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carbon emissions by the equivalent amount.
Sean Cleary, parking services operations manager, said: ‘The Grand Arcade city centre car park is one of the city’s busiest car parks, so high levels of light and light uniformity are crucial to ensure customers feel safe and secure, particularly as the car park is underground.
‘As a result, the biggest challenge for us was completing the installation with absolute minimum disruption to customers and business users who rely on the car park daily for their city centre parking.’
BLUE RIBAND LIGHTING
Cambridge City Council has completely refitted its flagship, city centre multi- storey car park with award-winning LED lighting to help save energy and lower carbon emissions. As part of the council’s commitment to make Cambridge a more sustainable city, council officers asked lighting specialists MHA Lighting to provide a solution
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that would reduce energy bills without affecting light quality. Manchester-based MHA Lighting replaced 220 Halophone light fittings (150 watts without ballast) with 220 of their award-winning LB 36 fittings, which use just 45 watts (including ballast). This is expected to achieve energy savings of up to 75 per cent and cut
The installers worked on the project during quieter times of the day, finishing the work on schedule. Cleary added: ‘The quality of light provided not only improves safety and security throughout, but also reduces the volume of shadows in the car park.’
The city council, which has
responsibility for all city centre off-street parking facilities, is planning to use the lighting system to improve energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint across its other car parks.
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