LIGHTING & CONTROLS Five retrofit requests and how to fulfil them
From motion sensors to emergency lighting, Red Arrow, specialist manufacturer of lighting and electrical equipment, rounds up the five of the best retrofit lighting solutions for commercial lighting projects
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hat’s not to love about a retrofit project? They’re faster, less disruptive and don’t come with the added complications of a full re-design – that is, if you
can get the products you need to fulfil the brief. If you can’t, then retrofit requests can soon become a nightmare, with client expectations and the harsh on-site reality failing to match up. Yet with LED continuing to develop, and new solutions available in everything from motion sensors to emergency lighting, there are more retrofit possibilities to offer your clients than ever before. Here, we round up five retrofit solutions for your next commercial lighting project that’ll help you deliver on your client requests for minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.
Fuss-free emergency lighting
If retrofitted emergency lighting has you thinking of bulky battery packs stuck on to ceilings, think again. Surface-mounted emergency lighting has moved on, with new Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery technology meaning that compact, slimline emergency lights can now be installed with minimal disruption to completed projects, or any premises where it’s difficult to drill into ceilings to install recessed lighting, such as listed buildings or awkward building conversions. As well as being smaller, this new breed of surface-mounted emergency lights
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is longer-lasting in terms of recharge and discharge cycles, too.
CCT and wattage selectable LED
If you’re looking for a way to offer clients more flexibility with their lighting design, without any major works needing to take place, there are adjustable downlights available with in- built CCT and wattage selection that can easily replace existing non-selectable fittings. These downlights can be retrofitted into a range of existing ceiling holes: the Discus Max CCT Selectable, for instance, has a bracket that can be adjusted to fit cut outs between 65mm and 310mm. You can select between three colour temperatures – 3000k, 4000k and 5700k – and three wattages of 15W, 22W and 28W, without the need or extensive drilling, replastering and decorating after the job.
PIR control
Adding lighting control to an installation doesn’t always require additional devices or switches to be added to the circuit. If you’re looking to add PIR control as part of an LED retrofit, you can install luminaires with motion sensors built into the fitting, not as an addition to the lighting system. These are a good option for commercial clients looking to cut down on their energy consumption, allowing lights in areas such as hallways and stairwells to switch-off when they are out of use, but without the need for a full overhaul of their lighting design.
Compact fluorescent downlights replacements
For a neat and tidy way to replace compact fluorescent downlights with an LED alternative, there are excellent like-for-like substitutions. Available in 150mm, 170mm and 200m, Venus downlights, for instance, can slot into existing compact fluorescent cut-outs: ceiling brackets are also adjust from below using a screwdriver to get a precise fit, so you shouldn’t have to ‘fill in’ any gaps around the fitting.
LED ceiling panels
Ceiling tiles and panels used to be notoriously difficult to retrofit with LED. While one option was to fit standard LED downlights into a tile to replace the fluorescent panel, it wasn’t always the best way to achieve an equivalent light dispersal. Probably the easiest retrofit is taking out a 600x600 panel with fluorescent or compact fluorescent in the luminaire and replacing it with a 600x600 LED panel, significant energy savings can be made and with the latest back-lit panels and high-quality TP(a) rated high performance microprism diffusers of <UGR19 they can reduce the glare too.
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