Wincanton has shown a 60% reduction in site electricity usage at one of their Thurrock warehouses since the installation of Dexeco’s intelligent, energy-saving Verteco T5 luminaire.

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Wincanton is a leading provider of logistics solutions with over 4,000 vehicles and 13m square feet of warehousing under management at 200 locations across the UK and Ireland. Wincanton has been certified to the Carbon Trust Standard since 2010 and are the most recent recipient of the FTA “Leadership in Logistics Carbon Reduction” Award and were finalists for the MTA “Low Carbon and Efficiency Award” 2015.

Steve Tainton, Wincanton’s Group Energy and Environment Manager, says: “We aim to make our customers’ business better every day and ensure a safe and sustainable environment for all. Reducing our energy usage and associated emissions with successful projects like this is key to achieving our wider business goals”.

With lighting amounting to up to 80% of warehouse electricity usage, the logistics service provider decided to incorporate the most cost-effective energy-efficient technology, to drive down the environmental and financial costs of its Thurrock operation.

Wincanton found in Dexeco a partner that shares its goal of a sustainable future, with the strong manufacturing and delivery capabilities to back it. Joined by electrical installers, Axiom, the collaboration has exceeded expectations on this project delivering an excellent installation with an outcome that beat the project forecast.

Wincanton approached Dexeco to upgrade its existing 400W SON (or HPS High-Pressure Sodium) Lowbays, with modern, energyefficient alternatives.

Intelligent sensor control was essential, allowing light levels to adjust to the picking patterns and storage needs of Wincanton’s broad selection of clients. With the building operating 24 hours a day, an advanced control system would quickly generate substantial energy savings.

SON lighting usually offers a lower colour temperature of roughly 2,200K compared to fluorescent or LED sources (these typically produce a “cool white” temperature of between 4000k and 5000k), explaining its characteristic peachyorange light colour. Although generally acceptable in many industrial scenarios, newer light sources can offer improved light quality and distribution for a brighter, safer and more productive working environment, whilst lowering energy consumption.

Today, both T5 and LED technology can offer significantly lower lumen depreciation and longer lifespan compared to SON or HID sources, which in turn help minimise future maintenance costs.

Wincanton also needed a lighting system that could be installed as quickly as possible; offering rapid returns by minimising labour costs of installation and service interruptions.

In short, Wincanton was after an efficient, cost-effective, flexible lighting solution to contribute towards providing a greener and more customer-centric service. After conducting a full survey of the site, the Dexeco team proposed a lighting design using over 300, Verteco T5 fluorescent luminaires with integral R14 sensors.

The market leading Verteco range exemplifies a modern, efficiencydriven approach to industrial lighting, which, much like the maxim of business logistics, focuses on providing the right lighting conditions, in the right place, at the right time, and for the right cost. At the warehouse, the Verteco balanced these variables by combining the latest energyefficient T5 fluorescent sources with cutting-edge optics, to allow the 3x80W luminaires to reduce the electrical load by over 60%, starting from 440W per existing SON fitting, down to a staggering 275W for its T5 replacement. Inbuilt intelligent sensors were then programmed to switch luminaires on when presence is detected in specific areas, and adapt to daylight levels to cut energy bills further.

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