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Commercial LED lighting in Leicester
Leicester and the business parks around it are packed with warehouses, factories, offices and schools. Many still have fluorescent tubes or SON high bays that cost a lot to run and need regular, awkward lamp changes.
- Lower lighting bills
- No more lamp changes at height
- No more dead tubes
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LED lighting in Leicester
Local commercial electricians for Leicester businesses and schools
We travel to Leicester for commercial LED work, from Meridian Business Park and Grove Park to the distribution sites along the M1 and M69. On big sheds, the saving from LED high bays usually shows up within the first few bills.
Buildings we upgrade: Warehouses and distribution centres, factories, offices, schools, colleges and retail parks.
Areas we cover: Oadby, Wigston, Braunstone, Enderby, Glenfield, Birstall and Hinckley.
Read more about our commercial LED lighting upgrades and our commercial electrical services.
Business parks and estates we work on
- Meridian Business Park
- Grove Park, Enderby
- Optimus Point
- Beaumont Leys
- Magna Park, Lutterworth
- Leicester Science Park
- Hamilton
- Thurmaston
Not listed? We cover the whole of Leicester and Leicestershire.
The financial case
Old tubes cost you three ways. LED fixes all three.
Electricity
An LED fitting typically uses 50% to 70% less electricity than the fluorescent, SON or metal halide fitting it replaces. A twin 5ft tube fitting draws around 140 watts including its control gear. Its LED replacement draws around 45. Lights are on every working day, so the saving adds up every single month.
Replacement lamps
Fluorescent tubes and high bay lamps are typically rated for 10,000 to 20,000 hours, then they flicker, dim and fail. Starters and ballasts fail too. Good LED fittings are rated for 50,000 hours or more, so in most buildings that is well over a decade without changing a lamp.
Working at height
The lamp is the cheap part. Changing one at height means hiring a scissor lift or tower, two people to work safely, cordoning off the area and stopping work underneath. On high ceilings, that is where most of your maintenance money goes.
Fluorescent tubes are being phased out
Since 1 September 2023, most T5 and T8 fluorescent tubes can no longer be placed on the market in Great Britain under the lighting Ecodesign rules. Existing stock can still be sold, but as it runs out, replacement tubes are getting harder to find and dearer to buy. Every year you wait, keeping old fittings going costs more.
Worked examples
What switching to LED could save each year
Three typical buildings, worked out with the example figures listed underneath. Your own figures will be different, which is why we survey first.
| Example building | Old to LED | Hours lit a year | Electricity saved a year | Lamp changes avoided a year | Total saving a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OfficeAn office floor with 60 ceiling panels | 80W to 30Wper fitting | 2,750 | 8,250 kWh£2,063 | 44 lamps£880 | £2,943£29,425 over 10 years |
| SchoolA primary school with 150 twin 5ft tube fittings | 140W to 45Wper fitting | 1,900 | 27,075 kWh£6,769 | 38 lamps£760 | £7,529£75,288 over 10 years |
| WarehouseA warehouse with 30 high bays at 8 metres | 450W to 150Wper fitting | 4,000 | 36,000 kWh£9,000 | 8 lamps£1,200 | £10,200£102,000 over 10 years |
These are example figures, not a quote. Assumptions used:
- Electricity at 25p per kWh, an example business rate. Use the unit rate on your own bill.
- Fitting wattages are typical figures including control gear. Your survey uses your actual fittings.
- Old lamps last 15,000 hours. LED fittings are rated for 50,000 hours, so they need no lamp changes in the period shown.
- Each lamp change costs £20 from steps, or £150 at height (lamp, labour and a share of the lift hire, with several lamps changed on each visit).
- Hours lit: office 2,750, school 1,900, warehouse on two shifts 4,000 a year.
- The 10-year figure assumes today's electricity price. Ballast and starter failures, and savings from sensors, are left out.
Lights at height
What it really costs to change one lamp in a high ceiling
In a warehouse, sports hall, factory or atrium, one failed lamp is never just a lamp. Here is an example single call-out to replace one high bay lamp:
Example: one lamp, one visit
- Scissor lift hire and delivery
- £250
- Two electricians for half a day (one in the lift, one on the ground)
- £300
- Replacement lamp and control gear
- £60
- To replace one lamp
- £610
Example figures. Hire and labour prices vary, and that is before the cost of stopping work in the area below.
