CASE STUDY - LIGHTING
Nottingham City Council SUMMARY ● Electrical load reduced by: ● Operational costs reduced by: ● Carbon emissions reduced by:
39% 70% 63%
● Overall winner in the Sports Lighting category of the EMILAS (Energy Management and Innovation in Lighting Award Scheme) awards In an award-winning project, Chalmor has supplied a combination of its Brilliance Ultra and Endurance luminaires to help Nottingham City Council reduce the installed electrical load at the Harvey Hadden sports complex by 39%. Operational costs for these areas have been reduced by 70%, with a reduction of 63% in carbon emissions.
is controlled in relation to the nature of the activity; for instance, training requires lower light levels than an actual competition. This level of control was not possible with the SON lighting because of the extended warm-up times of these lamps.
In addition, the quality of the lighting has been greatly improved in terms of colour rendering and colour appearance, while As a result of these major savings, maintained luminance has been the project was overall winner in increase from around the Sports Lighting 300 lux to 566 lux. category of the “We were very This is accompanied EMILAS (Energy pleased with the by improved light Management and management of distribution through Innovation in Lighting the project and the the use of two levels of Award Scheme) way that Chalmor illumination to ensure awards. worked around there are no areas of In the sports hall and the activities in the darkness in unused running track areas, space to minimise areas. At all times entry existing high pressure disruption to and exit points remain sodium (SON) fittings users.” illuminated and clearly were replaced with visible. Chalmor’s 4 x 54W
“We were very pleased with the management of the project and the way that Chalmor worked around the activities in the space to minimise disruption to users,” commented the Councils Senior Electrical Engineer Sananda Canden. “We The badminton court lighting, for have also had very positive feedback example, is now lit on a courtabout the improved lighting quality by-court basis, with surrounding lights set to background. Similarly, from the users of the space,” he added. the lighting of the running track
Endurance
Brilliance
Brilliance Ultra fittings, using ultra long life (48,000 hours) T5 fluorescent light sources. These are linked to BlueWave lighting controllers to provide enhanced control of the lighting.
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