Venture Lighting's metal halide lamps have been used to great effect in the improvement of the visual environment for over 1,200 people employed at the O2 Call Centre in Bury, Lancashire. Feedback from employees suggested that the overall visual environment was poor and a survey identified that the lighting was part of the problem. The survey included taking light level readings, digital photographs and quantifying luminaires and wattages for analysis. It was discovered that the ceiling, walls, furniture and lamp colours were all at odds with each other, creating a complicated visual environment.Following a request for recommendations from Taylor Woodrow Facilities Management, Whitecroft Lighting was asked to produce a report. Whitecroft used 'through-life cost analysis' and computer modelling, to produce recommendations that included upgrading the lighting and redecorating the space to improve reflectances and help to balance colours. In many instances, a one-for-one replacement was possible using lower wattage luminaires and making huge savings on rewiring costs.
Whitecroft's analysis showed that large savings in both energy and maintenance costs could be made by replacing the existing illumination with luminaires incorporating the latest technology. Industrial type high bays were changed to Whitecroft's Atlanta luminaires, incorporating Venture Lighting's 400W, High Output Pulse Start metal halide lamps and full metal reflectors to prevent glare at the mezzanine level.
Euroflood Mini floodlights utilising 150W Venture lamps were installed at the base of the 'sails' to produce a wide spread of uniform light, as was the intention in the original design, whilst ceramic metal halide lamps were employed to remove colour shift below the mezzanines.
The resulting installation has a balanced, constant colour appearance throughout with predicted energy savings for O2 of an amazing £7,000 per annum and, no doubt, a happier, healthier workforce.
Uni-FormTM Pulse Start lamps, designed by world leaders in metal halide technology Venture Lighting, produce a white light with excellent colour uniformity and improved optical accuracy. Venture now offers more than 350 metal halide lamps ranging from 50W to 2,000W, plus 11 different wattages of energy efficient Uni-FormTM Pulse Start systems for industrial and commercial applications.
