Electrical Contracting News (ECN) July 2017 | Page 14

CONTRACT
NEWS
KEEPING WITH TRADITION LIGHT SALAD
Crompton Lamps has supplied its LED
antique bronze filament lamps to the new
Sunbridgewells retail and leisure complex at
Millergate, in Bradford’s historic trading quarter.
Lighting was specified by electrical
wholesaler Newey & Eyre, Bradford, which
advised and worked closely with the electrical
installers on site. Crompton’s LED antique
bronze filament lamps were the perfect choice
for the installation as they offered a traditional
filament incandescent look that incorporates all
the benefits of the latest LED technology.
Figures for this installation have shown that by
choosing LED lamps for this installation instead of
conventional lamps, an amazing annual saving of
over £2,000 and 14,301KW has been achieved.
Crompton’s 5W antique bronze globe lamps were chosen for the front entrance and in the Wallers
Brewery Bar along with a 7.5W ST64 lamp in corridors, stairwell and through the Wallers Brewery and
Alibi Bar. The lamps are perfect for any installation where a strong visual impact is required, whilst
offering the opportunity to add character to any decorative installation. Maxilux is now playing a major
part in driving efficiencies in the
germination of salad cress for
one of the UK’s largest market
garden producers. Maxilux
LED lighting is successfully
bringing on the tender young
stems at WS Bentley Growers,
which produces more than 20
million punnets of salad cress
each year for the UK’s major
supermarkets.
Maxilux LED lighting, which is dramatically expanding its offering by
opening new distribution centres in Kent and Leeds, has helped WS Bentley
save costs on the early germination of salad cress by using LED strip to hot
house the crop, replacing the less efficient fluorescent strip.
Using Maxilux LED lighting in the germination rooms rather than the
fluorescent has saved the WS Bentley Growers 40 per cent in combined lighting
and temperature control costs. The LED is also waterproof as the crops need to
be grown in an intensive fog, which generates a lot of moisture in the 48 hours
the seedlings are in there before they are transferred to greenhouses.
For further information visit: www.cromptonlamps.com
For further information visit: www.maxiluxled.com
LIGHTING THE WAY
McCann has built upon its impressive LED
lighting portfolio by completing lighting
upgrades between J22-25 of the M62.
The project, coordinated by Highways
England’s term contractor A-one+,
was completed by Nottingham based
McCann in a nine-week period between
January and March 2017 – covering a
19km stretch of the M62 between J22 at
Saddleworth Moor, and Kirklees Viaduct
to the west of Junction 25.
As part of the lighting upgrade on
one of the UK’s busiest motorways, 1,224
existing high pressure sodium lanterns
were replaced with new Ampera Maxi
LED lighting units and 12 existing street
lighting feeder pillars were replaced.
The project also included the
installation of a new Central Management
System (CMS) – with remote manipulation
of operational burn hours, control over the
timing of dimmed lighting when there is
minimal traffic, and fault monitoring and
energy consumption tracking systems. The
reporting and control mechanisms can
also be operated on a light-by-light basis
or across the entire network.
These significant upgrades along
the M62 will generate a 53 per cent
energy saving – reducing annual energy
consumption from 2,203,807 kWhrs to
1,041,658 kWhrs. The newly installed
LED lights also require no routine
maintenance, another major benefit.
For further information visit:
www.mccann-ltd.co.uk
McCann demonstrates the visible
difference in LED lighting upgrades on
the M62. The LED lighting brightness is
adjustable, ensuring the best possible
conditions for night time driving.
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LIVERPOOL LABORATORY
Rehau demonstrated its expertise in producing bespoke cable trunking solutions at the brand new
Materials Innovation Factory, which is set to open shortly in Liverpool.
The five-storey, 11,600m² facility at Liverpool University is a private public partnership between
the university and Unilever and will be home to around 300 materials researchers working to bring
the latest innovations in materials chemistry to market.
It features workspaces, meeting areas, computer suites and extensive laboratories, and a mix of
Rehau Profila Data trunking and Rehau Bench trunking has been installed throughout.
Rehau liaised with M&E contractors Lorne Stewart to design and manufacture bespoke wall
sets for the project which could accommodate a set-back into the window reveals, all with a grey
insert to meet the requirements of Part M of the Building Regs. It also supplied all white back to
back bench trunking for the laboratories throughout the new building.
This success at the £65m Materials Innovation Factory follows a similar installation at Manchester’s
£61m National Graphene Institute last year, where Rehau provided Profila Data trunking in a bespoke
black finish for the building which was also completed by main contractor Bam Construction.
For further information visit: www.rehau.com
THE OFFICE
LED Eco Lights
has announced
that St Albans
City and District
Council has
completed
phase one of a
project to rep