LED Lighting for a brighter future!

LED floodlights make Hull City's stadium ready for HDTV filming and new kinds of events | Photo: James Russell via Flickr LUX reports: Premier League football club Hull City is planning to upgrade its pitch lighting to LED floodlights this summer. The move is aimed at meeting the needs of modern high-definition TV broadcasting as well as opening up the KC Stadium to a wider range of events. Hull is the third Premier League club (at least it's a Premier League club for now – relegation was on the cards at the time of publication) to adopt LED lighting for its stadium, after  Southampton and Chelsea . With the technology getting cheaper and more powerful all the time, others are bound to follow. It has opted for Philips’ ArenaVision LED floodlighting system, which has been specially developed to meet the TV broadcast requirements specified by the Premier League. It can also provide the entertaining lighting effects needed to build atmosphere and excitement before and a...

Siena is the latest range of high performance integrated LED downlighters from energy saving lighting experts Megaman UK. Siena is the latest range of high performance integrated LED downlighters from energy saving lighting experts Megaman UK.  Compact in size and with no external driver, the downlighters are easy to install/maintain and deliver high efficiency luminous output which produces more light compared to conventional plug in tube downlighters. The Siena range comprises dimming and non dimming recessed downlights, with dimmable downlights available in adjustable 8W circular and 8.5W square variants to provide multi-directional tilting for precision light control. The 8W version also uses Megaman’s new Dim to Warm technology – emitting a warmer light when they are dimmed from 2800K to 1800K, simulating the characteristics of incandescent and halogen lamps. Non dimming Siena downlights are also available in 12.5W, 20.5W, 35.5W, all of which are IP44 rated. The Si...

OSRAM to illuminate as the official lighting partner the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, this year to be held in Vienna: Spectacular stage and light shows are a traditional fixture of this major media event. As the Official Lighting Partner, OSRAM is responsible for the majority of the lighting this year.With an expected audience of 200 million, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) will this year be once again a great TV entertainment show. Last year's winner – pop artist and drag queen Conchita Wurst - came from Austria, so the 60th ESC will be taking place from the 18th to 23th May in Austria.  In particular, this includes show lighting from OSRAM subsidiary Clay Paky, which will make the Eurovision Song Contest and its stars a glorious feast for the eyes.  The products from the Italian event lighting specialist, which has an outstanding reputation in the international entertainment industry and has provided lighting for shows by such legends as Kylie Minogue and Rob...

Lux reports: An LED lighting system at Rainhill train station in Lancashire has reduced energy use by more than half and attracted positive feedback from employees and customers. The station, one of 464 managed by Northern Rail, is on the line where Robert Stephenson’s pioneering Rocket successfully completed the first locomotive trials in 1829, so a key consideration for the lighting project was the appeal and structural integrity of the historic site. More recently, the station’s old lighting system had been vandalised and was no longer providing enough illumination in some areas. ‘We wanted to install LED lighting at Rainhill to show that new technology could be fitted in a building of historic interest, running new beside old without detriment to the structure itself,’ said Euan Hilton, utilities, contracts and data manager at the station’s operator, Northern Rail. The chosen supplier for the new lights, together with a control system using motion sensors, was UK manufa...

Big businesses will soon have to audit their energy consumption and come up with ways they could cut it. Actually doing anything about it, however, is down to them Colin Lawson of Lux reports: The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Esos) came into force in July 2014, and requires that all large organisations (defined as those with more than 250 employees) face their energy consumption head-on by conducting regular audits and setting out how they could use less. The scheme presents a significant opportunity for businesses to streamline operations, increase their competitiveness and boost the bottom line – although there is no obligation for them to implement any recommendations from the audits. We’re now at the halfway point in the rollout of Esos – organisations that registered their eligibility for compliance back in December 2014 are now taking steps to ensure their audits are completed by December of this year. Indeed, the most forward-thinking companies may already ha...