Ex-Or Ltd has just installed an energy-saving automatic lighting control system at the Carbon Trust, the independent company set up by Government to help the UK meet its climate change obligations.Ex-Or, European leader in lighting management, installed its LightSpot system on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the Carbon Trust office in Clement's Inn, London.
The system switches the lights on and off by monitoring the presence of occupants and by measuring the amount of natural light available. Open plan office areas, smaller cellular offices and also meeting rooms are controlled by the system. Around the perimeter of the open plan area, the lights remain off when levels of daylight are sufficiently high. In meeting rooms, which are used irregularly, lights are automatically switched off when LightSpot detects the rooms are no longer occupied.
The Carbon Trust decided to install lighting controls to improve the energy efficiency of its offices. Energy efficiency is the simplest and most cost-effective way of cutting carbon emissions and so help combat climate change.
Lighting can account for up to half of a commercial building's electricity use and with electricity usually accounting for half of the total energy bill, there is the potential to save 25 per cent of the entire electricity load.
Peter Hambly, Director of Marketing and Communications at the Carbon Trust said: 'We do exactly what all small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can do to cut carbon emissions. We have an environment policy and an action plan where we look at and review all our systems as a business and work out ways where we can become more energy efficient.
'Automatic lighting control can dramatically cut the unnecessary use of lighting. We estimate that, following this installation, we are cutting the amount of electricity used by at least a quarter. It also helps create a better working environment for us as it means everyone is working in the correct levels of light.'
