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PROVIDING PRACTICAL LIGHTING SOLUTIONS›
We understand that lowering energy consumption and life time running costs are currently the main
concerns for most of our customers. With this in mind, we have recently developed a range of solutions
that focus on meeting our industry’s challenges.
In this edition, we introduce a number of these solutions, from our exciting new low energy LED street lighting
range to our cost effective retrofitting options and gantry lighting system. However, we continue to work hard to
ensure that we still deliver the highest standard of lighting levels for our customers.
Urbis Lighting - 'our solutions: your choice'.
Ashley Armstrong is the new editor. She would be grateful to receive any feedback on your ideas for content at
Robert Bennett
Sales & Marketing Director
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Welcome to Issue 02 | 10 – we hope you enjoy it.
Contents›
03 A new approach to column and bracket maintenance
03 Philips’ OEM guarantee update
04 Urbis’ Sapphire keeps the bats happy in Ireland
05 Middlesbrough Council’s LED trial is an energy saving success
06 Introducing Urbis’ NEW LED products
08 Historic castle walls brought to life by Urbis’ Neos LEDs
09 Urbis - offering a practical solution whatever your needs
10 Neos LEDs provide cost saving solution for gantry lighting
11 Urbis LED roadshows a real success
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[ christmas message ]
Season’s greetings
from Urbis›
It has been a busy year with the launch of our
new LED product range, but we would like to
thank you for your custom and support during
this year.
Once again, we've chosen to give our support to
selected charities. In particular, Kidney Research
and Cancer Research.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and our best wishes for 2011.
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[ technical information ]
[ technical information ]
A new approach to
column and bracket
maintenance›
Philips’ OEM guarantee
update›
We recommend reading the latest edition of the
Institution of Lighting Professionals’ technical
report 22 called ‘Managing a vital asset: Lighting
supports’. It provides lighting engineers with
useful guidance in the management of lighting
columns and brackets.
In particular, TR22 recommends creating
management procedures based on a
foundation of pro-active and consistent
equipment condition assessments and the
application of a risk assessment strategy.
We have been supplying our customers with columns and
brackets for use with our luminaires for over 25 years. As many of
our products are well into their design life, we want to endorse
the recommendations made for maintaining both columns and
brackets.
These include carrying out detailed structural inspections,
including fixings, on each occasion that the column, bracket or
traffic sign is visited for maintenance.
Our engineering team has access to past product drawings and
specifications and is available to advise you on the best course of
action when approaching TR22.
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Philips has recently clarified its guarantee relating
to the appropriate application of their lamps and
gear, especially for the CosmoPolis system.
In the past, there has been a lot of mis-information
in the marketplace over whether this system is
suitable for use in specific products. However,
Philips recently published the terms and
conditions of its warranty to OEMs in the
‘Lighting’ section of their website. This sets out
the conditions under which the system is supplied
to Urbis and also details of the warranty, which
we began passing on in full to our customers
from 1st July 2010.
The good news is that all HID Primavision Xtreme and Dynavision
Xtreme ballasts have an eight year warranty. For products such as
A copy of the report can be ordered from the ILP:
the Urbis Evolo 2, equipped with the CosmoPolis system, their
www.theilp.org.uk
class-leading thermal management, coupled with the long
guarantee, offers complete peace of mind for customers requiring a
high performance lighting system.
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1 | Thylia luminaires and columns.
2 | Evolo luminaire using CosmoPolis system.
3 | Evolo luminaire details using CosmoPolis system.
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[ case study ]
Urbis’ Sapphire keeps
the bats happy
in Ireland›
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This is the first lighting
scheme in Europe that has
used louvres to reduce the lux levels to a point
where the local bats remained unaffected,
according to a leading bat specialist.
Douglas Kalifa/Nature Portfolio
Over recent years, the Grand Canal in West
Dublin had fallen into disuse. Coimín
McLoughlin, Senior Design Engineer of Clifton
Scannell Emerson Associates (CSEA), worked on
a scheme to rejuvenate the canal.
“Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council and Waterways
Ireland wanted the canal route to be useable 24 hours a day to
encourage more use of the new footpath and cycleway. However, wildlife
surveys showed that the canal was home to many species of bat.”
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) was responsible for
granting a derogation licence for this scheme to have 24 hour lighting.
CSEA started by commissioning extensive wildlife surveys to determine
whether the bats would still use the canal once the new lighting was
operational.
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Coimín commented, “considering the bats would not feed if the light
was brighter than the full moon meant a truly innovative lighting solution
was needed. So, Urbis’ project team developed specially designed
louvres which fit into the Sapphires and ensure that no light spills onto
the canal or hedges where the bats feed.”
“Urbis supplied 309 of their functional Sapphire 2 luminaires, equipped
with 50W SON lamps whose softer light doesn’t attract insects away
from the canal water. To the delight of all the stakeholders, this scheme
has proved a real success and, most importantly, all the wildlife has
remained unaffected.”
The installation contractor for this scheme was Read Electrical.
A full version of this article is available to download from our website.
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1 | A happy bat!
2 & 3 | Elevated views showing the canal footpath with new bat-friendly lux levels.