So most sites wait until several lamps have failed and change them together. That is cheaper, but it means living with dark patches for weeks or months. With LED high bays rated for 50,000 hours, you book the lift once, for the installation, and that is it.
Savings calculator
Work out your own saving
Choose your type of light and how many you have. We have filled in typical figures; change any of them to match your building and your electricity bill.
Estimated saving a year
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- Electricity
- Lamp changes
- Over 10 years
- Carbon saved a year
- LED rated life at these hours
- Payback
An estimate using example figures, not a quote. Your free survey gives you figures for your actual fittings.
Get my exact figuresFirst impressions
A dead tube says more about your building than you think
A flickering tube in reception, a dark corner in a classroom or a row of dead high bays in a warehouse is the first thing a visitor notices. Parents, inspectors, customers, tenants and new staff all read it the same way: nobody is looking after the place.
- No more dark patches. LED fittings fade slowly over many years instead of failing one by one.
- No flicker or buzzing. Quality LED drivers give steady light that is easier on the eyes and helps avoid headaches.
- Even colour everywhere. No more mismatched tubes, some warm and some cold, after years of piecemeal replacements.
- Clean, modern fittings. No more yellowed diffusers or blackened tube ends.
- Safer floors and aisles. Good, even light on stairs, walkways and around racking.
- Full brightness instantly. No waiting minutes for old high bay lamps to warm up.
How it works
From survey to switch-on
- Free lighting surveyWe count and measure your fittings, check how long they are on, look at ceiling heights and access, and check your emergency lighting.
- Your savings figures and fixed quoteYou get the energy saving, the maintenance saving and the payback for your building, with a fixed price, before you commit.
- Installed around youWe arrange the access equipment and fit the new lights in school holidays, half terms, weekends or evenings, area by area, so your building stays in use.
- Tested, certified and cleared awayEverything is tested and certified by our NICEIC-approved electricians, and the old tubes are taken away for recycling.
Why Able Electrician
Commercial electricians you can check up on
- NICEIC Approved Contractor, Commercial and Domestic, so our work is assessed every year
- SafeContractor approved, the health and safety accreditation many schools, landlords and facilities managers ask for
- One contractor for your LED upgrade, emergency lighting, EICR and electrical maintenance
- Honest advice: if a room is not worth upgrading yet, we will tell you
- Based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, working across the Midlands
Where we work
- Birmingham
- Tamworth
- Lichfield
- Sutton Coldfield
- Solihull
- Coventry
- Wolverhampton
- Walsall
- Nuneaton
- Burton upon Trent
- Atherstone
- Cannock
Outside these areas? Call us. We cover larger commercial jobs further afield.
What our customers say
Commercial LED lighting in Leicester: questions
Do you install commercial LED lighting in Leicester?
Yes. We are based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, about 30 miles away, and we carry out commercial work across Leicester and Leicestershire. We survey, supply, fit and certify LED lighting for offices, schools, warehouses, factories and shops.
How much could my Leicester business save with LED lighting?
LED fittings typically use 50% to 70% less electricity than the fluorescent, SON or metal halide lights they replace, and you stop paying for lamp changes. The calculator on this page gives an estimate. A free survey gives you figures for your own building and your own electricity price.
Can you work around our opening hours or the school day?
Yes. We plan the work for school holidays, half terms, weekends or evenings where needed, and work area by area on larger sites so your building stays in use.
Is it worth replacing high bay lights that still work?
Usually, yes, especially in warehouses and factories. An old 400W high bay draws around 450 watts with its control gear, and its LED replacement around 150. Every lamp change at height also needs a lift and two people. LED high bays are rated for many years of use without a lamp change.
Are fluorescent tubes still available?
Since 1 September 2023, most T5 and T8 fluorescent tubes can no longer be placed on the market in Great Britain. Existing stock can still be sold, but as it runs out, replacement tubes are getting harder to find and more expensive.
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Book your free lighting survey
Tell us about your building and we will come and look at your lights, then send you the savings figures and a fixed quote. No obligation.
What we need to know
- The type of building and roughly how big it is
- The kind of lights you have now, and how many if you know
- Rough ceiling heights
- Your postcode