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A bright FUTURE Light Middle East 2021, which ran from September 28-30, 2021, welcomed a series of innovations in the safety lighting sector, with new technologies in heavy industry and workplaces paving the way for safer lighting solutions. Matthew Hayhoe reports.
T “Adaptation is the key word here... the eminent slowdown brought forth by the pandemic has given innovators much-needed time to come up with creative new uses of light.” Samer Moukalled, vice president of Lighting Solutions at Scientechnic.
he pandemic brought with it a series of key workspace responses – in addition to enhancing sanitation and hygiene processes, the emergency lighting sector took the time to evaluate workplace best practices and innovate solutions to improve and enhance safety lighting solutions and implementation. Global analyst 6Wresearch authored a report into the Middle East’s lighting fixtures market, anticipating an annual growth of 5% between 2021 and 2027growing to US$6.5bn in 2027, from a baseline of around $5bn in 2020. Of this, Saudi Arabia comprised 29% of the regional market, with the UAE earning around 15%.
Light Middle East Ahead of the Light Middle East event, which was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from September 28-30, 2021,
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Scientechnic’s Samer Moukalled explained, “Adaptation is the key word here, and we took the pandemic to expand. The eminent slowdown brought forth by the pandemic has given innovators much-needed time to come up with creative new uses of light.”
Appleton IHC LED Series Elsewhere, Emerson showcased its latest lighting solution. The Appleton IHC LED Series comprises high-lumen output LED luminaires, designed to support heavy industry. The luminaires, with varying outputs of 50,000; 60,000; 75,000; and 90,000, can withstand ambient temperatures up to 75°C. The high output and temperature
threshold of the IHC LED Series can rise to the challenging demand of supplying safe light levels over large areas. The Appleton IHC LED Series supplies up to 250% more output than standard LED fixtures, reducing its operational cost by requiring fewer units and consuming 60% less energy than traditional lighting solutions. In high ambient temperature locations, such as mills and power plants, luminaires must be mounted 80
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