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[ case study ]
Middlesbrough Council’s
LED trial is an energy
saving success›
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Middlesbrough council has achieved an energy
saving of 65% by using our Nano LED luminaire
on a trial scheme along a well used cycle and
footpath route.
BEFORE
Now that the Carbon Reduction Commitment
scheme has started, it is vital to choose the
correct lighting equipment in order to maximise
the potential energy savings. Rob Warner, a
Lighting Engineer with Middlesbrough Council,
explained about their lighting comparison trial.
“The main aim of the trial was to determine the energy savings we
could make, but also to assess the visual impact of street lighting
between the differing light sources. So we planned a trial on a typical
footpath and cycleway to see how we could benefit from LED
technology.”
The chosen route was already lit with seven 70W SON fittings. The
Council then selected our stylish Nano 2 LED luminaire as
the alternative light source and we supplied them with 11 units.
AFTER
Rob commented, “Urbis’ Nano units use just 22W, compared to the
90W consumption of the SONs. Although we put in more LED units
than we will be taking SONs out, the difference in energy usage
alone is still quite impressive.”
The Council will also see other benefits from using LED technology.
Maintenance costs are reduced as the units are expected to last at
least four times longer than the SONs and the LEDs’ reliability
reduces the need for scouting along the footpaths.
Rob added, “Urbis’ Nano LED luminaire has proven to be an
excellent solution and this trial scheme has reduced our overall
energy usage on this particular footpath by 65%.”
A full version of this article is available to download from our website.
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1 | Nano luminaire.
2 | Cycle path lighting scheme - BEFORE and AFTER
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[ product news ]
Introducing Urbis’
NEW LED products›
We are pleased to unveil three new LED luminaires
- Senso, Piano and Claro. These latest additions
mean that we are now able to offer a full range of
LED luminaires.
In particular, these new products will help our
customers reduce their energy consumption,
whilst still maintaining high quality lighting
levels.
To find out more about our extensive LED product
range, call the sales team on 01256 354446.
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Also, to ensure these new LED luminaires deliver significant benefits,
we have developed a number of exciting new features. The most
important of these being:
Photometric engines | three powerful engines provide remarkable
photometric performance and flexibility. The Oriento®, OrientoFlex®
Oriento® concept
and LensoFlex® deliver the lighting options which provide the
optimum solution for our customers’ lighting and energy
requirements.
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Futureproofing | our LED products are designed to accommodate
future innovations. For example, if a more efficient LED is developed,
the light engine can be easily replaced on-site providing the
opportunity to lower energy usage.
LEDSafe® | this is the progression of our reliable Sealsafe® system
and completely seals the photometric engine, preventing water and
dust ingress. Improvements in glass technology also offer a low
OrientoFlex® concept
maintenance cleaning solution.
Sustainable solutions | our products’ durability and the LEDs’ long
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service life combine to further reduce maintenance costs. Many are
also compatible with remote management and dimming systems.
ThermiX® | this system reduces the running temperature of the
LEDs and ensures that after 60,000 hours of use, at least 80% of
the light output is still maintained.
We understand that our customers have diverse lighting
requirements, and now we have the complete range of solutions.
LensoFlex® concept
It’s your choice as to which one best suits your needs.
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1 | Oriento® photometric engine as seen on the Claro.
2 | OrientoFlex® photometric engine as seen on the Senso.
3 | LensoFlex® photometric engine as seen on the Piano.
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SENSO
CLARO
SENSO
Unprecedented
Photometric
Flexibility
• Unique adjustable
CLARO
Design, Performance
and Economy
photometry using
Orientoflex® technology.
• Effective lighting performance from the
• Enhanced preservation
Oriento® photometric engine.
of performance over time
• Enhanced preservation of performance
with Thermix® thermal
®
management and LEDsafe .
• Replaceable photometric
engine and drivers allowing
for future technological
advancement.
• Optimised number of LEDs
allowing the minimisation
over time with Thermix® thermal
management and LEDsafe®.
• Replaceable photometric engine and
drivers allowing for future technological
advancement.
• Value engineered to produce excellent
performance at a reasonable price.
of energy consumption.
OrientoFlex® concept
Oriento® concept
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[ case study ]
Historic castle walls
brought to life by Urbis’
Neos LEDs›
If you are strolling around Barnard Castle in
Durham, you can now view an eye catching
floodlighting scheme involving our cost effective
Neos LED floodlights.
Ian Dawson, Senior Professional Assistant at
Durham County Council, was responsible for the
scheme and told us, “the Barnard Castle Vision
Group wanted to re-illuminate the castle walls as
the original SON floodlighting had not been
operational for over four years.”
With the finance provided by the Vision Group, the Town Council,
English Heritage and Durham County Council, the scheme started by
conducting a trial to assess the preferred lighting option. When the
Council saw the potential of LEDs to reduce their energy and
maintenance costs and effectively illuminate the walls, it made the
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decision easy.
Ian stated, “we went with Urbis as they manufacture high quality
products. Also, in their tender price, they offered to set up and
maintain the LEDs’ DMX programming sequence for us.”
