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Metric goes multi-national

Metric has extended its international portfolio with new appointments in Denmark, Estonia, Nigeria and North Africa. As well as

making these new appointments, Swindon-based Metric has also received orders from Jordan and their

new Irish distributor, for the Aura pay and display machine. Estonia-based

distributor Automaatika Keskus OU, of Tallinn, has already won an order for the Aura, and P-Nordic, of Ringsted, Denmark, is working with Metric’s development team to

DIMMED DOWN

Energy-efficient replacement solutions for parking lot fixtures were virtually non- existent in the USA until recently. Induction lighting has been a great alternative to High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting for years. The popularity of this technology has been slowly growing in the United States primarily on the west coast, but you still don’t see this technology used much for outdoor area lighting.

Parking-lot lighting and induction lamps are a great fit, providing quality lighting while cutting energy consumption. For example, using induction lamps to illuminate car dealerships has

wonderful benefits, not only energy savings.

The long life (100,00 hours) that dramatically reduces maintenance, is of great value for applications where equipment is often needed for re-lamping. The life span of one induction lamp will replace five HID lamp changes.

A second question examines what we can do to reduce the consumption of these fixtures after business hours when only security lighting is needed. The solution to this problem may be the Induction Shoe Box fixture. This has dual 150 and 200-watt lamps and ballast, which can be controlled independently.

When wired through an astronomical time clock, half of this light can be shut off after business hours to meet security needs. During

night-time business hours, the light would operate at 300 watts, then after business hours the light can be reduced to 150 watts, increasing the energy savings and not compromising security. For existing systems where re-wiring to provide a second feed to control each light is not a possibility, wireless or line voltage relays can be used. These relays can receive a signal via wireless or existing power feed conductors, which will reduce by half at a set time. Reducing outdoor lighting consumption will have a huge impact on your bottom line creating positive cash flow with a quick return on your investment.

(Supplied by

Michael Hale. www. GetGreenLighting.com)

Light fantastic... induction lighting

brings great benefits.

satisfy the demanding requirements of Danish pay and display users. In Nigeria, Brasset

Belson Associates has been introducing the concept of on-street parking control to the country’s major city authorities. Te KDM Group, a major Maltese

company, is promoting the Aura in both Tunisia and Libya. Mike Hewett,

Metric’s export sales executive, said: ‘Because Metric is a well known international supplier of pay-and-display equipment, we work very closely with our distributors around the

world to support a very large customer base. ‘While continuing

to maintain business within the developed nations, we are now finding there is more interest in on-street parking control in many other countries where we have not previously had a presence.’

Australian parking inspectors are suffering abuse from cash-strapped motorists.

DONE OVER DOWN UNDER

Violence has forced nearly one third of parking meter inspectors on Australia’s Gold Coast to take stress leave, leaving council coffers $1m short in lost revenue. A trade union

spokesman said physical and mental abuse suffered when patrolling had led to parking inspectors’ leave figures escalating. Te council officers

also needed more ‘time out’ to recover from incidents, the Health, Regulatory and Lifeguard Services budget review found. Australian Workers

Union Gold Coast organiser James Martin said eight parking inspectors, out of a team of 30, were on

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extended leave. He said inspectors

had been stalked, beaten, and nearly run over by angry drivers, while verbal abuse was virtually constant. He said tough

financial times might be causing the rise in violence, with an AU$80 fine tipping cash- strapped motorists over the edge. ‘I think money has

become a bit tight. As a result, that causes some people to have a bad reaction, which ordinarily they may not have had,’ said Mr Martin. ‘At the same time, I

don’t have sympathy for people being aggressive towards the parking inspectors, who are just doing their job.’

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