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Churches Love Their LED Parking Lot Lights

The main reason is safety. Most churches have early morning or late night services or functions. With that in mind there are a lot of people heading to the church when it is dark. In the past most churches had older metal halide of high pressure sodium parking lot light installed. Over the years these lights while still working provide only about 20% of the light they use to and it makes for a very unsafe parking lot area.

This is a Church Parking lot in Alaska. Here the lights need to be on much more because it is dark most of the day in the Winter.

New LED Retrofit Lights Or New LED Light Fixtures

The cost to keep a lot full of 400W shoebox lights on is costly for a church. The return on investment to update a church parking lot is usually under two years in most cases. In some of the states we deal with the pay back is even less. In Alaska the cost per KW is about $.18 per Kwh.

One of our LED Retrofits in Colorado was saving $1000 per month by retrofitting their parking lot lights to LED. This was 4 years ago. Total savings now is close to $50,000.

We Love Dealing With Churches And Offer Church Discounts

Here is a small list of some of the churches we have dealt with over the past 10 years.

Archdiocese of Cincinnati	Cincinnati			OH	12/11/2013
Beautifule Savior Lutheran Church	Bloomfield Hills			MI	9/22/2014
Bethlehem Lutheran Church	LaPorte			IN	9/17/2013
Beulah Baptist Church	Sun Bury			NC	10/15/2014
Calvary Chapel of Honolulu	Aiea			HI	11/6/2016
Calvary Lutheran Church	Mt. Airy			MD	1/6/2014
Calvary Temple Church	Concord			CA	various
Chinese Baptist Church	Coral Springs			FL	6/10/2016
Christ Community Church	Ft. Meyers			FL	1/4/2016
Church of Christ	Bonita			CA	1/29/2015
Church of Latter Day Saints	Aurora			CO	8/30/2016
Church of Latter Day Saints	Aurora			CO	8/18/2016
Cornerstone Church	Bowie			MD	10/7/2015
Crosspointe Community Church	Wayne			MI	6/2/2016
Ephesus Church	Rincon			GA	12/17/2014
First Assembly Church of GOD	Rapid City			SD	12/5/2015
First Baptist Church	Spring Hill			TN	8/22/2016
First Baptist Church	Trussville			AL	5/13/2016
First Churh of God	Indiana			PA	10/31/2014
First Southern Baptist Church	Prescott Valley			AZ	6/6/2016
Flemingsburg Baptist Church	Flemingsburg			KY	11/5/2015
Flemingsburg Baptist Church	Flemingsburg			KY	1/10/2016
Good Shepherd Episcopal	Sun Prairie			WI	11/20/2014
Grace Bible Presbyterian	Cincinnati			OH	7/4/1905
Grace EV Lutheran Church	Menomonee Falls			WI	8/8/2016
Hephatha Lutheran Church	Milwaukee			OH	4/7/2016
Hayward Weslyan Church	Hayward			WI	10/7/2013
Hilltop Baptist Church	Blairsville			PA	9/10/2015
Hilltop Baptist Church	Blairsville			PA	9/10/2015
Holy Spirit Catholic Church	Lee’s Summit			MO	8/19/2014
Imact Family Church	High Springs			FL	10/20/2014
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness	Suwanee			GA	6/23/2015
Lutheran Church of Christ	Madison			WI	9/10/2016
Meadow Brook Church	Ocala			FL	7/1/2014
New Leaf United Methodist Church	Conneaut			OH	12/14/2015
New Life Church	Colorado Springs			CO	9/1/2016
Oasis Chuch	Garland			TX	11/17/2014
People of Hope	Rochester			MN	1/27/2012
River Hills Christian Church	Cincinnati			OH	7/7/1905
Saint Theresa Catholic Church	Souix Falls			SD	1/6/2016
Shepherd Desert Lutheran Church	Scottsdale			AZ	4/14/2016
Shepherd Desert Lutheran Church	Scottsdale			AZ	4/14/2016
Sisters of Charity	Cincinnati			OH	various
Springbrook Community Church		Huntley	IL		8/16/2016
Springbrook Community Church		Huntley	IL		3/10/2016
St, Agatha Parish		Columbus	OH		3/15/2016
St. Agnes		Cincinnati	OH		10/1/2013
St. Anne’s Parish		Cincinnati	OH		6/10/2013
St. Christopher Parish		Midlothian	IL		8/3/2015
St. Hiliary Parish		Fairlawn	OH		10/7/2015
St. Patrick’s Catholic Chuch		Oak Grove	MN		6/27/2014
Temple Baptist Church		Mims	FL		2/11/2015
Temple Beth-EL		Lancaster	PA		12/11/2013
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cburch		West Bend	WI		9/29/2014
Victory Chapel		Hyannis	MA		10/3/2016
Westside Chuch of Christ		Hamilton	OH		12/30/2014
Willis Baptist Church		Willis	MI		8/30/2016
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran		Waukesha	WI		3/23/2015
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary		Mequon	WI		10/25/2014
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary		Mequon	WI		2/16/2015
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary		Mequon	WI		5/12/2016

