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Commonwealth Games with LEDs
One of the key changes is to lead up to the Opening Ceremony in Glasgow is to install 10,000 new LED light bulbs across the city. This is aimed to ensuring they will win the gold for energy-efficiency throughout the games
The Commonwealth Games will take place this year in the Scottish city of Glasgow, and final preparations are underway to welcome the world’s sportsmen and women, as well as swathes of tourists and masses of press and media personnel to town.
Plessey’s new chief commercial officer Jose Lopez
“Having spent the last three and a half years at Cree in a leading global sales role, Joe brings a wealth of LED commercial experience, key customer contacts and senior-level relationships within the SSL industry,” comments LeGoff. “Joe will drive new levels of customer engagement and revenue growth as we move into commercialising our LED technology.”
Plessey has developed a process to produce high- brightness LEDs at what is reckoned to be a fraction of the current cost. Its GaN-on-silicon LEDs are produced using standard silicon-based semiconductor manufacturing processes, in contrast with existing generations of LEDs that use expensive sapphire and other materials.
The firm’s aim is to drive global uptake of its patented MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-silicon I/C) technology as a cost-effective alternative to existing lighting systems, and expand its UK manufacturing facilities in Plymouth.
“Plessey is one of UK’s leading technology brands and I believe it is years ahead of the industry with its proprietary GaN on silicon process technology,” comments Lopez. “Plessey’s LEDs offer performance comparable to that of sapphire, but at a substantially lower cost.”
He adds, “This makes the Plessey LEDs ideal for high-volume, cost-sensitive applications such as linear fluorescent tube replacement, indoor commercial and retro-fit bulb markets that characterize the high-growth general lighting segment.”
Lopez has a degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Sussex and an MBA from the Open Business School. He has lived and worked in the UK, Germany, France and Spain and speaks a number of European languages.
BLT Direct is thrilled that another one of UK’s leading cities will be adopting the efficient technology and taking the leap into a world of lower energy bills and reduced emissions.
Steven Ellwood, Managing Director, says of the move, “It is fantastic to see another city taking a step towards energy-efficiency, especially with such an important event coming up. From what we know, Glasgow’s inception of the LED light fittings has been exemplary, and many cities across Britain hoping to make the same switch in the future will have a great model to learn from.”
By summer 2014, when the games are set to commence, Glasgow will shine with the crisp white light of 10,000 LEDs and CFLs, dramatically cutting bills across the board. Energy bills will be greatly reduced, and not only that, maintenance teams will not need to carry out bulb replacement nearly as often, allowing them to channel funds into other areas of the city.
Glasgow are also pioneering a unique scheme for their lights, equipping them with digital sensors that will allow them to be controlled remotely and respond to changes in their environment. Increase in traffic or a decrease in pedestrians in a certain area will cause the bulbs to react accordingly, sending their efficiency rating skyrocketing. It is expected that the intelligent controls will push the lighting solutions’ efficiency from around 50 percent to more than 70 percent, as stated by an independent commission.
With the city pouring money into energy-efficiency, the focus turns to other cities around the country that are yet to adopt such cost-effective methods.
Major hubs of business, tourism and commerce, as well as large residential towns and cities, are investing in LEDs and CFLs for the future, and watching as their costs and bills tumble. Manchester, Bath, Bristol, Llandough, South Gloucestershire, Edinburgh, and areas
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