-place concrete typically have flat ceilings that allow fixtures to be mounted directly to them. For both types, concrete that is light colored or painted in a light color improves light distribution.

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