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For the discerning consumer buying LED
Light Planet Seller Centre
For suppliers of quality LED products
Restaurant and Reception Area
At just 7W, LED MR16 spotlights are more than 7 times more energy efficient and last 10 times longer than existing halogens.
100 7W LED spotlights replaced the existing 50W halogen spotlights across the reception and restaurant.
Halogen spotlights need replacing every 2-3 months, strongly impacting on aesthetics and requiring an electrician on a monthly basis.
Spotlights are chosen for their sophisticated aesthetic, however traditional halogens produce high heat output that causes deterioration of the surrounding area spoiling the planned look. LEDs run at much lower heats and cause no heat degradation issues.
The Open University (OU) is a complex of many buildings on a large campus. Light Planet has enjoyed a 3 year relationship with the OU which began following a 1 year evaluation of Light Planet's 8" and 6" recessed LED downlights for the Berrill Building. The quality of light output was markedly superior to the PL canister lights, containing 2 x 24 W compact fluorescents that they were replacing. In addition to a 65% energy saving, our LEDs offered the university the ability to reduce the quantity of lights that needed to be turned on during the day. Over 500 LED down lights have now been installed at the university over the past 3 years.
Building on this success, we were invited to retrofit over 100 MR16 LED 7W spotlights in place of 50W halogens in the restaurant and reception area. The quality of light output, 80% energy saving and significantly lower maintenance costs were all a factors in the university's decision to adopt Light Planet's retrofit lamps.
A continual LED migration programme by the Open University has seen over 100 of our circular surface mount "2D" replacement LED luminaires installed across campus, resulting in a 45% energy saving, significantly lower maintenance costs and a better control of the lighting of public corridors and stairwells. Our circular surface mount LED luminaire can be configured with a motion sensor and emergency pack with the option to dim the luminaire to 30% output when the corridor or stairwell is unoccupied. This greatly reduces energy whilst maintaining a level of illumination that is required for the health and safety of students.
The Open University also wanted to address the high-energy consumption and high maintenance costs of their campus streetlights. Light Planet's Strata street light offered an ideal solution; the light output is significantly better than the SON-T streetlights that they replaced and offers a 70% energy saving. The 60,000-hour life of the Strata means that the campus facilities team do not have to maintain the streetlights for a significant period.
Berill Building
Restaurant and Reception Area
Corridors and Stairwells