Feature Building Controls
State of the art sports centre uses CP’s Rapid Control
A new multi-million pound sports centre at Truro School in Cornwall has employed CP Electronics’ Rapid control system with scene setting
control via standard light switches, handsets or from a central comput- erised source.
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The new facility, named the Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre, is one of the biggest of its kind in the county and was officially opened by Ben Ainslie, a former Truro School pupil and the most successful sailor in Olympic history, winning medals at five
consecutive Olympics from
1996-2012, including gold at the last four. The sport centre cost £4.2m to build and accommodates eight bad- minton courts, two squash courts, a dance studio and a fitness suite, in addition to providing accommoda- tion for the schools existing swim- ming pool. The new facilities will not only benefit the school but will also be open to the public.
It started with an App The planning process started with E3’s consultant Michael Freke, who downloaded the CP App, an online specification creator that enables users to browse energy saving control Apps and download specifications to suit their particular project. The
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pecified by E3 Consulting Engineers of Bath, Rapid was chosen as
the system offers easy installation with simple
system facilitates compliance with Part L of the Building Regulations and the ability to score the maximum number of BREEAM points available for each design. Within each project type a number
Below: the new facilities at Truro School will not only benefit the school but will also be open to the public
of typical lighting control specifica- tions are described, so that users can select the one that best suits the area they are working on. CP’s Rapid System was chosen for the sports facility as it enables a wide selection of devices to be fitted and config- ured, which suited this project per- fectly. The system chosen for this project includes lighting control modules, interfaces, presence detec- tors and photocells. The Truro sports facility required specific lighting requirements for areas such as the sports hall, which was divided up into four quarter sections. CP’s wall mounted sensors were then installed into each of the four areas so that, should any par- ticular quarter of the hall not be in use for more than 20 minutes, the lights would switch off automati- cally. A scene setting facility has also been installed in the main hall area to provide complete flexibility so that lights can be dimmed in accordance with the relevant func- tion such as concerts, exams and various social events. Other areas using CP’s absence detectors are changing rooms, class- rooms and the dance studio, whilst long range detectors have been installed in all corridors at the facility.
CP Electronics
www.cpelectronics.co.uk T: 0333 900 0671
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