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Retrofit Comparison Calculators: T5 vs Metal Halide Lighting

Posted on 18. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Looking to buy new lighting for your warehouse? Looking for a simple way to compare metal halide lighting with low-energy T5 fluorescent technologies?
The decision is a no-brainer really: high-quality intelligent T5 fittings such as the energy efficient Somar Eluma lighting system result lower energy bills, better light qualty, less light degradation and lower carbon emissions [...]

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Seda UK Targets £170k Savings With Low-Energy Lights

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Food service packaging specialist Seda UK has revealed it is expecting to save almost £170,000 annually in costs and emit 1,000 tonnes less carbon following a move to low-energy lightbulbs.
The Italian-owned firm, which is based in South Wales and is a major supplier to McDonalds and KFC, has installed 750 low-energy Eluma lights funded by [...]

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Concorde Spends 40th Anniversary In Eco-Splendour

Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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Today marks the 40th anniversary of Concorde’s 22-minute long maiden British test flight from Filton to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, but more than five years into her retirement and it seems the iconic aircraft’s fascination with advanced technology hasn’t waned. At a time when concerns over climate change are calling into question the world’s love [...]

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Energy-Saving Eluma Extolled By The BBC

Posted on 25. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

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BBC South-West flagship news programme Spotlight today aired a news piece on the success that manufacturer Rittal CSM Ltd have had in driving down their energy costs by installing the Somar Eluma in their Plymouth-based facility. The firm, who make large rack mounts for computer server arrays, have seen their lighting costs reduced by 68% [...]

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Colorcon and Amcor Have A Bright Idea With Eluma

Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

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Spiralling electricity prices and the recession have combined to hasten industry efficiency drives. As Keith Wyatt, from energy-efficiency specialist Somar International, explains, some companies are starting to see the light
Lighting can account for up to 25% of electricity bills in manufacturing facilities and a massive 60% in areas dedicated to storage or warehousing. And all [...]

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Industry Should Lead the Low-Energy Light Switch

Posted on 23. Jan, 2009 by admin.

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The Government could hit its carbon emissions targets more quickly by insisting UK businesses, not homes, switch to eco-friendly lighting, according to a leading energy efficiency expert.
By phasing out incandescent bulbs – stocks of 100-watt versions have dried up, with 60-watt bulbs set to disappear next year – it’s hoped the country’s carbon emissions will [...]

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Energy Efficiency: Seeing the Light!

Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by admin.

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A high-tech lighting system is helping warehouse and logistics bosses tackle the economic slowdown and cut their carbon footprint.
The energy efficient ‘Eluma’ lamps, manufactured by Somar International, afford energy savings of anything up to 80 per cent when compared to traditional high-ceiling lamps.
Several forward-thinking companies have already switched to the Carbon Trust-backed technology – and [...]

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Winning Ticket For ‘Green’ Energy Savings

Posted on 01. Oct, 2008 by admin.

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Cutting company energy bills and enhancing environmental credentials is no lottery!
That’s the experience of specialist printers Stralfors – the company tasked with supplying Camelot’s 35 million National Lottery tickets each month – which has slashed its electricity consumption and Carbon Footprint after identifying an advanced eco-lighting system.
Last September, Stralfors’ replaced almost 100 metal halide and [...]

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Switch On To Lighting Legislation

Posted on 23. Sep, 2008 by admin.

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By law, every workplace must have suitable and sufficient lighting – but many site managers don’t seem switched on to legislation governing visibility levels or appreciate the key role quality lighting plays in a plant’s overall health and safety makeup.
Take a tour through an industrial premises or warehouse and, chances are, it won’t be long [...]

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Leisure centre’s ‘green’ light for energy savings

Posted on 22. Aug, 2008 by admin.

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A Derbyshire leisure centre has got its electricity bill and Carbon Footprint in trim after equipping its sports hall with a state-of-the-art, energy saving lighting system.
Dim, traditional florescent lamps at Green Bank Leisure Centre, Swadlincote, left some badminton, five-a-side and basketball players struggling to see court markings.
But members of the South Derbyshire District Council facility [...]