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Transport for London invests in LeafNut
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arvard Engineering, world leader in the design, development and manufacture of control products for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce it has secured a contract with Transport for London (TfL) to install LeafNut, the company’s innovative wireless monitoring and control system for street lighting. The system will initially be deployed across 35,000 of TfL’s 52,000 street lights as part of a new energy efficient lighting programme. The programme, which also includes the installation of a new LED lighting system, aims to reduce carbon emissions in the future by approximately 9,700 tonnes a year and contribute to energy cost savings of £1.85 million a year by the time the system is implemented in 2016. Energy consumption is also expected to be reduced by 40%, compared to current levels. Installing LeafNut, which is fully designed, developed and manufactured at Harvard’s UK head office in Normanton, West Yorkshire, will allow TfL to remotely monitor and manage street lighting, as well as dynamically control lighting levels at different times of night. LeafNut will also remotely record lighting failures, enabling maintenance crews to ensure that lighting levels are restored without delay. Dana Skelley, director of asset management at TfL commented,
“The performance and cost effectiveness of energy efficient lighting has improved considerably over the last few years. Our aim is to provide assets fit for the future and this programme to upgrade lighting on the capital’s busiest roads is a simple yet hugely effective
Rasib Khan, far left, James Quinn, fourth from the right, and Russell Fletcher, far right, from Harvard Engineering with the Transport for London team. From left, Darren Horobin, William Nash, Brian Richmond, Shaun Hamer, and Dave Johnson.
way to not only reduce carbon emissions, but to also reduce costs whilst providing better lighting of our road network.” LeafNut has been installed by over 100 local authorities across the world, from Sydney in Australia, to Zurs Ski Resort in Austria. The innovative solution can save up to £46 per street light, per year, in energy and cut carbon emissions by up to 100kg per street light per year. Inspired by the international success of LeafNut in the outdoor lighting market, Harvard recently launched an award winning ingenious wireless control and monitoring system for indoor lighting called EyeNut.
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