The Middleton Grove lighting design specialist has installed one of the first pole-mounted external Symmetric luminaire LED lighting systems in the UK at Asda's Leeds city centre head office car park.
Results will be monitored closely and compared against Asda's energy usage and maintenance costs on its existing conventional lighting system. With output reduced from 460w to 257w, the estimated energy saving alone is 45%.
Graham Kemp, joint managing director of High Technology Lighting, said: "The system offers Asda the winning combination of reduced energy consumption, virtually maintenance-free ownership and high quality controlled light distribution.
"Our LED lighting solution also offers a user-friendly white light, which is becoming increasingly important for security and general visual perception purposes, at the same time replacing the conventional orange-in-appearance car park and road lighting, which is much more expensive to both run and maintain.
"Until recently, LED lighting has not been bright enough to use for anything other than decorative ambient lighting. We are one of the first companies in the country to introduce a range of exterior LED luminaries and Asda are an ideal partner as they take their green responsibilities extremely seriously. Their security personnel in Leeds have already sung its praises. Once trial results are known, we will be looking to develop the lighting system across both existing and new markets."
Richard England, engineering manager with Asda Stores, said: "We are now shining the spotlight on all initiatives where we believe we can save energy and this trial project forms part of our strategy to achieve 30 per cent more carbon-efficient stores."
(Jim Evans)
