lighting
Cost cutting
Investing in lighting control is an easy way of reducing consumption and costs in leisure buildings, says Chris Bedford, managing director of Open Technology.
WHETHER it’s providing the right working environment, protecting our security or complementing architectural design, lighting is one of the most fundamental components in our buildings. But this range of functionality comes at a price. Lighting is responsible for a whopping 20 per cent of electricity produced. With businesses increasingly committing to ambitious carbon reduction strategies and energy bills heading in only one direction, lighting has become a quick and easy target for driving down consumption and saving money. If we want to drive the highest possible savings while creating effective and responsive environments, we have to control lighting and control it correctly. The ability to do this is not revolutionary; in fact most buildings already control the vast majority of systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning through their building management system. Applying the same solution to lighting achieves additional savings in the range of 30 to 40 per cent, while creating environments that respond to changing requirements. Intelligent lighting control, such as our LiGO system, is increasingly being used in sports and leisure complexes to create highly efficient, responsive and enjoyable environments. At Luton Sports Village, LiGO has been instrumental in supporting the centre’s business objectives. This £26m sports and leisure complex includes an eight lane swimming pool and diving facility, a large multi-purpose sports hall and a 100 station gym. Proper control of
the lighting allows the centre to achieve impressive energy savings while providing first class facilities. As a wet and dry leisure centre with many multi use spaces, a lighting control system was required that could meet the wide variety of control scenarios for the users, and make full use of the energy saving features available through intelligent lighting control. This functionality needed to be brought together by a simple head end user interface (touch screen). Open Technology has delivered similar
projects at Worthing Leisure’s Splashpoint, Brentford Fountains Leisure Centre and Northolt Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool. At Worthing Leisure’s
new leisure centre and pool complex, the LiGO
control system is able to respond to the needs of a complex and varied design. A single controller manages the system and connects to the council’s Trend building management system (BMS). At a cost of just over £7,000 the LiGO ensures the lighting in Splashpoint creates the right ambience while keeping the electricity bills down. Energy and carbon savings are a key
challenge for any business, and efficient lighting is an obvious and rewarding place to start. Proper control of lighting will achieve additional savings of up to 40 per cent. In the leisure centre sector, controls also contribute to an enhanced user experience while responding to the changing needs of the environment.
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