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Zeta’s ECOLUX SOLAR improves wayfinding in hospital
Michael Hall Associates, chose Zeta Spe- cialist Lighting’s ECOLUX SOLAR, a LED trough lighting system that’s powered by solar, to illuminate a newly designed wayfinding system at Lynfield Mount Hospi- tal in Bradford.
Michael Hall Associates was commissioned to re-design the legacy wayfinding signage across the four acre site. The existing sig- nage fell short of the Department of Health’s best practice guidelines for effective wayfinding systems for healthcare facilities, which also stipulate the requirement to en- sure optimum levels of illumination at all times of day.
The legacy signs were unlit and as there was no mains power; but a traditional light- ing solution would require laying cabling, which is expensive and takes a long time. The new system comprised two metre by two and a half metre signs at both of the NHS hospital’s entrances. As well as a fur- ther six wayfinding signs incorporating key information for visitors, strategically placed across the site.
Michael Hall Associates approached LED and solar lighting specialist Zeta about its solar-powered solutions. Zeta recom- mended the ECOLUX SOLAR, the indus-
The Ecolux Solar lighting system being used in another signage project.
try’s first solar LED trough lighting system. Developed in partnership with Portland Lighting, this flexible solution boasts a new Super Lens, which enables even illumina- tion on signs up to three metres deep.
The ECOLUX SOLAR incorporates “dis- creet and flexible” PV solar panels that har-
ness the sun’s energy throughout the day; long life batteries; and Zeta’s innovative En- ergy Management System (EMS). This re- leases the stored energy and uses it to power the high intensity LED trough light to provide optimum, efficient LED illumination, says the company.
As the largest public sector emitter of car- bon emissions, the NHS has a duty to con- tribute to the Climate Change Act, which was introduced in 2008 to make sure the UK cuts its carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. With this front of mind, delivering a solution that would help the hospital meet its carbon reduction targets and limit the ef- fects of climate change, was of paramount importance.
Zeta’s solar LED lighting solutions deliver “superior lighting performance” and impor- tantly, the new wayfinding system meets best practice guidelines for illumination. The ECOLUX SOLAR has a 120° beam angle and is available in a wide range of colour temperatures from 3000 to 6000K.
Zeta’s solution is also virtually maintenance free. LEDs have an average rated life of 50,000 hours, and an additional benefit of solar-powered lighting is that there is no en- ergy consumption and no ongoing running costs, which make it a sustainable solution.
The ECOLUX SOLAR is also easy to fit, which kept install costs low.
The new low maintenance, environmentally friendly solar lights at Lynfield Mount Hospital. 54 Sign Update ISSUE 169 FEBRUARY 2017
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