LED Lighting for a brighter future!

Zumtobel will design and develop the lighting across the 61,000-seater ground in White Hart Lane, north London Lux Reports: ZUMTOBEL has won the prestigious contract to supply lighting for Tottenham Hotspur’s new £800 million stadium. The company will supply the lighting to a design by independent consultants Buro Happold across the 61,000-seater ground including player facilities, seating bowl, circulation concourse and the extensive façade. The multi-million pound contract is a major coup for the group and part of a wider trend of design-and-supply arrangements with single manufacturers for major infrastructural projects. Scheduled to open in 2018, the venue will also play host to NFL American Football games, music concerts and a range of other events. Zumtobel will also supply sister brands, including acdc, Reiss, Thorn and Tridonic. Tottenham Hotspur’s director of operations Matthew Collecott told Lux: ‘Zumtobel has extensive expertise when it comes to illuminatin...

The metal halide lamps at Centre Court had inherent colour shift – and couldn't be switched on instantly THE All England Lawn Tennis Club has ditched the metal halide lighting in Centre Court for LED in time for the 2017 championships. An American sports lighting specialist has installed LED lighting in the retractable roof that covers Wimbledon Centre Court. The move improves the quality of TV broadcasts and, unlike the metal halides, allows instant striking. Top: Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniaki was one of the first to play under the LED lights. Pic: Gregg Gorman 2017 Above: The arrangement of the original metal halide luminaires.  ‘The purpose of the project was to improve the quality of lighting for broadcasters, whilst simultaneously improving the functionality of the lighting as part of the roof operation,’ AELTC estate director Robert Deatker told Lux. ‘Specifically, this involves reducing the amount of time required by the lights to warm up...

The ambitious plan will make the company the first grocery retailer in the UK to power all its supermarkets entirely by LED. Sainsbury’s is to add Internet of Things capabilities to its lighting in an ambitious plan that will see all of its stores become 100 per cent LED by 2020, the retail giant has announced. The plan will make the company the first grocery retailer in the UK to power all its supermarkets entirely by LED lighting. Some 250,000 luminaires will be retrofitted in 250 superstores in the next three years in addition to those already installed during the company’s ongoing roll-out.  The new fixtures are part of a deal with Current, GE’s low-energy technology supplier, which will see energy used by the lighting reduced by 58 per cent.  Sainsbury's sustainability chief Paul Crewe says  customers expect the retailer to do the right thing on their behalf. 'They can be reassured that, day or night, when they visit a Sainsbury’s supermarket...