Monthly Archives: August 2012

LEDs maintain the lighting quality but cut the bills at Cambridge car park

Article From:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Cambridge City Council has completely refitted its Grand Arcade Annex car park with award-winning LED lighting to help save energy and lower carbon emissions. As part of their commitment to make Cambridge a more sustainable city, council officers asked lighting specialists MHA Lighting to […]

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Sheffield shopping centre cuts energy consumption as it turns to LEDs

Article From:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Sheffield’s Meadowhall Shopping Centre Retail is slicing 25 per cent off its energy consumption as it makes the transition from RGB cold cathode lighting to LEDs. Meadowhall was one of Oldham Lighting’s original cold cathode installations and typical of a large retail area where […]

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Britain missing out on huge savings in commercial sector

Article From:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Britain is missing a huge opportunity for electricity savings in the commercial sector, according to a report quietly published by the government’s new Energy Efficiency Deployment Office on the Department of Energy (DECC)’s website. The report, “Capturing the full electricity efficiency potential in the […]

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Pilot study shows huge benefits for LEDs

Article from Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 LED (light-emitting diodes) street lighting can generate energy savings as high as 85 per cent, an independent, global trial of the technology has found.  The programme also indicates that citizens of pilot cities prefer LED lighting, citing the social and environmental benefits. The findings […]

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