Stories Of Church Lighting

In one case the church was growing so much that they were parking people in a grass field. At that point they only had a few lights in the field to help with lighting. They were thinking about buying some lights off the internet and did not think about what kind of optics may be available to light up the field a little better. In a lot of cases if you don’t ask questions you may get lights that work OK but not great. The thing you have to keep in mind is you won’t be replacing these for maybe 10 plus years.

Optics Available for Parking Lot Lights

LED Lighting Distribution Types

Quick Reference Guide

Type I

The Type I distribution is great for lighting walkways, paths and sidewalks. This type of lighting is meant to be placed near the center of the pathway. This provides adequate lighting for smaller pathways.

Type I is a two-way lateral distribution having a preferred lat- eral width of 15 degrees in the cone of maximum candlepower. The two principal light concentrations are in opposite directions along a roadway. This type is generally applicable to a luminaire location near the center of a roadway where the mounting height is approximately equal to the roadway width.

Type II

The Type II distribution is used for wide walkways, on ramps and entrance roadways, as well as other long, narrow lighting. This type is meant for lighting larger areas and usually is located near the roadside. You’ll find this type of lighting mostly on smaller side streets or jogging paths.

Type II light distributions have a preferred lateral width of 25 degrees. They are generally applicable to luminaires located at or near the side of relatively narrow roadways, where the width of the roadway does not exceed 1.75 times the designed mount- ing height.

Type III

The Type III distribution is meant for roadway lighting, general parking areas and other areas where a larger area of lighting is required. Type III lighting needs to be placed to the side of the area, allowing the light to project outward and fill the area. This produces a filling light flow.

Type III light distributions have a preferred lateral width of 40 degrees. This distribution is intended for luminaires mounted at or near the side of medium width roadways or areas, where the width of the roadway or area does not exceed 2.75 times the mounting height.

Type IV

The Type IV distribution produces a semicircular light meant for mounting on the sides of buildings and walls. It’s best for illuminating the perimeter of parking areas and businesses. The intensity of the Type IV lighting has the same intensity at angles from 90 degrees to 270 degrees.

Type IV light distributions have a preferred lateral width of 60 degrees. This distribution is intended for side-of-road mounting and is generally used on wide roadways where the roadway width does not exceed 3.7 times the mounting height.

Type V

Type V produces a circular distribution that has the same intensity at all angles. This distribution has a circular symmetry of candlepower that is essentially the same at all lateral angles. It is intended for luminaire mounting at or near center of roadways, center islands of parkway, and intersections. It is also meant for large, commercial parking lot lighting as well as areas where sufficient, evenly distributed light is necessary

Type VS (square)

Type VS produces a square distribution that has the same intensity at all angles. This distribution has a square symmetry of candlepower that is essentially the same at all lateral angles. It is intended for luminaire mounting at or near center of roadways, center is- lands of parkway, and intersections. It is also meant for large, commercial parking lot lighting as well as areas where sufficient, evenly distributed light is necessary. Type VS is used where the light pattern needs a more de- fined edge.

Lights Last 50,000 to 100,000 Hours….Make Sure You Buy What You Need

LED parking lot lights come with a variety of options these days. One in particular is OPTICS. When we sell LED parking lot lights we need to know how many of the lights will be on the perimeter and how many will be in the middle of the lot. We have optics for perimeter lighting that light up the parking lot light not the grass behind the pole. These optics are called Type 3. We have type 5 optics that are more rounded so they belong in the middle of the lot so they light up around the pole not just underneath the pole.

In the case of the field lighting we wanted to make sure they got a type 5 optics on their LED parking lot lights because we could put a Slip Fitter on the light and position it at an angle to throw more light in the field. Without this knowledge they may have bought a light with out the slip fitter and only got lighting under the pole and not in the field.

Call Your Experienced Lighting Experts Next Time You Need To Update Your Lights.

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