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CP Electronics provide a flexible and versatile lighting control solution for Halesowen College
CP Electronics has supplied a variety of lighting controls for the continued refurbishment of Halesowen College, Whittingham Road Campus. The project, which has been ongoing since 2008, has seen a number of outdated 1960’s buildings replaced with a series of high specification facilities to meet the modern needs of an educational space, in an energy efficient and cost-effective way.
users. Having worked together to supply lighting controls for Blocks 1, 4, 5 plus the College Bistro, which had to be provided with specific lighting for different zones, Fuselek Limited understood that CP Electronics would be able to deliver a versatile solution through a combination of standalone PIRs, Vitesse Plus LCM, Vitesse Plus HW and the innovative RAPID fully addressable and networkable lighting control systems. A combination of these products allows the college to monitor luminaires, run diagnostics and test their emergency lighting with the use of a front-end soſtware supplied also by CP Electronics.
C RAPID scene setting was also used in the main building area, lecturing
suite and Bistro/dining area so that appropriate lighting scenes could be created depending on how the space was being utilised. The Bistro is also used as a training restaurant that takes advantage of the students’ culinary skills so allowing the lighting to be dimmed or increased through an easy- to-use scene setting control panel was imperative. The use of RAPID meets
ommercial fit-out specialists Fuselek Limited chose to work with CP Electronics to deliver a lighting control solution that is tailored to the needs of the different rooms and to benefit its
all the requirements of the College for a flexible and adaptable networked system in its multi-floor building block. CP Electronics Vitesse Plus LCMs were chosen for the other buildings
where rod suspensions were used to mount luminaires. The Vitesse Plus 7 LCM was perfect for these installations as it is designed for fast wiring and provides 4 M6 keyways to fix to channel nut fixings for rod suspensions. It also offers multi-channel switching, daylight linking, graduated dimming functionality and DALI dimming. Vitesse Plus 7 offers simple commissioning and total flexibility, with an innovative design that also helps the education sector meet emerging legislation and guidelines for classroom lighting control. Other areas have standalone presence detectors. These areas needed a simple presence and absence detector for energy saving. CP Electronics was able to provide controls that enhance the new facility,
creating a flexible and adaptable 21st century learning environment, whilst delivering the required low maintenance, energy efficient solution.
For more information, contact 0333 9000671 or visit
www.cpelectronics.co.uk
CMDprovides power solution for Birmingham office
CMD Ltd, a leading UK manufacturer of office power and connectivity solutions, has supplied almost 3km of Betatrak underfloor powertrack for the 240,000ſt² 3 Arena Central development in Birmingham, along with under desk power modules, workstation power modules, floor boxes and grommets.
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he grade A office building is a showpiece commercial development for the city, opening directly on to
Birmingham’s new Bank Court – the centrepiece of the new public realm. CMD’s 63A standard earth Betatrak underfloor
powertrack system has been installed to deliver a plug and play power distribution network, providing both speed of installation for the electrical fit out and flexibility for the end user. CMD provided 2.4m, 1.8m and 1.2 metre lengths of Betatrak, calculating the optimum mix of sizes to enable the electrical contractor to tailor the underfloor power distribution networks to the dimensions of each floorplate. The system enables tap-offs at 300mm intervals, allowing the office areas to be configured and reconfigured to meet the needs of the end user. CMD has also supplied a varied range of floor boxes, slab boxes and grommets for the project,
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project by CMD at the company’s Rotherham factory. The Aluminium extruded body Conti modules include RCBO protection for each workstation and have been fixed to the underside of the desk to bring the power distribution network to each user with a plug and play feature connecting to the on desk modules. Supplying the contract furniture provider for
including the company’s fast fit 20 Series four- compartment floor boxes. The power distribution solution from CMD has also included the supply of 2,411 Conti under desk power modules which were configured to meet the end-user’s requirements and custom manufactured for the
the project, CMD has also manufactured more than 2,400 of the company’s Contour workstation power modules for 3 Arena Central. The compact on desk modules will provide two sockets and dual port Type A and C adaptive fast charging for each workstation, completing the connection from switchboard to workstation with a complete CMD Ltd solution.
For product information contact Jon Holding on 01709 385472 or email
jonholding@cmd-ltd.com
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