Polebrook Warehousing

Polebrook Warehousing

Polebrook Warehousing

Airfield Warehousing based in Oundle, just outside of Peterborough are a professional warehouse storage, handling and transport that have been running for over 30 years.

Overview:

Their warehouse storage site had been rebuilt in the 1980s and has over 110,000sq ft of purpose-built dry, secure warehousing space together with large areas for outside storage too. They were looking to upgrade the current Fluorescent and Sodium bay lighting system in place wit high quality LED Products.

The Requirement:

The client had on-going issues with the current lighting system that required an energy saving solution, the issues included the following.

  • Exceedingly high energy usage within low traffic warehouse areas
  • Low light levels within warehouse areas creating picking and packing errors
  • External CCTV system was not effective at night time due to poor lighting levels from current sodium lighting units
  • Emergency lighting did not conform to regulations
  • High maintenance costs in comparison to LED alternatives

The requirement from the client were mainly to minimise running costs using Prolite LED lighting products. An increase of light levels throughout the site was required to decrease the picking and packing errors and also increase the clarity of the CCTV system in place at night time. All internal units required the option to include an emergency option to fall in line with current legislation.

The Solution:

After a site evaluation, the project specification team advised replacing the current lighting system with a bespoke LED lighting system. The light levels were all predicted before installation took place by our in-house lighting design team.

This was to ensure that a genuine increase of both LUX levels as well as uniformity of light would be achievable in both internal and external areas. A programmable sensor system was also designed within the fittings to ensure any low traffic areas of the warehouse would not be illuminated whilst no workers were within the area, maximising energy savings for the site as much as physically possible.

Airfield warehouse now have a low energy sustainable lighting system. The warranty period in turn guarantee’s that the energy savings will be made.

Energy Savings

Annual Electricity Bill Before

Annual Electricity Bill After

Energy Savings Per Annum

Additional Sensor saving = £5,589.44
Total Saving = £29,214.99

Hounslow Civic Centre

Hounslow Civic Centre

Hounslow Civic Centre

The London borough of Hounslow were looking for a 3 year maintenance free solution for their 3 storey Civic Centre office block, including walkways and meeting rooms, staffed throughout a 14 hour day.

The Requirement:

The client was passionate about finding a unique, sustainable, long term solution. Not only must it offer the same high quality light, it also needed to adhere to their rigorous policy of reducing their carbon footprint.

Prolite LED lighting was the obvious choice. The lights needed to offer the same light output, give a strong return on investment, reduce maintenance costs, have a high power factor, a low energy usage and have minimal recycling costs.

The Solution:

After a site evaluation, the Prolite technical team advised replacing the T12 lamps with 8ft T8 LED tubes, each using just 44W’s of energy. The life expectancy of the new lighting system will vastly reduce maintenance costs for the Civic Centre as replacements will not be required for at least 10 years.

Before

Hounslow Before LED Upgrade

After

Hounslow After LED Upgrade

Energy Savings

Annual Electricity Bill Before

Annual Electricity Bill After

Energy Savings Per Annum

Total saving per year including COP: £74,954.47

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Frankia

Frankia

Frankia

Frankia-GP GmbH are manufacturers of high end motorhomes and vans located in Marktschorgast in Bavaria, Germany.

Overview:

The client was looking for a 3-year maintenance free solution for their production areas to replace the existing lighting system. Inefficient fluorescent fittings were fitted across the site which needed frequent maintenance and gave relatively poor light levels in the production areas.

The Requirement:

The client was looking for a low-cost, retro-fit solution to install across the site in Germany that guaranteed increased light output whilst reducing not only the company’s carbon footprint and energy usage, but a reduction in maintenance costs.

The Solution:

After a site evaluation, the Prolite technical team advised that high output LED T8 tubes be installed to increase the light output across the client’s production areas and achieve the targeted light levels required.

In total, 1200 units were installed across the site upgrading the existing luminaires with minimal inconvenience to production. The results were reduced power consumption, maintenance costs, disposal costs and increased the light output across all critical production areas.

Frankia After Installation
Frankia After Installation

Energy Savings

Annual Electricity Bill Before

Annual Electricity Bill After

Energy Savings Per Annum

Grimsthorpe Castle

Grimsthorpe Castle

Grimsthorpe Castle

A Wonderful Castle in the heart of Lincolnshire. Grimsthorpe Castle is a historic house that lies within a 3000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown.

Overview:

Grimsthorpe Castle is a beautiful stately home set in stunning countryside near Bourne in Lincolnshire. The castle is the centrepiece of the estate and is a large quadrangular house with a central courtyard. Each section of the house has a different appearance, reflecting the different architectural styles that have been employed here since building began in the 13th century.

Grimsthorpe has been the home of the de Eresby family since 1516 when it was granted by Henry VIII to the 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby on the occasion of his marriage to Maria de Salinas, lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon. It is now owned and managed by The Grimsthorpe & Dummond Castle trust.

The Requirement:

The Castle collection includes tapestries, furniture, ceramics and paintings. Many are on display in the State rooms where the shutters and curtains are closed to ensure that the fragile contents in the rooms are protected from direct sunlight.

There are many lights within the rooms to create an intimate and home-like atmosphere and to display the contents to the many visitors the castle receives each year.

The numerous chandeliers and standard lamps consume a vast amount of energy annually. The problem the trust needed to overcome was how to save energy whilst maintaining the aesthetics of the standard incandescent lamps and visually displaying the exhibits of the room to maximum effect.

The Solution:

The Prolite Projects team conducted an energy survey at the castle to identify potential energy savings that could be achieved through an LED upgrade installation throughout the castle.

By upgrading the standard power hungry incandescent lamps to Prolite’s new range of aesthetically pleasing LED filament lamps the energy usage in the rooms where lamps have been changed has reduced by over 95%.

The return on investment for the Castle was achieved in less than 3 months! The 2 year product warranty offered by Prolite ensures that the savings will be made time and time again.

The Prolite Projects Team undertook a comprehensive survey of Grimsthorpe Castle’s lighting requirements, identified the savings and then delivered a quality product on time and within budget.
Sebastian Miller

Energy Savings

Annual Electricity Bill Before

Annual Electricity Bill After

Energy Savings Per Annum

Return on investment was achieved within less than three months

Stanhay Precision Seeders

Stanhay Precision Seeders

Stanhay Precision Seeders

Stanhay Webb Ltd were looking for the design, supply and installation of an LED upgrade lighting system within their warehouse area.

Overview:

The new system needed to offer an increase of light levels across the area whilst offering a 5-year maintenance free solution too. Inefficient fluorescent fittings were previously fitted across the site at 8m height which needed frequent maintenance using expensive access equipment and gave very poor light levels for the task of picking and packing orders.

The Requirement:

The client was looking for a low-cost, LED upgrade that guaranteed increased light output whilst reducing not only the company’s carbon footprint and energy usage, but a reduction in maintenance costs over the lifetime of the new system.

The Solution:

After a site evaluation, the Prolite lamps design team completed a lighting design for the area to ensure light levels would be increased to fall in line with CIBSE guidelines post installation. The design team recommended that high output LED High Bay Disc lights were installed – these have been proven to be the most cost effective, most efficient, low energy solution for this type of application whilst meeting the light level criteria set out by the client. These units were installed across the site upgrading the existing luminaires out of hours to ensure minimal inconvenience to the site.

The results were a massive 50% saving on energy usage, minimised maintenance costs, doubling of light levels and a return on investment in just 2.5 years. The 5 year product warranty guarantees that the site will achieve these savings.

Before

Stanhay Before LED Upgrade

After

Stanhay After LED Upgrade