The LED lighting revolution has changed lighting technology at a rapid pace over the past 15 years.
Replacement lamps, spare parts and support for older lighting schemes can be tricky to obtain due to component obsolescence caused by ever tightening energy efficiency regulations. Attempts to upgrade schemes can often result in poor light quality, poor dimming control, visible flicker, and the integrity of the original scheme being lost.
As an established lighting solutions company, we can help with upgrading your old lighting schemes and lighting control systems to use more efficient LED lighting technology. Upgrading old lighting schemes allow our clients to be energy efficient, and it is also a chance to revisit the lighting design, giving you the opportunity to enhance any new interior details and layouts in your home or commercial space. In most situations a reduction of approximately 75% of energy is achievable whilst maintaining the integrity of the design.
Old lighting schemes often use low voltage halogen downlights (MR11, MR16, AR111), linear halogen (R7, R7s), halogen candle and golf ball lamps (ES, SES, BC, SBC) and other speciality lamps of the era (G9, G4 etc). These use a significant amount of energy resulting in a high energy bill. These can be replaced with LED sources for improved performance and reduced energy consumption.
At some of our projects, clients request to keep their decorative and architectural luminaires used as focal points in their scheme. If these luminaires have plenty of life in them, we can upgrade them by re-manufacturing or re-engineering using new LED technology. Re-manufacturing decorative luminaires reduces the carbon burden, lowers maintenance costs while allowing our clients to keep existing products, without the need to compromise on the lighting design.
Artwork and picture lighting for private collections as well as museums and galleries would often use high temperature halogen lamps that did not always illuminate the artwork consistently, with the heat potentially damaging the canvas. Using LED technology with improved optical control can improve the light distribution and reveal previously unseen detail.
Xenon Clickstrip, Linear Fluorescent and Cold cathode were often used for linear applications, shelving and ceiling coffers and use a significant amount of energy. To reduce the power consumption, these sources can be replaced with LED linear lighting maintaining the same quality of light and design integrity. In addition, modern LED sources have reduced flicker and improved dimming when compared to cold cathode and fluorescent.
Fibre Optic Lighting is often used to light museums and gallery spaces, as well as ceilings and outdoor areas and swimming pools. The fibre optic harness was originally connected to a halogen or metal halide light source. To improve the efficiency of the lighting scheme, reduce the power usage and energy consumption, we replace the halogen lightbox with an LED lightbox, whilst using the existing fibre optic harness. Using an LED lightbox not only saves energy but produces improved light quality and brightness, improved dimmability and if used for colour changing applications an enhanced array of colours.
For help on how to upgrade your lighting scheme and control system, contact us today. We will review the existing scheme to advise you on how to replicate the same effects using newer, energy-saving LED products and any updated lighting control system requirements.
