Albeo Technologies Inc., a LED lighting manufacturer, announces the retrofit of a Dole cold storage warehouse with Albeo's award winning C-Series solid-state high bay. Dole, the world's largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, replaced 400W metal halide fixtures with Albeo C-Series High Bay fixtures. Light levels nearly doubled in the cold storage warehouse with the fixtures mounted at 28 feet and temperatures below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Albeo's high bays with integrated motion sensors delivered 95% energy savings.

“Cold storage with sub-zero temperatures is a demanding environment for lighting,” said David Shankel, Engineering Director at Dole. “There is continuous activity inside the warehouse moving and staging product. To maximize worker productivity, safety, and energy efficiency we require high light levels with no start delay, and motion sensors. We selected Albeo’s High-Bay because it was the only solution that met our needs.”

Since the Dole installation in January of 2009, Albeo has upgraded the C-Series High Bay to deliver over 13,000 lumens at 175 Watts. Optics for racked isle warehouse applications provide optimized horizontal and vertical light distribution.