Seventeen fully adjustable Neos floodlights are fitted with 36 one Watt
LEDs. They are mainly mounted at 6m, mostly in pairs, on new
columns and wash the castle walls with varying tones of colours. The
Abbey luminaires are mounted at 5m and are fitted with 45W
CosmoPolis lamps. These illuminate the footpaths around the castle
with a soft white light.
Ian commented, “the decision to mount both fittings on one column
has reduced clutter and also means the floodlights are not in close
proximity to the walls”
“The new floodlighting has received many positive comments and has
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made one of the town’s principal pedestrian routes feel much safer.”
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1 | Neos floodlighting in action around the castle tower.
2 | The DMX programming sequence showing blue and green colourways.
Note: The floodlighting at Barnard Castle is also pictured on the front cover.
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[ company news ]
Urbis - offering a
practical solution
whatever your needs›
Our aim is to deliver the most cost effective, low
energy, high quality lighting scheme possible. Here
we highlight a number of options available to our
customers.
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OUR SOLUTION
YOUR BENEFITS
Our revolutionary Sealsafe® system has been preventing dust and water ingress to IP66 standard for
25 years!
SEALSAFE®
This allows Urbis customers the opportunity to consider replacing the gear, lamp and other
components instead of installing new luminaires, even if the units have been in service for a
considerable time.
This approach has already brought many of our customers the benefits of utilising white light and
electronic gear, but at a much lower capital outlay.
LED LUMINAIRES
With our new range of LED luminaires, users can take advantage of the latest technology to reduce
their energy costs, whilst still maintaining high quality lighting levels.
Read more about the wide range of benefits our new LED luminaires can bring on pages 6 and 7.
The Nano is a compact luminaire that can be fitted with 12 or 16 LEDs.
NANO
FORTIMO
It’s designed as a low cost solution to work most effectively on footpaths or for urban spaces where
a relatively low lighting level is acceptable.
The Fortimo is a LED light module that is particularly suitable for users wanting to make a low cost
move from traditional HID lanterns to a LED white light solution.
For example, our new Evolo luminaires can easily be switched to an LED solution with this technology.
CENTRAL
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS (CMS)
CMS brings control to the lighting engineer. For example, users can easily programme lamps to dim
or turn off during set hours to reduce energy consumption.
Additionally, the amount of data collected helps manage maintenance and accurately reports
power consumption.
Importantly, many of our products are designed to incorporate CMS systems, both new and retrofit.
1 | Easy access to components on the Evolo.
2 | On site maintenance of a Thylia.
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[ case study ]
Neos LEDs provide
cost saving solution
for gantry lighting›
To assess the potential maintenance and energy savings they could
make by using our new Neos GL LEDs, A-one+ decided to run a trial
We recently developed a low cost maintenance
solution for motorway and trunk road gantry
lighting by equipping our Neos 3 with LEDs.
Craig Prescott is the Electrical Manager for
A-one+ on the Highways Agency’s MAC Area 14
contract. He explained, “the improvements we
are making to the Newcastle Western Bypass
involved lane closures, so we took the
opportunity to upgrade the old sign gantry
lighting at the same time. We know Urbis
supply quality products, so we asked them to
provide a solution”.
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by replacing the lighting on four of the gantries along the bypass.
Craig commented, “the LEDs in the Neos GLs have an expected
lifetime of 60,000 hours compared to a floodlight fitted with a HID
lamp, which requires a lamp change around every 8-12,000 hours.
Consequently, this delivers a really significant cost saving because we
won’t have to shut a lane and divert traffic as many times to carry out
gantry lighting maintenance work.”
“We expect the new LED lighting to deliver energy savings and we are
also pleased with the quality of the white light produced in terms of
making the gantry signs highly visible to motorists.”
Our Neos GL can be used to illuminate new or existing gantry signs as
an up or down lighter. The units are designed to be easy to maintain
and are fitted with self cleaning glass, which also assists in reducing
site maintenance visits.
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1 | Newcastle Western Bypass South with new LED gantry lighting.
2 | Newcastle Western Bypass North with new LED gantry lighting.
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[ exhibition ]
If you missed our roadshows
and want to find out more
ab our product ranges,
about
then
the please call the sales team
on:
on 01256 354446.
Urbis LED roadshows
a real success›
During October and November, we held 19
roadshows across the UK. This gave the
opportunity for our team to unveil our new LED
product range and discuss issues such as carbon
reduction and the most suitable lighting options
available when budgets are tight.
The roadshows were open to anyone interested
in how new lighting technologies can bring
tangible benefits, from both a commercial and
technical aspect, and we were delighted to
welcome a mix of lighting engineers, consultants
and local authority decision makers.
The seminars were well received and there was particular interest in
our new LED product range, featuring the Senso, Claro and Piano.
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Also, attendees commented on how it put the other products in our
range into context and where each is most effective in helping to
achieve the objectives on a specific project.
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1 | Roadshow snapshots.
2 | New LED product range unveiled.
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Copyright Urbis Lighting Ltd 2010 | Editor Ashley Armstrong: [email protected]
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