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New school shines with energy- efficient lighting


ambitions and provide an enhanced learning environment for its pupils. John Keats Primary Free School


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opened to reception pupils in September 2018 and occupies the first two floors of a new residential development in South Bermondsey, London. It will eventually cater for 420 pupils up to year six. B.E.G. was selected to supply the


presence and motion sensors for the school as the products offer the dual benefits of complete lighting flexibility to ensure that the building is fully energy efficient, while helping to create an excellent learning environment. The new school’s headmaster wanted the


lighting to be designed and controlled in a way that would maximise the pupils’ comfort, concentration and alertness. The lighting also needed to be


automated and adjustable, with different areas requiring different lighting levels and timings, and the additional need that areas were only lit when occupied, to save energy and reduce costs. To meet all these requirements, B.E.G. supplied two different types of presence and motion sensors from their range of KNX products. The sensors selected from B.E.G.’s KNX


product range for the John Keats Primary Free School project, were the PD11-KNX FLAT FC and the PD4 KNX C FC. The super-flat PD11 sensor was


selected for the classrooms and other rooms, including the headmaster’s office, as it is less than 1mm thick, making it one of the flushest and most discreet sensors on the market. The classrooms have been set up to


operate in Semi-Automatic mode (sometimes referred to as Absence Detection). This means the lights and the detector must be turned on with a wall switch. The lights then set their brightness


levels automatically and will continue to operate until there is enough natural day light or no occupancy present in the room. Reading the level of daylight in the room, the PD11 automatically adjusts the luminaires to the required level to make sure the lighting level is always enough


IGHTING controls specialist B.E.G. has enabled a brand-new London free school to achieve its energy efficiency


and make maximum use of natural light. For the corridor areas of the school,


which run nearly the entire length of the two floors, the PD4 KNX C FC was selected. The product is specifically designed to cover long corridors and so fewer devices were required to get full coverage, resulting in a reduction in time and further cost savings for the school. The building controls, cabling and


trunking was designed and installed by Neo System Automation Limited. The company used the B.E.G. lighting sensors as part of an all-encompassing modular I/O WAGO 750 Series building control system, along with other KNX devices, to control not only lighting but heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) too. The KNX system monitors conditions to


provide optimum lighting, temperature, humidity and CO2 levels in the school, all of which have been shown to improve alertness and concentration. Importantly, with use of the B.E.G.


sensors, school staff can manually override the controls and dim the lights down or off for presentations or showing films, while reducing lighting levels in areas when there is no occupancy at all. Automated controlled systems can reduce energy costs by up to 30 per cent compared to manual control. Stephen Payne, Systems Sales Manager


at B.E.G., said: “The PD11 has a very sophisticated design and with a visible thickness of .85mm the device is fitted into a ceiling making it virtually invisible, so it was ideal for placement in the classrooms and offices. It is very discreet but it still capable of detecting motion and light within an area of up to 9m. “The PD4 was the most logical product


for the corridors as it saved installers lots of time as fewer sensors were needed for this space thanks to the extensive coverage it offers.”


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