The LED Specialist
and our sister company Lightsave Fuller
Read, Philips preferred supplier for their LED products helped our client, Principal
Haley Hotels and Conference Venues embark on an energy saving initiative.
Principle Hayley Hotels and Conference Venues operate an
eclectic collection of hotels across the UK. Venues range from Gothic manor
houses to slick city centre hotels to purpose-built conference and training
venues. To adhere to the company’s strong sustainability policy and keep in
line with standards laid down by the Green Tourism Business Scheme, the Principal
Hayley Group has laid out a number of initiatives to reduce their environmental
impact.
Principle Hayley, compares daily energy consumption with the
same day of the previous year, this has established a high level of
energy-awareness amongst their staff. Any anomalies identified through these comparisons
are flagged up to senior staff and fully investigated meaning Principal Hayley
venues are achieving maximum energy efficiency.
A major challenge when reducing the lighting energy
consumption was that lighting varies a great deal from one site to another. Lightsave Fuller Read had to find a
light source which would complement the unique character of each building
whilst keeping energy consumption to a minimum.
Due to his wealth of experience with lighting before joining
Principal Hayley, the companies Head of Property Management, Gregor MacNoughton
had already identified Philips LEDs as the light sources that would meet his
essential yet varied criteria. “I worked closely with our lighting supplier Lightsave Fuller Read to identify the
areas where upgrading lighting would deliver a sensible return on investment,
and with which lamps.”
Lightsave Fuller Read’s
Alan Kilford explains how he tackled this project: “We looked at areas that
were using light sources of over 20w and burning for more than 12 hours per
day. Lamps within this group would provide a payback within two years based
solely on energy consumption. The areas encompassed in this project included: restaurants,
bars, corridors, kitchens and back of house areas. Philips’ Master LED range
was ideal for this roll-out project as the lamps offer, long lamp life, a range
of beam angles, a good colour rendering index and the company boasts excellent technical
support.”
After each area had been identified, Alan was faced with the
task of selecting the most suitable LED lamps for each individual setting. The
nature of the buildings and the previous lighting meant the new Lightsave Fuller Read recommended light
sources ranged from 7w replacements for 50w GU10 halogen lamps through to LED
tubes to replace fluorescent lamps in kitchen and back of house areas.
Completion of this lighting project has resulted in
Principal Hayley significantly reducing their installed lighting electrical
load, energy costs and associated carbon emissions. The long life of Philips Master LED
lamps means maintenance and replacement costs of lamps are significantly
reduced. The lighting upgrade is expected to yield an overall reduction in
energy consumption of 10% in the next 12 months.
The lamps used in this project can all be found at our
website http://theledspecialist.co.uk/
or call our office to speak to one of our informed, friendly sales executives 0118
950 7125.
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